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England's Revelry

A History of Popular Sports and Pastimes, 1660-1830

By: Emma Griffin

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England's Revelry

A History of Popular Sports and Pastimes, 1660-1830

By: Emma Griffin

Because the poor lacked land of their own, public spaces were needed for their sports and pastimes.

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Oxford University Press

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0197263216

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Find Your Soul Path

Discover the Magical Life Within

By: Emma Griffin

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Find Your Soul Path

Discover the Magical Life Within

By: Emma Griffin

Find your Soul Path seamlessly blends spirituality with self-help as it seeks to give the reader the tools to begin to live in a more conscious way. Author and eclectic witch Emma Griffin shows the reader how to discover their soul-purpose and move through the world in a way that starts from a place of purpose and authenticity and allows that to radiate out. Starting in the home, all areas of life are explored, with mindfulness, intuition, and empowerment leading the way. A fantastic introduction to developing a spiritual practice, Find your Soul Path is a gentle exploration of the most easily accessible aspects of witchcraft presented - alongside genuinely helpful life advice - in a way that will appeal to those interested in new age spirituality and the role it can play in modern life. Written with the busy modern woman in mind, ideas and tips for practical ways to find moments of peace and connection are included that are easy to fit into everyday life, such as creating a morning ritual, a bath ritual and journaling prompts. Author Emma Griffin shares her wisdom and sage advice, gained over a lifetime of seeking deep connection with nature and the soul, for moving through the challenges of the modern world in an empowered way that celebrates the divine feminine. With a focus on connecting to the true self, Find Your Soul Path presents the ancient wisdom of womanhood to a new generation of witches and the spiritually curious, with easily followed rituals for celebrating the sabbats of the Wheel of the Year and practical journaling exercises that help the reader to dive deep on their quest for personal peace and enlightenment. A beginner's guide, this is a book for the open-minded reader who is interested in getting in touch with their more spiritual side, and exploring how they can use their intuition to lead a life that feels more authentic and full of intention.

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David and Charles

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1446310094

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9781446310090

Liberty's Dawn

A People's History of the Industrial Revolution

By: Emma Griffin

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Liberty's Dawn

A People's History of the Industrial Revolution

By: Emma Griffin

“Emma Griffin gives a new and powerful voice to the men and women whose blood and sweat greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution” (Tim Hitchcock, author of Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London). This “provocative study” looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class (The New Yorker). The era didn’t just bring about misery and poverty. On the contrary, Emma Griffin shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy, and offered exciting opportunities for political action. For many, this was a period of new, and much valued, sexual and cultural freedom. This rich personal account focuses on the social impact of the Industrial Revolution, rather than its economic and political histories. In the tradition of bestselling books by Liza Picard, Judith Flanders, and Jerry White, Griffin gets under the skin of the period and creates a cast of colorful characters, including factory workers, miners, shoemakers, carpenters, servants, and farm laborers. “Through the ‘messy tales’ of more than 350 working-class lives, Emma Griffin arrives at an upbeat interpretation of the Industrial Revolution most of us would hardly recognize. It is quite enthralling.” —The Oldie magazine “A triumph, achieved in fewer than 250 gracefully written pages. They persuasively purvey Griffin’s historical conviction. She is intimate with her audience, wooing it and teasing it along the way.” —The Times Literary Supplement “An admirably intimate and expansive revisionist history.” —Publishers Weekly

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Yale University Press

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0300194811

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9780300194814

The Wakeful World

Animism, Mind and the Self in Nature

By: Emma Restall Orr

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The Wakeful World

Animism, Mind and the Self in Nature

By: Emma Restall Orr

Over the past few hundred years, animism has been dismissed as a primitive, naïve and irrational perspective, irrelevant within the civilised West. In The Wakeful World, Emma Restall Orr argues that this is based on the misrepresentation, drawn in crayon, that each tree and stone has its own Christian-like immortal soul. Taking the reader on a philosophical adventure, Restall Orr explores the heritage of Western thought with precision, enthusiasm and sensitivity, considering how soul, spirit, mind and consciousness have been understood through millennia. Challenging the prevailing worldviews of materialism and dualism, she presents animism as a radically different, yet mature and coherent philosophy. Providing deep green ethics with a wholly rational metaphysical foundation, The Wakeful World is a compelling view of the nature of existence and the experience of reality, giving solid ground for the now necessary journey to a sustainable world. This original and lively book brings back animism - a most useful range of ideas which reductivists have somewhat wildly abandoned during the last century - into focus once more just when it is badly needed to cure current confusions about mind and body - Dr Mary Midgley, Moral Philosopher

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John Hunt Publishing

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1780994087

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9781780994086

Harlequin Love Inspired August 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Emma Miller,Lee Tobin McClain,Jolene Navarro

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Harlequin Love Inspired August 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Emma Miller,Lee Tobin McClain,Jolene Navarro

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. A GROOM FOR RUBY The Amish Matchmaker by Emma Miller Joseph Brenneman is instantly smitten when Ruby Plank stumbles—literally—into his arms. The shy mason sees all the wonderful things she offers the world. But with his mother insisting Ruby isn’t good enough, and Ruby keeping a devastating secret, could they ever have a happily-ever-after? THE SOLDIER’S SECRET CHILD Rescue River by Lee Tobin McClain Widow Lacey McPherson is ready to embrace the single life—until boy-next-door Vito D’Angelo returns with a foster son in tow. Now she’s housing two guests and falling for the ex-soldier. But will the secret he’s keeping ruin any chance at a future together? TEXAS DADDY Lone Star Legacy by Jolene Navarro Adrian De La Cruz is happy to see childhood crush Nikki Bergmann back in town and bonding with his daughter. But he quickly sees the danger of spending time together. With Nikki set on leaving Clear Water, could their wish for a wife and mother ever become reality?

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1488018634

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Regenerative Politics

By: Emma Planinc

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Regenerative Politics

By: Emma Planinc

Critics of liberal democracy from both the left and right view rights not as protectors of freedom but as impediments to self-determination and call for radically regenerative political alternatives. Liberals respond to these challenges by reasserting that universal rights are self-evident, intentionally foreclosing the possibility of remaking the political order. Regenerative Politics makes a bold intervention into this fraught landscape, arguing that the survival of rights depends on abandoning their claims to self-evidence. Emma Planinc argues that liberal democracies must open themselves up to a regenerative politics that accepts all claims against political convention as self-determinative—including those that desire the rejection of rights or the overturning of liberal democracies themselves. Bringing together scholarship on race, democracy, liberalism, fascism, and the far right with an intellectual history of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution and a novel account of human nature, Regenerative Politics offers a new political theory for the revitalization of politics. Planinc shows that liberal democracies can arm themselves against extreme challenges by remaining perpetually open to the reconstitution of rights, restoring the capacity for human beings to determine themselves in the world.

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Columbia University Press

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0231560990

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9780231560993

Confessions of a High School Disaster

By: Emma Chastain

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Confessions of a High School Disaster

By: Emma Chastain

In the tradition of Bridget Jones’s Diary, a lovably flawed high school student chronicles her life as she navigates the highs and lows of family, friendship, school, and love in a diary that sparkles with humor and warmth. I’m Chloe Snow, and my life is kiiiiind of a disaster. 1. I’m a kissing virgin (so so so embarrassing). 2. My best friend, Hannah, is driving me insane. 3. I think I’m in love with Mac Brody, senior football star, whose girlfriend is so beautiful she doesn’t even need eyeliner. 4. My dad won’t stop asking me if I’m okay. 5. Oh, and my mom moved to Mexico to work on her novel. But it’s fine—she’ll be back soon. She said so. Mom says the only thing sadder than remembering is forgetting, so I’m going to write down everything that happens to me in this diary. That way, even when I’m ninety, I’ll remember how awkward and horrible and exciting it is to be in high school.

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Simon and Schuster

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1481488775

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Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields

With the Introductory Chapter 'The Ethos of the Spy'

By: Emma E. Edmonds

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Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields

With the Introductory Chapter 'The Ethos of the Spy'

By: Emma E. Edmonds

Originally published in 1865, “Nurse and Spy in the Union Army” is a memoir by Emma Edmonds (1841–1898) who famously dressed as a man in order to enlist in the 2nd Michigan Infantry during the American Civil War. She describes the time she spent in military field camps and hospitals during the war, as well as her 11 successful excursions across enemy lines in various male disguises to gather intelligence. In 1992, Edmonds was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. A fascinating account of one woman's incredible war-time deeds, “Nurse and Spy in the Union Army” is not to be missed by those with a keen interest in American history and the Revolutionary War in particular. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic memoir now in a brand new edition complete with the introductory chapter 'The Ethos of the Spy' by Hamil Grant.

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1528792084

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Byrne and McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System

By: Raymond Byrne,Paul McCutcheon,Laura Cahillane,Emma Roche-Cagney

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Byrne and McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System

By: Raymond Byrne,Paul McCutcheon,Laura Cahillane,Emma Roche-Cagney

Winner of the DSBA Practical Law Book of the Year Award 2020 This seventh edition provides comprehensive treatment of the key elements of the legal system in Ireland, including the roles and regulation of legal practitioners, the organisation of the courts and the judiciary, and an analysis of the main sources of Irish law and their application in practice. It is essential reading for law students in Ireland, and practitioners will find it of great value. The seventh edition has been fully updated to reflect recent key developments including: Fundamental reform of the legal profession under the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, The commencement of the main regulatory powers of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority and the establishment of the Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicator; The increasing impact of information technology on the legal profession and the courts, accelerated in 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic; The establishment of the Judicial Council under the Judicial Council Act 2019, and the roles of its committees; Discussion of the system for appointing judges; The establishment of the Court of Appeal and the resulting impact on the Supreme Court; The Mediation Act 2017 and alternative dispute resolution in civil cases; The doctrine of precedent, including important case law from the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court; Significant developments in making legislation more accessible online, and analysis of the case law on the interpretation of legislation; The impact of recent constitutional decisions, including case law on suspended declarations of unconstitutionality, and the constitutional amendments on marriage equality and abortion; Developments in EU law, including the potential impact of Brexit, and the growing impact on Irish law of more than 1,400 international agreements that Ireland has ratified.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526515105

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9781526515100

The Rough Guide to Australia

By: Emma Boyle,Rough Guides (Firm)

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The Rough Guide to Australia

By: Emma Boyle,Rough Guides (Firm)

Great drives, endless beaches, outback adventures"--Cover.

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Rough Guides UK

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1405382252

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9781405382250

Resisting Carceral Violence

Women's Imprisonment and the Politics of Abolition

By: Bree Carlton,Emma K. Russell

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Resisting Carceral Violence

Women's Imprisonment and the Politics of Abolition

By: Bree Carlton,Emma K. Russell

This book explores the dramatic evolution of a feminist movement that mobilised to challenge a women’s prison system in crisis. Through in-depth historical research conducted in the Australian state of Victoria that spans the 1980s and 1990s, the authors uncover how incarcerated women have worked productively with feminist activists and community coalitions to expose, critique and resist the conditions and harms of their confinement. Resisting Carceral Violence tells the story of how activists—through a combination of creative direct actions, reformist lobbying and legal challenges—forged an anti-carceral feminist movement that traversed the prison walls. This powerful history provides vital lessons for service providers, social justice advocates and campaigners, academics and students concerned with the violence of incarceration. It calls for a willingness to look beyond the prison and instead embrace creative solutions to broader structural inequalities and social harm.

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Springer

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3030016951

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9783030016951

The Break-Up Pact

A Novel

By: Emma Lord

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The Break-Up Pact

A Novel

By: Emma Lord

A Library Reads Pick! Most Anticipated by Goodreads, Cosmo, E! News, and more! Two best friends who haven’t spoken in ten years pretend to date after break-ups with their respective exes go viral, in this delightfully fun and deeply emotional novel from New York Times bestselling author Emma Lord. June and Levi were best friends as teenagers—until the day they weren’t. Now June is struggling to make rent on her beachside tea shop, Levi is living a New York cliché as a disillusioned hedge fund manager and failed novelist, and they've barely spoken in years. But after they both experience public, humiliating break-ups with their exes that spread like wildfire across TikTok rabbit holes and daytime talk shows alike, they accidentally make some juicy gossip of their own—a photo of them together has the internet convinced they're a couple. With so many people rooting for them, they decide to put aside their rocky past and make a pact to fuel the fire. Pretending to date will help June’s shop get back on its feet and make Levi’s ex realize that she made a mistake. All they have to do is convince the world they're in love, one swoon-worthy photo opp at a time. Two viral break-ups. One fake relationship. Five sparkling, heart-pounding dates. June and Levi can definitely pull this off without their hearts getting involved. Because everyone knows fake dating doesn’t come with real feelings. Right?

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1250845319

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9781250845313

Clothing Matters

Dress and Identity in India

By: Emma Tarlo

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Clothing Matters

Dress and Identity in India

By: Emma Tarlo

What do I wear today? The way we answer this question says much about how we manage and express our identities. This detailed study examines sartorial style in India from the late nineteenth century to the present, showing how trends in clothing are related to caste, level of education, urbanization, and a larger cultural debate about the nature of Indian identity. Clothes have been used to assert power, challenge authority, and instigate social change throughout Indian society. During the struggle for independence, members of the Indian elite incorporated elements of Western style into their clothes, while Gandhi's adoption of the loincloth symbolized the rejection of European power and the contrast between Indian poverty and British wealth. Similar tensions are played out today, with urban Indians adopting "ethnic" dress as villagers seek modern fashions. Illustrated with photographs, satirical drawings, and magazine advertisements, this book shows how individuals and groups play with history and culture as they decide what to wear.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226789764

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9780226789767

Reinventing Babel in Medieval French

Translation and Untranslatability (c. 1120-c. 1250)

By: Emma Campbell

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Reinventing Babel in Medieval French

Translation and Untranslatability (c. 1120-c. 1250)

By: Emma Campbell

How can untranslatability help us to think about the historical as well as the cultural and linguistic dimensions of translation? For the past two centuries, theoretical debates about translation have responded to the idea that translation overcomes linguistic and cultural incommensurability, while never inscribing full equivalence. More recently, untranslatability has been foregrounded in projects at the intersections between translation studies and other disciplines, notably philosophy and comparative literature. The critical turn to untranslatability re-emphasizes the importance of translation's negotiation with foreignness or difference and prompts further reflection on how that might be understood historically, philosophically, and ethically. If translation never replicates a source exactly, what does it mean to communicate some elements and not others? What or who determines what is translatable, or what can or cannot be recontextualized? What linguistic, political, cultural, or historical factors condition such determinations? Central to these questions is the way translation negotiates with, and inscribes asymmetries among, languages and cultures, operations that are inevitably ethical and political as well as linguistic. This book explores how approaching questions of translatability and untranslatability through premodern texts and languages can inform broader interdisciplinary conversations about translation as a concept and a practice. Working with case studies drawn from the francophone cultures of Flanders, England, and northern France, it explores how medieval texts challenge modern definitions of language, text, and translation and, in so doing, how such texts can open sites of variance and non-identity within what later became the hegemonic global languages we know today.

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Oxford University Press

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0192699695

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9780192699695

A Courageous Escape

By: Emma Konrad

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A Courageous Escape

By: Emma Konrad

Emma Konrad's family were just a few of the three million Sudeten Germans living in Czechoslovakia. The Second World War provided enough disruption to the life of a young girl training to be a teacher, but at the end of the war things became even more fearful. Fleeing her country with her sister, a long and eventful journey followed for Emma.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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190588608X

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9781905886081

Greyfriars House

By: Emma Fraser

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Greyfriars House

By: Emma Fraser

Secrets will be uncovered . . . 'I was absolutely gripped . . . the atmospheric setting of Greyfriars intertwined with the grim reality of the war camps of Singapore was inspirational.' Linda Finlay 'A thought-provoking and atmospheric read.' Evie Grace An epic, sweeping drama about a family with secrets and a house shrouded in mystery, Greyfriars House is perfect for fans of Rachel Hore, Kate Morton, Kate Riordan and Tracey Rees. On a remote Scottish island sits Greyfriars House 1939 Nine-year-old Olivia Friel is delighted to be spending the summer at Greyfriars House, a place where her parents, their family and friends are always happy. But this year there's an underlying tension that Olivia doesn't understand. Then one night she sees something she's not meant to, and accidentally lets slip a devastating betrayal. 1984 Charlotte Friel gets a call from her ailing mother, asking something she's never asked before: for Charlotte to come home. There are things Olivia needs to tell her daughter before it's too late, secrets to be shared about forgotten relatives and a mysterious house. Left reeling by recent events, Charlotte is unsure what path to follow. But eventually her curiosity, and a desire to escape her own life, lead her to Greyfriars House. Will she find the answers she needs to make peace with the past? Praise for Emma Fraser: 'A gripping tale . . . romance, adventure and an intriguing underlying mystery' - Lancaster Guardian 'A heartbreaking novel of love and loss' - Blackpool Gazette 'A powerful and at times gritty tale of love and loss . . . a great, insightful read' - Novelicious 'An epic tale of one woman's determination to follow her dreams' - People's Friend 'First rate' - Lovereading 'Engaging and enjoyable' - The Historical Novel Society ?

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Sphere

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0751566128

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9780751566123

The Moon and the Stars and the Duke of Earl

By: Karen Emma Gerhardt,Emma Sybilla Phillippi

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The Moon and the Stars and the Duke of Earl

By: Karen Emma Gerhardt,Emma Sybilla Phillippi

The Moon and the Stars and the Duke of Earl By: Emma Sybilla Phillippi and Karen Emma Gerhardt The Moon and the Stars and the Duke of Earl is a true account of the unusual and often “Dark” life of Jon Craig Johnston, combined with the brighter life of Karen Emma Gerhardt. It tells of growing up in suburban South Jersey during the 1950s and 1960s and continues onward. The story is also a “wawk” down memory lane. Read on and enjoy this inspirational tale full of resilience and endurance.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1644266075

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The Principles of Land Law

By: Emma Lees

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The Principles of Land Law

By: Emma Lees

The core principles of land law are articulated clearly in this new textbook, providing a framework through which students can gain a sophisticated understanding of the modern land law system. Emma Lees' expertise in research and teaching ensures all topics are thoroughly explained in a friendly and accessible style. The textbook uses a unique structure: 'Chapter Goals' outline the key learning objectives while the core 'Principles' are summarised to conclude each chapter with a comprehensive overview of the topic at hand. Key cases are explained while examples illustrate problems and possible solutions. Students understand how to accurately apply the core principles to land law scenarios, while also conducting their own critical analysis of the subject area. The author's enthusiasm is imbued in the writing style; students actively engage with the key debates and at the same time develop an appreciation of the subject as a whole. A comprehensive interpretation of this subject, The Principles of Land Law is the ideal companion to a course in land law. Online resources Bimonthly updates on recent law changes.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198810997

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3 books to know French Revolution

By: Charles Dickens,Victor Hugo,Emma Orczy,August Nemo

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3 books to know French Revolution

By: Charles Dickens,Victor Hugo,Emma Orczy,August Nemo

Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate your mind, this time the topic is:French Revolution. - The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emma Orczy. - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. - Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. The novel is set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The title is the nom de guerre of its hero and protagonist, a chivalrous Englishman who rescues aristocrats before they are sent to the guillotine. A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters, particularly the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. This is one of many books in the series 3 Books To Know. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the topics

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Tacet Books

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3968584481

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Life, Myth, and Art in Ancient Greece

By: Emma Stafford

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Life, Myth, and Art in Ancient Greece

By: Emma Stafford

Ancient Greece is one of the wellsprings of Western civilization. It transformed and has continued to refresh our architecture, drama, literature, art, philosophy, and politics. Life, Myth, and Art in Ancient Greece is a richly illustrated guide to this heritage and to its roots in the beliefs, rituals, and artistic achievements of an extraordinary culture." "This book covers themes that have long inspired the imagination, including myths of the gods and goddesses who intervened in-human affairs ; the voyages and conflicts of the heroes, from Herakles to Odysseus ; the many columned temples that studded the Greek empire from Athens to Sicily and Asia Minor ; the Dionysian rites of revelry and inebriation ; the Eleusinian mysteries, so secret that even today we can only speculate about what they involved ; major sites such as the Acropolis and the complex formed around the oracle at Delphi ; and the original Olympic games.

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Getty Publications

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0892367733

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Rome and the Literature of Gardens

By: Victoria Emma Pagán

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Rome and the Literature of Gardens

By: Victoria Emma Pagán

Rome and the Literature of Gardens" explores the garden as a powerful locus of transformation and transgression in the "De Re Rustica" of Columella, the "Satires" of Horace, the "Annals" of Tacitus, and the "Confessions" of Saint Augustine. In keeping with the approach of this series, a concluding chapter examines the reincarnation of these expressions in the contemporary plays "Arcadia" and "The Invention of Love" by Tom Stoppard. Many books on gardens in ancient Rome concentrate on either technical agricultural manuals, or pastoral poetry, or the physical remains of Roman gardens. Instead, this book considers images of gardens from a kaleidoscope of genres, especially those that the Romans made their own: satire, annalistic history, and autobiography. This atypical approach makes a unique contribution to the field of Latin literature and garden history, bridging the gap between material culture and cultural history.

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A&C Black

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1472502523

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9781472502520

The House of Commons

An Anthropology of MPs at Work

By: Emma Crewe

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The House of Commons

An Anthropology of MPs at Work

By: Emma Crewe

The House of Commons is one of Britain's mysterious institutions: constantly in the news yet always opaque. In this ground-breaking anthropological study of the world's most famous parliament, Emma Crewe reveals the hidden mechanisms of parliamentary democracy. Examining the work of Members of Parliament – including neglected areas such as constituencies and committees – this book provides unique insights into the actual lives and working relationships of parliamentarians. 'Why do the public loathe politicians but often love their own MP?' the author asks. The antagonistic façade of politics irritates the public who tend to be unaware that, backstage, democracy relies on MPs consulting, compromising and cooperating across political parties far more than is publicly admitted. As the book shows, this is only one of myriad contradictions in the labyrinths of power. Based on unprecedented access and two years of interviews and research in the Palace of Westminster and MPs' constituencies, The House of Commons: An Anthropology of MPs at Work challenges the existing scholarship on political institutions and party politics. Moving beyond the narrow confines of rational choice theory and new institutionalism, Emma Crewe presents a radical alternative to the study of British politics by demonstrating that all of its processes hinge on culture, ritual and social relations. A must-read for anyone interested in political anthropology, politics, or the Westminster model.

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1474234593

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Using Interactive Digital Narrative in Science and Health Education

By: R. Lyle Skains,Jennifer A. Rudd,Carmen Casaliggi,Emma J. Hayhurst,Ruth Horry,Helen Ross,Kate Woodward

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Using Interactive Digital Narrative in Science and Health Education

By: R. Lyle Skains,Jennifer A. Rudd,Carmen Casaliggi,Emma J. Hayhurst,Ruth Horry,Helen Ross,Kate Woodward

This book offers insight and lessons learned from two pilot studies which used interactive digital narrative (IDN) as educational interventions to effect positive change regarding social issues, looking into interdisciplinary approaches to research and education methods, combining arts and science methodologies and science communication.

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1839097620

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Conspiracy Theory in Latin Literature

By: Victoria Emma Pagán

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Conspiracy Theory in Latin Literature

By: Victoria Emma Pagán

Conspiracy theory as a theoretical framework has emerged only in the last twenty years; commentators are finding it a productive way to explain the actions and thoughts of individuals and societies. In this compelling exploration of Latin literature, Pagán uses conspiracy theory to illuminate the ways that elite Romans invoked conspiracy as they navigated the hierarchies, divisions, and inequalities in their society. By seeming to uncover conspiracy everywhere, Romans could find the need to crush slave revolts, punish rivals with death or exile, dismiss women, denigrate foreigners, or view their emperors with deep suspicion. Expanding on her earlier Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History, Pagán here interprets the works of poets, satirists, historians, and orators—Juvenal, Tacitus, Suetonius, Terence, and Cicero, among others—to reveal how each writer gave voice to fictional or real actors who were engaged in intrigue and motivated by a calculating worldview. Delving into multiple genres, Pagán offers a powerful critique of how conspiracy and conspiracy theory can take hold and thrive when rumor, fear, and secrecy become routine methods of interpreting (and often distorting) past and current events. In Roman society, where knowledge about others was often lacking and stereotypes dominated, conspiracy theory explained how the world worked. The persistence of conspiracy theory, from antiquity to the present day, attests to its potency as a mechanism for confronting the frailties of the human condition.

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University of Texas Press

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0292749791

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The Single Woman, Modernity, and Literary Culture

Women’s Fiction from the 1920s to the 1940s

By: Emma Sterry

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The Single Woman, Modernity, and Literary Culture

Women’s Fiction from the 1920s to the 1940s

By: Emma Sterry

This book situates the single woman within the evolving landscape of modernity, examining how she negotiated rural and urban worlds, explored domestic and bohemian roles, and traversed public and private spheres. In the modern era, the single woman was both celebrated and derided for refusing to conform to societal expectations regarding femininity and sexuality. The different versions of single women presented in cultural narratives of this period—including the old maid, odd woman, New Woman, spinster, and flapper—were all sexually suspicious. The single woman, however, was really an amorphous figure who defied straightforward categorization. Emma Sterry explores depictions of such single women in transatlantic women’s fiction of the 1920s to 1940s. Including a diverse selection of renowned and forgotten writers, such as Djuna Barnes, Rosamond Lehmann, Ngaio Marsh, and Eliot Bliss, this book argues that the single woman embodies the tensions between tradition and progress in both middlebrow and modernist literary culture.

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