Exploring the Catalan ban of bullfighting from a British perspective with Francisco Rivera Ordonez, Frank Evans, Jason Webster, Alexander Fiske-Harrison. "A remarkable achievement" - Club Taurino, London "One can understand how a torero feels when he has to kill a bull, a contradictory emotion that is rarely expressed, least of all in the English language." Books4Spain
Fascination with little girls pervaded Victorian culture. For many, girls represented the true essence of childhood or bygone times of innocence; but for middle-class men, especially writers, the interest ran much deeper. In Men in Wonderland, Catherine Robson explores the ways in which various nineteenth-century British male authors constructed girlhood, and analyzes the nature of their investment in the figure of the girl. In so doing, she reveals the link between the idealization of little girls and a widespread fantasy of male development--a myth suggesting that men become masculine only after an initial feminine stage, lived out in the protective environment of the nursery. Little girls, argues Robson, thus offer an adult male the best opportunity to reconnect with his own lost self. Tracing the beginnings of this myth in the writings of Romantics Wordsworth and De Quincey, Robson identifies the consolidation of this paradigm in numerous Victorian artifacts, ranging from literary works by Dickens and Barrett Browning, to paintings by Frith and Millais, to reports of the Royal Commission on Children's Employment. She analyzes Ruskin and Carroll's "high noon" of girl worship and investigates the destruction of the fantasy in the closing decades of the century, when social concerns about the working girl sexualized the image of young females. Men in Wonderland contributes to a growing interest in the nineteenth century's construction of childhood, sexuality, and masculinity, and illuminates their complex interconnections with a startlingly different light. Not only does it complicate the narratives of pedophilic desire that are generally used to explain figures like Ruskin and Carroll, but it offers a new understanding of the Victorian era's obsession with loss, its rampant sentimentality, and its intense valorization of the little girl at the expense of mature femininity.
Rewarded by passion—or marriage? What did handsome Italian businessman Lorenzo Forli mean when he said that Jess would be his "reward"? When Lorenzo proposed, Jess thought she understood: to make her his wife was what he ultimately wanted. Now she had no qualms about letting her husband-to-be make passionate love to her. But there was a shock in store! Lorenzo had failed to tell Jess something about his past. Could it be that he'd used all the means he possessed to claim the reward he'd really wanted—to seduce Jess into his bed?
A few years ago, I went to see a psychic, as all reasonable people in Paris do when they're hitting a wall. I was in my thirties and still clueless about my purpose in life. I had barely sat down when the psychic (an American) announced: 'You don't need to worry, you're a 'late bloomer'. Everything is going to happen later in your life.' Late Bloomer quoi? What the psychic didn't know was that there is no translation for 'late bloomer' in French. In the land of La vie en rose, where the Age of Enlightenment once sparked, you don't wander off the main road, let alone choose your own pace in life. You play by the book. From that day on, Catherine decided to knock down all her unquestioned beliefs to discover that there's life and happiness and hope off the beaten career and love path. "Deliciously joyful, a dazzling book with powerful simplicity.' Elle "Catherine Taret, a writer whose talent bubbles off the page. We want to mark every passage and talk it over with the author.' My Little Paris "A book that will inspire hope.' Ici Paris "A decidedly 'feel good' book.' Glose "A heart-warming book that's powerfully simple.' Amina "Unique, funny, and moving in turns. A book that's good for the soul.' Télé 7 jours Catherine is a Franco-American writer, living in Paris. She gave a talk about being a late bloomer that went viral. The adventures and discoveries that ensued make up It's never too late to bloom.
As the environmental crisis accelerates, we can easily feel overwhelmed, but our feeling of powerlessness is partly due to a misunderstanding of the natural world. We tend to think of nature as a cathedral on fire, like Notre Dame engulfed in flames. But the living world is not a cathedral on fire – if it were, the battle would already be lost. The living world is itself a fire that reconstitutes itself continuously and creates countless forms of life as soon as we leave it the space and time to do so. So the problem we face today is not to stop the fire – rather, it is how to defend and rekindle the embers of life that are all around us. Drawing lessons from conservationist initiatives aimed at allowing the natural forces of forests to take over again through a process of free evolution, and from agro-ecological farming initiatives which make lands hospitable for wildlife, Baptiste Morizot shows how specific actions can release the prodigality of life, its jungle-like power to regenerate itself. Actions like these are possible because the power of the living world lies in its abundance and creativity: the biosphere is a living fire that covers the earth, and it can always start up again if we know how to defend and kindle its embers.
Presents an alphabetical listing of information on the origins, prehistory, history, culture, languages, relationships to other cultures and more regarding European peoples.
★ “Tender, amazingly hopeful . . . vibrant and heartbreaking.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review This deeply felt, redemptive novel reveals the story of two teens whose lives intersect in unexpected ways that explose them to both the dark corners and hidden joys of life’s journey–and the remarkable resilience of the human soul. Meet Jordy. He’s on his own in New York City. Nobody to depend on; nobody depending on him. And it’s been working fine. Until this girl comes along. She’s 18 and blond and pretty–her world should be perfect. But she’s seen things no one should ever see in their whole life–the kind of things that break a person. She doesn’t seem broken, though. She seems . . . innocent. Like she doesn’t know a whole lot. Only sometimes she does. The one thing she knows for sure is that the world is an ugly place. Now her life may depend on Jordy proving her wrong. So they hit the road to discover the truth–and there’s no going back from what they find out.
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter presents the Star series, four thrilling historical romance novels set in 19th century San Francisco. EVENING STAR When Alex Saxton wins virgin Giana Van Cleve in the infamous Roman Flower Auction, he never expects to lose his heart... MIDNIGHT STAR An heiress from England comes to San Francisco to ruin Delaney Saxton, the man she thinks destroyed her father—only to wind up in his care and in his bed... WILD STAR When Brent Hammond discovers that Byrony has become the petted wife of a rich, older man, he's chagrined. Then her life is threatened—and Brent is the only one who can protect her... JADE STAR Vowing to save a young girl from her painful past, Saint Morris marries her out of duty. He thinks of himself as her protector and brother. But she has other ideas...
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