Penelope Rowlands: 3 books
A Dash of Daring
Carmel Snow and Her Life In Fashion, Art, and Letters
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Carmel Snow, who changed the course of our culture by launching the careers of some of today's greatest figures in fashion and the arts, was one of the most extraordinary women of the twentieth century. As editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958 she championed the concept of "a well-dressed...
The Beatles Are Here!
50 Years after the Band Arrived in America, Writers, Musicians & Other Fans Remember
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The arrival of the Beatles was one of those unforgettable cultural touchstones. Through the voices of those who witnessed it or were swept up in it indirectly, The Beatles Are Here! explores the emotional impact—some might call it hysteria—of the Fab Four’s February 1964 dramatic landing on...
Paris Was Ours
Thirty-two Writers Reflect on the City of Light
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Paris is “the world capital of memory and desire,” concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever.
In thirty-two personal essays—more than half of which are here published for the first time—the...