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Butterfly Messages

By: Mary Ann Seymour

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Return to the charming, caring town of Hayward in Mary Ann Seymour's delightful follow-up to Around the Square. This time, hear Butterfly Messages. A woman from the city, Helen, has just moved into the house next to the mayor and his flamboyant wife, Lila, to research small town life for a book. Lila is delighted to find Helen is single as she embarks on starting up her wedding planning business. Lila is also pleased to see Daniel has become a frequent visitor of Claire, who is keeping busy caring for twelve-year-old Sarah and six-year-old Abby, two of the eight McRoberts children who have been divided among neighbors due to an emergency. Claire wants to help both children, and she has a lot to learn from Abby, who can see into the souls of others and befriend anyone she encounters. But just as Abby begins to bring the town together, adults all over town notice small items missing from their homes, causing everyone to point fingers.

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Tate Publishing

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1615668268

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Bloomsbury and France

Art and Friends

By: Mary Ann Caws,Sarah Bird Wright

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Bloomsbury and France

Art and Friends

By: Mary Ann Caws,Sarah Bird Wright

Bloomsbury on the Mediterranean," is how Vanessa Bell described France in a letter to her sister, Virginia Woolf. Remarking on the vivifying effect of Cassis, Woolf herself said, "I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim.... Complete heaven, I think it." Yet until now there has never been a book that focused on the profound influence of France on the Bloomsbury group. In Bloomsbury and France: Art and Friends, Mary Ann Caws and Sarah Bird Wright reveal the crucial importance of the Bloomsbury group's frequent sojourns to France, the artists and writers they met there, and the liberating effect of the country itself. Drawing upon many previously unpublished letters, memoirs, and photographs, the book illuminates the artistic development of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Clive Bell, David Garnett, E. M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, and others. The authors cover all aspects of the Bloomsbury experience in France, from the specific influence of French painting on the work of Roger Fry, Duncan Grant, and Vanessa Bell, to the heady atmosphere of the medieval Cistercian Abbaye de Pontigny, the celebrated meeting place of French intellectuals where Lytton Strachey, Julian Bell, and Charles Mauron mingled with writers and critics, to the relationships between the Bloomsbury group and Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Andre Gide, Jean Marchand, and many others. Caws and Wright argue that Bloomsbury would have been very different without France, that France was their anti-England, a culture in which their eccentricities and aesthetic experiments could flower. This remarkable study offers a rich new perspective on perhaps the most creative group of artists and friends in the 20th century.

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Oxford University Press

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0199923639

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9780199923632

The Transformation of Politicised Religion

From Zealots into Leaders

By: Hartmut Elsenhans,Rachid Ouaissa,Mary Ann Tétreault

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The Transformation of Politicised Religion

From Zealots into Leaders

By: Hartmut Elsenhans,Rachid Ouaissa,Mary Ann Tétreault

Including contributions from leading scholars from Algeria, France, Germany, India and the United States this book traces the rise and turn to moderation of the New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements, often labelled in the West as fundamentalists. Arguing that culturally based ideologies are often the instruments, rather than the motivating force though which segments of a rising middle strata challenge entrenched elites the expert contributors trace the rise of these movements to changes in their respective countries’ political economy and class structures. This approach explains why, as a result of an ongoing contestation and recreation of bourgeois values, the more powerful of these movements then tend towards moderation. As Western countries realise the need to engage with the more moderate wings of fundamentalist political groups their rationale and aims become of increasing importance and so academics, decision-makers and business people interested in South Asia and the Muslim world will find this an invaluable account.

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Routledge

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1317013603

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9781317013600

The Professional Literary Agent in Britain, 1880-1920

By: Mary Ann Gillies

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The Professional Literary Agent in Britain, 1880-1920

By: Mary Ann Gillies

Breaking new ground in the study of British literary culture during an important, transitional period, this new work by Mary Ann Gillies focuses on the professional literary agent whose emergence in Britain around 1880 coincided with, and accelerated, the transformation of both publishing and authorship. Like other recent studies in book and print culture, The Professional Literary Agent in Britain, 1880-1920 starts from the central premise that the business of authorship is inextricably linked with the aesthetics of literary praxis. Rather than provide a broad overview of the period, however, Gillies focuses on a specific figure, the professional literary agent. She then traces the influence of two prominent agents - A. P. Watt (generally acknowledged as the first professional literary agent) and J. B. Pinker (the leading figure in the second wave of agents) - focusing on their respective relationships with two key clients. The case studies not only provide insight into the business dynamics of the literary world at this time, but also illustrate the shifting definition of literature itself during the period.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802091474

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9780802091475

Genealogies of Virginia Families

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

By: William and Mary College Quarterly Staff

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Genealogies of Virginia Families

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

By: William and Mary College Quarterly Staff

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806309555

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9780806309552

Key Concepts in Medical Sociology

By: Jonathan Gabe,Mike Bury,Mary Ann Elston

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Key Concepts in Medical Sociology

By: Jonathan Gabe,Mike Bury,Mary Ann Elston

`This book is a must have for students and lecturers alike. Students because it gives them model essays on frequently set topics, lecturers because it gives them thumbnail overviews and up to date bibliographies on topics they might not cover in their courses. It is written without repetition - which is quite a feat - and provides authoritative statements on the state of the art in medical sociology' - Kevin White Reader in Sociology, Australian National University `The entries, written by a couple of dozen colleagues, are concise, intelligent, and full of both specific examples and theoretical trends in the field. Key Concepts will be a valuable companion to medical sociology texts and anthologies, and an important permanent reference work as well' - Phil Brown Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, Brown University ‘It is intended to provide more depth than a dictionary or than is usually found in textbooks, and the authors achieve this objective admirably... it provides an excellent and readable introduction to the subject the subject for students whose course involves medical sociology, health researchers, or health professionals who want to understand more about the social context of their work’ –British Journal of Occupational Therapy Written with the needs of today's student in mind, the SAGE Key Concepts series provides accessible, authoritative and reliable coverage of the essential issues in a range of disciplines. Written in each case, by experienced and respected experts in the subject area, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages understanding without sacrificing the level of detail and critical evaluation essential to convey the complexity of the issues. Key Concepts in Medical Sociology: · provides a systematic and accessible introduction to medical sociology · begins each 1500 word entry with a definition of the concept, then examines its origins, development, strengths and weaknesses ·offers further reading guidance for independent learning · draws on international literature and examples · is essential reading for undergraduates in medical sociology as well as students taking courses with a medical sociology component.

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1847875130

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Butterfly Messages

Butterfly Messages

Bloomsbury and France

Bloomsbury and France

The Transformation of Politicised Religion

The Transformation of Politicised Religion

The Professional Literary Agent in Britain, 1880-1920

The Professional Literary Agent in Britain, 1880-1920

Genealogies of Virginia Families

Genealogies of Virginia Families

Key Concepts in Medical Sociology

Key Concepts in Medical Sociology

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