Rebecca: 4598 books

For more than 250 years, English children’s literature has transmitted values to the next generation. The stories convey to children what they should identify with and aspire to, even as notions of “goodness” change over time. Through reading, children absorb an ethos of Englishness that grounds...

A collection of essays that use John Haugeland's work on intentionality, embodiment, objectivity, and caring to explore contemporary issues in philosophy of mind. In his work, the philosopher John Haugeland (1945–2010) proposed a radical expansion of philosophy's conceptual toolkit, calling...

Simone Weil – philosopher, religious thinker, mystic, social/political activist – is notoriously difficult to categorize, since her life and writings challenge traditional academic boundaries. As many scholars have recognized, she set out few, if any, systematic theories, especially when it came...

Alex Trefarro was born to expose corruption, but her career as an investigative reporter takes a sharp turn when Grandma dies and leaves her a small fortune. Sounds great until manipulative Grandma twists the blade. Forced to return to a quirky northern Wisconsin town, Alex smells a story, but not the one she expected.

Old English literature thrived in late tenth-century England. Its success was the result of a concerted effort by the leaders of the Benedictine Reform movement to encourage both widespread literacy and a simple literary style. The manuscripts written in this era are the source for the majority of...

Since its rediscovery in 1934, the fifteenth-century Book of Margery Kempe has become a canonical text for students of medieval Christian mysticism and spirituality. Its author was a fifteenth-century English laywoman who, after the birth of her first child, experienced vivid religious visions and...

Bestselling author Rebecca St. James has been a defining voice in contemporary Christian music for more than a decade. 40 Days With God is an inspirational devotional is based on Rebeccas reflections about her relationship with her heavenly Father, and features journal entries, song lyrics, scrapbook photos, discussion questions, and links to stream music.

In 2006, Christianity Today voted this title to be one of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicalsA year 2000 Finalist in the ECPA book competition "Christians and non-Christians have something in common," writes Rebecca Pippert. "We're all uptight about evangelism." So begins...

Prensin Bebeği - Rebecca WintersAbby henüz on iki yaşındayken ona âşık olduğunu biliyordu. Onun bir prens olmasının bir önemi yoktu. Nihayetinde tüm küçük kızlar, bir kale ve prens hayali kurarlardı. On yedi yaşındayken Abby, annesini yitirmiş, kendisi de ölümden dönmüştü. Prens...

The Mexico–Guatemala border has emerged as a geopolitical hotspot of illicit flows of both goods and people. Contraband Corridor seeks to understand the border from the perspective of its long-term inhabitants, including petty smugglers of corn, clothing, and coffee. Challenging assumptions regarding...

Per Isabella, anaffettiva militante, il lavoro di badante presso una malata di Alzheimer è il posto ideale: pare addirittura che la signora Paola apprezzi ore di lettura di Tolstoj in lingua originale e lunghe sedute di musica classica. Potrebbe scivolare tutto in un perfetto e confortante immobilismo,...

A collection of contemporary poems, Illusion in the Storms is an allusion to the storms weathered in both life and love.

As Britain industrialized in the early nineteenth century, animal breeders faced the need to convert livestock into products while maintaining the distinctive character of their breeds. Thus they transformed cattle and sheep adapted to regional environments into bulky, quick-fattening beasts. Exploring...

Rebecca Janowitz's portrait of Hyde Park-the Chicago South Side neighborhood long noted for its progressive politics-offers an expert, insider's social and political perspective on this intriguing community that in many ways nurtured Barack Obama's political career and made possible his run for the...