Patricia Day: 8 books

Eleanor’s life was scarred by the alcohol and spousal abuse of her childhood home, but undeterred she overcame her emotional traumas and laid claim to international success as an author. How was it, she often wondered, that someone can appear to be so in control, on the outside, while ready...

Priscilla is thrust into a life beyond her wildest dreams, but at an unimaginable cost. She was stunning beyond words in that red dress, and seeing her for the first time Adrian vowed she would be his.Her naiveté and her vulnerability attracted him. They were character traits that empowered...

Throughout the 1980s the British Civil Service devoted much time and energy developing indicators to measure the performance of government. Never before had so much stress been placed on accountability and performance; a trend which will be reinforced as government continues to devolve activities...

Une épouse indomptable, Barbara Dunlop Kaitlin déteste Zach Harper, son ancien patron. Elle n’a jamais apprécié ce genre de don Juan, d’autant que celui-ci l’a licenciée sans ménagement. Aussi est-elle bouleversée quand elle apprend que le mariage factice qu’ils ont contracté...

The Go-Go’s made music on their own terms and gave voice to a generation caught between the bra-burning irreverence of the seventies and the me-first decadence of the eighties. Anthems like “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” and “Vacation” are an indelible part of our collective...

The spirit that founded the volume and guided its development is radically inter- and transdisciplinary. Dispatches have arrived from anthropology, communications, English, film studies (including theory, history, criticism), literary studies (including theory, history, criticism), media and screen...

The first ever overview of women's contributions to the dawn of cinema looking at a variety of roles from writers and directors to film editors and critics. Why have women such as Alice Guy-Blache, the creator of narrative cinema, been written out of film history? Why have so many women working...

Praise for Educating Nurses "This book represents a call to arms, a call for nursing educators and programs to step up in our preparation of nurses. This book will incite controversy, wonderful debate, and dialogue among nurses and others. It is a must-read for every nurse educator and...