Gillian Robinson's Books

Hong Kong Invaded! A 'Ninety-Seven Nightmare

By: Gillian Bickley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hong Kong Invaded! A 'Ninety-Seven Nightmare

By: Gillian Bickley

No. It is not what you think. The year is 1897, not 1997. This is a fictional account of Hong Kong being invaded by the combined forces of France and Russia. This visionary novel by an anonymous author has been forgotten for a hundred years. Yet when published as The Back Door during the negotiations between Imperial China and Great Britain over the lease of the New Territories, the story aroused serious British fears about the possibility of defending Hong Kong against attack. Copies were then to be found on the desks of British officials in London. Matthew Nathan, who became Governor in 1904, was advised to read the book. But it was not only in 1897 that the book was accurate in its observations on military tactics. There are many intriguing parallels with the Christmas 1941 invasion by the Japanese and the role of the Hong Kong Volunteers at that time. Three strategically vulnerable locations identified in The Back Door were considered for attack in 1941. Had the Japanese read this fictional battle when plotting their manoeuvres? If so, The Back Door not only taught one way to defend Hong Kong, but also another to attack it.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

327

Publisher

Hong Kong University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

9622095267

ISBN 13

9789622095267

Sins of Motherlode

By: Gillian F Taylor

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sins of Motherlode

By: Gillian F Taylor

Sin was a profitable commodity in a mining town like Motherlode. Lust made money for the madam, wrath and avarice created targets for the manhunter, and the newspaperman was greedy for stories. 'He had no right to take you against your will.' When a prostitute is raped during the robbery of the Motherlode stage, Jonah Durrell seems to be the only man who cares. The handsome manhunter can never resist a damsel in distress. He is determined to get justice for Miss Jenny's girl, and recruits Robinson, an enthusiastic newspaperman who witnessed the attack. The women are not meek and passive though. They are willing to take matters, and guns, into their own hands to survive in a tough world. Together, with Durrell and Robinson, they begin to uncover the layers of lust, avarice and envy in town, bringing down the wrath of their enemies. Can the women of sin get the justice they deserve?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

105

Publisher

Robert Hale Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

0719827027

ISBN 13

9780719827020

Because of Sex

One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

By: Gillian Thomas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Because of Sex

One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

By: Gillian Thomas

A compelling look at ten of the most important Supreme Court cases defining women’s rights on the job, as told by the brave women who brought the cases to court

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

304

Publisher

Picador USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

1250138086

ISBN 13

9781250138088

Managing Your Mind

The Mental Fitness Guide

By: Gillian Butler,Nick Grey,R. A. Hope

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Managing Your Mind

The Mental Fitness Guide

By: Gillian Butler,Nick Grey,R. A. Hope

Managing Your Mind is a book for building resilience, overcoming emotional difficulties and enabling self-development. It is for any of us who wish to understand ourselves better, to be more effective in day-to-day life, to overcome current problems; or who want to support others in these tasks. The authors have between them almost 100 years of experience helping people respond skillfully to life's challenges. Drawing on this experience as well as on cutting-edge scientific research, Managing Your Mind distills effective techniques and ideas, enabling readers to select those that suit their preferences and needs. Part One of the book helps us gain a better understanding of ourselves and provides tools for clarifying what we value most in life. It highlights the benefits of the practice of acceptance and kindness, and shows how to build self-esteem and self-confidence. Part Two presents practical tools and methods, relevant to everyone, for making our way in the world. This includes the importance of perspective and how we can best use our thinking skills. It also covers everyday topics such as the value of useful habits, time management, looking after our physical health, increasing happiness, well-being and creativity, and developing and maintaining good relationships. The third part of the book provides scientifically-tested approaches to overcoming specific emotional difficulties, such as worry, panic, low mood, anger, addictions, and coping with trauma, loss and chronic ill health. With well over 150,000 copies in print, Managing Your Mind remains the definitive self-help guide for anyone seeking to lead a more fulfilling and productive life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

753

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0190872977

ISBN 13

9780190872977

Femininity and Masculinity in Eighteenth-century Art and Culture

By: Gillian Perry

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Femininity and Masculinity in Eighteenth-century Art and Culture

By: Gillian Perry

Focusing on the visual arts and written texts, this book explores the nature of femininity and masculinity in 18th-century Britain and France. The activities and collective conditions of women as producers of art and culture are investigated, together with analysis of representation and the ways in which it might be gendered. This illustrated book should make an important contribution to debates on representation, constructions of sexuality and women as producers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

276

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0719042283

ISBN 13

9780719042287

Just One of the Boys

Female-to-Male Cross-Dressing on the American Variety Stage

By: Gillian M Rodger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Just One of the Boys

Female-to-Male Cross-Dressing on the American Variety Stage

By: Gillian M Rodger

Female-to-male crossdressing became all the rage in the variety shows of nineteenth-century America and began as the domain of mature actresses who desired to extend their careers. These women engaged in the kinds of raucous comedy acts usually reserved for men. Over time, as younger women entered the specialty, the comedy became less pointed and more centered on the celebration of male leisure and fashion. Gillian M. Rodger uses the development of male impersonation from the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century to illuminate the history of the variety show. Exploding notions of high- and lowbrow entertainment, Rodger looks at how both performers and forms consistently expanded upward toward respectable—and richer—audiences. At the same time, she illuminates a lost theatrical world where women made fun of middle-class restrictions even as they bumped up against rules imposed in part by audiences. Onstage, the actresses' changing performance styles reflected gender construction in the working class and shifts in class affiliation by parts of the audiences. Rodger observes how restrictive standards of femininity increasingly bound male impersonators as new gender constructions allowed women greater access to public space while tolerating less independent behavior from them.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

403

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0252050169

ISBN 13

9780252050169

Disputed Ground

Robin Hyde, Journalist

By: Robin Hyde,Gillian Boddy,Jacqueline D. Matthews

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Disputed Ground

Robin Hyde, Journalist

By: Robin Hyde,Gillian Boddy,Jacqueline D. Matthews

... This book brings together for the first time the best of Hyde's journalism. Alongside extracts from the now out of print Journalese (1934) are previously uncollected articles and reviews from newspapers and magazines, ranging in subject matter from the Treaty of Waitangi to the Spanish Civil War, from China in the thirties to the Queen Street Riots. These detailed and vivid accounts of aspects of New Zealand society and the international situation have an urgency with makes them relevant to us all.The biographical introduction offers a fuller picture than we have had of this remarkable writer, drawing on interviews, letters and the work itself." -- Back cover.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

428

Publisher

Victoria University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

086473204X

ISBN 13

9780864732040

Dragonfly Crossroads

By: GILLIAN OGILVIE

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dragonfly Crossroads

By: GILLIAN OGILVIE

When she is bereaved Lyndsey's friends come to comfort her. But each woman has her own secret shame and grief. Old childhood ties are renewed and the strength of enduring friendship breaks down barriers. With loving support each woman can let go of the shield behind which she hides her vulnerability. They confess their deepest problems and mutual support helps each one to find a new way forward.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

276

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

147092756X

ISBN 13

9781470927561

A Position to Command Respect

Women and the Eleventh Britannica

By: Gillian Thomas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Position to Command Respect

Women and the Eleventh Britannica

By: Gillian Thomas

The 1910-1911 Encyclopedia Britannica was advertised as the high water mark of human knowledge. That 34 of the 1,500 contributors were women was widely perceived as signaling a significant breakthrough into the world of learning. The book examines public and private aspects of the women contributors' lives and includes short biographies. ...delightful...a marvelous encapsulation of a turning point in society and scholarship. Well-written and engaging from start to finish, this work would be a fine addition to already strong women's studies collections. --CHOICE

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

230

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0810825678

ISBN 13

9780810825673

Manage Your Mind

The Mental Fitness Guide

By: Gillian Butler,Nick Grey,Tony Hope

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Manage Your Mind

The Mental Fitness Guide

By: Gillian Butler,Nick Grey,Tony Hope

Manage Your Mind is a book for building resilience, overcoming emotional difficulties and enabling self-development. It is for any of us who wish to understand ourselves better, to be more effective in day-to-day life, or to overcome current problems; or who want to support others in these tasks. The authors have, between them, almost 100 years of experience of helping people through difficult times. This experience, together with the results from scientific research, leads to Manage Your Mind distilling effective techniques and ideas so that readers can select those that suit their preferences and needs. The book explains and illustrates how to respond skilfully to life's challenges.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

593

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198747276

ISBN 13

9780198747277

Living without Lucy

By: GILLIAN OGILVIE

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Living without Lucy

By: GILLIAN OGILVIE

On the slippery slope to apathy, Joanne is rescued by the arrival of Frances. Together they discover the stories hidden behind the faces of their companions and Joanne's unlikely friendship with teenage Darren re-opens the door to her first love.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

217

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1471621480

ISBN 13

9781471621482

Nightingales

The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale

By: Gillian Gill

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nightingales

The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale

By: Gillian Gill

Florence Nightingale was for a time the most famous woman in Britain–if not the world. We know her today primarily as a saintly character, perhaps as a heroic reformer of Britain’s health-care system. The reality is more involved and far more fascinating. In an utterly beguiling narrative that reads like the best Victorian fiction, acclaimed author Gillian Gill tells the story of this richly complex woman and her extraordinary family. Born to an adoring wealthy, cultivated father and a mother whose conventional facade concealed a surprisingly unfettered intelligence, Florence was connected by kinship or friendship to the cream of Victorian England’s intellectual aristocracy. Though moving in a world of ease and privilege, the Nightingales came from solidly middle-class stock with deep traditions of hard work, natural curiosity, and moral clarity. So it should have come as no surprise to William Edward and Fanny Nightingale when their younger daughter, Florence, showed an early passion for helping others combined with a precocious bent for power. Far more problematic was Florence’s inexplicable refusal to marry the well-connected Richard Monckton Milnes. As Gill so brilliantly shows, this matrimonial refusal was at once an act of religious dedication and a cry for her freedom–as a woman and as a leader. Florence’s later insistence on traveling to the Crimea at the height of war to tend to wounded soldiers was all but incendiary–especially for her older sister, Parthenope, whose frustration at being in the shade of her more charismatic sibling often led to illness. Florence succeeded beyond her wildest dreams. But at the height of her celebrity, at the age of thirty-seven, she retired to her bedroom and remained there for most of the rest of her life, allowing visitors only by appointment. Combining biography, politics, social history, and consummate storytelling, Nightingales is a dazzling portrait of an amazing woman, her difficult but loving family, and the high Victorian era they so perfectly epitomized. Beautifully written, witty, and irresistible, Nightingales is truly a tour de force.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

592

Publisher

Random House

Published Date

ISBN 10

0307431533

ISBN 13

9780307431530

100 Things Elvis Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By: Gillian Gaar

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

100 Things Elvis Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By: Gillian Gaar

With 2014 marking the 60th anniversary of the release of Elvis Presley’s first record, “That’s All Right,” this book makes the perfect companion for celebrating the life and music of one of the world’s most popular entertainers. Packed with history, trivia, lists, little-known facts, and must-do adventures, legions of Elvis fans around the globe who still adore him more than three decades after his death will delight in this ode to “The King.” Ranked from one to 100, the songs, albums, movies, places, personalities, and events that are the most important to know in Elvis lore unfold on the pages, offering hours of entertainment for both casual and serious fans.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

257

Publisher

Triumph Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1623688612

ISBN 13

9781623688615

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness

A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

By: Gillian Butler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness

A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

By: Gillian Butler

A Books on Prescription Title Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness is a self-help manual for this common problem, which explains why it happens and sets out practical methods of resolving it. Don't let shyness ruin your life Everyone feels foolish, embarrassed, judged or criticised at times, but this becomes a problem when it undermines your confidence and prevents you from doing what you want to do. At its most extreme, shyness can be crippling but it is easily treated using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Using real-life examples, Professor Gillian Butler sets out a practical, easy-to-use self-help course which will be invaluable for those suffering from all degrees of social anxiety. Indispensable for those affected by shyness and social anxiety Excellent resource for therapists, psychologists and doctors Contains a complete self-help program and work sheets

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

189

Publisher

Robinson

Published Date

ISBN 10

1849011753

ISBN 13

9781849011754

The Role of Translators in Children’s Literature

Invisible Storytellers

By: Gillian Lathey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Role of Translators in Children’s Literature

Invisible Storytellers

By: Gillian Lathey

This book offers a historical analysis of key classical translated works for children, such as writings by Hans Christian Andersen and Grimms’ tales. Translations dominate the earliest history of texts written for children in English, and stories translated from other languages have continued to shape its course to the present day. Lathey traces the role of the translator and the impact of translations on the history of English-language children’s literature from the ninth century onwards. Discussions of popular texts in each era reveal fluctuations in the reception of translated children’s texts, as well as instances of cultural mediation by translators and editors. Abridgement, adaptation, and alteration by translators have often been viewed in a negative light, yet a closer examination of historical translators’ prefaces reveals a far more varied picture than that of faceless conduits or wilful censors. From William Caxton’s dedication of his translated History of Jason to young Prince Edward in 1477 (‘to thentent/he may begynne to lerne read Englissh’), to Edgar Taylor’s justification of the first translation into English of Grimms’ tales as a means of promoting children’s imaginations in an age of reason, translators have recorded in prefaces and other writings their didactic, religious, aesthetic, financial, and even political purposes for translating children’s texts.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

519

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136925740

ISBN 13

9781136925740

An Introduction to Coping with Eating Problems, 2nd Edition

By: Gillian Todd

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Introduction to Coping with Eating Problems, 2nd Edition

By: Gillian Todd

This is a new addition to the popular Introduction to Coping with series of CBT-based self-help booklets. An Introduction to Coping with Eating Problems offers valuable guidance for those affected by anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge-eating disorder and concerned friends and family. Eating disorders are a serious mental illness affecting 1.6 million people in the UK and many millions of others worldwide. It can have a devastating impact not only on the sufferer but also on those close to them, particularly family members. This useful self-help guide offers an description of the most common eating disorders plus some useful strategies, based on CBT, to help the sufferer start on the road to recovery. Also contains useful information on how to get specialist help. This practical booklet is a valuable resource for health professionals and family members.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Robinson

Published Date

ISBN 10

1849019266

ISBN 13

9781849019262

Women, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London

By: Gillian Russell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London

By: Gillian Russell

A highly illustrated and original contribution to the cultural history of sociability in the eighteenth century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521867320

ISBN 13

9780521867320

Overcoming Stress

By: Leonora Brosan,Gillian Todd

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Overcoming Stress

By: Leonora Brosan,Gillian Todd

We all need some stress to get us going, but too much can disrupt our lives almost without our realising it. The impact on health, relationships and work can be extreme, but it isn't inevitable. We can learn to understand and cope with stress, and greatly improve our quality of life. Using well-developed methods of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a clinical psychologist demonstrates how to recognise what happens when we are stressed. Considering common sources of stress, she describes how to change how we think, feel and act so our lives become more enjoyable and effective.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

246

Publisher

Robinson

Published Date

ISBN 10

1849012431

ISBN 13

9781849012430

Clinical Skills in Child Health Practice E-Book

E-Book

By: Janet Kelsey,Gillian McEwing

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Clinical Skills in Child Health Practice E-Book

E-Book

By: Janet Kelsey,Gillian McEwing

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It is a textbook of clinical skills that offers an excellent resource for all professionals providing care for children and young people. It presents a detailed step-by-step approach to clinical skills that may be used in both hospital and community settings. Each skill is presented with the evidence base required to ensure up-to-date safe practice. Chapters provide rationale for each step of the skill and are enhanced by diagrams and photographs to give the practitioner clear guidance and the confidence to perform unfamiliar skills. The accompanying PowerPoint presentations are a resource for both lecturers teaching clinical skills and individual students who are either encountering a skill for the first time or want to update their knowledge.• A step-by-step guide to the fundamental skills required for child health care which gives clear guidance to help master the skills • Incorporates the latest clinical guidelines to ensure the most up-to-date information is used enabling safe effective practice • Problem-based scenarios provide the opportunity to confirm knowledge and understanding of the skill. • Extensive PowerPoint presentations can be used for teaching or personal guided study in the classroom or skills laboratory. • Colour photos and video clips on the Evolve website present clear guidance on how to perform the skill

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

438

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0702033391

ISBN 13

9780702033391

Adult Responses to Popular Music and Intergenerational Relations in Britain, c. 19551975

By: Gillian A. M. Mitchell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Adult Responses to Popular Music and Intergenerational Relations in Britain, c. 19551975

By: Gillian A. M. Mitchell

‘Adult Reactions to Popular Music and Inter-generational Relations in Britain, 1955–1975’ challenges stereotypes concerning a post-war ‘generation gap’, exacerbated by rebellion-inducing popular music styles, by demonstrating the considerable variety which frequently characterized adult responses to the music, whilst also highlighting that the impact of the music on inter-generational relations was more complex than is often assumed. [NP] Utilizing extensive primary evidence, from first-person accounts to newspapers, television programmes, surveys and archive collections, the book adopts a thematic approach, identifying three key arenas of British society in which adult responses to popular music, and the impact of such reactions upon relations between generations, seem particularly revealing and significant. The book examines in detail the place of popular music within family life and Christian churches and their engagement with popular music, particularly within youth clubs. It also explores ‘encounters’ between the worlds of traditional Variety entertainment and popular music while providing broader perspectives on this most dynamic and turbulent of periods.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

346

Publisher

Anthem Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1783089024

ISBN 13

9781783089024

Legality Matters

Crimes Against Humanity and the Problems and Promise of the Prohibition on Other Inhumane Acts

By: Gillian MacNeil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Legality Matters

Crimes Against Humanity and the Problems and Promise of the Prohibition on Other Inhumane Acts

By: Gillian MacNeil

This book examines the way international criminal courts and tribunals have interpreted the crimes against humanity proscription of other inhumane acts. This clause is consistently used in spite of the long list of more specific offences forbidden as crimes against humanity. The volume proposes that the current approach is based on a misunderstanding of the nature of the clause. Properly understood, the clause is an invitation to courts to create and apply retroactive criminal laws. This leads to a problem. A prohibition on the use of retroactive criminal laws, one which admits no exceptions, is deeply embedded in international law. The author argues that it is time to revisit the assumption that retroactive criminal laws can never be deployed in a fair legal system. Drawing lessons from an exploration on the way the prohibition on retroactive laws is applied in practice, she proposes a new framework for understanding the clause proscribing the commission of other inhumane acts. This book will be of relevance to anyone interested in international criminal law or criminal law theory. Gillian MacNeil is Assistant Professor at Robson Hall, the Faculty of Law of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

196

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

9462654433

ISBN 13

9789462654433

An Introduction to Coping with Eating Problems

By: Gillian Todd

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Introduction to Coping with Eating Problems

By: Gillian Todd

Eating problems, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, can have a devastating impact on sufferers as well as their friends and family. This self-help guide is written by a consultant psychotherapist with extensive experience of treating eating disorders and will help you identify an eating disorder and develop a toolkit of strategies to help you take steps towards overcoming the disorder. It also includes a chapter offering useful guidance for family members. This updated second edition will help you: · Understand how eating disorders develop and what keeps them going · Find the motivation to change · Change how you eat · Challenge negative thinking The Introduction to Coping series offers valuable guidance for those seeking help for emotional or psychological problems such as depression and anxiety. Each book gives useful background information and suggests techniques to change unhelpful patterns of behaviour and thinking using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques. CBT is recommended internationally to treat a wide range of emotional, psychological and physical conditions including eating disorders.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Robinson

Published Date

ISBN 10

1472139534

ISBN 13

9781472139535

Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima

Variety Theater in the Nineteenth Century

By: Gillian M Rodger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima

Variety Theater in the Nineteenth Century

By: Gillian M Rodger

In this rich, imaginative survey of variety musical theater, Gillian M. Rodger masterfully chronicles the social history and class dynamics of the robust, nineteenth-century American theatrical phenomenon that gave way to twentieth-century entertainment forms such as vaudeville and comedy on radio and television. Fresh, bawdy, and unabashedly aimed at the working class, variety honed in on its audience's fascinations, emerging in the 1840s as a vehicle to accentuate class divisions and stoke curiosity about gender and sexuality. Cross-dressing acts were a regular feature of these entertainments, and Rodger profiles key male impersonators Annie Hindle and Ella Wesner while examining how both gender and sexuality gave shape to variety. By the last two decades of the nineteenth century, variety theater developed into a platform for ideas about race and whiteness. As some in the working class moved up into the middling classes, they took their affinity for variety with them, transforming and broadening middle-class values. Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima places the saloon keepers, managers, male impersonators, minstrels, acrobats, singers, and dancers of the variety era within economic and social contexts by examining the business models of variety shows and their primarily white, working-class urban audiences. Rodger traces the transformation of variety from sexualized entertainment to more family-friendly fare, a domestication that mirrored efforts to regulate the industry, as well as the adoption of aspects of middle-class culture and values by the shows' performers, managers, and consumers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

298

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0252098056

ISBN 13

9780252098055

The Handbook for Nursing Associates and Assistant Practitioners

By: Gillian Rowe,Scott Ellis,Deborah Gee,Kevin Graham,Michelle Henderson,Janette Barnes,Chris Counihan,Ami Jackson,Jade Carter-Bennett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Handbook for Nursing Associates and Assistant Practitioners

By: Gillian Rowe,Scott Ellis,Deborah Gee,Kevin Graham,Michelle Henderson,Janette Barnes,Chris Counihan,Ami Jackson,Jade Carter-Bennett

The essential handbook for trainee nursing associates and anyone undertaking a foundation degree or higher-level apprenticeship in healthcare practice. This bestselling book will see you through all aspects of your programme, from the skills and knowledge you need to get started through to more advanced topics such as leadership and pathophysiology. Covering all of the topics you will study in clear, straightforward language, it builds your confidence and competence as an effective healthcare professional. Key features: - Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards and other relevant healthcare codes and standards - New chapter on medicines management - Filled with case studies, scenarios and activities illustrating theory in real life practice

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

437

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

1529604796

ISBN 13

9781529604795

Working with Children, Young People and Families

By: Helen Davies,Graham Brotherton,Gillian McGillivray

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Working with Children, Young People and Families

By: Helen Davies,Graham Brotherton,Gillian McGillivray

Written from a unique interprofessional perspective, this book is an essential introduction to working with children, young people and families. It covers policy, practice and theory, exploring key themes and developments, including: - poverty and disadvantage - ethical practice - child development - education - child protection - children and young people's rights - doing research. The book introduces students to a range of theoretical perspectives, links the key themes to the existing and emerging policy and practice context and supports students in engaging with and evaluating the central debates. With case studies, reflective questions and sources of further reading, this is an ideal text for students taking courses in childhood studies, working with children, young people and families, interprofessional children's services, early years, youth work and social work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

209

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1848609892

ISBN 13

9781848609891

Making an Industrial Revolution

Skill, Knowledge, Community and Innovation

By: Gillian Cookson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Making an Industrial Revolution

Skill, Knowledge, Community and Innovation

By: Gillian Cookson

A new look at Britain's industrial revolution showing how communities of shared skill, knowledge and experience drove industrial innovation. Making an Industrial Revolution presents a fresh perspective on British industrialization. Advances in technology, commerce and science played their part, but - as this book argues - above all it was communities of shared skill, knowledge and experience which drove industrial innovation in the eighteenth century. Connections and relationships in key sectors - iron, textiles and engineering - produced transformative forces that revolutionized industrial life in Britain. Including new insights into Scotland's unique contribution, the book explores industrial change across the country, highlighting the significance of inter-regional and overseas migration and connection. It considers how social status enabled or limited individuals. It questions how exactly eighteenth-century science linked with emerging industrial technologies; and the importance of science, relative to skills and experience, in shaping innovation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

265

Publisher

Boydell & Brewer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1837651418

ISBN 13

9781837651412

The City's Outback

By: Gillian Cowlishaw

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The City's Outback

By: Gillian Cowlishaw

This honest and compelling book follows the fraught, exciting and painful process of getting to know others', in this case Australian Aborigines in the suburbs who are already known' through shocking images and worrying statistics. Gillian Cowlishaw has written a book about the intimacy of the encounter, the practical and ethical dilemmas of res...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

430

Publisher

ReadHowYouWant.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1459604520

ISBN 13

9781459604520

Prizing Literature

The Celebration and Circulation of National Culture

By: Gillian Roberts

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Prizing Literature

The Celebration and Circulation of National Culture

By: Gillian Roberts

When Canadian authors win prestigious literary prizes, from the Governor General's Literary Award to the Man Booker Prize, they are celebrated not only for their achievements, but also for contributing to this country's cultural capital. Discussions about culture, national identity, and citizenship are particularly complicated when the honorees are immigrants, like Michael Ondaatje, Carol Shields, or Rohinton Mistry. Then there is the case of Yann Martel, who is identified both as Canadian and as rootlessly cosmopolitan. How have these writers' identities been recalibrated in order to claim them as 'representative' Canadians? Prizing Literature is the first extended study of contemporary award winning Canadian literature and the ways in which we celebrate its authors. Gillian Roberts uses theories of hospitality to examine how prize-winning authors are variously received and honoured depending on their citizenship and the extent to which they represent 'Canadianness.' Prizing Literature sheds light on popular and media understandings of what it means to be part of a multicultural nation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

281

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442694599

ISBN 13

9781442694590

The Rhythm of the August Rain

A Novel

By: Gillian Royes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Rhythm of the August Rain

A Novel

By: Gillian Royes

Shad Myers, the loveable bartender and town sleuth of Largo Bay, hunts down clues to a woman’s mysterious disappearance in this fourth riveting novel in the Shad detective series. Shannon, a photojournalist on assignment for a Canadian magazine, arrives in the impoverished but beautiful fishing village of Largo Bay, Jamaica. But she’s seeking more than a tropical paradise: She wants to know why a Canadian woman named Katlyn went missing there more than three decades ago. So she calls on Shad—“bartender by trade, investigator by vocation, and unofficial sheriff of Largo Bay” (Publishers Weekly)—for help. Together, they delve into Rastafarian life and history while preparations are being made for Shad’s wedding and the groundbreaking of his new hotel. But the deeper they get into the story, the deeper they get into trouble. And it’s clear that whoever wanted Katlyn buried all those years ago will do anything to keep the truth buried as well... As in her previous novels The Sea Grape Tree, The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks, and The Goat Woman of Largo Bay, Gillian Royes transports readers into a beautiful Caribbean setting where life is cheap but religion is strong, and one man is still trying to solve the island’s relentless questions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

368

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476762406

ISBN 13

9781476762401

In Search of the New Woman

Middle-Class Women and Work in Britain 1870–1914

By: Gillian Sutherland

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

In Search of the New Woman

Middle-Class Women and Work in Britain 1870–1914

By: Gillian Sutherland

The 'New Women' of late nineteenth-century Britain were seen as defying society's conventions. Studying this phenomenon from its origins in the 1870s to the outbreak of the Great War, Gillian Sutherland examines whether women really had the economic freedom to challenge norms relating to work, political action, love and marriage, and surveys literary and pictorial representations of the New Woman. She considers the proportion of middle-class women who were in employment and the work they did, and compares the different experiences of women who went to Oxbridge and those who went to other universities. Juxtaposing them against the period's rapidly expanding but seldom studied groups of women white-collar workers, the book pays particular attention to clerks and teachers, and their political engagement. It also explores the dividing lines between ladies and women, the significance of respectability and the interactions of class, status and gender lying behind such distinctions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

201

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1316241068

ISBN 13

9781316241066

Clear Answers

The Economics and Politics of For-Profit Medicine

By: Kevin Taft,Gillian Steward,Parkland Institute

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Clear Answers

The Economics and Politics of For-Profit Medicine

By: Kevin Taft,Gillian Steward,Parkland Institute

The Government of Alberta under Ralph Klein has asked a reasonable question: can health care be better provided partly as a private, for-profit product rather than as a not-for-profit public service? But-despite the claims of advocates for market-driven medicine-private hospitals are neither cheaper nor more efficient than public ones. Clear Answers summarizes the huge body of evidence showing that they are more expensive and less efficient.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

132

Publisher

University of Alberta

Published Date

ISBN 10

1552200833

ISBN 13

9781552200834

Social Capital in Singapore

The Power of Network Diversity

By: Vincent Chua,Gillian Koh,Ern Ser Tan,Drew Shih

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Social Capital in Singapore

The Power of Network Diversity

By: Vincent Chua,Gillian Koh,Ern Ser Tan,Drew Shih

How can social cohesion be achieved in a meritocratic and multicultural global city-state? Meritocracy poses a paradox: On one hand, it integrates individuals through frameworks of equal treatment, equal justice and opportunity regardless of race, language or religion. On the other hand, individuals are then segregating through academic sorting, they are rewarded based on credentials and performance which also results in elite identification and bonding. After a generation, without mitigation action, social stratification can result. Distinctive circles differentiating social elites from non-elites, the professional classes from non-professional classes emerge. The remedy the authors propose is network diversity which is the organic forming of ties across class and other social boundaries built on deliberate policies, programmes and platforms designed to facilitate that. This social mixing, forged in social infrastructure such as schools, workplaces, and voluntary associations pays off by producing the collective goods of national identity and trust. This hypothesis has been tested in the case of Singapore society and the empirical results from the research on the power of network diversity and bridging social capital are found in this volume. An insightful read for scholars and practitioners in public policy and social network analysis looking to understand the challenges faced by and the experiences that have emerged from the case of Singapore with its multicultural and cosmopolitan setting.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

191

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000335275

ISBN 13

9781000335279

Race Matters

Indigenous Australians and "our" Society

By: Gillian Cowlishaw,Barry Morris

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Race Matters

Indigenous Australians and "our" Society

By: Gillian Cowlishaw,Barry Morris

Annotation pending.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

309

Publisher

Aboriginal Studies Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0855752947

ISBN 13

9780855752941

Language, Sign, and Gender in Beowulf

By: Gillian R. Overing

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Language, Sign, and Gender in Beowulf

By: Gillian R. Overing

This is not a book about what Beowulf means but how it means and how the reader participates in the process of meaning construction; to this end, it is a bringing together of contemporary critical theory and Old English poetry. Overing's primary aim is to address the poem on its own terms, to trace and develop an interpretive strategy consonant with the terms of its difference from all other poems. Beowulf's arcane structure describes cyclical repetitions and patterned intersections of themes that baffle a linear perspective; the structure suggests instead the irresolution and dynamism of deconstructionist freeplay of textual elements.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

172

Publisher

SIU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0809315637

ISBN 13

9780809315635

How to Study for Standardized Tests

By: Donald Sefcik,Gillian Bice,Frank Prerost

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

How to Study for Standardized Tests

By: Donald Sefcik,Gillian Bice,Frank Prerost

How to Study for Standardized Tests focuses on the skills and test-taking strategies that students need to master in order to excel on tests. This book is a great resource for high school students preparing for the ACT and SAT; college students preparing for the GRE; professional students preparing to take their licensing or national board examinations; and healthcare practitioners studying for their initial or recertification examinations. How to Study for Standardized Tests focuses on three key variables: the test, you, and important study resources (including study methods and techniques). This detailed guide describes and explains how to take tests effectively and efficiently in a timed environment while helping to reduce the impact of test anxiety. The authors include a discussion of techniques to help you select answers when guessing is your only option. By learning as much as you can about what it takes to prepare for and perform well on standardized tests and by following the advice in this book you can realize your high-scoring potential. Why should you buy a book on How to Study for Standardized Exams? A. You want to increase your test score B. You believe that although you will perform well, you can do better C. You want to learn how to study less and still get a high score D. You are committed to devoting the time and energy necessary to improve your study techniques and test-taking skills E. All of the above!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1449693822

ISBN 13

9781449693824

Picturesque and Sublime

Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance

By: Tim Barringer,T. J. Barringer,Gillian Forrester,Sophie Lynford,Jennifer Raab,Nicholas Robbins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Picturesque and Sublime

Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance

By: Tim Barringer,T. J. Barringer,Gillian Forrester,Sophie Lynford,Jennifer Raab,Nicholas Robbins

Thomas Cole (1801-1848) is widely acknowledged as the founder of American landscape painting. Born in England, Cole emigrated in 1818 to the United States, where he transformed British and continental European traditions to create a distinctive American idiom. He embraced the picturesque, which emphasized touristic pleasures, and the sublime, an aesthetic category rooted in notions of fear and danger. Including striking paintings and a broad range of works on paper, from watercolors to etchings, mezzotints, aquatints, engravings, and lithographs, this book explores the trans-Atlantic context for Cole's oeuvre. These works chart a history of landscape aesthetics and demonstrate the essential role of prints as agents of artistic transmission. The authors offer new interpretations of work by Cole and the British artists who influenced him, including J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, revealing Cole's debt to artistic traditions as he formulated a profound new category in art. the American sublime.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

193

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300233531

ISBN 13

9780300233537

Women and Marriage in Paul and His Early Interpreters

By: Gillian Beattie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women and Marriage in Paul and His Early Interpreters

By: Gillian Beattie

Beattie undertakes a comparative survey of the treatment of women and marriage in three different kinds of text: an authentic Pauline letter (namely 1 Corinthians); the deutero-Pauline literature (Colossians, Ephesians and the Pastoral Epistles); and some tractates from the Nag Hammadi library (giving particular attention to the Gospel of Philip, the Exegesis on the Soul, the Hypostasis of the Archons and the Gospel of Thomas). The theoretical position she takes is based upon the neo-pragmatist thought of Richard Rorty and Stanley Fish, the former's notions of 'contingency' and 'redescription' being of particular importance. The aim of this book is twofold: to draw attention to the contingency (that is to say, the situatedness and vested interests) attendant on all acts of interpretation; and to engage in a redescription of the category of 'gnosticism' to which the Nag Hammadi texts have traditionally been assigned, and thus also of the canonical texts as seen in relation to them. It is not the intention to suggest in a simplistic fashion that the Nag Hammadi texts should somehow displace the canonical documents as the 'correct' reading of Paul, but rather to show that texts can be read in ways as diverse and numerous as the goals of their interpreters. JSNTS 296>

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

194

Publisher

A&C Black

Published Date

ISBN 10

0567030504

ISBN 13

9780567030504

Book's by Gillian Robinson

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email