Where there's a will, there's murder. In the high-stakes game of authenticating artwork by Jackson Pollock, the foremost expert, a feisty character known for his hair-trigger temper, is certain that a bunch of bogus paintings are up for consideration. He believes they're clever forgeries painted by a member of the late artist's inner circle. Private detective TJ Fitzgerald is hired to track down the source. Is it one of Pollock's drinking buddies, his art dealer, or perhaps his lover? As the evidence piles up and the culprit's identity is about to be revealed, a fatal accident derails the investigation. Was it really an accident? Fitzgerald believes it was murder, with the forger as suspect number one. But the victim's multiple wills suggest other motives. As one lead after another fails to pan out, a chance encounter sends the detective in a new, more sinister, direction.
Accidents happen. But so does murder…On the night of August 11, 1956, in a quiet East Hampton hamlet, Jackson Pollock crashed his car into a tree. The accident killed Pollock, the world-renowned abstract painter and notorious alcoholic, and his 25-year old passenger, Edith Metzger…or did it?Metzger's autopsy reveals that she was already dead before the crash. Was it murder?This shocking question draws vacationing Detective Juanita Diaz and her husband, Captain Brian Fitzgerald, of the NYPD into a homicide investigation that implicates famous members of East Hampton's art community—including Pollock himself."Edifying and juicy."—Newsday
Murder is a work of art…When the acclaimed Cuban painter Wifredo Lam turns up dead in his Greenwich Village studio, officers Juanita Diaz and Brian Fitzgerald of the NYPD, must investigate the crime. But what they find is much more gruesome than they ever could have imagined.Suspicion soon falls on a tight-knit circle of Surrealist refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, and Diaz and Fitzgerald must traverse the city, from Chinatown's underworld to Spanish Harlem's gangland, to find the truth. Did one of the artists' bizarre parlor games turn deadly? Or is there something even more sinister afoot?"Smart, witty, filled with so much history of the period, beautifully written, and suspenseful."—Jonathan Santlofer, author of The Death Artist
"A first-rate whodunnit set in the 1960s New York art world, a time and place Helen Harrison has recreated with a page-turning mix of history, gossip, and fun!"—Bob Colacello, author of Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close UpOne artist. One student. One deadly mystery.When Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton's corpse is discovered behind the easels of Manhattan's famed art school, whispers in the art community say he had it coming. As Benton's list of enemies lengthens to include the school's instructors, Vietnam War protesters, and members of Andy Warhol's entourage, one art student is ultimately painted as the murderer. The only problem: the suspect has vanished.Why would an art student murder Benton? And if he were innocent, why would he run?When TJ Fitzgerald, son of Detective Juanita Diaz and Captain Brian Fitzgerald of the NYPD, discovers his classmate is the prime suspect, he uses his own investigative skills to try and clear his name. But as TJ and his girlfriend work to unravel the clues to the art mystery, he begins to wonder if the police got it wrong and one secret may be the key to it all...Helen Harrison's An Artful Corpse is a clever mystery sure to please art enthusiasts and armchair detectives alike.
Step into a gentler, simpler world. A girl stays with her grandparents in the summer of 1971 - but it might almost as well be 1961 or even 1951, because nothing changes in Grandma's house. This may remind you of your own childhood in the days before mobile phones and video recorders, and I hope it will make you feel warm and happy. Sarah
Transition to Nursing Practice: From Student to Professional provides students with a comprehensive introduction into the nursing profession and the capabilities they need for practice. Written by experts in their field, the text takes an evidence-based approach to understanding workplace readiness of graduate nurses. It presents the theoretical principles that underpin the concept of readiness and asks students to apply these principles in preparation for personal, professional, clinical and industry domains of practice. Included are case studies and activities to develop students' understanding of the nursing profession and practical worksheets to help students build a career-ready portfolio. The text aims to build confidence in students as they prepare to enter their first year of practice by enabling them to identify and consolidate the essential capabilities needed to adjust to and grow in their professional role as a registered nurse.
Renée R Taylor; Judith Abelenda; Patricia Bowyer; Susan M. Cahill; John Cooper; Nichola Duffy; Elin Ekbladh; Anette Erikson; Mandana Fallah Pour; Chia-Wei Fan; Gail Fisher; Kirsty Forsyth; Sylwia Gorska; Lena Haglund; Michele Harrison; Helena Hemmingsson; Carmen-Gloria de las Heras de Pablo; Roberta P. Holzmueller; Riitta Keponen; Jessica Kramer; Patricia Lavedure; Sun Wook Lee; Donald Maciver; Alice Moody; Jane Melton; Kelly Munger; Lauro Munoz; Hiromi Nakamura-Thomas; Louise Nygård; Jane C. O'Brien; Ay-Woan Pan; Sue Parkinson
I den svenska översättningen av Kielhofner’s Model of Human Occupation (femte amerikanska upplagan, den andra i svensk översättning), presenteras teori, forskning och tillämpning av modellen i boken. Modellen förklarar hur aktivitet motiveras, inordnas i vardagens livsmönster, utförs och påverkas av aktuell miljökontext samt vad som händer när människan ställs inför svårigheter som sjukdom, skador och annat som leder till problem med att utföra aktiviteter. I boken diskuteras hur arbetsterapi med stöd av modellen kan möjliggöra för människor att engagera sig i aktiviteter som ger mening och tillfredsställelse och som gynnar deras fysiska och emotionella välbefinnande. MOHO är den internationellt mest spridda och använda aktivitetsfokuserade modellen inom arbetsterapi. Boken innehåller rikligt med exempel på hur MOHO kan användas vid personcentrerad arbetsterapi. Modellen grundar sig på omfattande forskning och det finns ett starkt evidensbaserat empiriskt stöd för modellen och dess användning, vilket framkommer i bokens rika referensmaterial. I denna femte upplaga av boken har nya kapitel med tillämpning av modellen inom olika områden tillkommit och miljöns betydelse för görande och aktivitet har utvecklats. Boken vänder sig främst till arbetsterapeuter, studenter och forskare inom arbetsterapi men även till andra som vill fördjupa sig kring människans engagemang och delaktighet i aktivitet.Den engelska originalupplagan är publicerad av Wolters Kluwer.
Helen is a novel by Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849). It was written in 1834, late in the writer's life. Helen tells the story of a young orphan, Helen Stanley, whose guardian, Dean Stanley, has squandered his fortune and left Helen without means of support. She is forced to take up residence with the local vicar, whose wife is astonished that none of the Stanleys' aristocratic friends have offered a refuge to her. Eventually, however, the Davenant family returns from abroad and invite Helen to their daughter's new home, Clarendon Park. (Cecilia Davenant has just married General Clarendon.) Helen journeys to join her dear friend Cecilia (a charming socialite), and the first half of the novel describes Helen's experiences among the most fortunate of Britain's elite under the tutelage of Lady Davenant, who in some ways favors Helen over her own daughter Cecilia. In the second and more dramatic half of the novel, Lady Davenant departs with her husband, who has been named ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburg, Russia. Helen is left to the care of General Clarendon and Cecilia. By this time she is engaged to Granville Beauclerc, a young and handsome man who is another of Lady Davenant's favorites. All does not run smoothly for Helen, however. Before her marriage, Cecilia has carried on an amorous correspondence with Colonel d'Aubigny, a worthless rou who has since died. These letters reappear in a packet addressed to Cecilia's husband. Cecilia implores Helen to act as if the letters were addressed to her rather than to Cecilia. Helen, from misguided devotion to her friend and gratitude for Cecilia's kind hospitality, agrees to the deception. This first step leads to more and more serious consequences, until finally Helen's reputation is in tatters. Beauclerc is forced to fight a duel in defense of his fianc e, after which he must flee from England. Cecilia still refuses to recognize the letters as hers, out of fear of losing her own husband if she admits to the correspondence. The General is convinced that Helen is faithless. She refuses to stay where she is not respected and chooses exile in Wales with the General's sister, where she becomes dangerously ill. Even the birth of Cecilia's first child, a son, does not encourage her to confess to her husband, and Helen gives up all hope of exoneration. The d nouement comes when Lady Davenant, also dangerously ill, returns to London at the same time as the General finally discovers his wife's deception and vows to separate from Cecilia for life. Helen's character is redeemed, Beauclerc returns to England when his adversary recovers from his wounds, and the novel ends happily for all the protagonists with Lady Davenant saying that she is "now, and not till now, happy--perfectly happy in Love and Truth "....... Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 - 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. Early life: Maria Edgeworth was born at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire. She was the second child of Richard Lovell Edgeworth (who eventually fathered 22 children by four wives) and Anna Maria Edgeworth; Maria was thus an aunt of Francis Ysidro Edgeworth. She spent her early years with her mother's family in England, until her mother's death when Maria was five. When her father married his second wife Honora Sneyd in 1773, she went with him to his estate, Edgeworthstown, in County Longford, Ireland. Maria was sent to Mrs. Lattafi re's school in Derby after Honora fell ill in 1775....
GOING TO...Helen A. Handbasket(If you are not chuckling...please look around and make sure you're alone. Okay...Step 1: Slowly read the pseudonym out loud. If you're still not at least smiling...take a deep breath, hold it...and exhale. Repeat Step 1. Now you got it. I thank you..."Helen" thanks you.)A revelation of Biblical proportions concerning the calculated and evil mistranslation of one Greek word in the fifth century promoting the myth (lie), of "eternal" conscious torment in Hell...woven through this intriguing tale is a memoir by a: follower of Christ, Vietnam Veteran-(fun-loving combat medic survivor), former alcoholic/drug addict, scribbling scribe, guitar player, often struggling, yet faithful servant of the Lord...and grateful recipient of His infinite Love and Grace.What the...Hell?Hell is the place where we "reap what we sow." The author believes all the sins of the world were purchased through the Blood of Christ...the repentant know Salvation through God's grace alone, for non-believers and the wicked, Salvation comes through the various levels of Hell: chastisement, despair, torment, terror, physical suffering...many believe, death is the final outcome. With the obvious exception of death, the author contends that eventually, the vast majority, if not all, will happily "bow the knee" before they receive the gift of Divine reconciliation. The author will prove, (like so many silenced by the Church over the centuries), that Hell is not eternal. "Eternal conscious torment," taught by the Church since the fifth century is a lie that has destroyed the lives of millions. How could this myth be manufactured and believed by so many Christians for sixteen centuries based on something so blatantly illogical as Biblical "inerrancy?" OF COURSE Scripture is God-breathed...but to preach mistakes were not even possible by overworked scribes (that used copies, of copies, of copies), for 400 YEARS before we had substantial records, is the height of folly."The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right." -Henrik IbsenThe truly God-Breathed miracle isn't the myth of absolute inerrancy, (perpetuated by many "Christians" who sadly rejoice in their exclusive salvation...made sweeter by the eternal suffering of others), it is this: through endless corrupt and nefarious motives, the Gospels, the beating heart of the Good News, remained intact. Why would "men of God," go to such lengths to inject terrorism into Scripture? "Helen" has the answers.Do we believe God...or, Satan, the author of all lies and slander?Christian writer and speaker, Rick Adair, reveals how this lie came to be...his conclusions-coupled with his warm, yet madcap sense of humor-will have Christian's, and secular folks alike, chuckling and rejoicing in the depth of God's love...seeing clearly, perhaps for the first time, that our Father in Heaven would never even consider sending His children into "eternal" conscious torment. God is LOVE. Period.
Grab This Deal For The Comics Artist In Your Life For Less Than $15See that girl always doodling and dreaming up stories and plots? She's gonna LOVE the What Happens Next Comic Book For Budding Artists edition, created especially for young artists between 9 and 14 years of age.Bokkaku Dojinshi has created this book as a 6 by 9 inch, perfect pocket book form. Plenty of different templates to explore as well as loads of room to keep track of plot ideas.There is even space for special expression studies of the main characters so the budding artist hits the right emotion in her images every single time.This book is perfect for: mangagraphic novelsSunday funniesanimefan fictionParents and teachers love What Happens Next Comics series for these reasons: helps speech developmentincreases literacydevelops a sense of sequencecreates confidencedevelops an appreciation for artboots creativityOnce you get this book, notice how handy it is - perfect pocket book size means no bulky bags on summer trips or lazy afternoons under a willow tree. All you need is your pencil and ink pen Can't wait to see what you make of your And then... comic book
Right from the beginning of time, and before any organised religion or science, mankind had always wondered about their existence and how the world they inhabited came into existence. With these thoughts came questions and arguments for and the existence of a Being, Deity or God. They wondered if there was a Supreme Being, or a Creator somewhere, probably in heaven Who created mankind and everything on earth and the universe as they knew or imagined it to be; an Almighty God who controlled and ordered the very being and destiny of man. Thus, man started religion to explain the mysteries and phenomena of life which he could not understand because of his very limited knowledge. For example, the sudden bursts of lightening during a thunder storm, and other elements of nature which the people would try to explain as the display of anger by gods, or, that of a supreme God who exists and Who orders the steps of man. This persistent all-important question however remained then and even now: Who is God? Does God exist? Early man tried to find answers to these questions through organised Monotheistic and Polytheistic religions. The desire for a physical Supreme Being or Deity was more prevalent in ancient times before Judaism or the birth and spread of Christianity. Polytheistic religious people believed God to be too far removed from humanity hence they tried to reach Him through lesser deities and entities while those of monotheistic faiths worshipped this Supreme Being or God in their own different ways. Christianity, a monotheistic religion, was and is the only faith which clearly and unequivocally declared that the only way to find, to know, to worship and to connect with this "Unknown" God or Supreme Being, Creator of the world and the universe, is through His Son Jesus Christ.
