Julia: 3709 books
The Last Word
Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
A lively examination of why the modern eulogy should rest in peace.
In the spirit of the reckoning Elaine Scarry, Susan Sontag, Jessica Mitford, and Maggie Nelson have done with death and grief, critic Julia Cooper contemplates the debased art of eulogy.
While eulogizing has always been...
by Julia Ellsworth Ford
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This delightful play written by Julia Ellsworth Ford and is loosely based around Oscar Wilde's "The Selfish Giant". The dwarf character of Snickerty Nick however is entirely original and the play centres around him. The little boy is only a loving and beloved child and Winter and Spring...
Prosperity Every Day
A Daily Companion on Your Journey to Greater Wealth and Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
"People think of prosperity as a fiscal bottom line. 'When I have X amount of money, I will feel better.' The truth is that prosperity is a spiritual bottom line, and the formula should actually be: 'When I have X amount of faith, I will feel better.'” —Julia Cameron
In this collection...
Women, Language and Linguistics
Three American Stories from the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2002
Rather than the standard American story of an increasingly triumphant march of scientific inquiry towards structural phonology, Women, Language and Linguistics reveals linguistics where its purpose was communication; the appeal of languages lay in their diversity; and the authority of language lay...
Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions
Hinduism and the Case of Valmiki
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
This title was first published in 2003. Can a text be used either to validate or to invalidate contemporary understandings? Texts may be deemed 'sacred', but sacred to whom? Do conflicting understandings matter? Is it appropriate to try to offer a resolution? For Hindus and non-Hindus, in India and...
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
A Queer Film Classic
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
A Queer Film Classic on Canadian director Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, her quirky and hopeful first feature film which made its premiere at Cannes and won its Prix de la jeunesse. Presented as a "videotaped confession," it tells the story of Polly Vandersma, an unpretentious...
by W. Tecumseh Fitch, Björn Merker, Iain Morley
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and make music.
Research shows that all humans have a predisposition for music, just as they do for language. All of us can perceive and enjoy music, even if we can't carry a tune and consider ourselves “unmusical.”...
by Julia Kaziewicz
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2013
A curriculum guide to accompany The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome, by Susan Wise Bauer.
Susan Wise Bauer’s narrative world history series is widely used in advanced high school history classes, as well as by home educating parents. The Study...
by Luc JULIA
Language: French
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Language: French
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Le document rare et l'incroyable parcours d'un inventeur français, qui à l'âge de neuf ans avait déjà construit un robot pour faire son lit et a ensuite été l'un des deux créateurs de Siri. Son objectif ici : tordre le cou aux idées reçues et aux fantasmes qui entourent l'IA aujourd'hui.
Vous...
Delivering the People's Message
The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Presidents have long invoked electoral mandates to justify the use of executive power. In Delivering the People’s Message, Julia R. Azari draws on an original dataset of more than 1,500 presidential communications, as well as primary documents from six presidential libraries, to systematically examine...
Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World
Recognition after Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
On January 1, 1804, Haiti shocked the world by declaring independence. Historians have long portrayed Haiti's postrevolutionary period as one during which the international community rejected Haiti's Declaration of Independence and adopted a policy of isolation designed to contain the impact of the...
Stories Without Borders
The Berlin Wall and the Making of a Global Iconic Event
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
How do stories of particular events turn into global myths, while others fade away? What becomes known and seen as a global iconic event? In Stories without Borders, Julia Sonnevend considers the ways in which we recount and remember news stories of historic significance. Focusing on journalists covering...
Righteous Indignation
A Jewish Call for Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Can the teachings of Judaism provide a sacred framework for repairing the world?
In this groundbreaking volume, leading rabbis, intellectuals, and activists explore the relationship between Judaism and social justice, drawing on ancient and modern sources of wisdom. The contributors argue that...
Gone South and Other Ways to Disappear
Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
A collection of eight sharply imaginative short stories that focus on women’s relationships with their bodies, their lovers, their female friends, and their health. After an overweight cubicle worker takes a diet pill she loses sixty pounds in eight hours and her relationships with other women begins...