Eleanor Clark

On the northwest coast of France, just around the corner from the English Channel, is the little town of Locmariaquer (pronounced "loc-maria-care"). The inhabitants of this town have a special relationship to the world, for it is their efforts that maintain the supply of the famous Belon oysters, called les plates ("the flat ones"). A vivid account of the cultivation of Belon oysters and an excursion into the myths, legends, and rich, vibrant history of Brittany and its extraordinary people, The Oysters of Locmariaquer is also an unforgettable journey to the heart of a fascinating culture and the enthralling, accumulating drama of a unique devotion.

The Oysters of Locmariaquer

A Novel

Gloria Mundi

This new edition of Clark's acclaimed tribute to Rome includes an Introduction by William Weaver, the preeminent translator who often wandered the city with Clark during the years she was writing the sketches for this literary biography. Illustrations throughout.

Rome and a Villa

This practical, accessible book teaches readers how to practice healthy body image habits and let go of an emphasis on body image through research, activities, and personal stories. Body neutrality is a body image approach focused on finding acceptance and liberation from the body-focused culture in which we live. Body neutrality is a shift toward seeing our bodies as a vessel of who we are rather than as who we are. This guide is organized into thirteen chapters, each outlining a different concept of body neutrality ranging from comparison and identity to mindfulness and gratitude, inviting participation from the reader through end-of-chapter activities. For anyone aiming to release the enslaving emphasis placed on appearance in a world where body obsession has become inappropriately “normal,” this book will provide insight and practical guidance toward freedom. Body Neutrality is for anyone struggling with self-esteem and body image issues who aims for acceptance and liberation.

Finding Acceptance and Liberation in a Body-Focused Culture

Body Neutrality

Edward Z. Epstein

Joe Morella

From Gags to Riches

The Amazing Careers of Bob Hope

“These essays gather up Rome and hold it before us, bristling and dense and dreamlike, with every scene drenched in the sound of fountains, of leaping and falling water.” — The New Yorker “Perhaps the finest book ever to be written about a city.” — New York Times Bringing to life the legendary city's beauty and magic in all its many facets, Eleanor Clark's masterful collection of vignettes, Rome and a Villa, has transported readers for generations. In 1947 a young american woman named Eleanor Clark went to Rome on a Guggenheim fellowship to write a novel. But instead of a novel, Clark created a series of sketches of Roman life written mostly between 1948 and 1951. Wandering the streets of this legendary city, Eleanor fell under Rome's spell—its pace of life, the wry outlook of its men and women, its magnificent history and breathtaking contribution to world culture. Rome is life itself—a sensuous, hectic, chaotic, and utterly fascinating blend of the comic and the tragic. Clark highlights Roman art and architecture, including Hadrian's Villa—an enormous, unfinished palace—as a prism to view the city and its history, and offers a lovely portrait of the Cimitero acattolico—long known as the Protestant cemetery—where Keats, Shelley, and other foreign notables rest.

The book is organized around Bob Hope's careers in vaudeville, Broadway, radio, film, television, and U.S.O. tours, and is studded with an ample supply of anecdotes, transcriptions, and personal recollections by Hope, and the colloquial biographical sketch preceding the description of Bob Hope's various careers sets the largely effusive tone. Hope's career as a film star is given most attention, with a brief discussion of each film including plot summaries, the film's importance to Hope's artistry or finances, critics' reactions, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes, very useful for the student of film history. The real depth of the man behind the great success is merely hinted at and while readers are tantalized by descriptions of Hope's enormous energy, prudence, and passion for precision, these descriptions often become springboards for a tangential discussion of social, national, or industry-related problems. Hope is treated as a phenomenon whose career coincided with the rise of various popular art forms, and as a man who capitalized on his talents.

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