Sketches By Vada

Personalized Name sketchbook - 6 x 9 inch. This stylish and abstract personalized sketchbook and doodling journal has 110 dot grid pages measuring 6 x 9 inches in size. This journal is great for sketching, drawing practice, doodling, brainstorming, meditation and mindfulness journaling. The Perfect Personalized birthday, Christmas, holiday or back to school gift for that beautiful person in your life. The journal is 6 x 9 inches in size and has 110 blank dot grid pages ready for tons of scribbles, handwriting practice, doodling, coloring and more! Be sure to check the Loveable Fringe page for even more designs, styles and sizes.

***** CLICK THE AUTHOR NAME "CUSTOMEYES PUBLICATIONS" FOR MORE SKETCHBOOKS, JOURNALS & DIARIES ***** Art Sketchbook - An artist's observational skills, drawing skills & your self-confidence as an artist all progress as you fill out a sketchbook. This cute sketchbook will be appreciated by anyone who loves to draw & express themselves artistically. The artist you know and love will appreciate this and they'll be "etching" to create passionate works of art. This matte finished sketchbook comes complete with over 100 pages (approx. 52 sheets) Dimensions: 8.5 " x 11" giving you plenty of drawing & writing space. Sketchbooks are popular and frequently used to: Help foster creativity while improve on your artistic skills. Allow artists an informal way of exploring their craft for the ultimate self-exploration. Remind artists to keep exploring, be themselves & embrace imperfection. Allow beginners to learn how to sketch and draw. Allow amateur & professional artists to practice their craft & create a personal portfolio Help professionals such as architects & designers. Keep drawings or artistic creations organized so you can look back on them & see your progress. Study your own style & find patterns in your work that can be used to discover your artistic style. Sketchbooks are portable & keeps your work protected. And so much more... Let's help ourselves spend a little less time using technology and use the creative side of our brain to produce wonderful works of art. Order yours now!

***** CLICK THE AUTHOR NAME "MYSKETCHBOOK PUBLICATIONS" FOR MORE NAMES ***** Art Sketchbook � An artist�s observational skills, drawing skills & your self-confidence as an artist all progress as you fill out a sketchbook. This sketchbook will be appreciated by anyone who loves to draw & express themselves artistically. The artist you know and love will appreciate this and they�ll be etching to create passionate works of art. It comes complete with over 100 pages (approx. 52 sheets) Dimensions: 6 x 9 giving you plenty of drawing & writing space. Sketchbooks are popular and frequently used to: Help foster creativity while improve on your artistic skills. Allow artists an informal way of exploring their craft for the ultimate self-exploration. Remind artists to keep exploring, be themselves & embrace imperfection. Allow beginners to learn how to sketch and draw. Allow amateur & professional artists to practice their craft & create a personal portfolio Help professionals such as architects & designers. Keep drawings or artistic creations organized so you can look back on them & see your progress. Study your own style & find patterns in your work that can be used to discover your artistic style. Sketchbooks are portable & keeps your work protected. And so much more... Let�s help ourselves spend a little less time using technology and use the creative side of our brain to produce wonderful works of art. Please note that this product does not contain real gold or real marble. The rose gold text & marble background are ink-printed design graphics for effects only. Order yours now!

This is a book about baseball players who performed in the major leagues before the age of 21. For years the dream of many boys has been to enter the world of professional sports. Out of millions of boys who have played baseball, more than 17,000 have appeared in major league contests. Among them were hundreds who made their debut before their 21st birthday. However, most of these appeared in only a few games. Only 284 young men have played at least one season as a regular before or during the season in which they reached the age of 21. They are the subjects of this book. The text is divided into three parts. Part One deals with the careers of the ten prodigies who had the most productive seasons at the bat. Part Two discusses the ten young pitchers who had the most fruitful seasons on the mound. Part Three provides short sketches of the 172 players with at least five eligible seasons who do not rank among the above 20 prodigies. Data on the 92 players with at least one but fewer than five eligible seasons are given in an appendix.

Reluctant to accept her arranged marriage to an English Duke she has never met, beautiful young American oil heiress, Emmeline Nevada Holtz, nicknamed 'Vada' after the State, travels to Paris to buy her trousseau before meeting her husband-to-be. When her travelling companion, Nancy Sparling, has an accident and hurts her leg, Vada assumes her name to avoid unwelcome attention and travels on with just her elderly maid, determined to make the most of her last chance to explore Bohemian Paris and the wonders of the City that she had heard and read so much about. At her hotel she finds a handsome intruder in her suite, not a thief as she at first thinks but a journalist looking to interview the famous heiress Emmeline. Smitten by this charismatic Frenchman and his talk of poetry, Vada finds herself agreeing to go with him to the Soleil d'Or, wellspring of the Symbolist movement. Soon they are deeply and uncontrollably in love, a love that is surely doomed by her deception, her betrothal to the Duke and now a terrifying ordeal at a Satanist Black Mass on the dark side of the City of Light.

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year “Richly evocative and entertaining.”—Guardian “An essential book for anyone who wants to Polari bona!”—Attitude “Exuberant, richly detailed. . . . A delightful read.”—Tatler Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. It offered its speakers a degree of public camouflage and a means of identification. Its colorful roots are varied—from Cant to Lingua Franca to dancers’ slang—and in the mid-1960s it was thrust into the limelight by the characters Julian and Sandy, voiced by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams, on the BBC radio show Round the Horne (“Oh hello Mr Horne, how bona to vada your dolly old eek!”). Paul Baker recounts the story of Polari with skill, humor, and tenderness. He traces its historical origins and describes its linguistic nuts and bolts, explores the ways and the environments in which it was spoken, explains the reasons for its decline, and tells of its unlikely reemergence in the twenty-first century. With a cast of drag queens and sailors, Dilly boys and macho clones, Fabulosa! is an essential document of recent history—a fascinating and fantastically readable account of this funny, filthy, and ingenious language.

"Vlog star Renard Grant has nothing to prove: he's got a pretty face, chiseled body, and two million adoring video subscribers. Plus the scars on his chest and a prescription for testosterone. Because Ren is transgender: assigned female at birth, living now as male. He films his transition and shares it bravely with the world; his fans love his honesty and positivity. But Ren has been living a double life. Off-camera, he's Cane, the muscle-bound enforcer for social justice vigilante group Black Iris. As Cane, he lets his dark side loose. Hurts those who prey on the disempowered. Indulges in the ugly side of masculinity. And his new partner, Tamsin Baylor, is a girl as rough and relentless as him. Together, they terrorize the trolls into silence. But when a routine Black Iris job goes south, Ren is put in the crosshairs. Someone is out to ruin his life. He's a bad boy, they say, guilty of what he punishes others for. Just like every other guy: at heart, he's a monster, too. Now Ren's got everything to prove. He has to clear his name, and show the world he's a good man. But that requires facing demons he's locked away for years. And it might mean discovering he's not such a good guy after all."--Dust jacket flap.