Christine Jackson: 13 books

Samuel Johnson’s life was situated within a rich social and intellectual community of friendships—and antagonisms. Community and Solitude is a collection of ten essays that explores relationships between Johnson and several of his main contemporaries—including James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Frances...

*Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump:*Images from Literature and Visual Arts treats literature, film, television series, and comic books dealing with utopian and dystopian worlds reflecting on or anticipating our current age. From Henry James’s dreamlike utopia of “The Great Good Place”...

Breathtakingly beautiful and exotic, the peacock inspires devotion among both artists and bird lovers. Its iridescent plumage, when fully displayed, is a delight to behold.  The bird itself, as Christine E. Jackson notes in Peacock, appears to enjoy its audience, preening and strutting about...

What does it mean to be “temporally deactivated?” Experience a historical moment through the intervention of a time travel agency. Be trapped inside a time bubble—willingly—so that you can save the universe from Darkness over and over again. Step outside of time at the order of your...

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Le jeu de la séduction, Christine Rimmer Au grand dam d’Amy, Derek Dalton n’a rien perdu de sa superbe malgré les treize années écoulées. Glissé dans un costume sombre à l’occasion du mariage qui les rassemble comme témoins, il n’a de cesse de poser sur elle un regard brûlant....

Séduit par sa rivale, Brenda Jackson Gavin est furieux : comment Layla Harris, une jeune universitaire spécialisée en archéologie, a-t-elle osé profiter de son absence pour lancer un chantier de fouilles sur les terres de son ranch ? Croit-elle vraiment qu’elle va y déterrer un trésor...

Un jeu irrésistible, Christine Rimmer Travis Bravo est désarçonné, troublé. Le jour où il a demandé à Samantha de jouer, auprès de sa famille, le rôle de sa fiancé, il n’imaginait pas que sa meilleure amie se transformerait soudain, pour lui faire honneur, en une créature de rêve....

Une irrésistible surprise, Christine Rimmer Une véritable princesse au fin fond du Montana ? Si Arabella s’est aventurée à Elk Creek, c’est qu’elle doit rencontrer Preston Mc Cade pour lui annoncer une nouvelle qui risque de bouleverser sa vie. Mais à peine arrive-t-elle au ranch...

This book questions the simplistic view that convenience food is unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable. By exploring how various types of convenience food have become embedded in consumers’ lives, it considers what lessons can be learnt from the commercial success of convenience food for those...

This volume examines the school-to-prison pipeline, a concept that has received growing attention over the past 10–15 years in the United States. The “pipeline” refers to a number of interrelated concepts and activities that most often include the criminalization of students and student behavior,...

This book deals with legends and images of the apocalypse and post-apocalypse in film and graphic arts, literature and lore from early to modern times and from peoples and cultures around the world. It reflects an increasingly popular leitmotif in literature and visual arts of the 21st century: humanity’s...

With foreword by Paul Liabenow Build compassionate classroom environments and mindful schools that prioritize high levels of achievement and high levels of well-being. Based on the latest neuroscience research, Mindfulness Practices details how mindfulness in schools can lead to new, improved...