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Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900

By: Laurence Madeline,Pauline Willis

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Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900

By: Laurence Madeline,Pauline Willis

Paris was the epicenter of art during the latter half of the nineteenth century, luring artists from around the world with its academies, museums, salons, and galleries. Despite the city's cosmopolitanism and its cultural stature, Parisian society remained strikingly conservative, particularly with respect to gender. Nonetheless, many women painters chose to work and study in Paris at this time, overcoming immense obstacles to access the city's resources. 'Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900' showcases the remarkable artistic production of women during this period of great cultural change, revealing the breadth and strength of their creative achievements. Guest Curator Laurence Madeline (Chief Curator at Musées d'art et d'histoire, Geneva) has selected close to seventy compelling paintings by women of varied nationalities, ranging from well-known artists such as Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, and Rosa Bonheur, to lesser-known figures such as Kitty Kielland, Louise Breslau, and Anna Ancher.

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Yale University Press

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0300223935

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9780300223934

Introducing English for Specific Purposes

By: Laurence Anthony

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Introducing English for Specific Purposes

By: Laurence Anthony

Introducing English for Specific Purposes presents the key concepts and practices of ESP in a modern, balanced, and comprehensive way. This book defines ESP and shows how the approach plays a crucial role in the world of English language teaching. Explaining how needs analysis, language and learning objectives, materials and methods, and evaluation combine to form the four main pillars of ESP, the book includes: practical examples that illustrate how the core theories and practices of ESP can be applied in real-world academic and occupational settings; discussion of some of the most hotly debated issues in ESP; insights on how ESP courses can be organized and integrated to form a complete program; reflection boxes, practical tasks, extension research questions, and resources for further reading in each chapter. Introducing English for Specific Purposes serves as an ideal textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying courses on English for Specific Purposes or English for Academic Purposes, as part of degrees in English for Specific Purposes, Education, ELT, Applied Linguistics, TESOL or TEFL. This comprehensive publication is also an invaluable reference resource for pre-service and in-service teachers of ESP, and for English program managers and administrators.

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Routledge

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1351031163

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9781351031165

Becoming Jane Jacobs

By: Peter L. Laurence

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Becoming Jane Jacobs

By: Peter L. Laurence

In Becoming Jane Jacobs, an intellectual biography of the great urbanist, Peter L. Laurence asserts that The Death and Life of Great American Cities was not the spontaneous epiphany of an amateur activist but the product of a professional writer with deep knowledge about the renewal and dynamics of American cities.

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376

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812247884

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9780812247886

Make 'Em Laugh

The Funny Business of America

By: Michael Kantor,Laurence Maslon

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Make 'Em Laugh

The Funny Business of America

By: Michael Kantor,Laurence Maslon

From the most popular routines and the most ingenious physical shtick to the snappiest wisecracks and the most biting satire of the last century, Make 'Em Laugh illuminates who we are as a nation by exploring what makes us laugh, and why. Authors Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor draw on countless sources to chronicle the past century of American comedy and the geniuses who created and performed it-melding biography, American history, and a lotta laughs into an exuberant, important book. Each of the six chapters focuses a different style or archetype of comedy, from the slapstick pratfalls of Buster Keaton and Lucille Ball through the wiseguy put-downs of Groucho Marx and Larry David, to the incendiary bombshells of Mae West and Richard Pryor . And at every turn the significance of these comedians-smashing social boundaries, challenging the definition of good taste, speaking the truth to the powerful-is vividly tangible. Make 'Em Laugh is more than a compendium of American comic genius; it is a window onto the way comedy both reflects the world and changes it-one laugh at a time. Starting from the groundbreaking PBS series, the authors have gone deeper into the works and lives of America's great comic artists, with biographical portraits, archival materials, cultural overviews, and rare photos. Brilliantly illustrated, with insights (and jokes) from comedians, writers and producers, along with film, radio, television, and theater historians, Make 'Em Laugh is an indispensible, definitive book about comedy in America.

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713

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Twelve

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0446555754

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9780446555753

Gothic Remains

Corpses, Terror and Anatomical Culture, 17641897

By: Laurence Talairach

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Gothic Remains

Corpses, Terror and Anatomical Culture, 17641897

By: Laurence Talairach

This books aims to tackle the relationship between literature/ the Gothic and anatomical culture in depth – research which has not been undertaken in great detail before. Gothic Remains provides close readings of Gothic texts and the issue of dissection not previously done. This study, although dealing with death/corpses and the Gothic like other studies, offers a new analysis on the history of medicine and the part played by anatomy in medical education and practice.

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University of Wales Press

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1786834626

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9781786834621

Internationalization within Higher Education

Perspectives from Japan

By: Elizabeth Stigger,Marian Wang,David Laurence,Anna Bordilovskaya

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Internationalization within Higher Education

Perspectives from Japan

By: Elizabeth Stigger,Marian Wang,David Laurence,Anna Bordilovskaya

This book discusses what internationalization practices are and the different ways that they are being implemented by higher education institutions in Japan, from a bottom-up perspective. It reflects the current situation faced by many Japanese universities in the context of the changing landscape in higher education and considerations in implementing changes to course curricula, programs, and university admissions with regard to internationalization. The four case studies presented provide readers with clear examples of how the internationalization of higher education institutions is developing within the Japanese higher education system, and the issues that different higher education institutions face in this process.

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Springer

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9811082553

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9789811082559

The Show Must Go on ; Seeing Someone ; If Walls Could Talk

By: Laurence Klavan

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The Show Must Go on ; Seeing Someone ; If Walls Could Talk

By: Laurence Klavan

THE STORIES: The first play, THE SHOW MUST GO ON, cleverly mixes up sitcoms and real life by presenting us with an ostensibly authentic suburban family in which all the members read their lines from a stilted and hilariously dismal script. Trouble

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Dramatists Play Service Inc

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0822210258

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9780822210252

Great Western: Saint Class Locomotives

By: Laurence Waters

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Great Western: Saint Class Locomotives

By: Laurence Waters

Churchwards 2 cylinder Saint Class 4-6-0s were arguably one of the most important locomotive developments of the twentieth century. The seventy-seven members of the class were so successful that most of the other railway companies in this country used the same 2 cylinder 4-6-0 formula in the design of their own mixed traffic locomotives. Over the years the Saints saw a number of modifications, with many of the class passing into BR ownership. The last member of the class, no. 2920 Saint Martin, was withdrawn from service in 1953 and was sadly not preserved. However, the Great Western Society are now constructing a replica Saint at Didcot Railway Centre. Numbered 2999 it will be named Lady of Legend.In this book author Laurence Waters charts the remarkable history of the class from the construction of the prototype Saint at Swindon in 1902, right through to the final withdrawals in 1953. Using many previously unpublished black and white photographs, accompanied by informative captions, each member of the class is illustrated. This book should appeal to those interested in the history of Great Western Locomotive development as well as modellers of the Great Western and Western Region.

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Casemate Publishers

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1473850355

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9781473850354

The English Festivals

By: Laurence Whistler

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The English Festivals

By: Laurence Whistler

Shortly after the end of World War II, Laurence Whistler set out to write 'a guide to the festivals of England as they are and as they might be': the result is a captivatingly readable and enchanting narrative, the ancient holidays revealed as a microcosm of the wheel of life in England. Christmas, New Year, Twelfth night, Easter, May Day, Whitsun, Midsummer, Harvest (and sixteen others) - these are the most ancient of our traditions, more ancient than any present-day beliefs, and strong enough to have survived even the attacks of Puritans in the seventeenth century. Here, for example, is the radiant Kissing Bough, whose candles we lit before we had ever heard of a Christmas Tree. Here is the way to colour and engrave Easter Eggs. Here are fireworks in all their extravagant variety. Or here is the history of the Valentine and the Christmas Card. Laurence Whistler has written this scholarly book with the imaginative delight of a poet. This new edition features an introduction by art historian James Russell. "His book has been written in delight and passes on delight to the reader... it has a lovely benevolence; the author's knowledge, his sense of values, his breadth of outlook are in evidence on every page." John O'London's Weekly "There is scholarship here about the past, and delight in the festivals of today... a book that will be delightful to pick up again at any time of the year." Sunday Times "Possessing enchantment of matter, it has also enchantment of manner." Time and Tide "Its younger readers will find themselves educated, perhaps unconsciously, by publisher as well as author." Observer "A charming book." Country Life "A most charming and decorative volume." Sunday Chronicle "Learning and common sense have gone to the making of this attractive, well-illustrated book." Birmingham News "A delightful gift book for all the year round... altogether charming." Edinburgh Evening News "A book very much out of the ordinary." Sphere

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Dean Street Press

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1910570494

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9781910570494

Gender, Catholicism and Spirituality

Women and the Roman Catholic Church in Britain and Europe, 1200-1900

By: Laurence Lux-Sterritt,Carmen Mangion

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Gender, Catholicism and Spirituality

Women and the Roman Catholic Church in Britain and Europe, 1200-1900

By: Laurence Lux-Sterritt,Carmen Mangion

This timely collection of essays on British and European Catholic spiritualities explores how ideas of the sacred have influenced female relationships with piety and religious vocations over time. Each of the studies focuses on specific persons or groups within the varied contexts of England, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, together spanning the medieval period through to the nineteenth century. Examining the interplay between women's religious roles and patriarchal norms, the volume highlights the relevance of gender and spirituality through a wide geographical and chronological spectrum. It is an essential resource for students of Gender History, Women's Studies and Religious Studies, introducing a wealth of new research and providing an approachable guide to current debates and methodologies. Contributions by: Nancy Jiwon Cho, Frances E. Dolan, Rina Lahav, Jenna Lay, Laurence Lux-Sterritt, Carmen M. Mangion, Querciolo Mazzonis, Marit Monteiro, Elizabeth Rhodes, Kate Stogdon, Anna Welch

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137267941

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9781137267948

Mar-a-Lago

Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump's Presidential Palace

By: Laurence Leamer

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Mar-a-Lago

Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump's Presidential Palace

By: Laurence Leamer

Where Trump Learned to Rule To know Donald J. Trump it is best to start in his natural habitat: Palm Beach, Florida. It is here he learned the techniques that took him all the way to the White House. Painstakingly, over decades, he has created a world in this exclusive tropical enclave and favorite haunt of billionaires where he is not just president but a king. The vehicle for his triumph is Mar-A-Lago, one of the greatest mansions ever built in the United States. The inside story of how he became King of Palm Beach—and how Palm Beach continues to be his spiritual home even as president—is rollicking, troubling, and told with unrivaled access and understanding by Laurence Leamer. In Mar-A-Lago, the reader will learn: * How Donald Trump bought a property now valued by some at as much as $500,000,000 for less than three thousand dollars of his own money. * Why Trump was blackballed by the WASP grandees of the island and how he got his revenge. * How Trump joined forces with the National Enquirer, which was headquartered nearby, and engineered his own divorce. * How by turning Mar-A-Lago into a private club, Trump was the unlikely man to integrate Palm Beach’s restricted country club scene, and what his real motives were. * What transpires behind the gates of today’s Mar-A-Lago during “the season,” when President Trump and assorted D.C. power players fly down each weekend. In addition to copious interviews and reporting from inside Mar-A-Lago, Laurence Leamer brings an acute and unparalleled understanding of the society of Palm Beach, where he has lived for twenty-five years. He has written an essential book for understanding Donald Trump’s inner character.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250177529

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9781250177520

English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century

Living spirituality

By: Laurence Lux-Sterritt

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English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century

Living spirituality

By: Laurence Lux-Sterritt

This study of English Benedictine nuns is based upon a wide variety of original manuscripts, including chronicles, death notices, clerical instructions, texts of spiritual guidance, but also the nuns' own collections of notes. It highlights the tensions between the contemplative ideal and the nuns' personal experiences, illustrating the tensions between theory and practice in the ideal of being dead to the world. It shows how Benedictine convents were both cut-off and enclosed yet very much in touch with the religious and political developments at home, but also proposes a different approach to the history of nuns, with a study of emotions and the senses in the cloister, delving into the textual analysis of the nuns' personal and communal documents to explore aspect of a lived spirituality, when the body which so often hindered the spirit, at times enabled spiritual experience.

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Manchester University Press

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1526110059

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9781526110053

The Gentleman's Magazine Library. Being a Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1868

Part II

By: George Laurence Gomme,Alice Bertha Gomme,A. C. Bickley,Frank Alexander Milne

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The Gentleman's Magazine Library. Being a Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1868

Part II

By: George Laurence Gomme,Alice Bertha Gomme,A. C. Bickley,Frank Alexander Milne

Reprint of the original, first published in 1892.

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338

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385351502

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9783385351509

The Law of Contract

By: Laurence Koffman,Elizabeth Macdonald

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The Law of Contract

By: Laurence Koffman,Elizabeth Macdonald

This complete guide to all aspects of contract law gives a thorough explanation of the law, sharply focused commentary and an in-depth analysis of the case law.

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720

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Oxford University Press

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0199207151

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9780199207152

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Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900

Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900

Introducing English for Specific Purposes

Introducing English for Specific Purposes

Becoming Jane Jacobs

Becoming Jane Jacobs

Make 'Em Laugh

Make 'Em Laugh

Gothic Remains

Gothic Remains

Internationalization within Higher Education

Internationalization within Higher Education

The Show Must Go on ; Seeing Someone ; If Walls Could Talk

The Show Must Go on ; Seeing Someone ; If Walls Could Talk

Great Western: Saint Class Locomotives

Great Western: Saint Class Locomotives

The English Festivals

The English Festivals

Gender, Catholicism and Spirituality

Gender, Catholicism and Spirituality

Mar-a-Lago

Mar-a-Lago

English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century

English Benedictine nuns in exile in the seventeenth century

The Gentleman's Magazine Library. Being a Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1868

The Gentleman's Magazine Library. Being a Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1868

The Law of Contract

The Law of Contract

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