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Meade, Marion was born on January 7, 1934 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Surain S. and Mary Elizabeth (Homony) Sidhu.
(Madame Helena Blavatsky, the founder of Theosophy, was th...)
Madame Helena Blavatsky, the founder of Theosophy, was the granddaughter of a White Russian princess. She became the first internationally famous professional psychic and she was also a brilliant occult con artist who drew such figures as G. B. Shaw and William Butler Yeats into her bizarre web. A fervent flower child, she journeyed to the East in search of enlightenment almost 100 years before the hippie hegira of the 1960s.
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("In twelfth-century France, two of Europe’s greatest mind...)
"In twelfth-century France, two of Europe’s greatest minds met and fell in love. It was a love forbidden by the world around them and eventually they were torn apart from each other. But, the spark of it remained smoldering inside the lovers until their death and beyond. Heloise and her tutor, Peter Abelard, share a devotion passionate in its depth and beautiful in its thoughtfulness. They marry, and Heloise bears a son whom she names Astrolabe. However, all of this must be done in secret, for Abelard is forbidden to wed by the church which considers him a cleric. When the truth of their relationship is exposed, they are separated and punished both in body and soul. Marion Meade weaves history and fiction together in STEALING HEAVEN, an epic story of one of history’s most tragic love affairs. With facts pulled from Heloise’s actual love letters, Meade creates a poetic and sensual tapestry of France in the 12th century."
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("Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, deviou...)
"Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."—Allene Talmey, Vogue.
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(Book Description Publication Date: 1980 Madame Helena Bla...)
Book Description Publication Date: 1980 Madame Helena Blavatsky, the founder of Theosophy, was the granddaughter of a White Russian princess. She became the first internationally famous professional psychic and she was also a brilliant occult con artist who drew such figures as G. B. Shaw and William Butler Yeats into her bizarre web. A fervent flower child, she journeyed to the East in search of enlightenment almost 100 years before the hippie hegira of the 1960s.
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( In her exuberant new work, Marion Meade presents a port...)
In her exuberant new work, Marion Meade presents a portrait of four extraordinary writers-Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St.Vincent Millay, and Edna Ferber- whose loves, lives, and literary endeavors embodied the spirit of the 1920s. These literary heroines did what they wanted and said what they thought, living wholly in the moment. They kicked open the door for twentieth-century women writers and set a new model for every woman trying to juggle the serious issues of economic independence, political power, and sexual freedom. Here are the social and literary triumphs and inevitably the penances paid: crumbled love affairs, abortions, depression, lost beauty, nervous breakdowns, and finally, overdoses and even madness. A vibrant mixture of literary scholarship, social history, and scandal, Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin is a rich evocation of a period that will forever intrigue and captivate us.
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( Buster Keaton (1895–1966) was a brilliant comedian and ...)
Buster Keaton (1895–1966) was a brilliant comedian and filmmaker who conceived, wrote, directed, acted, and even edited most of his ten feature films and nineteen short comedies, which are perhaps the finest silent pictures ever made. With a face of stone and a mind that engineered breathtakingly intricate moments of slapstick, Keaton has become an icon of the American cinema. Marion Meade's definitive biography explores his often brutal childhood acting experiences, the making of his masterpieces, his shame at his own lack of education, his life-threatening alcoholism, and his turbulent marriages. Based on four years of research and more than 200 interviews with notables such as Billy Wilder, Leni Riefenstahl, Gene Kelly, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Irene Mayer Selznik, as well as members of Keaton's family who had previously refused to discuss him, Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase is a startling and moving account of the troubled life of a cinematic genius.
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(In the early 1970s, the national conversation regarding f...)
In the early 1970s, the national conversation regarding feminism was very different. Public discussions of womanhood--single life, marriage, workplace harassment, rights, gripes--were often channeled through movement spokeswomen and always refracted through the lens of talking to men about men. Little was shared about the chats happening behind closed doors where everyday women talked to women without the threat of men listening in. But, all that changed with the book BITCHING. Originally published in 1973, BITCHING is journalist and author Marion Meade's deep and insightful investigation into the real dialogue happening inside coffee klatches, consciousness-raising groups, and therapist's sessions. Using excerpts from real taped conversations, Meade presents the frustration, anger, resigned acceptance, and scathing humor that make up the female experience from birth to grave. For the first time, male chauvinist behavior goes fully examined and unexcused, and the roles men force upon women get broken down to their sometimes ridiculous component parts. A snapshot into a key time in the feminist movement, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in how far we've come ... or how much we've stayed the same.
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( Recklessly brilliant, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky scandal...)
Recklessly brilliant, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky scandalized her 19th century world with a controversial new religion that tried to synthesize Eastern and Western philosophies. If her contemporaries saw her as a freak, a charlatan, and a snake oil salesman, she viewed herself as a special person born for great things. She firmly believed that it was her destiny to enlighten the world. Rebelliously breaking conventions, she was the antithesis of a pious religious leader. She cursed, smoked, overate, and needed to airbrush out certain inconvenient facts, like husbands, lovers, and a child. Marion Meade digs deep into Madame Blavatsky’s life from her birth in Russia among the aristocracy to a penniless exile in Europe, across the Atlantic to New York where she became the first Russian woman naturalized as an American citizen, and finally moving on to India where she established the international headquarters of the Theosophical Society in 1882. As she chased from continent to continent, she left in her aftermath a trail of enthralled followers and the ideas of Theosophy that endure to this day. While dismissed as a female messiah, her efforts laid the groundwork for the New Age movement, which sought to reconcile Eastern traditions with Western occultism. Her teachings entered the mainstream by creating new respect for the cultures and religions of the East—for Buddhism and Hinduism—and interest in meditation, yoga, gurus, and reincarnation. Madame Blavatsky was one of a kind. Here is her richly bizarre story told with compassion, insight, and an attempt to plumb the truth behind those astonishing accomplishments.
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(A biography of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman who ran...)
A biography of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman who ran for President of the United States, in 1872. Woodhull was an unconventional woman who emerged on the political scene from a background of poverty and a career as actress, stockbroker and journalist. Twice divorced, she outraged even the feminists of her day by refusing to confine her campaign to the issue of womens suffrage. Instead, she advocated reform of marriage and family institutions, as well as free love.
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Meade, Marion was born on January 7, 1934 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Surain S. and Mary Elizabeth (Homony) Sidhu.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1955. Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University, New York City, 1956.
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(Recklessly brilliant, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky scandaliz...)
( Recklessly brilliant, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky scandal...)
("Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, deviou...)
(Book Description Publication Date: 1980 Madame Helena Bla...)
( In her exuberant new work, Marion Meade presents a port...)
(After forty years in the spotlight as comedian, author, d...)
( A holy war is sweeping France, razing cities and destro...)
(A biography of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman who ran...)
(Madame Helena Blavatsky, the founder of Theosophy, was th...)
(Victoria Woodhull is an historical figure too often ignor...)
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Member Authors Guild, Biography Seminar New York University, National Arts Club, National Book Critics Circuit.
Married Charles F. Meade, 1952 (divorced 1956). Married Forbes Linkhorn, 1960 (divorced 1971). 1 child, Alison Linkhorn Sprague.