M Schaub: 8 books

This is a feminist study of a recurring character type in classic British detective fiction by women - a woman who behaves like a Victorian gentleman. Exploring this character type leads to a new evaluation of the politics of classic detective fiction and the middlebrow novel as a whole.

Mention the Roaring Twenties, and all the usual icons come to mind: flappers, prohibition, and jazz. But the humor of the 1920s has been mostly overlooked. In this book you will find a sample of 1920s humor in the form of The Melting Pot, a newspaper column from that era. Carefully restored from many...

The early 1980s were a time of great change in America. A recent invention, the personal computer, was quickly altering the nature of the workplace and reducing the need for jobs and workers to fill them. The runaway inflation of the 1970s was gradually being reined in, but the good news came at a...

Two novellas—Mary H. Schaub’s “Exile,” in which a disfigured witch struggles to regain her powers, and P. M. Griffin’s “Falcon Hope,” in which two unlikely allies try to save their peoples from extinction—are accompanied by “The Chronicler,” by series creator Andre Norton.

Der fünfte Band der Buchreihe "die Sinne" befasst sich mit der faszinierenden Welt der Gerüche. Sie nehmen im Leben eine ungeheuer wichtige Rolle ein und beeinflussen bewusst oder unbewusst unser Empfinden. Düfte vermögen plötzliche Kindheitserinnerungen und angenehme Erlebnisse aus...

Even after years of spiritual practice, self-improvement, or therapy, many of us still have trouble with one essential challenge: self-acceptance. How do we stop from constantly judging ourselves as inadequate, finding fault with our bodies, or being plagued by our inner critics? The Self-Acceptance...

This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more...

Die junge Studentin Iris wünscht sich nichts mehr als eine Zeitreise und tut alles dafür. Doch allzu bald muss sie erkennen, dass sich die Welt in der Zukunft ganz anders darstellt, als sie es sich erhofft hat, und ihre Neugier droht ihr zum Verhängnis zu werden. Die Magd Josephine gerät wiederholt...