Collins: 3183 books
Violence
A Micro-sociological Theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
In the popular misconception fostered by blockbuster action movies and best-selling thrillers--not to mention conventional explanations by social scientists--violence is easy under certain conditions, like poverty, racial or ideological hatreds, or family pathologies. Randall Collins challenges this...
Gravity's Kiss
The Detection of Gravitational Waves
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
A fascinating account, written in real time, of the unfolding of a scientific discovery: the first detection of gravitational waves.
Scientists have been trying to confirm the existence of gravitational waves for fifty years. Then, in September 2015, came a “very interesting event” (as...
Are Mexican Immigrant and Mexican American Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Being Served in Memphis, Tennessee?
Support Services for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Among Mexican Immigrant and Mexican American Women in Memphis, Tennessee
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Domestic violence against women is an oppressive condition that extends across race, class, and gender. This work examines intimate partner violence against women in Memphis, Tennessee, focusing on Mexican immigrant and Mexican American female survivors of domestic violence.
Author M. Helena...
by Wilkie Collins
Language: French
Release Date: September 3, 2012
Language: French
Release Date: September 3, 2012
2 Oeuvres de Wilkie Collins Ecrivain britannique (1824-1889) Traductions de Madame Judith (1827-1912) et Paul-Émile Daurand-Forgues (1813-1883)
Ce livre numérique présente une collection de 2 oeuvres de Wilkie Collins éditées en texte intégral. Une...
by Wilkie Collins
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The last is considered the first modern English detective novel.
Born...
The Credential Society
An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
The Credential Society is a classic on the role of higher education in American society and an essential text for understanding the reproduction of inequality. Controversial at the time, Randall Collins’s claim that the expansion of American education has not increased social mobility, but rather...
Gesammelte Werke
Der Mondstein, Das Duell im Walde, Blinde Liebe, Die Frau in Weiß, John Jagos Geist, Ein Tiefes Geheimnis, Fräulein Minna und der Reitknecht, Heirat wider Willen, Fräulein Morris und der Fremde...
Language: German
Release Date: January 29, 2017
Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte Werke" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Verfasser der ersten Mystery Thriller. Er gilt heute als einer der großen viktorianischen...
by Collins
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
This Collins Gem provides a practical introduction to homeopathy and what to expect when seeking advice from a homeopath. It includes A–Z listings of the most popular remedies and treatments. Homeopathy is now recognized as the central pillar to the holistic approach to health. It has a long history,...
by Wilkie Collins
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The last is considered the first modern English detective novel.
Born...
Alva's Boy
An Unsentimental Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
"Alan Collins' memoir successfully straddles both history and literature. It is a memoir that has wry appeal to the seasoned Jewish historical reader and the novice alike with its keen observations and its pacey narrative, detailing the life of a young Jewish boy growing up in Bondi in the 30s...
by Wilkie Collins
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Anne Silvester, giovane e raffinata, è accolta come istitutrice presso la famiglia di Lady Lundie, amica d’infanzia della sua sfortunata madre, e diviene inseparabile dalla figlia di lei, Blanche. Quando il nobile Geoffrey Delamayn, aitante sportivo da tutti idolatrato per le sue doti atletiche...
by Wilkie Collins
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 28, 2014
La Legge e la Signora, opera della maturità di Wilkie Collins, oltre a presentare diversi elementi della moderna letteratura di genere, è il primo esempio di romanzo poliziesco che ha per protagonista un investigatore donna. La vita matrimoniale di Valeria ed Eustace Woodville inizia sotto cattivi...
by Wilkie Collins
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Giovane rampollo di una famiglia aristocratica, Basil si innamora perdutamente e a prima vista della figlia di un commerciante, incontrata per caso su un omnibus. Da quel momento la sua vita cessa di scorrere sui quieti binari di sempre per imboccare la strada ignota e accidentata che conduce alla...
by Wilkie Collins
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman...