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A Pioneering Archaeologist

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A Pioneering Archaeologist

By: Aileen Fox

Aileen Fox, a pioneer of archaeology at Exeter University, was one of the first women to hold a senior post at a British university and was a committed supporter of local archaeology throughout a career that spanned six decades. This highly personal and engaging memoir records her life and work in great detail, from her birth in affluent Kensington in 1907, through a career alongside Mortimer Wheeler and other luminaries with prehistoric excavations in south Wales and southern England to her productive decade in New Zealand.

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A Pioneering Archaeologist

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A Pioneering Archaeologist

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Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 1

Elizabeth Gaskell, the Carlyles and John Ruskin

By: Valerie Sanders,Aileen Christianson,Simon Grimble,Sheila A Mcintosh,Ralph Pite

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Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 1

Elizabeth Gaskell, the Carlyles and John Ruskin

By: Valerie Sanders,Aileen Christianson,Simon Grimble,Sheila A Mcintosh,Ralph Pite

Elizabeth Gaskell, like her contemporary Emily Bronte, was from the north of England, though based in Lancashire and Cheshire rather than Yorkshire. Her first novel, Mary Barton (1848) was set in the north and was unusually realistic in its depiction of Manchester working-class life. Ruskin grew up in suburban London; in later life, he settled in the Lake District . Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle moved in the opposite direction - from rural Scotland to London's Cheyne Walk. This title focuses on writers for whom 'the centre' was a pressing concern. The three volumes that comprise a set are facsimile reproductions of contemporary biographical material. They include letters, memoirs, poems and articles on three outstanding Victorian literary persons: John Ruskin, Elzabeth Gaskell and the Carlyles.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040129358

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Understanding Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing in Children

Management Strategies for Parents and Professionals

By: Pratibha Reebye,Aileen Stalker

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Understanding Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing in Children

Management Strategies for Parents and Professionals

By: Pratibha Reebye,Aileen Stalker

This concise book is a valuable source of information for those who assess, educate and parent children with regulation disorders."--BOOK JACKET.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1843105217

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The Art of Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1788

Masterpieces from the British Museum Collection

By: Aileen Dawson

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The Art of Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1788

Masterpieces from the British Museum Collection

By: Aileen Dawson

Originally published in 2007 by the British Museum Press, London.

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UPNE

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1584657529

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Navaho Indian Myths

By: Aileen O’Bryan

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Navaho Indian Myths

By: Aileen O’Bryan

Rich compilation of Navaho origin and creation myths, recorded directly from a tribal elder: "The Creation of the Sun and Moon," "The Maiden who Became a Bear," and many more.

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Courier Corporation

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0486142094

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Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 2

Elizabeth Gaskell, the Carlyles and John Ruskin

By: Aileen Christianson,Sheila A Mcintosh,Simon Grimble,Ralph Pite,Valerie Sanders

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Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 2

Elizabeth Gaskell, the Carlyles and John Ruskin

By: Aileen Christianson,Sheila A Mcintosh,Simon Grimble,Ralph Pite,Valerie Sanders

Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle moved from rural Scotland to London's Cheyne Walk. This title focuses on writers for whom 'the centre' was a pressing concern. Elizabeth Gaskell, like her contemporary Emily Bronte, was from the north of England, though based in Lancashire and Cheshire rather than Yorkshire. Her first novel, Mary Barton 1848) was set in the north and was unusually realistic in its depiction of Manchester working-class life. Ruskin grew up in suburban London; in later life, he settled in the Lake District . The three volumes that comprise a set are facsimile reproductions of contemporary biographical material. They include letters, memoirs, poems and articles on three outstanding Victorian literary persons: John Ruskin, Elzabeth Gaskell and the Carlyles.

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1040128688

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Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 3

Elizabeth Gaskell, the Carlyles and John Ruskin

By: Ralph Pite,Aileen Christianson,Simon Grimble,Sheila A Mcintosh,John Mullan

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Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 3

Elizabeth Gaskell, the Carlyles and John Ruskin

By: Ralph Pite,Aileen Christianson,Simon Grimble,Sheila A Mcintosh,John Mullan

Ruskin grew up in suburban London; in later life, he settled in the Lake District. Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle moved from rural Scotland to London's Cheyne Walk. This title focuses on writers for whom 'the centre' was a pressing concern. Elizabeth Gaskell, like her contemporary Emily Bronte, was from the north of England, though based in Lancashire and Cheshire rather than Yorkshire. Her first novel, Mary Barton 1848) was set in the north and was unusually realistic in its depiction of Manchester working-class life.. The three volumes that comprise a set are facsimile reproductions of contemporary biographical material. They include letters, memoirs, poems and articles on three outstanding Victorian literary persons: John Ruskin, Elzabeth Gaskell and the Carlyles.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040129196

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A History of Scientific Journals

By: Aileen Fyfe,Noah Moxham,Julie McDougall-Waters,Camilla Mørk Røstvik

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A History of Scientific Journals

By: Aileen Fyfe,Noah Moxham,Julie McDougall-Waters,Camilla Mørk Røstvik

Modern scientific research has changed so much since Isaac Newton’s day: it is more professional, collaborative and international, with more complicated equipment and a more diverse community of researchers. Yet the use of scientific journals to report, share and store results is a thread that runs through the history of science from Newton’s day to ours. Scientific journals are now central to academic research and careers. Their editorial and peer-review processes act as a check on new claims and findings, and researchers build their careers on the list of journal articles they have published. The journal that reported Newton’s optical experiments still exists. First published in 1665, and now fully digital, the Philosophical Transactions has carried papers by Charles Darwin, Dorothy Hodgkin and Stephen Hawking. It is now one of eleven journals published by the Royal Society of London. Unrivalled insights from the Royal Society’s comprehensive archives have enabled the authors to investigate more than 350 years of scientific journal publishing. The editorial management, business practices and financial difficulties of the Philosophical Transactions and its sibling Proceedings reveal the meaning and purpose of journals in a changing scientific community. At a time when we are surrounded by calls to reform the academic publishing system, it has never been more urgent that we understand its history.

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UCL Press

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1800082320

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9781800082328

Battered Badge

First the Bruises, Then the Badge

By: Aileen Christine

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Battered Badge

First the Bruises, Then the Badge

By: Aileen Christine

She was only eighteen years old when she first tasted the blood of violence. She was a young mother, tired of the abuse and constantly on the run, escaping the raging fists of her husband, the man she once loved and trusted. Betrayal of his promises, the beatings, and a near-death experience brought her to find refuge behind a police badge. Her chilling and shattering details of abuse take you on a long journey where she finally ends the family violence and becomes a cop. Based on a true story, Aileen Christine takes you back into the early 1970s when most police were reluctant to make an arrest during a domestic violence call.

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Publish America

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1413756964

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Discrimination Law

Text, Cases and Materials

By: Aileen McColgan KC

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Discrimination Law

Text, Cases and Materials

By: Aileen McColgan KC

This textbook offers comprehensive coverage of the Equality Act 2010 and deals also with the equality aspects of the Human Rights Act 1998 and European Convention on Human Rights. It encourages critical analysis of equality law to equip the reader with an understanding of the enduring challenges that frame equality law and contemporary responses to those challenges. New content includes a chapter on age discrimination and analysis of the Public Sector Equality Duty. Structured so as to be accessible to the student approaching discrimination law for the first time, the book is also sufficiently detailed and analytical to appeal to the well-informed reader, and to provide those engaged in research with a solid base for further independent study. For the undergraduate student studying discrimination law as a free-standing subject or as part of a wider course, the book provides a one-stop shop. This book is also a key core text for any postgraduate discrimination law course.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1509928448

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The Radical Insufficiency of Human Life

The Poetry of R. de Castro and J.A. Silva

By: Aileen Dever

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The Radical Insufficiency of Human Life

The Poetry of R. de Castro and J.A. Silva

By: Aileen Dever

The postromantic works of the Spaniard Rosalía de Castro and the Colombian José Asunción Silva are indispensable in any anthology of 19th century Spanish and Latin American poetry. However, they found few appreciative readers during their lifetimes, even while displaying two of the most sincere voices of the day. Dever's book is unique: it is the first comparison of Castro's and Silva's poetry. Their works have meaningful differences but share remarkable likenesses in theme, tone, and style, though it is doubtful that either was aware of the other's existence. Of interest to feminist critics is an interpretation of Castro's literary vocation within a patriarchal society. Using the ideas of three 20th century Spanish thinkers, José Ortega y Gasset, Xavier Zubiri, and Pedro Laín Entralgo, Dever applies the concept of radical insufficiency to a comparison of the poets' works. Radical insufficiency holds that humans lack a determined being and fixed course for life, thus norms are not available to make the world intelligible. Humans experience feelings of uncertainty and emptiness, which inevitably lead to anxiety. Confronted by the mystery and pathos of human life, Castro and Silva both describe futile attempts to overcome this insufficiency through creation and contemplation of art, human relationships, and religion. The significance of these writers has transcended their own time; when examined in the context of Spanish and Latin American authors and thinkers who succeeded them, the importance of their works will continue to grow.

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McFarland

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0786408065

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9780786408061

Public Art in Vancouver

Angels Among Lions

By: John Steil,Aileen Stalker

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Public Art in Vancouver

Angels Among Lions

By: John Steil,Aileen Stalker

Featuring more than 500 public art installations, this is the first comprehensive guidebook to explore Vancouver's urban treasures. The character of a city is revealed by the public art that neighborhoods and residents collectively place on streets and walls and in their public spaces. As a city known internationally for its breathtaking cityscapes and mountain backdrop, Vancouver has much to offer visually including the diverse and thriving public art in the city's neighborhoods. Engaging color photos and detailed descriptions that focus on the historical and cultural context of each art piece, its place in modern art and the artist who created it allow for a greater understanding of these urban treasures. Easy-to follow maps take readers to communities and destinations such as False Creek, Chinatown, the West End, Downtown, East Vancouver, VanDusen Garden, Stanley Park and the University of British Columbia. Tour the better known and the unknown art installations that are made from every possible media and include monuments, paintings, murals, tapestries, figures, First Nations art, relics, busts, fountains, gateways, mosaics, sculptures and reliefs.

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TouchWood Editions

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1894898796

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9781894898799

The Whole Earth Holiday Book

By: Linda Polon,Aileen Cantwell

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The Whole Earth Holiday Book

By: Linda Polon,Aileen Cantwell

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

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Good Year Books

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067316585X

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9780673165855

Reflective Teaching in Secondary Schools

By: Andrew Pollard,Caroline Daly,Katharine Burn,Steve Higgins,Aileen Kennedy,Margaret Mulholland,Jo Fraser-Pearce,Mary Richardson,Dominic Wyse,John Yandell

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Reflective Teaching in Secondary Schools

By: Andrew Pollard,Caroline Daly,Katharine Burn,Steve Higgins,Aileen Kennedy,Margaret Mulholland,Jo Fraser-Pearce,Mary Richardson,Dominic Wyse,John Yandell

The book you can trust to guide you through your teaching career, as the expert authors share tried and tested techniques in secondary settings. For this new edition Caroline Daly, with Andrew Pollard, has worked with top practitioners from around the UK, to create a text that is both cohesive and that continues to evolve to meet the needs of today's secondary school teachers. Reflective Teaching in Schools uniquely provides two levels of support: - practical, evidence-based guidance on key classroom issues, such as relationships, behaviour, curriculum planning, teaching strategies and assessment - evidence-informed 'principles' and 'concepts' to help you continue developing your skills New to this edition: - More case studies and research summaries based on teaching in the secondary school than ever before - New reflective activities and guidance on key readings at the end of each chapter - Updates to reflect recent changes in curriculum and assessment across the UK reflectiveteaching.co.uk provides a treasure trove of additional support.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350263826

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Epic Love

Genesis 1:3: "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.”

By: Aileen Bliss

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Epic Love

Genesis 1:3: "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.”

By: Aileen Bliss

Epic Love is only possible with everyone and everything. We all work together as one with God using both sides of our brain. Our purpose in Life is extraordinary, unique and greatly appreciated by God. Remember everything we do is with God, as God, for God within us all equally. *The 10 Commandments of God* 1) Thou shalt have no other Gods before me 2) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 3) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them 4) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy 5) *Honour thy Father and thy Mother* 6) Thou shalt not kill 7) Thou shalt not commit adultery 8) Thou shalt not steal 9) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour 10) Thou shalt not covet (want) thy neighbour’s house, thy shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. God love you. ~Aileen

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FriesenPress

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1038302404

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9781038302403

Work in Hand

Script, Print, and Writing, 1690-1840

By: Aileen Douglas

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Work in Hand

Script, Print, and Writing, 1690-1840

By: Aileen Douglas

Oxford Textual Perspectives is a new series of informative and provocative studies focused upon literary texts (conceived of in the broadest sense of that term) and the technologies, cultures and communities that produce, inform, and receive them. It provides fresh interpretations of fundamental works and of the vital and challenging issues emerging in English literary studies. By engaging with the materiality of the literary text, its production, and reception history, and frequently testing and exploring the boundaries of the notion of text itself, the volumes in the series question familiar frameworks and provide innovative interpretations of both canonical and less well-known works. Work in Hand: Script, Print, and Writing, 1690-1840 argues that between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries manual writing was a dynamic technology. It examines script in relation to becoming a writer; in constructions of the author; and in emerging ideas of the human. Revising views of print as displacing script, Work in Hand argues that print reproduced script, print generated script; and print shaped understandings of script. In this, the double nature of print, as both moveable type and rolling press, is crucial. During this period, the shapes of letters changed as the multiple hands of the early-modern period gave way to English round hand; the denial of writing to the labouring classes was slowly replaced by acceptance of the desirability of universal writing; understandings of script in relation to copying and discipline came to be accompanied by ideas of the autograph. The work begins by surveying representations of script in letterpress and engraving. It discusses initiation into writing in relation to the copy-books of English writing masters, and in the context of colonial pedagogy in Ireland and India. The middle chapters discuss the physical work of writing, the material dimensions of script, and the autograph, in constructions of the author in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and in relation to Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, William Blake, Isaac D'Israeli, and Maria Edgeworth. The final chapter considers the emerging association of script with ideas of the human in the work of the Methodist preacher Joseph Barker.

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Oxford University Press

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0192506218

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9780192506214

Discrimination, Equality and the Law

By: Aileen McColgan KC

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Discrimination, Equality and the Law

By: Aileen McColgan KC

This monograph explores some of the conceptual questions which underpin the legal disputes which arise in relation to equality and discrimination. Among these are questions about the meaning of 'equality' as a legal concept and its relationship to the principle of non-discrimination; symmetrical and asymmetrical approaches to equality/non-discrimination; the role of comparators in discrimination/equality analysis; the selection of protected characteristics and the proper sphere of statutory and constitutional protections, and the scope for and regulation of potential conflicts between protected grounds. The author engages with domestic, EU and ECtHR case law as well as with wider international approaches.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782252010

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9781782252016

Introducing Language in Use

A Course Book

By: Aileen Bloomer,Andrew John Merrison,Patrick Griffiths,Andrew Merrison

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Introducing Language in Use

A Course Book

By: Aileen Bloomer,Andrew John Merrison,Patrick Griffiths,Andrew Merrison

Introducing Language in Use is a comprehensive coursebook for students new to the study of language and linguistics. Written by a highly experienced team of teachers, this coursebook is lively and accessible, interactive and above all produced with students firmly in mind. Drawing on a vast range of data and examples of language in its many forms, the book provides students with the tools they need to analyse real language in diverse contexts. Designed to be highly adaptable for course use, the authors suggest a range of different routes through the book. Introducing Language in Use: covers all the core areas and topics of language study: language, semiotics and communication, grammar, phonetics, words, semantics, variety in language, history of English, world Englishes, multilingualism, psycholinguistics, child language acquisition, conversation analysis, pragmatics, power and politeness, language in education has chapters contributed by John Field and Sushie Dobbinson, expanding the range of expertise adopts a 'how to' approach, encouraging students to apply their knowledge as they learn it presents many examples, drawn from varied domains (including conversation, advertising and text messaging), always giving precedence to real language in use includes activities throughout the text with commentaries, summaries, suggestions for further reading and an extensive glossary of terms features a final unit which offers students further practice in analysing language in use is supported by a companion website, offering extra resources for students and instructors This will be an essential coursebook for all introductory courses in English language, language and communication and linguistics.

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497

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Psychology Press

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041529178X

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9780415291781

Labour Law

By: Hugh Collins,Keith Ewing,Aileen McColgan

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Labour Law

By: Hugh Collins,Keith Ewing,Aileen McColgan

Written by prominent UK labour lawyers, this textbook is comprehensive and engaging, with detailed commentary and integrated materials.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316515745

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9781316515747

Toward Another Shore

Russian Thinkers Between Necessity and Chance

By: Aileen Kelly,Reader in the Department of Slavonic Studies Aileen M Kelly

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Toward Another Shore

Russian Thinkers Between Necessity and Chance

By: Aileen Kelly,Reader in the Department of Slavonic Studies Aileen M Kelly

In this thought-provoking book, an internationally acclaimed scholar writes about the passion for ideology among nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian intellectuals and about the development of sophisticated critiques of ideology by a continuing minority of Russian thinkers inspired by libertarian humanism. Aileen Kelly sets the conflict between utopian and anti-utopian traditions in Russian thought within the context of the shift in European thought away from faith in universal systems and "grand narratives" of progress toward an acceptance of the role of chance and contingency in nature and history. In the current age, as we face the dilemma of how to prevent the erosion of faith in absolutes and final solutions from ending in moral nihilism, we have much to learn from the struggles, failures, and insights of Russian thinkers, Kelly says. Her essays--some of them tours de force that have appeared before as well as substantial new studies of Turgenev, Herzen, and the Signposts debate--illuminate the insights of Russian intellectuals into the social and political consequences of ideas of such seminal Western thinkers as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Darwin. Russian Literature and Thought Series

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Yale University Press

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0300070241

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9780300070248

When the Wolf Camped at Our Door

My Childhood in the Great Depression

By: Aileen Kilgore Henderson

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When the Wolf Camped at Our Door

My Childhood in the Great Depression

By: Aileen Kilgore Henderson

Oscar meets an ottomobeel -- Alma's dime -- Friends again -- Mama prevents murder -- Ichabod gets lost -- Home remedies -- Summer of decision -- Thanksgiving day -- Mary Alice goes into business -- Miss know-it-all -- Summer nights after supper -- The Howton Horror -- Shangri-la -- Aileen falls by the wayside -- A visit from the Detroit cousins -- The KKK checks up on Big Hurricane Baptist -- Depression wedding -- Uncle Joe and the King of England -- Virgie's grandmother -- Granny Price's birthday celebration -- Mrs. Prude and her sons -- Belle -- Teensy's family -- Uncle Nat helps raise a submarine -- Aileen discovers football -- A movie star thrill -- Magic at the new Bama Theatre.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817321330

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9780817321338

Wojtek the Bear

Polish War Hero

By: Aileen Orr

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Wojtek the Bear

Polish War Hero

By: Aileen Orr

This is the inspiring and charming true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants - a 500-pound cigarettesmoking, beer-drinking brown bear. Originally adopted as a mascot by the Polish Army in Iran, Wojtek soon took on a more practical role, carrying heavy mortar rounds for the troops and going on to play his part as a fully enlisted 'soldier' with his own rank and number during the Italian campaign. After the war, Wojtek, along with some of his Polish compatriots from II Corps, came to Berwickshire, where he became a significant member of the local community before subsequently moving to Edinburgh Zoo. Wojtek's retirement was far from quiet: a potent symbol of freedom and solidarity for Poles around the world, he attracted a huge amount of media interest that shows no sign of abating almost 50 years after his death.

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Birlinn

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0857900056

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9780857900050

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