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The Ambivalent Art of Katherine Anne Porter

By: Mary Titus

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The Ambivalent Art of Katherine Anne Porter

By: Mary Titus

During a life that spanned ninety years, Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) witnessed dramatic and intensely debated changes in the gender roles of American women. Mary Titus draws upon unpublished Porter papers, as well as newly available editions of her early fiction, poetry, and reviews, to trace Porter’s shifting and complex response to those cultural changes. Titus shows how Porter explored her own ambivalence about gender and creativity, for she experienced firsthand a remarkable range of ideas concerning female sexuality. These included the Victorian attitudes of the grandmother who raised her; the sexual license of revolutionary Mexico, 1920s New York, and 1930s Paris; and the conservative, ordered attitudes of the Agrarians. Throughout Porter’s long career, writes Titus, she “repeatedly probed cultural arguments about female creativity, a woman’s maternal legacy, romantic love, and sexual identity, always with startling acuity, and often with painful ambivalence.” Much of her writing, then, serves as a medium for what Titus terms Porter’s “gender-thinking”--her sustained examination of the interrelated issues of art, gender, and identity. Porter, says Titus, rebelled against her upbringing yet never relinquished the belief that her work as an artist was somehow unnatural, a turn away from the essential identity of woman as “the repository of life,” as childbearer. In her life Porter increasingly played a highly feminized public role as southern lady, but in her writing she continued to engage changing representations of female identity and sexuality. This is an important new study of the tensions and ambivalence inscribed in Porter’s fiction, as well as the vocational anxiety and gender performance of her actual life.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820341142

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9780820341149

A Marylander and Texian

H. G. Catlett's Quest for Fortune in Early Texas

By: Dennis M. Drummond,Mary Helen Catlett Allen,Henry P Mayo

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A Marylander and Texian

H. G. Catlett's Quest for Fortune in Early Texas

By: Dennis M. Drummond,Mary Helen Catlett Allen,Henry P Mayo

H. G. Catlett’s name is on land surveys throughout central Texas. This book, with never-before published letters and documents, tells his story—his work as a surveyor, service as a Texas Ranger, a courier for Zachary Taylor, an Army quartermaster, an expert on Indian affairs, and a proponent for a National Road (through Texas, of course.) Available at Amazon.com.

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DRA Press

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0578141175

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9780578141176

Cook and Housekeeper's Dictionary: Including a System of Modern Cookery, in All Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families: Also a V

By: Mary Eaton

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Cook and Housekeeper's Dictionary: Including a System of Modern Cookery, in All Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families: Also a V

By: Mary Eaton

Mary Eaton's 1823 work is a comprehensive collection of recipes and information covering all aspects of domestic economy.

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Applewood Books

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1429012463

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9781429012461

The Character Compass

Transforming Leadership for the 21st Century

By: Mary Crossan,Gerard Seijts,Bill Furlong

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The Character Compass

Transforming Leadership for the 21st Century

By: Mary Crossan,Gerard Seijts,Bill Furlong

A guide to transforming leadership for the 21st century, this is a book about a powerful and practical framework that leaders can use to help their organizations thrive, prosper, and improve the world around them: leader character. Developed through extensive research, teaching, and outreach over the past decade, leader character is the foundation that leaders rely upon to help them make their most critical judgments. This book carries forward the authors’ important work to the implementation stage on both the individual and organizational levels. Based on the authors’ interactions with organizations in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors around the world, they offer practical roadmaps for implementing leader character in such areas as leadership development, strategy, manifesting purpose, culture-building, executive recruitment and HR practices, EDI, risk management, and other key corporate activities. The result of these implementations is nothing less than sustained organizational excellence. Leader character is the compass that helps leaders steer their organizations through real, positive, and lasting change. This actionable book will earn its place on the bookshelves of professionals and students in talent management, leadership development, HR, and organizational development, as well as leaders from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000990184

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9781000990188

Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

An accessible one-volume encyclopedia, this addition to the Literary Movements series is a comprehensive reference guide to the history and development of feminist literature, from early fairy tales to works by great women writers of today. Hundred

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Infobase Publishing

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1438109105

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9781438109107

The Underground Railroad

An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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The Underground Railroad

An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

The culmination of years of research in dozens of archives and libraries, this fascinating encyclopedia provides an unprecedented look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. In operation as early as the 1500s and reaching its peak with the abolitionist movement of the antebellum period, the Underground Railroad saved countless lives and helped alter the course of American history. This is the most complete reference on the Underground Railroad ever published. It includes full coverage of the Railroad in both the United States and Canada, which was the ultimate destination of many of the escaping slaves. "The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations" explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible. More than 1,500 entries detail the families and personalities involved in the operation, and sidebars extract primary source materials for longer entries. This encyclopedia features extensive supporting materials, including maps with actual Underground Railroad escape routes, photos, a chronology, genealogies of those involved in the operation, a listing of Underground Railroad operatives by state or Canadian province, a "passenger" list of escaping slaves, and primary and secondary source bibliographies.

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1918

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Routledge

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1317454154

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9781317454151

The Cook and Housekeeper ́s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all its Various Branches

By: Mary Eaton

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The Cook and Housekeeper ́s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all its Various Branches

By: Mary Eaton

Reproduction of the original: The Cook and Housekeeper ́s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all its Various Branches by Mary Eaton

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3734062381

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Creating a Comprehensive Trauma Center

Choices and Challenges

By: Mary Beth Williams,Lasse A. Nurmi

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Creating a Comprehensive Trauma Center

Choices and Challenges

By: Mary Beth Williams,Lasse A. Nurmi

Early Thoughts on Creating Comprehensive Trauma Centers This volume has been many years in writing. When Dr. Donald Meichenbaum first suggested it and I approached my coauthor Lasse Nurmi, it did not seem to be as formidable a task as it has become. Interviewing the centers in this book has taken years-to get responses, to summarize those responses, and to return the summaries for further comment. Many centers have been created in that time; others have suspended operation. This volume does not claim to present even a majority of those centers. However, the ones contained herein are representative of "what is out there. " The idea to create a comprehensive trauma center is not new. The initial section of this forward examines thoughts I proposed as part of my compre hensive examination for my doctorate. Many of the ideas proposed then (1989) seem to fit now. It is my dream to put them into practice someday in the future. THE COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION QUESTION In 1989, one question on the written comprehensive examination ques tions for my doctorate was, "If you were to create a comprehensive trauma center in your suburban area, making use of what you have learned in your [doctoral] experience, describe the organization of that center, the mission, structure, personnel, funding, objectives, and services it would offer. " Some of the conclusions reached then now seem applicable to the task at hand: design ing comprehensive trauma centers (CTCs) for the 21st century.

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456

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475733003

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9781475733006

Stealing Thunder

By: Mary Casanova

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Stealing Thunder

By: Mary Casanova

Libby wants a horse more than anything in the world. Since she is unable to have one of her own, she’s been doing stable chores for her neighbors, the Porters, for the past three years in exchange for riding lessons from Jolene Porter. Libby forms a special bond with the Porters’ prize Appaloosa, Thunder, but this arrangement comes crashing to an end when Jolene abruptly disappears. With Jolene gone, Mr. Porter refuses to let Libby visit Thunder any longer. Making matters worse, she soon discovers that he’s taking out his anger on his animals. With the help of Griff, a new boy in town, Libby devises a daring plan to steal Thunder. But how long can they stay on the run and keep Thunder safe, when Mr. Porter holds all the power?

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452943796

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Mistress of Modernism

The Life of Peggy Guggenheim

By: Mary V. Dearborn

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Mistress of Modernism

The Life of Peggy Guggenheim

By: Mary V. Dearborn

The life story of the bohemian socialite who rebelled against her famous family and became a renowned art collector. Peggy Guggenheim was the ultimate self-invented woman, a cultural mover and shaker who broke away from her poor-little-rich-girl origins to shape a life for herself as the enfant terrible of the art world. Her visionary Art of This Century gallery in New York, which brought together the European surrealist artists with the American abstract expressionists, was an epoch-shaking “happening” at the center of its time. In Mistress of Modernism, Mary V. Dearborn draws upon her unprecedented access to the Guggenheim family, friends, and papers to craft a “thorough biography . . . [that] will appeal to art lovers interested in more than the paint” (Publishers Weekly). “With drive and clarity, Dearborn charts Guggenheim’s peripatetic life,” offering rich insight into Peggy’s traumatic childhood in German-Jewish “Our Crowd” New York, her self-education in the ways of art and artists, her caustic battles with other art-collecting Guggenheims, and her legendary sexual appetites (her lovers included Max Ernst, Samuel Beckett, and Marcel Duchamp, to name just a few) (Booklist). Here too is a poignant portrait of Peggy’s last years as l’ultima dogaressa—the last (female) doge—in her palazzo in Venice, where her collection still draws thousands of visitors every year. Mistress of Modernism is the first definitive biography of Peggy Guggenheim, whose wit, passion, and provocative legacy Dearborn brings compellingly to life.

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HMH

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0547523769

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9780547523767

De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men

By: Craig Hanyan,Mary L. Hanyan

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De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men

By: Craig Hanyan,Mary L. Hanyan

In 1824 the People's party, the first popular reform movement in the American republic, elected most of its candidates for the Senate and Assembly of New York, the new nation's most populous state. Craig Hanyan and Mary Hanyan examine the development of this influential movement and the role of De Witt Clinton, its chief beneficiary.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773514341

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9780773514348

Catholic Women Writers

A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook

By: Mary Reichardt

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Catholic Women Writers

A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook

By: Mary Reichardt

Women have been writing in the Catholic tradition since early medieval times, yet no single volume has brought together critical evaluations of their works until now. The first reference of its kind, Catholic Women Writers provides entries on 64 Catholic women writers from around the world and across the centuries. Each of the entries is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography of the author; a critical discussion of her works, especially her Catholic and women's themes; an overview of her critical reception; and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Authors writing in all genres, including fiction, autobiography, poetry, children's literature, and essays, are represented. The entries give special attention to the authors' use of Catholic themes, structures, traditions, culture, and spirituality. The writers surveyed range from Doctors of the Church to mystics and visionaries, to those who employ Catholic themes primarily in historical and cultural contexts, to those who critique the tradition. An introductory essay places the writers within the historical and literary contexts of women's writing in the Catholic tradition, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313016623

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9780313016622

Raising Freedom's Child

Black Children and Visions of the Future After Slavery

By: Mary Niall Mitchell

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Raising Freedom's Child

Black Children and Visions of the Future After Slavery

By: Mary Niall Mitchell

This work examines slave emancipation and opposition to it as a far-reaching, national event with profound social, political, and cultural consequences. The author analyzes multiple views of the African American child to demonstrate how Americans contested and defended slavery and its abolition.

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NYU Press

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0814796338

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9780814796337

SLOW TALKIN' TEXAN

By: Mary Lynn Baxter

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SLOW TALKIN' TEXAN

By: Mary Lynn Baxter

MAN of the Month MR. NOVEMBER The Problem: Sexy single dad Porter Wyman was a Texan born and bred, but this tycoon's fortune was no help in his current predicament. If he didn't get some assistance with baby Matthew soon, he was going to run for the hills. The Solution: Ellen Sexton. She was silk to his denim. Lace to his leather. And whether she knew it or not, she was the perfect woman to cuddle little Mathew—not to mention his dad! Next Steps: Convince this independent filly that settling down to a ready-made family was the trail to a tried-and-true happily-ever-after. Man of the Month: This Texas tycoon was used to getting what he wanted, and what he wanted now…was Ellen!

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Harlequin

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1459265238

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9781459265233

Ambush

Surprise Attack in Ancient Greek Warfare

By: Rose Mary Sheldon

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Ambush

Surprise Attack in Ancient Greek Warfare

By: Rose Mary Sheldon

A historian of military intelligence presents a revelatory account of ancient Greek battle tactics, including the use of espionage and irregular warfare. There are two images of warfare that dominate Greek history. The better known is that of Achilles, the Homeric hero skilled in face-to-face combat and outraged by deception on the battlefield. The alternative model, also taken from Homeric epic, is Odysseus, ‘the man of twists and turns’ who saw no shame in winning by stealth, surprise or deceit. It is common for popular writers to assume that the hoplite phalanx was the only mode of warfare used by the Greeks. The fact is, however, that the use of spies, intelligence gathering, ambush, and surprise attacks at dawn or at night were also a part of Greek warfare. While such tactics were not the supreme method of defeating an enemy, they were routinely employed when the opportunity presented itself.

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Casemate Publishers

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1783036486

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9781783036486

Botanical Exploration Southern Africa

By: Mary Gunn,L. E. W. Codd

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Botanical Exploration Southern Africa

By: Mary Gunn,L. E. W. Codd

This text gives biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in Southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times.

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CRC Press

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0869611291

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The Ambivalent Art of Katherine Anne Porter

The Ambivalent Art of Katherine Anne Porter

A Marylander and Texian

A Marylander and Texian

Cook and Housekeeper's Dictionary: Including a System of Modern Cookery, in All Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families: Also a V

Cook and Housekeeper's Dictionary: Including a System of Modern Cookery, in All Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families: Also a V

The Character Compass

The Character Compass

Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature

Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

The Cook and Housekeeper ́s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all its Various Branches

The Cook and Housekeeper ́s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all its Various Branches

Creating a Comprehensive Trauma Center

Creating a Comprehensive Trauma Center

Stealing Thunder

Stealing Thunder

Mistress of Modernism

Mistress of Modernism

De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men

De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men

Catholic Women Writers

Catholic Women Writers

Raising Freedom's Child

Raising Freedom's Child

SLOW TALKIN' TEXAN

SLOW TALKIN' TEXAN

Ambush

Ambush

Botanical Exploration Southern Africa

Botanical Exploration Southern Africa

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