City Of Second Sight

Author : Justin T. Clark
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469638746
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City of Second Sight written by Justin T. Clark and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades before the U.S. Civil War, the city of Boston evolved from a dilapidated, haphazardly planned, and architecturally stagnant provincial town into a booming and visually impressive metropolis. In an effort to remake Boston into the "Athens of America," neighborhoods were leveled, streets straightened, and an ambitious set of architectural ordinances enacted. However, even as residents reveled in a vibrant new landscape of landmark buildings, art galleries, parks, and bustling streets, the social and sensory upheaval of city life also gave rise to a widespread fascination with the unseen. Focusing his analysis between 1820 and 1860, Justin T. Clark traces how the effort to impose moral and social order on the city also inspired many—from Transcendentalists to clairvoyants and amateur artists—to seek out more ethereal visions of the infinite and ideal beyond the gilded paintings and glimmering storefronts. By elucidating the reciprocal influence of two of the most important developments in nineteenth-century American culture—the spectacular city and visionary culture—Clark demonstrates how the nineteenth-century city is not only the birthplace of modern spectacle but also a battleground for the freedom and autonomy of the spectator.

Author : Justin T. Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781469638751
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City of Second Sight written by Justin T. Clark and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the decades before the U.S. Civil War, the city of Boston evolved from a dilapidated, haphazardly planned, and architecturally stagnant provincial town into a booming and visually impressive metropolis. In an effort to remake Boston into the "Athens of America," neighborhoods were leveled, streets straightened, and an ambitious set of architectural ordinances enacted. However, even as residents reveled in a vibrant new landscape of landmark buildings, art galleries, parks, and bustling streets, the social and sensory upheaval of city life also gave rise to a widespread fascination with the unseen. Focusing his analysis between 1820 and 1860, Justin T. Clark traces how the effort to impose moral and social order on the city also inspired many--from Transcendentalists to clairvoyants and amateur artists--to seek out more ethereal visions of the infinite and ideal beyond the gilded paintings and glimmering storefronts"--

Author : Aoife Clifford
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643131885
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second Sight written by Aoife Clifford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Eliza Carmody returns to her small hometown after a destructive wildfire, she witnesses a crime that draws her back into the mysteries of a childhood she thought she’d left behind for good. When the biggest legal case of her career brings Eliza Carmody back to Kinsale, the hometown she thought she had left forever, she witnesses an old friend commit a crime that sends her on a dangerous quest to uncover the mysteries of her childhood that the rest of the town seems willing to ignore. With her friend on the run and the police investigating the bones of an unidentified dead body at a historic homestead near town, Eliza becomes convinced that the truth lies in her memories of the New Year’s Eve years ago when her friend Grace disappeared from Kinsale forever. While Eliza desperately explores the connections between the crimes of the present and those of the past, she begins to suspect that no one — even her own family — is telling the truth.

Author : David Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476762201
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second Sight written by David Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic, much-loved novel tells the story of Jennie Logan, a woman caught between two worlds, two times, and the two men she loves—one her husband and one an artist who may have died in 1899. David Williams’ novel is a thrilling read, part love story, part mystery—a tale of time travel (or is it madness?) that keeps the reader guessing until the very end. Now back in print, this exquisitely written book is not to be missed.

Author : George D. Shuman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416599797
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second Sight written by George D. Shuman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From deviant subcultures to human trafficking, George D. Shuman always brings to life a terrifying aspect lurking just beneath the surface of our everyday lives. now he delves into the darkest corners of the pharmaceutical trade and blends riveting fact with captivating fiction. • A heroine like no other: George D. Shuman has established blind psychic Sherry moore as one of the most engaging protagonists in the realm of suspense, the perfect character around which to build a perennial franchise. “Sherry’s unique talent opens doors for her,” writes Publishers Weekly, “but it’s her determination and grit when things get rough that makes her such an appealing hero.” • Engrossing and dark: Shuman doesn’t pull any punches. As evident in the depraved predators that haunt his readers long past the final page, he not only has “the talent to put evil on the page and make it specific and real” (The Washington Post), but also the ability to deliver “fascinating characters, nonstop storytelling, and an explosive ending” (Robert Crais). • A compelling story rooted in today’s headlines: In Second Sight, the fourth installment of Shuman’s acclaimed Sherry Moore series, Sherry faces off against a fiendish villain bent on her destruction. Set against the backdrop of heinous crimes perpetrated by Big Pharma run amok, Sherry fights for her life while confronting a question born of a miraculous medical innovation: Should she reclaim her sight or remain in the darkness that allows her to save so many lives?

Author : Sean Lusk
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
ISBN 13 : 1454950447
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley written by Sean Lusk and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley is a sparkling historical novel of wild and wonderful mechanical automata, love in a variety of forms, and gentle themes of identity, with a cast of fabulous characters. In 1755, Abel Cloudesley, a London watchmaker and creator of remarkable mechanical automata, is mourning his wife, Alice, who died giving birth to their son, Zachary. Six years later, Abel is further devastated when a freak workshop accident takes Zachary’s eye. With his new eye made of gold and lapis by Abel’s soft-spoken apprentice Tom, Zachary, now with an astonishing gift of second sight, is sent to live with his eccentric Aunt Franny in the country. Abel buries himself in work until he is coerced by shadowy figures into designing a chess-playing automaton and delivering it to Constantinople to spy on the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. After meeting the Sultan, Abel is not heard from again. Years later, teenage Zachary receives a letter suggesting that his father is still alive, a prisoner of the Sultan. Zachary sets off on a perilous journey to the Levant, determined to find Abel and bring him safely home. A BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick and London Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month, for fans of Pandora, The Essex Serpent, and The Night Circus. Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2023 and the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2023.

Author : Gary L. Blackwood
Publisher : Perfection Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780756981327
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second Sight written by Gary L. Blackwood and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in Dickensian flavor and packed with fascinating historical details, this compelling alternate-history novel by the author of "The Year of the Hangman" takes readers into the plot to assassinate President Lincoln.

Author : A. Sepharial
Publisher : Health Research Books
ISBN 13 : 9780787307653
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second Sight written by A. Sepharial and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: The Scientific Position; Materials and Conditions; The Faculty of Seership; Preliminaries and Practice; Kinds of Vision; Obstacles to Clairvoyance; Symbolism; Allied Psychic Phases; Experience and Use; Conclusion. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Ada Leverson
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love at Second Sight written by Ada Leverson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Love at Second Sight" by Ada Leverson Is the final installment of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, three years have passed since Bruce and Edith's marriage was in danger of collapse. Thanks to Edith's forgiving and patient ways they have put their difficulties behind them, and their lives seem on an even keel despite the advent of the First World War. But change is in the air: Bruce and Edith have a house guest, Madame Frabelle, who charms everyone she meets and seems to show no signs of leaving. And then Edith's old flame, Aylmer Ross, comes home injured from the front, and Edith's carefully constructed life is thrown into confusion once again.

Author : Edwin G. Burrows
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190681217
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Finest Building in America written by Edwin G. Burrows and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Built in 1853 in New York's Bryant Park and immediately pronounced the most beautiful structure in America, the Crystal Palace was intended not simply to emulate but rival the famous Victorian landmark in London's Hyde Park. As with its English counterpart, however, its beauty was ephemeral. It caught fire, and on October 5, 1858, "great waves of lurid light" overtook spectators and those rushing to save it. Within thirty minutes, the beloved dome was nothing but a heap of smoldering debris. In his latest book, Edwin G. Burrows, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for History and co-author of GOTHAM: A History of New York to 1898, offers a memorable and elegiac look at the Crystal Palace. While it didn't match in dimension Robert Paxton's London original--the scale of which was truly colossal--the New York version became a beloved landmark almost from the instant of its creation. Centerpiece of the 1853 World's Fair, it was home to numerous exhibitions and became a showplace for displaying the growing industrial might of the nation. Walt Whitman rhapsodized about it as "Earth's modern wonder, History's Seven outstripping." Its sudden loss provoked intense mourning-matched only perhaps by the razing of the old Penn Station a century later-and then gradually it slipped from memory. The Finest Building in America will evoke the Crystal Palace's life and times, replete with beautiful period images. The first book-length account of the building's short but glorious life, Burrows book aims to restore it in the minds and hearts of New Yorkers and New York aficionados and fans everywhere"--