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Women's Fiction of the Second World War

Gender, Power and Resistance

By: Gill Plain

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Women's Fiction of the Second World War

Gender, Power and Resistance

By: Gill Plain

This book examines the relationship between war and gender through the analysis of literary texts. Focusing on the fiction of Dorothy L. Sayers, Stevie Smith, Virginia Woolf, Naomi Mitchison and Elizabeth Bowen during the 1930s and 1940s, the book considers the different and sometimes contradictory ways in which British women writers responded both to the threat of war and to actual conflict in this period.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474471706

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9781474471701

Twentieth Century Crime Fiction

Gender, Sexuality and the Body

By: Gill Plain

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Twentieth Century Crime Fiction

Gender, Sexuality and the Body

By: Gill Plain

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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276

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Routledge

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1135974616

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9781135974619

Wordsworth's Revisitings

By: Stephen Gill,Stephen S. Gill

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Wordsworth's Revisitings

By: Stephen Gill,Stephen S. Gill

In this beautifully written and thoughtful book Wordsworth's biographer and editor Stephen Gill explores the ways in which the poet attempted as an artist to maintain continuities through all the stages of his life and shows how revisitings of various kinds are at the heart of his creativity.

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Oxford University Press

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0199268770

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9780199268771

Questions and Epistemic Stance in Contemporary Spoken British English

By: Andrzej Zuczkowski,Ramona Bongelli,Ilaria Riccioni,Gill Philip

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Questions and Epistemic Stance in Contemporary Spoken British English

By: Andrzej Zuczkowski,Ramona Bongelli,Ilaria Riccioni,Gill Philip

This volume explores a model of epistemic stance, according to which speakers can communicate each single piece of information either as known/certain or uncertain or unknown. It presents a qualitative analysis of extracts from the Spoken British National Corpus 2014 to support the idea that questions come from two distinct epistemic positions: the Unknowing and the Uncertain; this latter ranges along two poles: Not Knowing Whether and Believing. In the epistemic continuum, Unknowing questions express a lack of knowledge and range from open to closed and dual wh-questions. On the other hand, Uncertain questions express a lack of certainty and range from maximum uncertainty (Not Knowing Whether-questions advancing a doubt) to minimum uncertainty (Believing-questions advancing a supposition). Both Unknowing and Uncertain questions can be directed either at the answerer’s Knowing or Believing position, depending on their aim. The volume will appeal to scholars concerned with the topic of question design and epistemic stance from a theoretical and analytical perspective, as well as those interested in applying these findings in their teaching practice.

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335

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527567346

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9781527567344

Brilliant Communication Skills

By: Gill Hasson

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Brilliant Communication Skills

By: Gill Hasson

Annotation What does it take to be a successful communicator? Just about every job requires excellent communication skills. To get ahead at work you need to be able to express yourself clearly and understand the feelings, needs and intentions of others. So how can you make sure other people understand you and that you respond appropriately to other people? Whether it's giving a presentation, getting your point across in a meeting, or understanding the effects of body language, the proven tips and techniques provided in this book will get you communicating more effectively and successfully in no time * Explain yourself clearly, and get your point across easily * Know what to say to help others open up to you * Feel confident about communicating with a wide range of people.

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Pearson UK

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1292084545

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9781292084541

William Wordsworth

A Life

By: Stephen Gill

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William Wordsworth

A Life

By: Stephen Gill

In this second edition of William Wordsworth: A Life, Stephen Gill draws on knowledge of the poet's creative practices and his reputation and influence in his life-time and beyond. Refusing to treat the poet's later years as of little interest, this biography presents a narrative of the whole of Wordsworth's long life--1770 to 1850--tracing the development from the adventurous youth who alone of the great Romantic poets saw life in revolutionary France to the old man who became Queen Victoria's Poet Laureate. The various phases of Wordsworth's life are explored with a not uncritical sympathy; the narrative brings out the courage he and his wife and family were called upon to show as they crafted the life they wanted to lead. While the emphasis is on Wordsworth the writer, the personal relationships that nourished his creativity are fully treated, as are the historical circumstances that affected the production of his poetry. Wordsworth, it is widely believed, valued poetic spontaneity. He did, but he also took pains over every detail of the process of publication. The foundation of this second edition of the biography remains, as it was of the first, a conviction that Wordsworth's poetry, which has given pleasure and comfort to generations of readers in the past, will continue to do so in the years to come.

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Oxford University Press

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0192551280

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9780192551283

Wordsworth: The Prelude

By: Stephen Gill

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Wordsworth: The Prelude

By: Stephen Gill

Gill places The Prelude in the context of Wordsworth's life, and discusses the various states in which it survives.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521369886

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9780521369886

Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice

By: Dinah Eastop,Kathryn Gill

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Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice

By: Dinah Eastop,Kathryn Gill

This well referenced book provides an amply illustrated publication on upholstery conservation which discusses and reviews the issues related to the care, interpretation and treatment of upholstered furniture. Through many well illustrated case studies the inter-disciplinary collaboration fundamental to upholstery conservation, and the complex decision-making process involved in the treatment of upholstered furniture, are made evident. The case histories are contributed by leading international practitioners in the field and concern objects and collections in the care of English Heritage, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other internationally renowned institutions. Likewise, the contributors, from both sides of the Atlantic, are world-renowned specialists and leaders in this area of conservation working for the public and private sectors. The case histories, illustrated in colour, black and white and specially prepared line drawings, concern object treatment and documentation, the conservation of information, the function and the artefact. They range from the documentation of eighteenth century removable chair covers and the treatment of a nineteenth century carriage to a twentieth century foam-filled chair belonging to a museum.

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Routledge

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113514513X

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9781135145132

Revolution and Terror

By: Graeme Gill

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Revolution and Terror

By: Graeme Gill

This book is a study of the relationship between revolution and terror. Graeme Gill uses a detailed analysis of the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions to show that in order to understand that relationship, it is necessary to distinguish between different types of terror: revolutionary, transformational, and inverted.

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Oxford University Press

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0198901100

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9780198901105

Strategic Communication: Cases in Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising and

By: Steven Greenland,Jason Bainbridge,Chris Galloway,Rob Gill

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Strategic Communication: Cases in Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising and

By: Steven Greenland,Jason Bainbridge,Chris Galloway,Rob Gill

Strategic Communications: Cases in Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising and Media provides a collection of 13 comprehensive, contemporary case studies for use in Advertising, Marketing, PR and Media courses with a focus on Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia Pacific region. In the past it has been the norm for these disciplines to remain distinct entities. However, with growing recognition and emergence of the all encompassing theme of communication in the contemporary business arena, modern professionals need to be skilled in all these communication related areas. Edited by an expert multi-disciplinary group of communications specialists, Strategic Communications will help lecturers provide their students with a solid grounding in the theoretical and practical aspects of contemporary business communication practices.

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166

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Pearson Higher Education AU

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1442556692

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9781442556690

An Essay on Typography

By: Eric Gill

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An Essay on Typography

By: Eric Gill

Eric Gill's opinionated manifesto on typography argues that 'a good piece of lettering is as beautiful a thing to see as any sculpture or painted picture'. This essay explores the place of typography in culture and is also a moral treatise celebrating the role of craftsmanship in an industrial age. Gill, a sculptor, engraver, printmaker and creator of many classic typefaces that can be seen around us today, fused art, history and polemic in a visionary work which has been hugely influential on modern graphic design. 'Written with clarity, humility and a touch of humour . . . timeless and absorbing' Paul Rand, The New York Times 'His lettering was clear, confident and hugely influential on the development of modern type design. The world has now caught up with Gill' Guardian How do we see the world around us? This is one of a number of pivotal works by creative thinkers like John Berger and Susan Sontag whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision for ever.

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Penguin UK

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0141395362

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9780141395364

Arrangement of the Families of Fishes

By: Theodore Gill

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Arrangement of the Families of Fishes

By: Theodore Gill

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368157930

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9783368157937

Perfect Detox

By: Gill Paul

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Perfect Detox

By: Gill Paul

Perfect Detox is the ideal companion for anyone who wants to give their system a spring clean. Covering everything from 24-hour cleanses to full 30-day programmes, it gives step-by-step guidance on choosing the right detox plan and helpful advice to ensure that you get the full range of nutrients every day. With a unique A-Z listing that includes nutritional information about over 100 detox superfoods, Perfect Detox has everything you need to revive and rejuvenate yourself. The Perfect series is a range of practical guides that give clear and straightforward advice on everything from getting your first job to choosing your baby's name. Written by experienced authors offering tried-and-tested tips, each book contains all you need to get it right first time.

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Random House

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1409062910

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9781409062912

The River Is Mine

By: Ardian Gill

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The River Is Mine

By: Ardian Gill

Ardian Gill's novel tells the story of John Wesley Powell's 1869 exploration of the Green and Colorado Rivers and the Grand Canyon. It is the adventure of ten men shooting rapids and painstakingly carrying and lining heavy wooden boats through cascades, cataracts and waterfalls. The action is breathtaking and invigorating, the story straight forward and clearly told. Written as a fictional expansion of the actual diary of one member of the expedition, the action is always front and center, but enriched by the interplay among the men, who include journalists, farmers, trappers, and Civil War veterans. Most intriguing, perhaps, is the narrator's changing view of the head of the expedition ? the brilliant, narrow-visioned, intrepid, one-armed Major Powell. Read this novel for the adventure, for the character studies, and for the satisfaction of how ordinary men can uplift us by their determination and physical courage. ?Superbly crafted, vividly told?powerfully presented and emotionally involving.?

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Local Color Press

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0971660700

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9780971660700

Communication

How to Connect with Anyone

By: Gill Hasson

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Communication

How to Connect with Anyone

By: Gill Hasson

Communicate more easily and effectively in any situation! Every day, you have the opportunity to interact with people in different areas of your life; in public, at work and at home, with colleagues and clients, with friends and family. Your ability to exchange ideas and opinions with other people, understand their thoughts and feelings, their point of view and solve problems between you depends on how effectively you’re able to communicate. But being understood, and understanding others is not always easy! Communication is a dynamic, complex process, influenced by all the complexities and differences in human motivation and behaviour. Communication: How to Connect with Anyone will help you connect with others, build friendships and develop better relationships with colleagues and clients, friends and family. This engaging, practical guide shares everything you need to know to develop empathy and rapport with others, and feel confident about communicating with a diverse range of people. This book will help you: Identify, understand and overcome the barriers to communication Explain yourself clearly and be able to manage other people’s responses – whatever they are Know what to say to get others to open up to you Learn how to read between the lines and get a better insight into how others feel, what they do and don’t want Learn how to persuade and influence others Communication: How to Connect with Anyone is a valuable guide for anyone who wishes to communicate effectively, clearly and successfully in all aspects of life.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0857087509

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9780857087508

Effective Company Disclosure in the Digital Age

By: Gill North

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Effective Company Disclosure in the Digital Age

By: Gill North

Effective corporate reporting and disclosure are critical in financial markets to promote vigorous competition, optimal performance, and transparency. This book examines whether existing disclosure frameworks in eight countries with the world's most significant securities exchanges achieve these objectives, and then, drawing on extensive empirical findings, identifies the policies and practices that contribute most to improving the overall quality of listed company reporting and communication. Contending that public disclosure of listed company information is an essential precondition to the long-term efficient operation of financial markets, the book provides analysis of such issues and topics as the following: - arguments for and against mandatory disclosure regimes; - key principles of periodic and continuous disclosure regulation; - tensions between direct and indirect investment in financial markets; - assumptions concerning the need to maintain a privileged role for financial intermediaries; - intermediary, analyst, and research incentives; - protection of individual investors; - selective disclosure; - disclosure of bad news; - the role of accounting standards; - public access to company briefings; - long term performance reporting and analysis; and - company reporting developments. A significant portion of the book provides an overview of disclosure regulation and practice in the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, and Singapore. A highly informative survey looks at company reports, disclosures, and websites of large listed companies, including Microsoft, Citigroup, Teck Resources, Deutsche Bank, BP, Sony, PetroChina Company, BHP Billiton, and Singapore Telecommunications. The book discusses common disclosure issues that arise across jurisdictions, provides valuable insights on the efficacy of existing disclosure regulation and practice, and highlights the important principles, processes, and practices that underpin best practice company disclosure frameworks. It will be welcomed by company boards and executives and their counsel, as well as by policymakers and scholars in the areas of corporate, securities, banking and financial law, accounting, economics and finance.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9041168184

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9789041168184

Modern American Poetry and the Architectural Imagination

The Harmony of Forms

By: Jo Gill

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Modern American Poetry and the Architectural Imagination

The Harmony of Forms

By: Jo Gill

Modern American Poetry and the Architectural Imagination: The Harmony of Forms assesses the relationship between architectural and poetic innovation in the United States across the twentieth century. Taking the work of five key poets as case studies and drawing on the work of a rich range of other writers, architects, artists, and commentators, this study proposes that by examining the sustained and productive—if hitherto overlooked—engagement between the two disciplines, we enrich our understanding of the complexity and interrelationship of both. The book begins by tracing the rise of what was conceived of as 'modern' (and often 'international style') architecture and by showing how poetry and architecture in the early decades of the century developed in dialogue, and within a shared, and often transnational, context. It then moves on to examine the material, aesthetic, and social conditions that helped shape both disciplines, offering new readings of familiar poems and bringing other pertinent resources to light. It considers the uses to which poets of the period put the insights of architecture—and vice versa. In closing, Gill turns to modern and contemporary architects' written accounts of their own practice, in memoirs and other commentaries, and examines how they have assimilated, or resisted, the practice and vision of poetry.

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Oxford University Press

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0192638815

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9780192638816

Song at Dawn

1150 in Provence

By: Jean Gill

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Song at Dawn

1150 in Provence

By: Jean Gill

The Troubadours: like Game Of Thrones with real history Estela de Matin would give anything to be a troubadour. She becomes a pawn in a perilous game of queens, reliant on her golden voice and a dagger hidden in her underskirt. Scarred by the crusades, Dragonetz los Pros now fights with sword and song for a more enlightened world, where faith has no colour. When he meets the runaway girl in a ditch, the whole world changes. Winner of the Global Ebooks Award for Best Historical Fiction 1150: Provence Death on her heels, Estela runs towards a new identity. Her life depends on singing true for Aliénor of Aquitaine but her heart cares more for her tutor’s judgement. Dragonetz knows he must not love this troublesome student but their duet makes its own demands. Will their secrets kill them both? Dragonetz and Estela are an explosive combination, which their powerful enemies intend to blast into smithereens. Set in the period following the Second Crusade, Jean Gill's spellbinding romantic thrillers evoke medieval France with breathtaking accuracy. The characters leap off the page and include amazing women who shaped history in battles and in bedchambers. Book 1 of the award-winning Historical Fiction series The Troubadours Quartet 'Believable, page-turning and memorable.' Lela Michael, S.P. Review 'Historical Fiction at its best.' Karen Charlton, the Detective Lavender Mysteries Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice Finalist in the Wishing Shelf Awards and the Chaucer Awards

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401

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The 13th Sign

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1516371046

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9781516371044

Vic: A Savage Place

By: Jerry Gill

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Vic: A Savage Place

By: Jerry Gill

Vic reads an old newspaper about a man-eating tree. It probably isn't true but just searching will make a nice adventure tale. She runs into killers enroute, has to survive in the wilderness, is attacked in the streets of Tamatave and then goes searching. Vic finds mind-boggling surprises, primates unlike any she has ever known, experiences a deja vu which she dismisses buy maybe shouldn't, and by the time she gets out, the geography of Madagascar has been altered! Pop, bang, slam, pow, oof, roar - it's all in there!

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