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Rewriting Crusoe

The Robinsonade across Languages, Cultures, and Media

by Robert Mayer, Rivka Swenson, Patrick A. Gill, Przemyslaw Uscinski, Frederick Burwick, Marta Pellerdi, Lora E. Geriguis, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Jennifer Preston Wilson, Ian Kinane, Daniel Cook ...

Series series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850
Published in 1719, Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is one of those extraordinary literary works whose importance lies not only in the text itself but in its persistently lively afterlife. German author Johann Gottfried Schnabel—who in 1731 penned his own island narrative—coined the term “Robinsonade” to characterize the genre bred by this classic, and today hundreds of examples can be identified worldwide ... Read more

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Published in 1719, Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is one of those extraordinary literary works whose importance lies not only in the text itself but in its persistently lively afterlife. German author Johann Gottfried Schnabel—who in 1731 penned his own island narrative—coined the term “Robinsonade” to characterize the genre bred by this classic, and today hundreds of examples can be identified worldwide
... Read more
Make it Clear

Speak and Write to Persuade and Inform

by Patrick Henry Winston ...

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION 101: An MIT professor with 40 years of teaching experience explains how to speak and write to get your ideas across.Starting with the basics—finding your voice, organizing your ideas, making sure what you say is remembered, and receiving critiques (“do not ask for brutal honesty”)—this essential resource is packed with advice on how to write to be understood, how to inspire ... Read more

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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION 101: An MIT professor with 40 years of teaching experience explains how to speak and write to get your ideas across.Starting with the basics—finding your voice, organizing your ideas, making sure what you say is remembered, and receiving critiques (“do not ask for brutal honesty”)—this essential resource is packed with advice on how to write to be understood, how to inspire
... Read more
An Introduction to Poetic Forms

Edited by Patrick Gill ...

An Introduction to Poetic Forms offers specimen discussions of poems through the lens of form. While each of its chapters does provide a standard definition of the form in question in its opening paragraphs, their main objective is to provide readings of specific examples to illustrate how individual poets have deviated from or subverted those expectations usually associated with the form under ... Read more

$54.99 USD

An Introduction to Poetic Forms offers specimen discussions of poems through the lens of form. While each of its chapters does provide a standard definition of the form in question in its opening paragraphs, their main objective is to provide readings of specific examples to illustrate how individual poets have deviated from or subverted those expectations usually associated with the form under
... Read more
Dogs of the Railways

Canine Guardians, Companions and Mascots Since the 19th Century

by Jill Lenk Schilp, Brian Patrick Duggan ...

Series series Dogs in Our World
This is the story of the vagabond canines that hopped on railroads across the United States, often becoming celebrities and national heroes. Chapters introduce canines like Owney, guardian of the railway mail service; Fala, FDR's beloved dog and train-companion; Annie, the Colorado railway ambassador; the K9 patrols who watch over the tracks; and many more.As railroads were changing America, these ... Read more

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This is the story of the vagabond canines that hopped on railroads across the United States, often becoming celebrities and national heroes. Chapters introduce canines like Owney, guardian of the railway mail service; Fala, FDR's beloved dog and train-companion; Annie, the Colorado railway ambassador; the K9 patrols who watch over the tracks; and many more.As railroads were changing America, these
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Constructing Coherence in the British Short Story Cycle

Edited by Patrick Gill, Florian Kläger ...

Series series Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
The first major collection of essays on the contemporary British short story cycle, this volume offers in-depth explorations of the genre by comparing its strategies for creating coherence with those of the novel and the short story collection, inquiring after the ties that bind individual short stories into a cycle. A section on theory approaches the form from the point of view of genre theory, ... Read more

$61.99 USD

The first major collection of essays on the contemporary British short story cycle, this volume offers in-depth explorations of the genre by comparing its strategies for creating coherence with those of the novel and the short story collection, inquiring after the ties that bind individual short stories into a cycle. A section on theory approaches the form from the point of view of genre theory,
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Rumpole and the Angel of Death

by John Mortimer ...

Narrated by Jill Tanner, Patrick Tull ...

Series series Rumpole
Unabridged

10 hours 39 min

Internationally acclaimed author John Mortimer returns with a richly entertaining volume of six stories featuring Britain’s most comic, courageous, and corpulent barrister, Horace Rumpole. Many know the colorful character through theimmensely popular PBS television series, Rumpole of the Bailey. This delightful collection of short stories expands the Rumpole legend.In these tales, Rumpole’s wry ... Read more

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Internationally acclaimed author John Mortimer returns with a richly entertaining volume of six stories featuring Britain’s most comic, courageous, and corpulent barrister, Horace Rumpole. Many know the colorful character through theimmensely popular PBS television series, Rumpole of the Bailey. This delightful collection of short stories expands the Rumpole legend.In these tales, Rumpole’s wry
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Bhowani Junction

by John Masters ...

Narrated by Neil Hunt, Jill Tanner, Patrick Tull ...

Unabridged

15 hours 56 min

World War II has finally played itself out, and the British are leaving India. Through this vortex is spun a fictional plot of terror and politics that illustrates all-too-well the curse that still plagues India today. You can almost smell the mixture of dust, oil, and human sweat as the train pulls into Bhowani Junction. ... Read more

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World War II has finally played itself out, and the British are leaving India. Through this vortex is spun a fictional plot of terror and politics that illustrates all-too-well the curse that still plagues India today. You can almost smell the mixture of dust, oil, and human sweat as the train pulls into Bhowani Junction.
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Dogs in Health Care

Pioneering Animal-Human Partnerships

by Jill Lenk Schilp, Brian Patrick Duggan ...

Series series Dogs in Our World
Dogs have a storied history in health care, and the human-animal relationship has been used in the field for decades. Certain dogs have improved and advanced the field of health care in myriad ways. This book presents the stories of these pioneer dogs, from the mercy dogs of World War I, to the medicine-toting sled dogs Togo and Balto, to today's therapy dogs. More than the dogs themselves, this ... Read more

$16.39 USD

Dogs have a storied history in health care, and the human-animal relationship has been used in the field for decades. Certain dogs have improved and advanced the field of health care in myriad ways. This book presents the stories of these pioneer dogs, from the mercy dogs of World War I, to the medicine-toting sled dogs Togo and Balto, to today's therapy dogs. More than the dogs themselves, this
... Read more
Andre Gunder Frank and Global Development

Visions, Remembrances, and Explorations

Edited by Patrick Manning, Barry K. Gills ...

Series series Rethinking Globalizations
This work focuses on the ideas and influence of Andre Gunder Frank, one of the founding figures and leading analysts of political economy at the global level. Through discussion of his work the contributors in this volume examine the shifting currents of the world economy and the accompanying controversies, advances, and regressions in the understanding of global patterns in present and past.Frank ... Read more

$70.99 USD

This work focuses on the ideas and influence of Andre Gunder Frank, one of the founding figures and leading analysts of political economy at the global level. Through discussion of his work the contributors in this volume examine the shifting currents of the world economy and the accompanying controversies, advances, and regressions in the understanding of global patterns in present and past.Frank
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European Recovery and the Search for Western Security, 1946-1948

Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series I, Volume XI

Edited by Gill Bennett, Patrick Salmon ...

Series series Whitehall Histories
This volume documents the British Government’s response from mid-1946 to early 1948 to the twin challenges of economic recovery and the search for a meaningful Western security framework in the face of the increasing polarisation of Europe into Eastern and Western spheres of influence.Although relations between the wartime Big Three allies, the UK, US and USSR, had begun to fracture even before ... Read more

$59.99 USD

This volume documents the British Government’s response from mid-1946 to early 1948 to the twin challenges of economic recovery and the search for a meaningful Western security framework in the face of the increasing polarisation of Europe into Eastern and Western spheres of influence.Although relations between the wartime Big Three allies, the UK, US and USSR, had begun to fracture even before
... Read more
Heroines: stories of great women for English Language Learners

(A Hippo Graded Reader)

by Cooper Baltis, Patrick Kennedy, Jill Prior ...

Heroines is a collection of short stories about six great women who have all changed the world through their courage, passion and intelligence.Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.Joan of Arc was a sixteen year old farm girl who led France to victory over the English.Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the most respected and fearless political leaders in the world.Rosa Parks is an iconic... ... Read more

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Heroines is a collection of short stories about six great women who have all changed the world through their courage, passion and intelligence.Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.Joan of Arc was a sixteen year old farm girl who led France to victory over the English.Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the most respected and fearless political leaders in the world.Rosa Parks is an iconic...
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The Leader's Journey

Transforming Your Leadership to Achieve the Extraordinary

by Donna Lichaw ...

"Finally a book that doesn’t treat leadership styles as one–size–fits–all. The Leader’s Journey helped me think through how to tell my own story as a leader." —Melissa Perri, author of Escaping the Build Trap and Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business SchoolA step–by–step leadership guide from executive coach, keynote speaker, and bestselling author Donna Lichaw to transform yourself, your team, and ... Read more

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"Finally a book that doesn’t treat leadership styles as one–size–fits–all. The Leader’s Journey helped me think through how to tell my own story as a leader." —Melissa Perri, author of Escaping the Build Trap and Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business SchoolA step–by–step leadership guide from executive coach, keynote speaker, and bestselling author Donna Lichaw to transform yourself, your team, and
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