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In a sweeping reassessment of early American literature, "The Gender of Freedom" explores the workings of the literary public sphere--from its colonial emergence through the antebellum flourishing of sentimentalism--and places representations of and by women at the center rather than the margin of the public sphere and the politics of liberalism.

Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartt's novel is a remarkable achievement-both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality ...

The 1950s and early 1960s are considered by many to be the Golden Era of Racing at the Indianapolis 500, and photographer Ben Lawrence was on hand taking photos of the Greatest Spectacle for the Indianapolis Times. During that era, Ben captured many images of the race and race events that surrounded the Indy 500. He was there when Bill Vukovich met his fate in 1955. He photographed the first Indianapolis 500 Parade, which has become an annual ...

As the country prepared for World War II, the nation's capital became a focal point of activity. Washington residents witnessed the local population nearly double in a few short years, as a mostly female work force descended on the city, while its male population was sent off to combat in Europe and the Pacific. Washingtonians planted victory gardens, ran scrap drives, and suffered the effects of severe rationing along with the rest of the nat...

Marines of Washington, D.C. takes the reader on a visual tour that explores the dynamic history of the United States Marine Corps in the nation's capital. The Marines have played an integral role in the development of the social, structural, and political landscape of Washington for over 200 years. This volume traces the history of the Marines from the founding of the "Oldest Post of the Corps, " Marine Barracks Washington in 1801, to particip...

Organized in 1833 by Savannah businessmen, the Central of Georgia Railway was chartered by the Georgia Legislature as the Central Rail Road & Canal Company. The line, connecting Savannah to the interior of the state, boosted the coastal city's seaport, which had lost business to Charleston because of the South Carolina Rail Road's inland reach. In 1843, the Central was extended from Savannah to the outskirts of Macon, and after nearly 120 year...

The images contained in Orono present the many facets of this central Maine town. Incorporated in 1806 and named after a blue-eyed American Indian chief, Orono began as a farming community but quickly capitalized on the presence of the Penobscot and Stillwater Rivers to evolve into a burgeoning industrial town. When it became the home to Maine's land grant university in 1865, the lamp of higher learning was added to the stacks of lumber that s...

Die Wicherts von nebenan", das sind Geschichten aus dem Alltag einer Drei-Generationen-Familie, ihren Alltagssorgen, liebenswerten Schrullen und Eigenarten. Doch irgendwie klappt es bei den Wicherts immer - sie sind eine Familie, in der Vertrauen und gegenseitige Liebe eine grosse Rolle spielen. Im Mittelpunkt der Familie stehen Mutter Hannelore (Maria Sebaldt), die immer Rat und Trost weiß, jedoch nicht nur ihren Mann Eberhard (Stephan O...

Die Wicherts von nebenan", das sind Geschichten aus dem Alltag einer Drei-Generationen-Familie, ihren Alltagssorgen, liebenswerten Schrullen und Eigenarten. Doch irgendwie klappt es bei den Wicherts immer - sie sind eine Familie, in der Vertrauen und gegenseitige Liebe eine grosse Rolle spielen. Im Mittelpunkt der Familie stehen Mutter Hannelore (Maria Sebaldt), die immer Rat und Trost weiß, jedoch nicht nur ihren Mann Eberhard (Stephan Orlac)...

Here in one compact volume are all of the stages of instruction on the path of Mahamudra. Included are concise and complete formal instructions on the ground path and fruition of this penetrating practice. This vast and profound commentary originates with the Eighth Situpa, a remarkable scholar and practitioner who is considered the most accomplished of all the Situ emanations.

For the first time, a historian and seasoned mariner looks beyond the specific circumstances of individual shipwrecks in an effort to reach a clearer understanding of the economic, political, and psychological factors that have influenced the 25, 000 wrecks on the Great Lakes over the past 300 years. Looking at the entire tragic history of shipwrecks on North America's expansive inland seas, from the 1679 loss of the Griffon to the mysterious ...

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Kampfsport & Selbstverteidigung - zwei unterschiedliche Worte, die jedoch im Qin Na, der chinesischen Selbstverteidigung, untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind. Das "Nachschlagewerk" enthält mehr als 200 Selbstverteidigungstechniken, welche sich unkompliziert auf über 1000 Fotos nachvollziehen lassen. Egal ob für den Einzelsportler, für Vereine, Trainer, Frauen, Polizei- und Sicherheitsdienste oder für Manager und Geschäftsleute - durch die ...

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Das Gesundheitswesen steht vor erheblichen Finanzierungsproblemen. Der Kostenanstieg durch medizinischen Fortschritt ist einer der wichtigsten Faktoren hierfür. Andererseits sind die Life Sciences und das Gesundheitswesen die Industriesegmente, in welche Venture Capital Gesellschaften die meisten Investitionen tätigen. Die vorliegende Untersuchung analysiert, das Konfliktpotential zwischen dem Rationalisierungszwang im Gesundheitswesen und den...

Diese Arbeitshilfen sind eine Sammlung von Erfahrungen und Hilfsmitteln für die Seelsorge. Sie sind aus der Praxis heraus entstanden und für die Praxis zusammengestellt. Das Buch kann und will die einzelnen Bereiche der Seelsorge nicht umfassend behan­deln, gibt aber viele Hilfen und Anregungen zu einzelnen Bereichen, wie sie uns in der Praxis immer wieder begegnen. Die «Arbeitshilfen für Seelsorge» sind als Nachschlagewerk, gleichsam als Erst...

Das Hauptanliegen in diesem Buch ist, dass Sie Ihr Leben und Ihre Zeit wieder zurückbekommen, damit Sie Ihren Traum verwirklichen können. "Das Leben ist jedoch zu kurz, um es mit etwas zu verschwenden, das man nicht mit absoluter Freude und Begeisterung macht." Viele Menschen sind gefangen in einem Kreis von falschen Glaubensätzen, Erwartungen anderer und dem, was ich das Hamsterrad nenne. Das Hamsterrad ist eine Metapher für ein Leben, in dem...

Si parla di fumetti nel libro del 2004 con quella che sta diventando una tradizione con il fumetto stile Disney del 2003 e del grafico olandese Maurits Cornelis Escher, anzi si "vedono" alcune delle immagini che sono state realizzate in animazione. Si parla del sogno di un uomo, di Gaudì, della grande ambizione di ascendere verso il cielo con la cattedrale di Barcellona, di come quel sogno si stia realizzando. Di teatro, di cinema si parla, ov...

In this volume, 24 flowering plant families comprising a total of 911 genera are treated. They represent the asterid order Lamiales except for Acanthaceae (including Avicenniaceae), which will be included in a later volume. Although most of the constituent families of the order have been recognized as being closely related long ago, the inclusion of the families Byblidaceae, Carlemanniaceae and Plocospermataceae is the result mainly of recent ...

The Cleitophon has recently been discovered to be Plato's dialogue introducingThe Republic. In this volume of essays, Editor, Translator, and Author Mark Kremer introduces seminal work that understands The Cleitophon as an ancient discussion of what scholars today refer to as posthumanism and postmodernism. Thoroughly original, this volume is an invaluable resource to all disciplines that attempt to come to terms with our emerging global society.