Jessica L Nelson: 8 books

Book cover of Les sortilèges de Cléopâtre
by Jessica L. Nelson
Language: French
Release Date: May 9, 2017

Cléopâtre a dix ans lorsqu'une série d'événements va la transformer à jamais : une grande sœur jalouse, un assassinat de sang froid, une nourrice pleine de secrets et un cobra dompté par sa seule volonté. Et voilà notre petite princesse égyptienne sur le chemin de son destin. Il sera «...
Book cover of Tandis que je me dénude
by Jessica L. NELSON
Language: French
Release Date: August 13, 2015

Et si en revêtant un masque on en disait plus sur soi, parce que enfin on se sent libre ? Elle ne se dénude pas vraiment. Elle garde tous ses vêtements. Et pourtant, devant les caméras, cet auteur d'un premier roman aura l'impression d'être à découvert. Que tous – les invités du plateau,...
Book cover of Debout sur mes paupières
by Jessica L. NELSON
Language: French
Release Date: January 19, 2017

Quand la création devient la priorité absolue d'une vie, quelles qu'en soient les conséquences. " Il va falloir parler de Lee, à présent. Statue fragile, rebelle infatigable, amazone aux boucles dorées, joyeuse et sur le précipice de la dépression, nuque distinguée et bouche de charretière,...
Book cover of 24 Histoires du Mans
by Patrick BESSON, Serge JONCOUR, Jessica L. NELSON
Language: French
Release Date: June 1, 2017

24 Heures. 24 nouvelles. La plus mythique des courses automobiles vue par les écrivains contemporains.
Book cover of Ethnic Dress in the United States

Ethnic Dress in the United States

A Cultural Encyclopedia

by Linda Arthur Bradley, Washington State University, Naomi Braithwaite
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...
Book cover of Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
Book cover of Approaches to Teaching Behn's Oroonoko
by Sharon Alker, Emily Hodgson Anderson, Srinivas Aravamudan
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014

Once merely a footnote in Restoration and eighteenth-century studies and rarely taught, Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave (1688), by Aphra Behn, is now essential reading for scholars and a classroom favorite. It appears in general surveys and in courses on early modern British writers, postcolonial literature,...
Book cover of Representing Agency in Popular Culture

Representing Agency in Popular Culture

Children and Youth on Page, Screen, and In Between

by Michelle Nicole Boyer-Kelly, David Buckingham, Ingrid E. Castro
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018

Representing Agency in Popular Culture: Children and Youth on Page, Screen and In-Between addresses the intersection of children’s and youth’s agency and popular culture. As scholars in childhood studies and beyond seek to expand understandings of agency, power, and voice in children’s lives,...
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