Housed in a white gift box adorned with a color photo. Made from formaldehyde-free and carbon-compliant MDF and finished with durable epoxy, these classic icons will stand the test of time and passing fashion. The company also canceled an event at the Fifth Avenue store intended to launch the new covers. Paired as bookends, they bring an urban touch to your home or office. The “Diverse Editions” coves of “Frankenstein.” TBWA/Chiat/Day New York Soft blue-grey Elephant separates from peppy-pink Piggie to support all 24 Elephant & Piggie books with personality. “Wait I thought we already had a black version of the Wizard of Oz called the Wiz,” another user wrote. Organization is so much fun with Elephant and Piggie Bookends Made of durable precision-cut metal with high gloss coating, Elephant & Piggie sit comfortably back-to-back to prop up their bestselling book collection. “Not like I give a damn, but this is all so dumb and tokenizing.” Shop Franklin & Marshall College Official Bookstore for mens, womens and childrens apparel, gifts, textbooks, and more. “Wizard of Oz black girl having sneakers instead of shoes, as well,” user wrote. “But this? This ain’t it.” The “Diverse Editions” covers of “The Wizard of Oz.” TBWA/Chiat/Day New York I could so see an amazing deeply horrific Frankenstein adaptation taking place in the mid-19th century in the American south,” writer tweeted. “We spent centuries without autonomy over our own bodies. Hyde,” “Emma,” “Frankenstein,” “Moby Dick,” Peter Pan,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “The Secret Garden,” “Three Musketeers,” “Treasure Island” and “The Wizard of Oz.” The covers the retail juggernaut had been planning included “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “Dr. “The covers are not a substitute for black voices or writers of color, whose work and voiced deserve to be heard.” “We acknowledge the voices who have expressed concern,” Barnes and Noble said in a tweeted statement. In a statement announcing the suspension Wednesday, the company acknowledged that merely slapping a new cover on the same old tomes was not the same as releasing books about or by writers of color. “So instead of paying poc to write new fresh stories, they’re hornswoggling people into paying for the same old stories with covers that are heavily stereotyped & have nothing to do with the content?” “So, they’re not retellings by poc and their #OwnVoices? They’re just new covers?” Twitter user said. But the over all look is warm and welcoming just how I like it - I believe that real beauty doesn't need to be put on, are you with me on that? Style should be effortless because that's when you know it's authentic, and uniquely you.Another version of literary blackface….eye… Pair of Egyptian-style Black Cat Bookends by Barnes and Noble 1994 HEAVY (8 lbs together) Each are 9.5 x 5 x 4.5 inches. Again, no frills - they are wrapped with green floral tape to keep them together as tulips can sag and I've placed them in a white ceramic canister from IKEA. Here are the flowers now that I've arranged them. In addition to tulips I found some yellow flowering branches (though it will be a surprise to see what will blossom as I have no clue what the flower lady called them in German), a little wooden doll for a euro and a pretty bread basket with ceramic blue and white handles for a few euros that I will now use for my mail. Not styled to perfection, just informal snaps - but this is my life and my typical days are casual and relaxed just like the flowers shown on my coffee table. :)Īnd these are just snapshots from my day today, but above I've shown some loot from my weekly farmers' market visit this morning. you have to appreciate and work with what you've been given sometimes, right? And so I have learned to live with the lumps. I ordered them in October and they arrived around the holidays but I was so busy that I forgot to tell you how cute they are! I'm not in love with the lumpy bumpy wallpaper in the flat we are renting right now but it's not bad either. These white dachshund darlings were designed by Jonathan Adler for Barnes & Noble and you can buy them online (they ship to Europe, too). It took about a month for them to reach me (int'l shipping is always slow), but now that I have them I can't imagine owning any other bookends. And now that I'm thinking about dogs, I thought I'd share quickly those bookends that I ordered from Barnes and Noble last year ( post here) because I realized this morning that I never showed you how they look in-situ. I am still thinking about that pretty vintage puppy party that I featured yesterday.
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