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  • The Veritas Years

    A narrative of Catholic boarding school life in the 1960's

    by John Ruth ...
    When John Ruth arrived in the United Kingdom from Ireland as a boy in the late 1950's. He had little idea of the challenging times that awaited him. With his elder sister Brenda and brother Liam, he was enrolled in a strict Dominican Roman Catholic boarding school at Ponsbourne Park in the remote Hertfordshire countryside. He soon discovered that this place was as cruel, oppressive and mysterious ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Quiet and Peaceable Life

    People's Place Book No.2

    by John Ruth ...
    John L. Ruth, a Mennonite storyteller/historian, captures the spirit of Old Order Mennonite and Amish groups in his essays, along with photographs, poetry, and quotations. If the "plain people" of North America are to be understood in terms of their own concerns, we must consider sympathetically their own expressions and the biblical cadences they echo. Having maintained, with the tolerance of ... Read more

    $6.95 USD

  • Twas Seeding Time

    by John L. Ruth ...
    Whose side will you be on?Will you fight for that side?Those were the questions facing Pennsylvania Mennonites as the North American colonies fought for independence from King George III.The colonial patriots wanted all able-bodied men to respond to the call to arms, or if conscience prevented that, to contribute liberally of their means to the patriots' cause.But what about their promise of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Decorum

    A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society

    by John A. Ruth, C. S. Snyder ...
    So much has been written on the subject of etiquette and dress, that it would seem almost impossible to say anything new. In the preparation therefore of this work the author has drawn largely from all the best available authorities on the subject, believing that the combined thoughts and observations of the best thinkers and writers, would be far more valuable than anything emanating from the pen ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Degree in a Book, A: Art History

    Everything You Need to Know to Master the Subject - in One Book!

    by John Finlay ...
    Narrated by Ruth Ollman ...
    Series series A Degree in a Book

    Unabridged

    6 hours 3 min

    Spanning from the classical sculpture of Ancient Rome to contemporary performance art, this audiobook provides a rich overview of art history, covering many topics explored in a history of art degree. Learn to distinguish Impressionism from Post-Impressionism, analyse a painting's brush strokes and discover the influences of Pablo Picasso.Written by expert art historian John Finlay, A Degree in a ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Powers and Capacities in Philosophy

    The New Aristotelianism

    Edited by John Greco, Ruth Groff ...
    Powers and Capacities in Philosophy is designed to stake out an emerging, discipline-spanning neo-Aristotelian framework grounded in realism about causal powers.The volume brings together for the first time original essays by leading philosophers working on powers in relation to metaphysics, philosophy of natural and social science, philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, ethics and social ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Selected Letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman

    Edited by John Lennox, Ruth Panofsky ...
    Series series Heritage
    Over a period of forty years, from 1947 to 1986, Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman wrote to each other constantly. The topics they wrote about were as wide-ranging as their interests and experiences, and their correspondence encompassed many of the varied events of their lives. Laurence's letters - of which far more are extant than Wisman's - reveal much about the impact of her years in Africa, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • East Meets West in Dance

    Voices in the Cross-Cultural Dialogue

    Edited by John Solomon, Ruth Solomon ...
    Series series Choreography and Dance Studies Series
    East Meets West in Dance chronicles this development in the words of many of its best known and most active exponents. This collection of articles provides a theoretical discussion of the promises and pitfalls inherent in transplanting art forms from one culture to another; it offers practical guidance for those who might want to participate in this enterprise and explains the general history of ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Literature, Language and Change

    From Chaucer to the Present

    by John Stephens, Ruth Waterhouse ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    How did the rise of polite society change the language of literature? What was the effect of Romanticism on poetic word order? How does knowing the answers to these questions alter the meaning of a text for us?Reading literature is a quest for sense, involving us in a need to grasp both how meaning is produced by the words on the page and how history, culture and ideology have influenced the ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Contested Bodies

    Edited by John Hassard, Ruth Holliday ...
    The body occupies a prime position in contemporary theoretical work, yet still there is no consensus on exactly what it is and what constitutes it. Contested Bodies brings together a number of different accounts and perspectives on the body, drawing out some of the key connections and disjunctures from this most contested of topics. This volume features fresh and fascinating contributions from ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Female Entrepreneurs

    The Secrets of Their Success

    by John Smythe, Ruth Saunders ...
    The comparative numbers between male- and female-led start-ups are stark. Ninety-one per cent of venture capital money continues to fund businesses founded solely by men, with only one per cent of venture capital money invested in businesses founded solely by women. Yet being a female entrepreneur is not the preserve of Wonder Woman. It’s for every woman who wants to make it happen.Female ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Slum Clearance

    The Social and Administrative Context in England and Wales

    by John English, Ruth Madigan, Peter Norman ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies
    Originally published in 1976. Slum clearance is a particularly significant process because it places the ordinary citizen in a state of extreme dependence on his local authority. The local authority not only destroys his existing environment but controls access to a replacement council house. This book highlights both the control over the life chances of individual citizens which local government ... Read more

    $51.99 USD