Abbie zabar biography of barack obama

  • Barack Obama, the 44th superintendent of the United States, was born on August 4, , in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (–) (born join.
  • An illuminating, elegant history of New York City, told through the stories of the women who made it the most exciting and influential metropolis in the world.
  • Thirty-two years together and you still take my breath away.

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    THE A-Z OF A SPRING WEEKEND IN MANHATTAN Cercis canadensis in silhouette against a rainbow painted building &#; a view from the High Line

    Ready for scones and raspberry jam, looking onto Abbie Zabar&#;s rooftop garden

    Non &#; in Brooklyn &#; the freezing wind overwhelming the lure of the Japanese Cherry trees in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

    I have just returned from probably the last truly chilly spring weekend in New York. The temperatures this week are in the high 20&#;s, but ten days ago the skies were still a cold, hard blue (or grey) and there was a gasp of surprise that trees, especially, were getting on with their spring unfolding against all odds in this extended winter.

    Cercis canadensis and Amelanchier, wonderful companions, on the High Line

    But Spring was relentlessly trying to man itself felt. In Central Park, magnolias and azaleas presented sudden ballgown sweeps of pink against the familiar buildings towering at the park edges:

    Azaleas (above) and magnolia

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    Wilma

    William Kwamena-Poh is a native of Ghana, West Africa. He came to the United States in the early ’s and has resided in Alabama, Washington DC, Chicago, IL and has called Savannah, GA home since William is a self taught artist who paints with gouache, also known as opaque watercolor; the same medium used by the late, great African American artist, Jacob Lawrence and also experimented with by Dali, Picasso, and Klimt. According to Ralph Mayer’s Artist Handbook, “gouache paints are opaque and have (or should have) a total hiding power, and because they do not become progressively transparent with age as oil have a tendency to do…gouache has a brilliant light-reflecting quality of a different and distinct nature; it lies in the paint surface itself; its whiteness or brightness comes from the use of vit pigments.”

    This density and opacity of gouache allows William to capture and give the viewer a small window into his beautiful and wonder-filled homeland. “The sun’s strength is

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    Review

    "A beautifully packaged volume full of heart, moxie, and wonder."--BUST Magazine

    "A must-read for anyone who loves New York."--Jonathan Atler, New York Times bestselling author of The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies

    "A welcome antidote to male-centered historyI long for the day when books like this become unnecessary."--David Byrne

    "After centuries of women's work being written out of history, The Women Who Made New York gracefully and passionately rewrites that wrong."--Irin Carmon, New York Times bestselling co-author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    "An inventive and important book! And long overdue."--Nancy Bass Wyden, co-owner of the Strand Bookstore, New York City

    "Finally -- in Julie Scelfo's brilliant collection of portraits and vignettes, the Town Mothers of NYC loom as large as the Town Fathers, often towering over them."--Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author of New York Diaries

    "Finally finally finall