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Book Troubles of Children and Parents

Download or read book Troubles of Children and Parents written by Susan Isaacs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1948: Parents have many problems. Those dealt with in this are mainly the social and emotional difficulties arising in the development of children in their early years. The material is selected from a much larger bulk of actual letters from parents and nurses which the author answered under the pseudonym of "Ursula Wise" in The Nursery World (published by Benn Bros.) during the years 1929-36.

Book Nursemaids and the Pill

Download or read book Nursemaids and the Pill written by P. Olufemi Olusanya and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Judith Merril

Download or read book Judith Merril written by Dianne Newell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remembered as one of science fiction's best editors, Judith Merril (1923-1997) also wrote prolifically and stands as one of the genre's central figures in the United States and Canada. This work offers a much-needed literary biography and critical commentary on Merril's groundbreaking science fiction, anthologies, reviews, memoir and other endeavors. A thorough account of Merril's 50-year career, it is a valuable source for students of science fiction, women's life writing, women's contributions to frontier mythology and women's activism.

Book Concerning Children

Download or read book Concerning Children written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ́Concerning Children ́, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was first published in 1900 and focuses on how society can be improved through better nurturing of the younger generations. Reminiscent of Supernanny Jo Frost and Dr. Spock, Charlotte Perkins Gilman offers a surprisingly modern take on child-rearing in this influential parenting handbook, which still resonates with feminist readers today. Gilman echoes the old African proverb "It takes a village to raise a child", and considers this in the context of a patriarchal US society. From discussions of building resilience in children to gender and obedience, Gilman manages to encompass politics, economic, and societal arguments as well as gender, sexism, and new motherhood all in one fascinating book which aims to improve the community at large. ́Concerning Children ́ will delight fans of Gilman's other works such as ‘The Home, Its Work and Influence’. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, also known as Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was born on 3rd July 1860 in Connecticut, USA. Her early family life was troubled, with her father abandoning his wife and family; a move which strongly influenced her feminist political leanings and advocator of women’s rights. After working as a tutor and painter, Perkins – a self-declared humanist and ‘tom boy’ – began to work as a writer of short stories, novels, non-fiction pieces and poetry. Her best-known work is her semi-autobiographical short story, inspired by her post-natal depression, entitled ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, which was published in 1892 and made into a film in 2011. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a member of the American National Women's Hall of Fame and strongly believed that "the domestic environment oppressed women through the patriarchal beliefs upheld by society". A believer in euthanasia, she was diagnosed with incurable breast cancer in January 1932 and subsequently took her own life in August 1935, writing in her suicide note that she "chose chloroform over cancer".

Book Chronicles of Hausse Book One  The Trouble with Dragons

Download or read book Chronicles of Hausse Book One The Trouble with Dragons written by Debbye Graafsma and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fantasy based allegory describing the spiritual realm for readers age 10 and older. Fast-paced and exciting!

Book The Trouble with the Truth

Download or read book The Trouble with the Truth written by Edna Robinson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the 1930s, this poignant, funny, and utterly original novel tells the story of one lost girl’s struggle for truth, identity, and understanding amidst her family’s nomadic, unconventional lifestyle. What’s the right way to behave, to think, to feel—if you’re always the new girl? How do you navigate life when you’re continually on the move? Do you lie? How do you even know if you’re lying? What’s the truth anyway? It’s 1928 and nine-year-old Lucresse Briard is trying to make sense of life and the jumbled, often challenging family it’s handed her: a single art-dealer father who thinks nothing of moving from place to place; her brother, Ben, who succeeds in any situation and seems destined for stardom; and their houseman, Fred, who acts like an old woman. As Lucresse advances through childhood to adolescence, she goes from telling wild lies for attention to desperately seeking the truth of who she is as a sophistication-craving teenager in the 1930s. Told from Lucresse’s perspective as a grown woman, The Trouble with the Truth transcends its time in the late 1920s and ’30s and weaves the story we all live of struggling to learn who we are and the truth behind this human journey.

Book Delphi Complete Works of Arnold Bennett  Illustrated

Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Arnold Bennett Illustrated written by Arnold Bennett and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 11439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prolific novelist Arnold Bennett created a succession of stories that detailed life in the Staffordshire Potteries, which were to immortalise his beloved “Five Towns” and establish his name as one of the leading realist authors of Edwardian fiction. Now for the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present Bennett’s complete fictional works. This comprehensive eBook is complemented with numerous illustrations, many rare novels, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bennett’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL 36 novels, with individual contents tables * Many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Includes the extremely rare novelisation of Bennett’s screenplay of the film PICCADILLY, available nowhere else * Even includes the author’s unfinished novel DREAM OF DESTINY, appearing here for the first time * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * All of the short story collections, including rare collections like THE WOMAN WHO STOLE EVERYTHING, available nowhere else * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes a generous range of Bennett’s plays and non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author’s diverse oeuvre * Even includes the engaging HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR, available in no other digital edition * Special criticism section, with seminal essays by authors such as Henry James, Virginia Woolf and George Orwell, evaluating Bennett’s contribution to literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with a rare play and four more non fiction works The Novels A Man from the North (1898) The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902) Anna of the Five Towns (1902) The Gates of Wrath (1903) Leonora (1903) A Great Man (1904) Teresa of Watling Street (1904) Sacred and Profane Love (1905) Hugo (1906) Whom God Hath Joined (1906) The Sinews of War (1906) The Ghost (1907) The City of Pleasure (1907) The Statue (1908) Buried Alive (1908) The Old Wives’ Tale (1908) The Glimpse (1909) Helen with the High Hand (1910) Clayhanger (1910) The Card (1911) Hilda Lessways (1911) The Regent (1913) The Price of Love (1914) These Twain (1916) The Lion’s Share (1916) The Pretty Lady (1918) The Roll-Call (1918) Mr Prohack (1922) Lilian (1922) Riceyman Steps (1923) Lord Raingo (1926) The Vanguard (1928) Accident (1928) Piccadilly: Story of the Film (1929) Imperial Palace (1930) Dream of Destiny (1932) The Short Story Collections Tales of the Five Towns (1905) The Loot of Cities and Other Stories (1905) The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) The Matador of the Five Towns, and Other Stories (1912) Elsie and the Child, and Other Stories (1924) The Woman Who Stole Everything, and Other Stories (1927) The Night Visitor and Other Stories (1931) Venus Rising from the Sea (1932) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Plays Polite Farces for the Drawing-Room (1899) The Honeymoon (1911) The Great Adventure (1913) The Title (1918) Judith (1922) The Non Fiction Journalism for Women: A Practical Guide (1898) How to Become an Author: A Practical Guide (1903) The Human Machine (1909) Literary Taste: How to Form It (1909) How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (1910) The Feast of St. Friend (1911) Those United States (1912) The Arnold Bennett Calendar (1912) The Plain Man and His Wife (1913) From the Log of the Velsa (1914) Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People (1914) The Author’s Craft (1914) Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front (1915) Introduction to ‘In the Royal Naval Air Service’ (1916) by Harold Rosher Books and Persons: Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-11 (1917) Things that Interested Me: First Series (1921) Things Which Interested Me: Second Series (1923) Things Which Interested Me: Third Series (1926) The Criticism The New Novel (1914) by Henry James The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett (1923) by G. K. Chesterton Character in Fiction (1924) by Virginia Woolf Letter to Arnold Bennett (1924) by Joseph Conrad An Extract from ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ (1937) by George Orwell

Book Forecast

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  • Release : 1924
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  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Forecast written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Blue Book on Native Affairs

Download or read book Blue Book on Native Affairs written by South Africa. Department of Native Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Trouble With Passion

Download or read book The Trouble With Passion written by Cheryl Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political theorists have long argued that passion has no place in the political realm where reason reigns supreme. But, is this dichotomy between reason and passion sustainable? Does it underestimate the indispensable role of passion in a fully democratic society? Drawing upon Plato, Rousseau, and contemporary feminist theorists, Cheryl Hall argues that passion is an essential component of a just political community and that the need to educate passion together with reason is paramount. Trouble with Passion provides a compelling defense of the crucial place of passion in politics.

Book Tortall  A Spy s Guide

Download or read book Tortall A Spy s Guide written by Tamora Pierce and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-have guide for any fan of #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy author TAMORA PIERCE! Enter the world of Tortall in this full-color, behind-the-scenes collectible guide, brought to you by the author who Sarah J. Maas says “shaped [her] not only as a young writer but also as a young woman” and whom Leigh Bardugo calls “the real lioness.” The secrets of Tortall are revealed. . . . As Tortall’s spymaster, George Cooper has sensitive documents from all corners of the realm. When Alanna sends him a surprising letter, he cleans out his office and discovers letters from when King Jonathan and Queen Thayet first ascended the throne, notes on creating the Shadow Service of spies, threat-level profiles on favorite characters, Daine’s notes on immortals, as well as family papers, such as Aly’s first report as a young spy and Neal’s lessons with the Lioness. This rich guide also includes the first official timeline of Tortallan events from when it became a sovereign nation to the year Aly gives birth to triplets. Part history, part spy training manual, and entirely fascinating, this beautiful guide makes a perfect gift and is ideal for anyone who loves Alanna, King Jonathan, Queen Thayet, Kel, Neal, Aly, Thom, Daine, Numair, and the unforgettable world of Tortall! “Tamora Pierce creates epic worlds populated by girls and women of bravery, heart, and strength. Her work inspired a generation of writers and continues to inspire us.” —HOLLY BLACK, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Few authors can slay so effectively with a single sentence—I mean fist-in-the-air, shouting-at-my-book slay—as Tamora Pierce. All these years later, I still draw strength from her words.” —MARIE LU, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Book The Harwoods two Christmas Days  and Other Sketches

Download or read book The Harwoods two Christmas Days and Other Sketches written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A call   The tale of two passions

Download or read book A call The tale of two passions written by Ford Madox Ford and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-07-12 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the captivating world of Ford Madox Ford's "A Call: The Tale of Two Passions," where the complexities of human desire and moral conflict are explored through the lens of compelling narrative and introspective prose. Step into a world of conflicting passions and moral dilemmas as Ford Madox Ford weaves a tale that delves deep into the hearts and minds of its characters. Through intricate storytelling and nuanced characterization, Ford invites readers to contemplate the transformative power of love and the devastating consequences of betrayal. Follow the lives of protagonists torn between duty and desire, as they navigate the turbulent waters of personal ambition and societal expectations. Set against the backdrop of a changing world, Ford's narrative unfolds with emotional depth and psychological insight, capturing the essence of human struggle and resilience. Through rich dialogue and evocative settings, Ford creates a narrative tapestry that explores the themes of passion, loyalty, and the pursuit of personal fulfillment. Each chapter resonates with the complexities of human relationships and the enduring quest for meaning in a rapidly evolving society. As you immerse yourself in "A Call: The Tale of Two Passions," you'll discover a profound exploration of love, ambition, and the consequences of choice. Ford's keen observations and literary craftsmanship make this novel a timeless reflection on the human condition and the pursuit of happiness. This book is more than a tale of romance—it's a profound meditation on the nature of desire and the moral dilemmas that shape our lives. Ford's narrative prowess and insightful commentary offer readers a thought-provoking journey into the complexities of human emotion and moral ambiguity. Whether you're drawn to compelling characters, intricate plots, or thought-provoking themes, "A Call: The Tale of Two Passions" promises an enriching reading experience that challenges perceptions and illuminates the intricacies of the human heart. Don't miss your chance to explore the depths of passion and moral conflict with Ford Madox Ford. Order your copy of "A Call: The Tale of Two Passions" today and embark on a literary journey that explores the timeless themes of love, duty, and personal fulfillment.

Book Venom and Blaze

Download or read book Venom and Blaze written by Roz MacLaren and published by Fire & Ice Young Adult Books. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “During a time when unicorns roamed free and dragons cast shadows across the sun, the wise men and women of the land told stories of a troubled future. The legends whispered of a time when every baby born would be blonde, genial, and entirely Good. But straight after it would emerge a baby with black hair, dark eyes – and an entirely different nature. They would be called Mirrors, and nobody would know from whence they came or what to do with them once they arrived.” Venom wants a normal life where no one can tell her what to do, especially her father, King Viper. Blaze wants to be free, after all, he has been imprisoned in a dungeon since he was a baby. Thorn wants to get the girl, which is a shame, because the girl has other things on her mind. At least one of them is going to be disappointed.

Book Falling in Love

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  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2006-05-31
  • ISBN : 9780824829957
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Falling in Love written by and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-05-31 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falling in love, with all its accompanying problems, was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming Dynasty, when society held strictly to arranged marriages. The stories in this engaging collection all deal with this theme in very different ways, sometimes comically, sometimes tragically. They portray young people choosing their own lovers, resorting to ingenious stratagems and risky escapades in defiance of contemporary mores. Chosen to represent the best works from the great age of the vernacular story, they offer an admirable introduction to the world of Chinese fiction in this era. All of the stories in Falling in Love have been translated especially for this volume, and most appear here in translation for the first time. They are taken from two works, Constant Words to Awaken the World (Xing shi heng yan) and a related collection, The Rocks Nod Their Heads (Shi dian tou), both published in the early seventeenth century.

Book Remember Me to Miss Louisa

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  • Author : Sharony Green
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2015-07-31
  • ISBN : 1501756605
  • Pages : 181 pages

Download or read book Remember Me to Miss Louisa written by Sharony Green and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is generally recognized that antebellum interracial relationships were "notorious" at the neighborhood level. But we have yet to fully uncover the complexities of such relationships, especially from freedwomen's and children's points of view. While it is known that Cincinnati had the largest per capita population of mixed race people outside the South during the antebellum period, historians have yet to explore how geography played a central role in this outcome. The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers made it possible for Southern white men to ferry women and children of color for whom they had some measure of concern to free soil with relative ease. Some of the women in question appear to have been "fancy girls," enslaved women sold for use as prostitutes or "mistresses." Green focuses on women who appear to have been the latter, recognizing the problems with the term "mistress," given its shifting meaning even during the antebellum period. Remember Me to Miss Louisa, among other things, moves the life of the fancy girl from New Orleans, where it is typically situated, to the Midwest. The manumission of these women and their children—and other enslaved women never sold under this brand—occurred as America's frontiers pushed westward, and urban life followed in their wake. Indeed, Green's research examines the tensions between the urban Midwest and the rising Cotton Kingdom. It does so by relying on surviving letters, among them those from an ex-slave mistress who sent her "love" to her former master. This relationship forms the crux of the first of three case studies. The other two concern a New Orleans young woman who was the mistress of an aging white man, and ten Alabama children who received from a white planter a $200,000 inheritance (worth roughly $5.1 million in today's currency). In each case, those freed people faced the challenges characteristic of black life in a largely hostile America. While the frequency with which Southern white men freed enslaved women and their children is now generally known, less is known about these men's financial and emotional investments in them. Before the Civil War, a white Southern man's pending marriage, aging body, or looming death often compelled him to free an African American woman and their children. And as difficult as it may be for the modern mind to comprehend, some kind of connection sometimes existed between these individuals. This study argues that such men—though they hardly stand excused for their ongoing claims to privilege—were hidden actors in freedwomen's and children's attempts to survive the rigors and challenges of life as African Americans in the years surrounding the Civil War. Green examines many facets of this phenomenon in the hope of revealing new insights about the era of slavery. Historians, students, and general readers of US history, African American studies, black urban history, and antebellum history will find much of interest in this fascinating study.

Book Liberty Review

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  • Release : 1900
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  • Pages : 860 pages

Download or read book Liberty Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: