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Innocente trahison

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 276

Tome 1 de la série « The Bride Trilogy ». Angleterre, 1854. Depuis qu’ils l’ont recueillie chez eux après la mort de ses parents, Lily Moran voue une loyauté sans faille aux Caulfield, et surtout à leur fille Jocelyn, dont elle est devenue la dame de compagnie. Une loyauté mise à rude épreuve lorsqu’elle rencontre Royal Dewar, duc de Bransford, auquel Jocelyn est promise depuis des années. Car si Lily sait que cet homme ne lui appartient pas, elle ne peut ignorer l’intense désir qui s’installe entre eux au premier regard. Et bientôt, incapable de résister à la tentation, Lily s’abandonne entre les bras du duc pour un baiser d’une incroyable sensualité. Pourtant, elle le sait, Royal est pris au piège : pour restituer son prestige au duché de Bransford, comme il l’a promis à son père sur son lit de mort, il doit à tout prix épouser Jocelyn. Alors, déterminée à mettre un terme à ce jeu de séduction entre eux, Lily fait tout pour éviter le fascinant Royal. Jusqu’à ce qu’un soir, de baisers brûlants en caresses audacieuses, ils commettent l’irréparable... A propos de l'auteur : Plébiscitée par le prestigieux New York Times pour ses...

The Bride Trilogy Complete Collection

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 1222

Finally available in one complete box set collection, dive into the opulent and exciting world of the Bride Trilogy, three classic Victorian romances by New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin. Royal’s Bride Though he is a tilted nobleman, Royal Dewar is singularly unlucky…forced to choose between his soul mate and his salvation. Reese’s Bride Wounded in battle, Major Reese Dewar returns to England—but his injuries are nothing compared to his shattered heart. Rule’s Bride Unrepentant rake Rule Dewar is living the good life when a most surprising event occurs—he falls in love with his wife.

Royal's Bride

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 285

“Set in 1854 England, this steamy trilogy opener” from a New York Times–bestselling author “is an enjoyable mixture of tension and romance” (Publishers Weekly). After years abroad, Royal has returned to Bransford Castle to find his father dying and the family treasury nearly empty. Then the old duke wrests a final promise from his guilt-ridden son: that Royal will marry heiress Jocelyn Caulfield and restore the estate to its former glory. However, it is not his fiancée who quickens Royal’s pulse, but rather her beautiful cousin Lily Moran. Penniless Lily knows that nothing can come of their undeniable attraction but there is a way she can help Royal. Enlisting some questionable characters from her past, Lily concocts an elaborate ruse to recover some of the Bransford fortune from a notorious confidence artist. As the dangerous scheme unfolds, Lily and Royal are thrown together in pursuit of the very thing—money—that keeps them apart.

Le prix du scandale

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 260

Tome 2 de la série « The Bride Trilogy ». Angleterre, 1855. Depuis la disparition de son richissime époux, Elizabeth Holloway n’a qu’une inquiétude : se voir retirer la garde de son fils par sa cupide belle-famille, prête à tout pour s’emparer de l’héritage de l’enfant. Désespérée, et impuissante face aux Holloway, elle décide de faire appel au seul homme qu’elle ait jamais aimé, et qu’elle a pourtant trahi malgré elle... Reese Dewar. Reese, qui ne lui a jamais pardonné d’en avoir épousé un autre alors qu’elle lui avait promis sa main des années plus tôt. Reese, qui ignore tout de son secret et des raisons qui l’ont poussée à se détourner de lui... A propos de l'auteur : Plébiscitée par le prestigieux New York Times pour ses romans tant historiques que contemporains, Kat Martin a été publiée dans 17 pays, dont la Chine, la Corée et la Russie. Elle nous entraîne ici à l'époque victorienne, dans un roman qui mêle avec brio émotion et sensualité. Le prix du scandale est le 2e volet de sa série victorienne The Bride Trilogy, après le titre Innocente trahison (tome 1) ; il est suivi du titre L'héritière de Boston (tome 3).

Reese's Bride

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 266

From a New York Times–bestselling author, “danger, intrigue, steamy love scenes . . . make this a perfect book for fans of historical romances” (Booklist). Wounded in battle, Major Reese Dewar returns to England—but his injuries are nothing compared to his shattered heart Years ago, love-struck Reese departed his home at Briarwood with a promise from raven-haired Elizabeth Clemens that she would make a life with him upon his return. But mere months later, she married the Earl of Aldridge, attaining wealth and status Reese could never match. Memories of that betrayal make his homecoming far more bitter than sweet. Seeing Elizabeth on his doorstep dressed in widow’s garb twists the knife even deeper. But fear for her young son’s safety has overcome her pride: she begs Reese for protection from those who would see the boy dead to possess his fortune. He agrees to an uneasy alliance, sensing Elizabeth still harbors deep secrets—and Reese knows that he’s placing himself in danger . . . of losing his heart all over again.

La fiamma dell'amore

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 836

3 ROMANZI IN 1 Inghilterra, 1855-1860 Quando l'attrazione divampa tra un uomo e una donna, bruciante e incontenibile, né il tempo della lontananza, né il rango contano. Royal Dewar, VII Duca di Bransford, ha promesso al padre morente di sposare la ricchissima Jocelyn Caulfield per salvare le proprietà di famiglia dalla rovina. Tuttavia non è la bellissima ereditiera a fargli battere forte il cuore, bensì la sua dama di compagnia, la timida e discreta Lily Moran. Reese Dewar è tornato dalla Guerra di Crimea ferito e con l'umore a terra alla prospettiva di rivedere Elizabeth Clemens, la donna che gli ha spezzato il cuore e che lui ha giurato di non perdonare. Ma quando scopre che la timida e fragile Elizabeth è da poco rimasta vedova e ha un disperato bisogno di aiuto, ecco che la sua determinazione inizia a vacillare. Rule Dewar ha lasciato gli Stati Uniti dopo aver sposato per mero interesse Violet Griffin, erede di un'immensa fortuna, ed è tornato in Inghilterra senza di lei. Tre anni dopo Violet, che nel frattempo si è trasformata in una donna bellissima e sofisticata, si presenta alla residenza londinese di Rule decisa a ottenere l'annullamento. Un intreccio ben...

Rule's Bride

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 270

From a New York Times–bestselling author, an arranged marriage turns to love when the convenient wife helps her husband escape an unjust murder charge. Unrepentant rake Rule Dewar is living the good life when a most surprising event occurs—he falls in love with his wife. After their strategic “marriage of commerce” three years ago, Rule quite forgot about Violet Griffin, the teenage heiress to a Boston manufacturing fortune. He simply spoke his vows, took over her father’s business and returned to England to resume his usual pursuits: high-priced wine, high-stakes gambling and highborn women. Yet when Violet, now a sophisticated woman, unexpectedly appears at Rule’s London town house, husbandly duties no longer seem so odious—he can’t wait to take his stunning bride to their marriage bed. Violet, however, is not so easily led: she has her own ideas and is seeking an annulment to marry another. But as Rule attempts to win her over, someone else is determined to frame him for murder and keep him out of the way for good . . .

Orgoglio e passione

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 293

Inghilterra, 1855. Reese Dewar è tornato dalla Guerra di Crimea ferito e con l'umore a terra per essere stato costretto ad abbandonare la promettente carriera militare. A questo si aggiungono la poco allettante prospettiva di doversi occupare della tenuta di famiglia e il timore di rivedere Elizabeth Clemens, la donna che gli ha spezzato il cuore. Anni prima, lei aveva accettato la sua proposta di matrimonio e gli aveva promesso di aspettarlo; poi però si era improvvisamente sposata con un conte ed era sparita dalla vita di Reese senza una parola di spiegazione. Lui, ferito nell'orgoglio oltre che nel cuore, aveva giurato a se stesso che non l'avrebbe mai perdonata. Ma quando scopre che la timida e fragile Elizabeth è da poco rimasta vedova e ha un disperato bisogno di aiuto per sé e per il figlioletto Jared, ecco che la sua determinazione inizia a vacillare. Un uomo e una donna, travolti dal destino, cercano nella pace ciò che la guerra ha loro portato via.

Ein Engel für den Duke

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 366

Sie liegt wie ein bezaubernd schöner Engel im Schnee - dem Erfrierungstod nah! Auf starken Armen trägt Royal Dewar, Duke of Bransford, die zitternde Jocelyn Caulfield zum Schloss. Seinem sterbenden Vater hat er das Versprechen gegeben, die vermögende Erbin zu heiraten, um die Familie zu retten. Wer hätte gedacht, dass es für ihn Liebe auf den ersten Blick ist! Es scheint ihm ein Glücksfall des Schicksals, dass sie nun seine Braut werden soll - bis Royal die Nachricht erschüttert: Nicht Jocelyn, sondern deren mittellose Cousine Lily liegt in seinen Armen. Nichts ist verbotener, als diesen betörenden Engel zu lieben ...

Verführung in bester Gesellschaft

Autor: Kat Martin

Número de Páginas: 356

Hilfe, ich verliebe mich in meine Frau! Vor drei Jahren führte Rule Dewar in Übersee die junge Tochter seines Geschäftspartners zum Altar - ließ sie aber in der Obhut ihres Vaters zurück. Eine reine Zweckheirat, an die der charmante Lebemann schon bald keinen Gedanken mehr verschwendet. Bis Violet überraschend in London auftaucht, um die Scheidung zu verlangen: kein schüchterner Backfisch mehr, sondern eine betörende Schönheit. Wie gern würde Rule jetzt seine ehelichen Pflichten erfüllen! Voller Leidenschaft macht er sich daran, das Herz seiner Gemahlin zu erobern. Doch es gibt jemandem, der genau das verhindern will - und zwar um jeden Preis ...

The Goodwins of Hartford, Connecticut, Descendants of William and Ozias Goodwin

Autor: James Junius Goodwin

Número de Páginas: 886

Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for National Forests in Florida

Autor: United States. Forest Service. Southern Region

Número de Páginas: 820

Apalachicola National Forest (N.F.), Choctowhatchee National Forest (N.F.), Ocala National Forest (N.F.), Osceola National Forest (N.F.), Florida National Forests Revised LRMP

Número de Páginas: 820

Can't Look Away

Autor: Carola Lovering

Número de Páginas: 332

In Can't Look Away, Carola Lovering "delivers another winner...a propulsive page-turner about young love and second chances. You won’t be able to put this down." —Laura Dave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me. "Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will enjoy this one." —Publishers Weekly In 2013, twenty-three-year old Molly Diamond is a barista, dreaming of becoming a writer. One night at a concert in East Williamsburg, she locks eyes with the lead singer, Jake Danner, and can’t look away. Molly and Jake fall quickly and deeply in love, especially after he writes a hit song about her that puts his band on the map. Nearly a decade later, Molly has given up writing and is living in Flynn Cove, Connecticut with her young daughter and her husband Hunter—who is decidedly not Jake Danner. Their life looks picture-perfect, but Molly is lonely; she feels out of place with the other women in their wealthy suburb, and is struggling to conceive their second child. When Sabrina, a newcomer in town, walks into the yoga studio where Molly teaches and confesses her own fertility struggles, Molly believes she's finally found a friend. But Sabrina has...

Intrépide. Ma vie de Pretender

Autor: Chrissie Hynde

Número de Páginas: 293

"Chrissie is more than a chick* !", Iggy Pop (2024) Avec son look de petite sœur des Stones, Chrissie Hynde surgit sur la scène rock dès la première semaine de 1980. Contexte : The Police, Blondie, Talking Heads à la radio. Son groupe à elle, The Pretenders, possède une phénoménale puissance de feu en concert, et son rock viscéral passe formidablement bien sur les ondes. Chrissie et sa bande connaissent une gloire fulgurante, mais l’histoire, captivante, vire au tragique : son groupe implose... "Avec une brutale honnêteté et un humour ravageur, Chrissie nous raconte, dans Intrépide, sa saga de rockeuse survivaliste. Son autobiographie est un rare témoignage féminin des années punk : Lemmy, Sid Vicious, Iggy Pop, The Clash, Vivienne Westwood, Malcolm McLaren et Marc Zermati sont tous croqués ici. Qui est vraiment cette grande Américaine apparue un beau jour de 1975 à Paris ? Quelles blessures se cachent derrière ses yeux d’azur et son bagout irrésistible ? À force d’user ses disques, on se pose des questions sur sa private life. Rockeuses, rockers, tout est là, dans Intrépide, impeccablement traduit par Jérôme Soligny. Ainsi soit-elle." Philippe...

Sabrina

Autor: Nick Drnaso

Número de Páginas: 205

Una escalofriante novela gráfica sobre los estragos de una sociedad hiperconectada. Primera novela gráfica nominada al Premio Man Booker Sabrina Gallo, una mujer de 27 años, desaparece un día al regresar del trabajo. A partir de ese momento comienza la historia de quienes se quedan: su hermana, su novio y un viejo amigo de éste. Cuando la filtración de un vídeo sobre Sabrina se hace viral, este trágico suceso se convierte en una gran conversación a nivel nacional que dará pie a teorías de la conspiración, noticias falsas y especulaciones sobre el dolor y la pérdida. Nick Drnaso firma una novela gráfica sobre una sociedad hiperconectada en donde los medios de comunicación y las redes sociales, lejos de acercarnos, nos convierten en actores y marionetas. Reseña: « Sabrina, de Nick Drnaso, es el mejor libro que he leído sobre el momento actual. Es una obra maestra, hermosamente escrita y dibujada, que posee el poder de la polémica política a la vez que la delicadeza del verdadero gran arte. Me ha aterrorizado. Me ha encantado.» Zadie Smith «Una pesadilla profundamente norteamericana [...] El asesinato ficticio de Sabrina es inquietante, pero Drnaso no se fija en ...

Frittieren wie ein Ninja

Autor: Sabrina Bauer

Número de Páginas: 274

Was versteht man unter einer Heißtluftfritteuse? Die Funktionsweise von Heißluftfritteusen ist einfach zu verstehen. Heiße Luft zirkuliert die von Ihnen eingelegten Lebensmittel. Wie bei jedem anderen Kochvorgang sorgt eine chemische Reaktion, der so genannte Maillard-Effekt, für das farbige Aussehen und den Geschmack der Lebensmittel. Die erhitzte Luft in der Fritteuse enthält feine Öltröpfchen, die den Lebensmitteln die Feuchtigkeit entziehen. Interessanterweise müssen Sie für einen erfolgreichen Garprozess keine große Menge Öl einfüllen. Sie können nur einen Esslöffel verwenden und erhalten knusprige, traditionell frittierte Lebensmittel, die köstlich schmecken. Das Ergebnis ist ein Gericht, das keine ungesunden Fette und Kalorien enthält. Die Funktionen der Ninja Heißluftfritteuse Die Ninja Foodi 2-Korb-Luftfritteuse hat zwei Garkörbe. Sie können die Lebensmittel in zwei Körbe aufteilen und mit der gleichen Temperatur und Garzeit garen. Wenn Sie zwei verschiedene Lebensmittel in zwei Körben garen möchten, stellen Sie für beide Lebensmittel unterschiedliche Temperaturen und Garzeiten ein. Genießen Sie zwei Mahlzeiten zur gleichen Zeit. Die Ninja Foodi...

Eighteen-Wheelers, Horses, and Hope

Autor: H. M. R. Hart

Número de Páginas: 175

Sabrina Saunders, the owner and driver of a semitruck, is on her way home to share some good news with her mother, Monica, and her fianc, James. Shes unable to get in touch with him, though, which leaves her concerned. When she and her mother go out for breakfast and meet Jamess wife and children, however, Sabrina knows its over. Eighteen months later, Sabrina is a single mother of ten-month-old Jeremy, and she and her mother are working together to raise him. Although things can be tough, she also has her best friend, her horse WA KEY A, to lean on. But when she encounters Jamess family again by chance and learns that one of Jamess daughters has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant to survive, Sabrina knows it might be possible for Jeremy to act as a donor for his half sister. She has no idea, however, that the consequences of revealing the truth to James will be disastrous for her small familyand the new man in her life. In this novel, a woman truck driver and single mom deals with the father of her child while struggling to find happiness with a new love.

The Hollywood Romantic Comedy

Autor: Leger Grindon

Número de Páginas: 242

The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys the controversies arising from the critical responses to these films. Provides a detailed interpretation of important romantic comedy films from as early as 1932 to movies made in the twenty-first century Presents a full analysis of the range of romantic comedy conventions, including dramatic conflicts, characters, plots, settings, and the function of humor Develops a survey of romantic comedy movies and builds a canon of key films from Hollywood's classical era right up to the present day Chapters work as discrete studies as well as within the larger context of the book

Headquarters Telephone Directory

Autor: United States. Environmental Protection Agency

Número de Páginas: 416

Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor High Performance Programming

Autor: James Jeffers , James Reinders

Número de Páginas: 430

Authors Jim Jeffers and James Reinders spent two years helping educate customers about the prototype and pre-production hardware before Intel introduced the first Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor. They have distilled their own experiences coupled with insights from many expert customers, Intel Field Engineers, Application Engineers and Technical Consulting Engineers, to create this authoritative first book on the essentials of programming for this new architecture and these new products. This book is useful even before you ever touch a system with an Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor. To ensure that your applications run at maximum efficiency, the authors emphasize key techniques for programming any modern parallel computing system whether based on Intel Xeon processors, Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors, or other high performance microprocessors. Applying these techniques will generally increase your program performance on any system, and better prepare you for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors and the Intel MIC architecture. - A practical guide to the essentials of the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor - Presents best practices for portable, high-performance computing and a familiar and proven threaded,...

Statement of Disbursements of the House

Autor: United States. Congress. House

Número de Páginas: 1872

Covers receipts and expenditures of appropriations and other funds.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Autor: United States. Patent And Trademark Office

Número de Páginas: 1430

Naval Mine Warfare

Autor: National Research Council , Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences , Naval Studies Board , Committee For Mine Warfare Assessment

Número de Páginas: 218

Sea mines have been important in naval warfare throughout history and continue to be so today. They have caused major damage to naval forces, slowed or stopped naval actions and commercial shipping, and forced the alteration of strategic and tactical plans. The threat posed by sea mines continues, and is increasing, in today's world of inexpensive advanced electronics, nanotechnology, and multiple potential enemies, some of which are difficult to identify. This report assesses the Department of the Navy's capabilities for conducting naval mining and countermining sea operations.

Babel

Autor: Samuel L. Boyd

Número de Páginas: 346

In Babel: Political Rhetoric of a Confused Legacy, Samuel L. Boyd offers a new reading of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11:1-9. Using recent insights on the rhetoric of Neo-Assyrian politics and its ideology of governance as well as advances in biblical studies, Boyd shows how the Tower of Babel was not originally about a tower, Babylon, or the advent of multilingualism, at least in the earliest phases of the history and literary context of the story. Rather, the narrative was a critique against the Assyrian empire using themes of human overreach found in many places in Genesis 1-11. Boyd clarifies how idioms of Assyrian governance could have found their way into the biblical text, and how the Hebrew of Genesis 11:1-9 itself leads to a different translation of the passage than found in versions of the Bible, one that does not involve language. This new reading sheds light on how the story became about language. Boyd argues that this new understanding of Babel also illuminates aspects of the call of Abram when the Tower of Babel is interpreted as a story about something other than the origin of multilingualism. Finally, he frames the historical-critical research on the biblical...

William Heath of Roxbury, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants

Autor: Valerie Dyer Giorgi

Número de Páginas: 464

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of William Heath who was born ca. 1590 near London, England. He married three times, immigrated to America ca. 1632 and settled with his third wife in Roxbury, Massachusetts. William was the father of two sons and four daughters. He died and was buried buried 30 May 1652 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois and elsewhere.

Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage

Autor: Helene P. Foley

Número de Páginas: 396

This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. Despite the gap separating the world of classical Greece from our own, Greek tragedy has provided a fertile source for some of the most innovative American theater. Helene P. Foley shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies—over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Although Greek tragedy was often initially embraced for its melodramatic possibilities, by the twentieth century it became a vehicle not only for major developments in the history of American theater and dance, but also for exploring critical tensions in American cultural and political life. Drawing on a wide range of sources—archival, video, interviews, and reviews—Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage provides the most comprehensive treatment of the subject available.

Le reiki au quotidien

Autor: Sabrina Abed

Número de Páginas: 196

LE REIKI AU QUOTIDIEN Un guide parfait et concis pour toute personne qui souhaite découvrir le Reiki, cette technique énergétique qui inclut à la fois une énergie particulière, une méthode d’apposition des mains, et également une philosophie de vie qui s’expérimente jour après jour. Découvrez ici l’histoire du Reiki, ses principes fondamentaux, ainsi que les techniques de base : les cinq préceptes, la méditation Gasshô, le Kenyoku Ho, les chakras ou encore l’autotraitement. Cet ouvrage est une invitation à vous découvrir vous-même et à pratiquer au quotidien cet art de vivre qu’est le Reiki, pour atteindre un développement personnel et spirituel, au travers de nombreux exercices. ATTEIGNEZ LA SÉRÉNITÉ AU QUOTIDIEN GRÂCE AU REIKI !

«Drôles de dames» : Entre féminisme et sexisme

Autor: Éric Contant , Philippe Gourdeau

Número de Páginas: 118

Si « Drôles de dames » fit sensation lors de son apparition sur les écrans américains vers le milieu des années soixante-dix, c’est avant tout parce que c’était la première fois que l’on confiait les premiers rôles d’une série policière à des femmes. C’est aussi ce qui fit son succès phénoménal et la gloire de ses interprètes. En 1996, la série fête le 20e anniversaire de sa création, et ses fréquentes rediffusions sont la preuve que ce succès perdure malgré les phénomènes de mode. Outre un guide complet des 109 épisodes, Éric Contant & Philippe Goudeau se penchent sur l’influence des « anges de Charlie » dans le paysage audiovisuel de l’époque et, en particulier, sur le rôle des femmes dans les séries américaines. Ils nous content également le destin des six actrices qui se passèrent le relais au cours des cinq saisons, de 1976 à 1981.

Manuel indocile de sciences sociales

Autor: Fondation Copernic

Número de Páginas: 1318

Les évidences et les " fatalités " constitutives de l'ordre du monde peuvent-elles être critiquées ? Tout l'empêche ! Pourtant, elles doivent l'être. Toutes. C'est l'objet de ce " livre-somme ". Ce livre alimente en indocilités, ravitaille en savoirs résistants. Sans jargon, ni dogme, ni abstraction, il fournit mille arguments contre les fausses évidences, partout répétées, qui célèbrent le marché libéré (soi-disant efficace pour tous et la planète), la mondialisation telle qu'elle est (soi-disant heureuse), les chefs de toutes sortes, le mérite scolaire, la " bonne santé " des démocraties (trop faiblement démocratiques)... Ce livre lève les silences ou les censures sur les mécanismes qui produisent, reproduisent les discriminations, les pollutions, l'exploitation au travail, la transmission des capitaux, le mépris des mondes populaires, les " racisations ", l'hétéronormalité, les souffrances animales, les nourritures qui tuent, la marchandisation, la ruine organisée des services publics, des protections sociales, et le " chacun seul " qui s'ensuit... Ce manuel indocile fourmille d'exemples issus des sciences sociales – l'histoire, l'économie,...

Robinson Jeffers Newsletter

Número de Páginas: 540

A genealogical record of the descendants of Quartermaster George Colton

Autor: G. Woolworth Colton

Número de Páginas: 625

Poles Apart

Autor: Alison Goldsworthy , Laura Osborne , Alexandra Chesterfield

Número de Páginas: 208

Why do people become divided? What steps can we all take to reduce hostility and bring about understanding? Poles Apart has the answers. In Poles Apart, an expert on polarisation, a behavioural scientist and a professional communicator explain why we are so prone to be drawn into rival, often deeply antagonistic factions. They explore the shaping force of our genetic make-up on our fundamental views and the nature of the influences that family, friends and peers exert. They pinpoint the economic and political triggers that tip people from healthy disagreement to dangerous hostility, and the part played by social media in spreading entrenched opinions. And they help us to understand why outlooks that can seem so bizarre and extreme to us seem so eminently sensible to those who hold them. Above all, they show what practical and effective steps we can all take to narrow divisions, build respect for others, and create a greater degree of common understanding. ____________________________________________________ 'Poles Apart is an extraordinary achievement: fresh, deeply authoritative, and entertaining on every page. Everyone talks about polarisation, but no one does it like...

One Shot Hitchcock

Autor: Luke Robinson , Melanie Robson

Número de Páginas: 313

In One Shot Hitchcock, some of the best writers and thinkers in film studies have taken up the challenge of writing about a single shot from an Alfred Hitchcock film. Fifteen of Hitchcock's most engaging, horrifying, beautiful, sexual, and bizarre shots are interrogated and loved. Single shots are looked at from multiple angles, considering its importance for the film in question, and for other ways we can think about the cinema. This book is not only for people who enjoy watching and discussing Hitchcock's films, but for those who wish to discover new ways of writing about the films they love.

Hearings

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Education

Número de Páginas: 1566

A History of Water in the Middle East

Autor: Sabrina Mahfouz

Número de Páginas: 96

Can you hear it, the hiss of water wiggling its way out into the world uncaptured, wasted, wanton? British-Egyptian Sabrina Mahfouz grew up with ambitions of being a spy. She has two passports, speaks two languages and has a cultural understanding of two very different countries. But when it came to applying for MI6, it turned out she wasn't quite British enough. So now she's on her own intelligence mission – to explore who really holds the power in and over the Middle East. In a world long obsessed with access to oil, will water soon become the natural resource that dictates control, or has it been all along? A History of Water in the Middle East journeys across twelve different countries using theatre, poetry and music to share stories of women across the region. From the British Imperialist ownership of natural resources, to the environmental urgency of the present, water has shaped lives, policies and fortunes – and it will shape all of our futures. This edition published to coincide with the premiere at the Royal Court in October 2019.

The Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Woman

Autor: Andrew Janiak

Número de Páginas: 313

"The Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Woman: Émilie du Châtelet and the Making of Modern Philosophy introduces the work and legacy of philosopher Émilie Du Châtelet. As the Enlightenment gained momentum throughout Europe, Châtelet broke through the many barriers facing women at the time and published a major philosophical treatise in French. Due to her proclamation that a true philosopher must remain an independent thinker rather than a disciple of some supposedly great man like Isaac Newton or René Descartes, Châtelet posed a threat to an emerging consensus in the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Woman highlights the exclusion of women from colleges and academies in Europe and the fear of rupturing the gender-based order"--

The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and Popular Culture

Autor: Christina S. Beck

Número de Páginas: 541

The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and Popular Culture offers rich insights into the ways in which communication about health through popular culture can become a part of healing, wellness, and health-related decisions. This Handbook allows readers to understand and consider messages that inform and influence health-related choices through pop culture in the public sphere. Written in an accessible narrative style and including interdisciplinary, global, and diverse perspectives, a vast team of contributing authors from the field explores the intersections between health communication and popular culture. The Handbook is divided into five parts: Framing of Health-Related Issues in Popular Culture; Exploring Popular Culture Influences on Health Behaviors and Beliefs; Considering Pro-Social Public Health Interventions in Popular Culture; Understanding Health Issues in Popular Culture from Diverse Perspectives; and Pop Culture and Health Communication: Looks to the Future. The Handbook will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Communication Studies, Health Communication, Public Health Policy, Media Literacy, and Cultural Studies.

The Journal of the Assembly During the ... Session of the Legislature of the State of California

Autor: California. Legislature. Assembly

Número de Páginas: 1720

Reproductive Rights Issues in Popular Media

Autor: Waltraud Maierhofer , Beth Widmaier Capo

Número de Páginas: 237

"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body." Almost a century after Margaret Sanger wrote these words, women's reproductive rights are still hotly debated in the press and among policymakers, while film, television and other media address issues of birth control and abortion to global audiences. This collection of new essays brings fresh perspectives to the study of family planning, contraception and abortion with a focus on their representation in popular media. Topics include dramas of adoption and abortion, telling the story of the pill, Sanger's depiction in entertainment media, and a controversy about demographic developments stirred by Carl Djerassi, also known as "the father of the pill."