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Women and Comedy

History, Theory, Practice

by Jacky Bratton, Gilli Bush-Bailey, Lisa Colletta, Joanne Gilbert, Barbara Gold, Tarez Samra Graban, Shannon Hengen, Kirsty Johnston, Joanna Mansbridge, Linda A. Morris, Dolores O’Higgins, Lisa Perfetti, Kay Young, Regina Barreca ...

Women and Comedy: History, Theory, Practice presents the most current international scholarship on the complexity and subversive potential of women’s comedic speech, literature, and performance. Earlier comedy theorists such as Freud and Bergson did not envision women as either the agents or audiences of comedy, only as its targets. Only more recently have scholarly studies of comedy begun to ... Read more

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Women and Comedy: History, Theory, Practice presents the most current international scholarship on the complexity and subversive potential of women’s comedic speech, literature, and performance. Earlier comedy theorists such as Freud and Bergson did not envision women as either the agents or audiences of comedy, only as its targets. Only more recently have scholarly studies of comedy begun to
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Perpetua

Athlete of God

by Barbara K. Gold ...

Series series Women in Antiquity
Perpetua was an early Christian martyr who died in Roman Carthage in 203 CE, along with several fellow martyrs, including one other woman, Felicitas. She has attracted great interest for two main reasons: she was one of the earliest martyrs, especially female martyrs, about whom we have any knowledge, and she left a narrative written in prison just before she went to her death in the amphitheater. ... Read more

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Perpetua was an early Christian martyr who died in Roman Carthage in 203 CE, along with several fellow martyrs, including one other woman, Felicitas. She has attracted great interest for two main reasons: she was one of the earliest martyrs, especially female martyrs, about whom we have any knowledge, and she left a narrative written in prison just before she went to her death in the amphitheater.
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Fleisher & Ludwig's 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult

by Robert J. Hoffman, Vincent J. Wang, Tien Vu, Pamela J. Okada, Richard J. Scarfone, Sandip A. Godambe, Joshua Nagler, Jin Y. Kim, Delia L. Gold, Barbara G.M. Pena ...

A must-have resource for any emergency or urgent care setting, Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, 3rd Edition, provides clear, succinct guidance on hundreds of diseases and common pediatric conditions. Editors-in-Chief Drs. Robert J. Hoffman and Vincent J. Wang lead an editorial and author team who put evidence-based answers at your fingertips—essential information ... Read more

$149.39 USD

A must-have resource for any emergency or urgent care setting, Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, 3rd Edition, provides clear, succinct guidance on hundreds of diseases and common pediatric conditions. Editors-in-Chief Drs. Robert J. Hoffman and Vincent J. Wang lead an editorial and author team who put evidence-based answers at your fingertips—essential information
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Harlequin Desire January 2017 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

by Barbara Dunlop, Kristi Gold, Karen Booth ...

Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection!ONE BABY, TWO SECRETSBillionaires and Babiesby Barbara DunlopWallflower Kate Dunhem goes undercover as a wild child to save her infant niece, but a torrid affair with a stranger who has his ... Read more

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Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection!ONE BABY, TWO SECRETSBillionaires and Babiesby Barbara DunlopWallflower Kate Dunhem goes undercover as a wild child to save her infant niece, but a torrid affair with a stranger who has his
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Barefooted: Spontaneous Reflections of a Southern Woman

by Barbara Collins Golding ...

Barefooted: Spontaneous Reflections of a Southern Woman showcases bits and pieces of Golding’s life in poetry and prose. Returning to her roots, the author moves from tobacco farm life in Rockingham County into marriage, parenting and a cosmopolitan career, then glides into active retirement. The collection’s title, Barefooted, is inspired by the honesty in a line from John Greenleaf Whittier’s ... Read more

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Barefooted: Spontaneous Reflections of a Southern Woman showcases bits and pieces of Golding’s life in poetry and prose. Returning to her roots, the author moves from tobacco farm life in Rockingham County into marriage, parenting and a cosmopolitan career, then glides into active retirement. The collection’s title, Barefooted, is inspired by the honesty in a line from John Greenleaf Whittier’s
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Anne Frank Remembered

by Miep Gies, Alison Leslie Gold ...

Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat ...

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9 hours 9 min

She found Anne Frank's diary and brought the world a message of love and hope. For more than two years, Miep Gies and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives each day to bring food, news, and emotional support to the victims. From her own remarkable childhood as a World War I refugee to the moment she places a ... Read more

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She found Anne Frank's diary and brought the world a message of love and hope. For more than two years, Miep Gies and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives each day to bring food, news, and emotional support to the victims. From her own remarkable childhood as a World War I refugee to the moment she places a
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A Guide to Latin Elegy and Lyric

by Barbara K. Gold, Genevieve Liveley ...

Series series Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature
Provides the necessary context to read elegiac and lyric poetry, designed for novice and experienced Classics and Latin students alikeA Guide to Latin Elegy and Lyric explores the language of Latin poetry while helping readers understand the socio-cultural context of the remarkable period of Roman literary history in which the poetry was composed. With an innovative approach to this important area ... Read more

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Provides the necessary context to read elegiac and lyric poetry, designed for novice and experienced Classics and Latin students alikeA Guide to Latin Elegy and Lyric explores the language of Latin poetry while helping readers understand the socio-cultural context of the remarkable period of Roman literary history in which the poetry was composed. With an innovative approach to this important area
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Preventive Measures

Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems

by Adeel Ahmed, Günther Baechler, Doug Bond, Peter Brecke, Robert S. Chen, John G. Cockell, Andrei Dmitrichev, Daniel C. Esty, Deborah J. Gerner, Jack Goldstone, Barbara Harff, Joost R. Hiltermann, Charles J. Jefferson, J Craig Jenkins, Elizabeth Voulieris Kassinis, Dennis King, Andreas V. Kohlschütter, Donald Krumm, Akira Onishi, Abdur Rashid, Grace I. Scarborough, Susanne Schmeidl, Philip A. Schrodt, Anne L. Speca, Pamela T. Surko, Alan N. Unger, William P. Whelan, Ted Robert Gurr, Alex P. Schmid ...

State failure, ethnopolitical war, genocide, famine, and refugee flows are variants of a type of complex political and humanitarian crisis, exemplified during the 1990s in places like Somalia, Bosnia, Liberia, and Afghanistan. The international consequences of such crises are profound, often threatening regional security and requiring major inputs of humanitarian assistance. They also may pose ... Read more

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State failure, ethnopolitical war, genocide, famine, and refugee flows are variants of a type of complex political and humanitarian crisis, exemplified during the 1990s in places like Somalia, Bosnia, Liberia, and Afghanistan. The international consequences of such crises are profound, often threatening regional security and requiring major inputs of humanitarian assistance. They also may pose
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Literary and Artistic Patronage in Ancient Rome

Edited by Barbara K. Gold ...

Virgil, Horace, Catullus, Propertius—these are just a few of the poets whose work we would be without today were it not for the wealthy and powerful patrons upon whose support the Roman cultural establishment so greatly depended. Who were these patrons? What benefits did they give, to whom, and why? What effect did the support of such men as Maecenas and Pompey have on the lives and work of those ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Virgil, Horace, Catullus, Propertius—these are just a few of the poets whose work we would be without today were it not for the wealthy and powerful patrons upon whose support the Roman cultural establishment so greatly depended. Who were these patrons? What benefits did they give, to whom, and why? What effect did the support of such men as Maecenas and Pompey have on the lives and work of those
... Read more
A Companion to Roman Love Elegy

Edited by Barbara K. Gold ...

Series Book 187 - Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
A Companion to Roman Love Elegy is the first comprehensive work dedicated solely to the study of love elegy. The genre is explored through 33 original essays thatoffer new and innovative approaches to specific elegists and the discipline as a whole.Contributors represent a range of established names and younger scholars, all of whom are respected experts in their fieldsContains original, never ... Read more

$246.95 USD

A Companion to Roman Love Elegy is the first comprehensive work dedicated solely to the study of love elegy. The genre is explored through 33 original essays thatoffer new and innovative approaches to specific elegists and the discipline as a whole.Contributors represent a range of established names and younger scholars, all of whom are respected experts in their fieldsContains original, never
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Roman Literature, Gender and Reception

Domina Illustris

Edited by Donald Lateiner, Barbara K. Gold, Judith Perkins ...

Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
This cutting-edge collection of essays offers provocative studies of ancient history, literature, gender identifications and roles, and subsequent interpretations of the republican and imperial Roman past. The prose and poetry of Cicero and Petronius, Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid receive fresh interpretations; pagan and Christian texts are re-examined from feminist and imaginative perspectives; ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This cutting-edge collection of essays offers provocative studies of ancient history, literature, gender identifications and roles, and subsequent interpretations of the republican and imperial Roman past. The prose and poetry of Cicero and Petronius, Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid receive fresh interpretations; pagan and Christian texts are re-examined from feminist and imaginative perspectives;
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After Auschwitz

The breathtaking true story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister of Anne Frank

by Eva Schloss ...

Narrated by Anne Dover ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two
Unabridged

10 hours 19 min

Eva Schloss's remarkable memoir of surviving the Holocaust, rebuilding her life after WW2 and honouring her stepsister Anne Frank's legacyThe extraordinary international bestseller'A book that is almost impossible to put down and stop reading. I've shed many a tear reading this book. We should never forget.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'An absolutely heart breaking story. You can tell that this st... ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Eva Schloss's remarkable memoir of surviving the Holocaust, rebuilding her life after WW2 and honouring her stepsister Anne Frank's legacyThe extraordinary international bestseller'A book that is almost impossible to put down and stop reading. I've shed many a tear reading this book. We should never forget.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'An absolutely heart breaking story. You can tell that this st...
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