Elisabeth: 1340 books

From the author of The Ripple Effect comes a poignant novel about a mother who has given up everything for her kids, and her opportunity to take a risk on something for herself. Annie never thought to use underwear to meet a man, but the trick works on her downstairs neighbour, Hugh. Though...

This thesis discusses two key topics: strangeness and charge symmetry violation (CSV) in the nucleon. It also provides a pedagogical introduction to chiral effective field theory tailored to the high-precision era of lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Because the nucleon has zero net strangeness,...

This accessible book will help elementary school teachers improve literacy instruction inside or outside the Common Core environment. The authors address teachers’ instructional needs by introducing key concepts from current trends in literacy education—from high-level standards to the use of...

Léon Bakst (1866-1924) was a painter, illustrator, stage and costume designer. He is universally acknowledged for representing a synthesis of creative energy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bakst travelled widely throughout Europe and in 1890 joined the World of Art journal circle which...

Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have sought to show the complexities and horrors of war on-screen. In...

Schrijver en criminoloog Andreas Burnier / Ronnie Dessaur (1931-2002) was een leven lang ontheemd, hetgeen zijn weerslag vond in indringende romans als Een tevreden lach, De litteraire salon, Het jongensuur en in talrijke essays en lezingen. Als Joods kind werd zij in de oorlog in zestien verschillende...

This extraordinary book opens up the strange world of the 'parea' - a lesbian secret society based in a small-town bar outside Athens, whose members meet clandestinely to drink, dance and flirt. Though conducting intense sexual affairs under the noses of other customers, the parea's members - many...

Where does perversion begin? Who is perverse? Ever since the word first appeared in the Middle Ages, anyone who delights in evil and in the destruction of the self or others has been described as 'perverse'. But while the experience of perversion is universal, every era has seen it and dealt with...

Der Name „Edvard Munch“ ruft bei den meisten Menschen eine bestimmte visuelle Assoziation hervor: Ein schädelhaftes Gesicht, angstverzerrt, einen stummen, durchdringenden Schrei des Grauens ausstoßend, während im Hintergrund eine feurige, blutrote Sonne untergeht. Der Schrei hat sich im letzten...

Henry James (1843-1916) had been writing for more than 30 years when this 1905 critical appreciation of his body of work was published. In this volume an influential American critic considers James as a chronicler of the leisure class, master literary psychologist, keen observer of international social relations, and technical virtuoso—citing many of his famous works in creative ways.

Elizabeth Michel presenta un programma di anatomia e allineamento, indispensabile per gli analisti bioenergetici, i conduttori di classi e per quanti lavorano con il corpo credendo nell’identità funzionale di corpo e mente.

"Connie is a true football enthusiast." - Joe Namath, Hall of Fame QB In the 1970s, when go-go boots are the rage, people wait in line to buy gas, and a woman might lie about her marital status to get a job with an NFL team, Connie Nicholas Carberg accomplishes the unthinkable. Taught by some...

Will You Marry Me? continues the intimate chronicle of a young couple’s romantic courtship that began in 1850. Lizzie Andrews is just 14 years old when she receives her first letter from Edward Jarvis Tenney. Both from prominent New England families, her suitor is a 16-year old Harvard scholar and...

NOTWITHSTANDING the date of the year in which I undertake this narrative, I shall not seek to excuse the motives which led my husband to attach himself to the person of Bonaparte, but shall simply explain them. In political matters justifications are worth nothing. Certain persons, having returned...