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Author: Mary Tavener Holmes
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780892368808
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A life-size portrait of the famous rhinoceros named Clara is the centerpiece of the J. Paul Getty Museums exhibition Oudrys Painted Menagerie. In her honor, the Getty has produced this book for children that tells the true story of this 5,000-pound animal and her owner, an 18-century Dutch sea captain. Full color.
Author: Glynis Ridley
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2005-11
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780802142337
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Awarded the prestigious Institute of Historical Research Prize, Ridley's sparkling history brings vividly to life the tragicomic story of a rhinoceros named Clara who became a star in 18th century Europe.
Author: Clara Bensen
Publisher: Running Press
Published: 2016-01-05
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0762457252
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One Dress, Three Weeks, Eight Countries—Zero Baggage Newly recovered from a quarter-life meltdown, Clara Bensen decided to test her comeback by signing up for an online dating account. She never expected to meet Jeff, a wildly energetic university professor with a reputation for bucking convention. They barely know each other's last names when they agree to set out on a risky travel experiment spanning eight countries and three weeks. The catch? No hotel reservations, no plans, and best of all, no baggage. Clara's story will resonate with adventurers and homebodies alike—it's at once a romance, a travelogue, and a bright modern take on the age-old questions: How do you find the courage to explore beyond your comfort zone? Can you love someone without the need for labels and commitment? Is it possible to truly leave your baggage behind?
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 0553522469
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A rhinoceros tours Europe in the mid-18th century and becomes a sensation--based on a true story"--
Author: Clara Parkes
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2016-02-16
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1613129394
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The renowned knitter and author of The Yarn Whisperer spins tales of a creative life enriched by world travel in this New York Times–bestselling memoir. In Knitlandia, Parkes invite readers and devoted crafters on excursions to be savored, through seventeen of her most memorable journeys across the globe. Her knitting adventures span from the fjords of Iceland to a cozy yarn shop in Paris’s thirteenth arrondissement. Also known for her PBS television appearances and hugely popular line of small-batch handcrafted yarns, Parkes weaves her personal blend of wisdom and humor into this eloquently volume that is part personal travel narrative and part cultural history, touching the heart of what it means to live creatively.
Author: Katrin Hirt
Publisher: NorthSouth Books
Published: 2020-03-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780735843950
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on the true story and friendship between an orphaned rhino and a sea captain in the mid-18th century. When a baby rhino is orphaned in India with nowhere to go, a gentle sea captain from Holland—Douwe van der Meer—decides to take her to Europe with him. Clara wins the hearts of everyone—from villagers to princes, kings, and queens who have never seen a rhino before. All are delighted by the gentle giant—whose image soon appears on posters, coins, and statuettes, until the fine day when the Dutch Captain gives Clara her a home of her own.
Author: Mary Tavener Holmes
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780761455950
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A giraffe causes a sensation when he walks 500 miles to Paris
Author: Susan Vreeland
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2012-03-20
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 0812980182
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →NATIONAL BESTSELLER It’s 1893, and at the Chicago World’s Fair, Louis Comfort Tiffany makes his debut with a luminous exhibition of innovative stained-glass windows that he hopes will earn him a place on the international artistic stage. But behind the scenes in his New York studio is the freethinking Clara Driscoll, head of his women’s division, who conceives of and designs nearly all of the iconic leaded-glass lamps for which Tiffany will long be remembered. Never publicly acknowledged, Clara struggles with her desire for artistic recognition and the seemingly insurmountable challenges that she faces as a professional woman. She also yearns for love and companionship, and is devoted in different ways to five men, including Tiffany, who enforces a strict policy: He does not employ married women. Ultimately, Clara must decide what makes her happiest—the professional world of her hands or the personal world of her heart.
Author: Sarah Perry
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780892363216
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Illustrations present such imaginative possibilities as worms with wheels, caterpillar toothpaste, and whales in outer space.
Author: Mary Morton
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2007-06-25
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 0892368896
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the 1720s and 1730s, Jean-Baptiste Oudry established himself as the preeminent painter in France of hunts, animals, still lifes, and landscapes. Oudry’s Painted Menagerie focuses on a suite of eleven life-size portraits of exotic animals from the royal menagerie at Versailles, painted by Oudry between 1739 and 1752. These paintings eventually found their way into the ducal collection in Schwerin, Germany. Among them is the magnificent portrait of Clara, an Indian rhinoceros who became a celebrity in mid-eighteenth-century Europe. Her portrait has been out of public view for more than a century, and it is presented here in its newly conserved state.
