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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2024Mid-century women's writing
Disrupting the public/private divide
by Melissa Dinsman, Megan Faragher, Ravenel Richardson
The traditional narrative of the mid-century (1930s-60s) is that of a wave of expansion and constriction, with the swelling of economic and political freedoms for women in the 1930s, the cresting of women in the public sphere during the Second World War, and the resulting break as employment and political opportunities for women dwindled in the 1950s when men returned home from the front. But as the burgeoning field of interwar and mid-century women's writing has demonstrated, this narrative is in desperate need of re-examination. Mid-century women's writing: Disrupting the public/private divide aims to revivify studies of female writers, journalists, broadcasters, and public intellectuals living or working in Britain, or under British rule, during the mid-century while also complicating extant narratives about the divisions between domesticity and politics.
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The ArtsSeptember 2012Tony Richardson
by Robert Shail, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard
Tony Richardson was a key figure in British cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. Having established himself in the theatre with the first production of John Osborne's landmark play Look Back in Anger, he became a central director in the New Wave, bringing greater realism to British cinema. He went on to make some of the most significant films of the 1960s including the multi Oscar-winning Tom Jones. This detailed and authoritative account of Richardson's career provides a reassessment of his achievements. As well as looking at his best known films, it considers neglected works such as Ned Kelly and Joseph Andrews, illustrating how Richardson remained a champion of the socially marginalised. In mapping out his life and work, from the English Stage Company to his final films in America, Shail re-establishes Richardson's at the front rank of British film directors, confirming his contribution to a period of dynamic change in British culture. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2014ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE PEOPLES OF CHINA
by ZHANG Haiyang, Paul Richardson
Encyclopaedia of the Peoples of China is a global project undertaken by Yilin Press and the UK publisher Greene Media. This beautifully illustrated book presents a panorama of life styles, customs, traditions and cultures of the 56 ethnic groups of China, interwoven with the history of how they came to be a great nation. The book combines the wisdom and efforts of many experts of England and China, including Prof. ZHANG Haiyang of Minzu University in China and Prof. Paul Richardson of Oxford Brookes University in the UK. This is a project sponsored by the Chinese Government, with the mission of comprehensively introducing some of the most fundamental elements of Chinese history and culture to readers both in and outside China. It is also hoped that the book will help more western readers better understand China. For this purpose, the structure and layout of the book are tailored for western readership. It strives to present the rich and colorful nature of Chinese culture in a smooth and easy to understand fashion. The ultimate goal is to contribute to world peace and mutual understanding among the nations in this age of globalization.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2022Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
by Melissa Febos,
In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2022Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
by Melissa Febos,
In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2022Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
by Melissa Febos,
In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page.
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September 2022Megan Rapinoe
Little People, Big Dreams. Deutsche Ausgabe | Kinderbuch ab 4 Jahre
by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara, Paulina Morgan, Silke Kleemann
Ein Mädchen muss nicht im hübschen Kleid brav in der Schulbank sitzen, sie kann auch eine Trainingshose anziehen und Fußball spielen, fand Megan Rapinoe, die es schon als 4-Jährige mit den Jungs in der Mannschaft ihres Bruders aufnahm. Ihre Karriere als Profifußballerin ist beispiellos. Zweimal gewinnt sie mit ihrem Team den Weltcup, holt sie Gold bei den Olympischen Spielen, wird sie Sportlerin des Jahres. Megan ist mutig und unkonventionell. Ihr Motto lautet: »Du hast nur ein Leben, geh los und mach was draus.« Und danach lebt sie. Little People, Big Dreams erzählt von den beeindruckenden Lebensgeschichten großer Menschen: Jede dieser Persönlichkeiten, ob Philosophin, Forscherin oder Sportler, hat Unvorstellbares erreicht. Dabei begann alles, als sie noch klein waren: mit großen Träumen.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 1998The debate on the English Revolution
by R Richardson, Roger Richardson
The debate on the English Revolution is firmly established as an essential guide to the literature in its field and appears here in a much revised third edition. Three new chapters are included on twentieth-century historians' treatments of social complexities, politics, political culture and revisionism, and on the Revolution's unstoppable reverberations. All the other chapters have been amended and recast to take account of recent publications. The book provides a searching re-examination of why the English Revolution remains such a provocatively controversial subject and analyses the different ways in which historians over the last three centuries have tried to explain its causes, course and consequences. Claredon, Hume, Macaulay, Gardiner, Tawney, Hill, and the present-day revisionists are given extended treatment, while discussion of the work of numerous other historians is integrated into a coherent, informative readable survey. ;
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Classic fiction (Children's/YA)August 2018Alice's Adventure in Wonderland
A South African Edition
by Carroll, Lewis / Bird, Megan
Megan Bird has re-imagined this wonderful children's tale by Lewis Carroll to be a modern twist of maddened adventure. Alice's Adventure in Wonderland is about a curious little girl called Alice, whose curiousity leads her to fall down a rabbit hole and into a marvelously troublesome world. What follows is a series of colourful, excited, mad, and sometimes unfortunate, events... where Alice must decide of just what mind she's made up of, and how to get home.
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December 2023Kiwifruit
Botany, Production and Uses
by Annette Richardson, Jeremy Burdon, Ross Ferguson
Kiwifruit is one of the few fruit crops that has been successfully introduced to the marketplace and for which commercial production in several countries has expanded rapidly over the last 50 years. Kiwifruit science and production has advanced significantly during this time, with multiple new green-, yellow- and red-fleshed cultivars being commercialized while moving into the era of genomics, sustainability, digital technology and automation. This book reviews the scientific and technical information published on kiwifruit, their biology and management. It provides a comprehensive reference on kiwifruit, including their history, genetic material, culture, physiology, pest and disease control, and fruit consumption. Particular attention is given to recent threats and opportunities, including environmental issues, the disease Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, new genetics, new growing areas and technology advances. Contributions from a wide range of international specialists ensure coverage of key aspects of kiwifruit and their culture in different environments. Of particular interest to academic researchers in horticulture, the book is also suitable for a wider audience including extension personnel, growers, consultants, and professional and technical staff associated with the kiwifruit industry.
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October 2024Villa Obscura
Thriller
by Melissa C. Hill, Anja Stapor
Nach dieser Nacht wird nichts mehr sein, wie es war Auf einer Halloweenparty in einer abgelegenen Villa im Harz bricht echter Horror aus. Anfangs hoffen die sechs Jugendlichen noch, dass es sich um einen Scherz handelt. Doch die zwei maskierten Fremden machen Ernst: Sie halten die Sechs gegen ihren Willen fest und schicken sie auf einen lebensgefährlichen Trip durch das zerklüftete Gelände am Brocken. Wonach suchen die Geiselnehmer? Und wer von den sechs entführten Jugendlichen verbirgt das größte Geheimnis? Als eine der Geiseln stirbt, beginnt ein unerbittlicher Wettlauf gegen die Zeit … Villa Obscura: Wer verbirgt hier welches Geheimnis? Hochspannung pur: Packender Young-Adult-Thriller voller unerwarteter Wendungen für Leser*innen ab 14 Jahren. Spannende Erzählperspektive: Die Geschichte wird aus den Blickwinkeln der sechs Jugendlichen erzählt und wirft unterschiedliche Sichtweisen auf dieselben schrecklichen Ereignisse. Einzigartiger Schauplatz: Der mystische Brocken im Harz bietet mit seinem zerklüfteten Gelände eine perfekte und unheimliche Kulisse. Menschliche Abgründe: Der durchdachte Pageturner des Erfolgsduos Melissa C. Hill und Anja Stapor überrascht auf jeder Seite aufs Neue. Der atemberaubende Thriller ab 14 Jahren erzählt eine packende Geschichte voller düsterer Geheimnisse und tödlicher Gefahren und sorgt für ein unvergessliches Leseerlebnis mit überraschenden Wendungen und schockierenden Enthüllungen. Was als lustige Halloweenparty beginnt, verwandelt sich in einen echten Albtraum: Hier geht es nicht mehr um Süßes oder Saures – hier geht es ums Überleben! Ein gruseliges Leseerlebnis für Fans der Geschichten von Ursula Poznanski und Karen M. McManus.
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May 2023Tristan Mortalis
Thriller
by Melissa C. Hill, Anja Stapor
Das dramatische Ende einer tiefen Freundschaft - nachdem Michael, auch bekannt als Tristan, und seine Freunde Alice, Claire, Bene und Damian ihren Schulabschluss gefeiert haben, nehmen ihre Lebenswege unterschiedliche Richtungen. Während einige von ihnen ihr Studium aufnehmen oder beruflich durchstarten, bleibt Tristans Schicksal ungewiss. Diese Ungewissheit findet ein tragisches Ende, als im Moor nahe ihrer Heimatstadt eine Leiche entdeckt wird, die Tristans Kostüm trägt. Dieser Fund löst bei den Freunden nicht nur Entsetzen aus, sondern auch den festen Entschluss, die Wahrheit hinter dem scheinbaren Tod ihres Freundes aufzudecken. Ihre Nachforschungen führen sie jedoch nicht nur tief in die Abgründe ihrer Freundschaft, sondern offenbaren auch, dass jeder von ihnen Geheimnisse verbirgt, die weit über das hinausgehen, was sie voneinander erwartet hatten. Während die Gruppe versucht, das Rätsel um Tristans Verschwinden zu lösen, geraten sie zunehmend in ein Netz aus Lügen, Verrat und unerwarteten Wendungen. "Tristan Mortalis" ist ein packender Thriller, der die Leser mit jeder Seite tiefer in eine Geschichte voller Geheimnisse und überraschender Entdeckungen zieht. Die Autorinnen schaffen es meisterhaft, die Spannung bis zum Schluss aufrechtzuerhalten, während sie gleichzeitig die komplexe Dynamik innerhalb der Gruppe und die Zerbrechlichkeit von Freundschaften unter extremen Umständen beleuchten. Dieses Buch ist nicht nur eine Geschichte über das Aufdecken eines Verbrechens, sondern auch eine tiefgründige Untersuchung der menschlichen Natur und der Frage, wie gut wir die Menschen um uns herum wirklich kennen. Packender Thriller: Bietet Hochspannung und fesselt die Leser*innen bis zur letzten Seite. Komplexe Charakterentwicklung: Vertieft die psychologischen Aspekte jeder Figur und deren Beziehungen zueinander. Meisterhafte Plotkonstruktion: Garantiert überraschende Wendungen und hält die Spannung konstant hoch. Erfolgreiches Autorinnenduo: Melissa C. Hill und Anja Stapors beweisen nach "Lupus Noctis" erneut ihr Talent für packende Jugendthriller. Für Fans von Bestsellerautor*innen: Ideal für Leser, die Werke von Ursula Poznanski und Karen M. McManus schätzen. Tiefgründige Themen: Erkundet Freundschaft, Verlust und die Suche nach Wahrheit in einer zunehmend komplexen Welt. Visuelle und emotionale Erzählweise: Sorgt für ein intensives Leseerlebnis und starke Identifikation mit den Charakteren. Must-read für Thrillerfans: Eine unvergessliche Geschichte, die lange nach dem Umblättern der letzten Seite nachwirkt.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2003Step-daughters of England
British Women Modernists and the National Imaginary
by Jane Garrity
Jane Garrity shows how four British women modernists - Dorothy Richardson, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Mary Butts and Virginia Woolf - used experimental literary techniques in order to situate themselves as national subjects. Reading literary texts through the lens of material culture, this book makes a major contribution to the new modernist studies by arguing that women's imaginative work is inseparable from their ambivalent and complicated relation to Britain's imperial history. Drawing on extensive archival research, Garrity takes as her point of departure the ubiquitous maternal and racial link to national identification during the interwar period. Each chapter foregrounds a different range of cultural developments that coincided with the rise of modernism, such as emerging visual techniques, the revival of British neo-medievalism, ethnographic work on primitive mysticism, and nostalgia for English ruralism. By locating both canonical and non-canonical works of female literary modernism within broader cultural discourses, Garrity demonstrates the intersections among nationalism, imperialism, gender and sexuality in the construction of English national culture.
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Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800July 2013Domestic life and domestic tragedy in early modern England
by Catherine Richardson
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 1999The debate on the Norman Conquest
by Marjorie Chibnall, Roger Richardson
The debate on the Norman Conquest is still ongoing. Because of the great interest that has always been shown in the subject of conquest and its aftermath, interpretations have been numerous and conflicting; students bewildered by controversies may find this book a useful guide through the morass of literature. In the medieval period writers were still deeply involved in the legal and linguistic consequences of the Norman victory. Later the issues became direcly relevant to debates about constitutional rights; the theory of a "Norman yoke" provided first a call for revolution and, by the 19th century, a romantic vision of a lost Saxon paradise. When history became a subject for academic study controversies still raged round such subjects as Saxon versus Norman institutions. These have gradually been replaced in a broader social setting where there is more room for consensus. Interest has now moved to such subjects as peoples and races, frontier societies, women's studies and colonialism. Changing perspectives have shown the advantage of studying a period from the late 10th to the early 13th century rather than one beginning in 1066. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2025
Taking travel home
The souvenir culture of British women tourists, 1750–1830
by Emma Gleadhill
In the late eighteenth-century, elite British women had an unprecedented opportunity to travel. Taking travel home uncovers the souvenir culture these women developed around the texts and objects they brought back with them to realise their ambitions in the arenas of connoisseurship, friendship and science. Key characters include forty-three-year-old Hester Piozzi (Thrale), who honeymooned in Italy; thirty-one-year-old Anna Miller, who accompanied her husband on a Grand Tour; Dorothy Richardson, who undertook various tours of England from the ages of twelve to fifty-two; and the sisters Katherine and Martha Wilmot, who travelled to Russia in their late twenties. The supreme tourist of the book, the political salon hostess Lady Elizabeth Holland, travelled to many countries with her husband, including Paris, where she met Napoleon, and Spain during the Peninsular War. Using a methodology informed by literary and design theory, art history, material culture studies and tourism studies, the book examines a wide range of objects, from painted fans "of the ruins of Rome for a sequin apiece" and the Pope's "bless'd beads", to lava from Vesuvius and pieces of Stonehenge. It argues that the rise of the souvenir is representative of female agency, as women used their souvenirs to form spaces in which they could create and control their own travel narratives.
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March 2012The Fabii and the Gauls
Studies in historical thought and historiography in Republican Rome
by Richardson, James H.
