Victorian Fiction and the Insights of Sympathy An Alternative to the Hermeneutics of Suspicion (Lowe Brigid)(Pevná vazba)

Victorian Fiction and the Insights of Sympathy An Alternative to the Hermeneutics of Suspicion (Lowe Brigid)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the importance of sympathy as a central idea behind Victorian fiction, and an animating principle of novel reading generally. Sympathy, Brigid Lowe argues, deserves a much more important role as both a subject and a guiding principle for literary criticism. Over the past thirty

Articulating Bodies: The Narrative Form of Disability and Illness in Victorian Fiction (Hingston Kylee-Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Articulating Bodies investigates the contemporaneous developments of Victorian fiction and disability's medicalization by focusing on the intersection between narrative form and body. The book examines texts from across the century, from Frederic Shoberl's 1833 English translation of Victor Hugo's

The Penny Politics of Victorian Popular Fiction (Breton Rob)(Pevná vazba)

Penny politics examines the way Victorian popular literature from the 1830s and 1840s attempted to appeal to working-class audiences by including overtures to radical and at times explicitly Chartist politics.The book challenges the approach to 'low life' or crime literature that sees it as merely

Surfing and the Philosophy of Sport (Brennan Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Surfing and the Philosophy of Sport uses the insights gained through an analysis of the sport of surfing to explore key questions and discourses within the philosophy of sport. As surfing has been practiced dynamically, since its beginnings as a traditional Polynesian pursuit to its current status

People's Flag and the Union Jack - An Alternative History of Britain and the Labour Party (Hassan Gerry)(Pevná vazba)

An alternative history of the Labour Party which will have significant relevance and impact in the context of the ongoing debates on Scottish independence, the future of the British state and UK politics

Middlemarch (Eliot George)(Pevná vazba)

One of the most accomplished and prominent novels of the Victorian era, Middlemarch is an unsurpassed portrait of nineteenth-century English provincial life. Dorothea Brooke is a young woman of fervent ideals who yearns to effect social change yet faces resistance from the society she inhabits. In

Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy (Griffin Emma)(Pevná vazba)

'A powerful story of social realities, pressures, and the fracturing of traditional structures.'--Ruth Goodman, Wall Street Journal Nineteenth century Britain saw remarkable economic growth and a rise in real wages. But not everyone shared in the nation's wealth. Unable to earn a sufficient income

The Scandal of Forgiveness: Grace Put to the Test (Yancey Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Forgiveness offers an alternative to an endless cycle of resentment and revenge, but do you really understand forgiveness? In The Scandal of Forgiveness bestselling author Philip Yancey will answer: What is forgiveness; Why is forgiveness so difficult; Why is forgiveness scandalous; and What does

Fathers in Victorian Fiction (McKnight Natalie)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the changing roles of fathers in the nineteenth century as seen in the lives and fiction of Victorian authors. Fatherhood underwent unprecedented change during this period. The Industrial Revolution moved work out of the home for many men, diminishing contact between fathers and

Divine Lola: A True Story of Scandal and Celebrity (Morat Cristina)(Pevná vazba)

An enthralling biography about one of the most intriguing women of the Victorian age: the first self-invented international social celebrity.Lola Montez was one of the most celebrated and notorious women of the nineteenth century. A raven-haired Andalusian who performed her scandalous 'Spider

Warren the 13th and the Thirteen-Year Curse (Del Rio Tania)(Pevná vazba)

An illustrated middle-grade fiction series with Gothic and Victorian overtones featuring the misadventures of a cursed 12-year-old bellhop trying to save his family's hotel from the clutches of evil. At the conclusion of the second book in the Warren the 13th series, The Warren Hotel had

Napoleon Victorious!: An Alternative History of the Battle of Waterloo (Tsouras Peter G.)(Pevná vazba)

It is June 1815 and an Anglo-led Allied army under the Duke of Wellington's command and Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher is set to face Napoleon Boneparte near Waterloo in present-day Belgium. What happens next is well known to any student of history: the two armies of the Seventh Coalition defeated

Victorian and Edwardian British Industrial Architecture (Pearson Lynn)(Pevná vazba)

By the end of Queen Victoria's reign, factories had become an inescapable part of the townscape, their chimneys dominating urban views. This book is concerned with the architecture, planning, and design of those factories that were part of the second wave of the industrial revolution. The

The Social Edge: The Power of Sympathy Groups for our Health, Wealth and Sustainable Future (Costello Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

Extreme Fabulations: Science Fictions of Life (Shaviro Steven)(Pevná vazba)

An examination of science fiction narratives and the light they shed on human life, the unknowable future, and the vagaries of unforeseeable change. With this book, Steven Shaviro offers a thought experiment. He discusses a number of science fiction narratives: three novels, one novella, three

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore (Lefvre Edwin)(Pevná vazba)

With new commentary and Insights on the life and times of JesseLivermore Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the fictionalizedbiography of perhaps the most famous financial speculator of alltime-Jesse Livermore. This annotated edition bridges the gapbetween Edwin Lefevre's fictionalized account of

Magic Feather Effect - The Science of Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief (Warner Melanie)(Pevná vazba)

The acclaimed author of Pandora's Lunchbox and former New York Times reporter takes an enlightening, engaging deep dive into the world of alternative medicine and the surprising science that explains why it may work. We all know someone who has had a seemingly miraculous cure from an alternative

The Future Starts Now: Expert Insights Into the Future of Business, Technology and Society (Priestley Theo)(Pevná vazba)

Featuring contributions from an international array of futurists, The Future Starts Now provides fascinating insights and guidance into how society and business will transform in the years to come. The future is an uncertain, uncomfortable prospect for employees, employers and society at large. A

The Inner Voice in Gadamer's Hermeneutics: Mediating Between Modes of Cognition in the Humanities and Sciences (Fuyarchuk Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

The inner word in Gadamer's hermeneutics refers to the meaning that exceeds anything explicitly said. This explanation has been subsumed within metaphysical and theological parameters of interpretation with little regard for the implication of Gadamer's turn to the living language for understanding

Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism (Soper Kate)(Pevná vazba)

An urgent and passionate plea for a new and ecologically sustainable vision of the good life. The reality of runaway climate change is inextricably linked with the mass consumerist, capitalist society in which we live. And the cult of endless growth, and endless consumption of cheap disposable

The Blue Wonder: Why the Sea Glows, Fish Sing, and Other Astonishing Insights from the Ocean (Bagusche Frauke)(Pevná vazba)

An intimate account of the beauty, mystery, and amazing science of the ocean.In The Blue Wonder, marine biologist and diver Frauke Bagusche brings readers on a fascinating and beautiful deep-sea dive into the ocean. Drawing on scientific discoveries and her own research, she uses photographs and

Cholera: The Victorian Plague (Thomas Amanda J.)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of archival material, Amanda Thomas uses firs-hand accounts, blending personal stories with an overview of the history of

The Cross and Salvation (Hardcover): The Doctrine of Salvation (Demarest Bruce)(Pevná vazba)

With America's confidence in the Bible at an all-time low and the strength of her spiritual convictions waning, it is essential for Christians--especially Christian leaders--to be well-grounded in biblical theology. To have a clear and comprehensive understanding of the key doctrines of

The Art and Craft of Garden Making (Mawson Thomas H.)(Pevná vazba)

An astounding and luxurious facsimile of a rare Victorian gardening guide, bound in cloth with exquisite color illustrationsSince its initial publication in 1900, Thomas H. Mawson's book The Art and Craft of Garden Making has become the go-to guide for garden design, with multiple reprints that