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Book SynopsisWith her inimitable wit and outspoken views, Clarissa Dickson Wright opens her diary and takes us on a journey around Britain with this unrivalled collection of stories and anecdotes from her ever-eventful life. As celebrated cook and champion of the countryside, Clarissa''s year includes being propositioned by a burly greyhound courser, meeting the Chairman of the Sandringham branch of the WI, a fishing terrier called Kipper and taking on the Health & Safety officials at a rain-drenched County Show. Criss-crossing the country she introduces us to long-forgotten traditions and colourful local festivals as she meets up with extraordinary characters and friends old and new. Entertaining, poignant, but never politically correct, RIFLING THROUGH MY DRAWERS is a breath of fresh air and proves once again why Clarissa is one of the nation''s true treasures.Trade ReviewA wealth of hilarious anecdotes and observations * Unite Magazine *Delightfully outrageous * Scotsman *The lady speaks her mind, whether it be on how literary festivals exploit authors or the idiocy of the Iraq war. The book is thus guaranteed to annoy everybody. And yet she gets away with it. The reasons are her honesty, courage and also the respect accorded to the Great British Eccentric, especially when posh. She will probably end up classified by the National Trust. * The Sunday Age *informative, entertaining and forthright * Manchester Evening News *It is amusingly unruly, with so many digressions and diversions that all the reader can do is go along for the ride and hope that by the end it all makes sense. Which it does, in a haphazard kind of way. * Sydney Morning Herald *Larger than life and bubbling with caustic wit, Clarissa Dickson Wright is just the person to break through the recessionary gloom and make you chuckle. * Good Book Guide *

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Book SynopsisFrom the international TV star and number one New York Times bestselling author comes the only guide you'll need for successfully integrating a dog into your family.Trade ReviewIcon to dog owners all over the world... The man is a dog wizard, a genius * Anne Shooter, Daily Mail *'[Millan is] serene and mesmerizing . . . He deserves a cape and mask'. * New York Times *[Cesar] arrives amid canine chaos and leaves behind peace. * Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker *

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Book SynopsisTELEGRAPH 50 BEST BOOKS OF 2022THE UNTOLD STORY OF PRINCESS DIANA''S STEPMOTHER ''A sparkling biography of a fascinating woman'' - Lynn Barber, Telegraph ***** ''Gaudoin''s book is revealing and hugely entertaining. Highly recommended.'' - Daily Mail''Gaudoin tells these delicious stories with brio'' - Sunday Times Debutante of the year. Able politician. Femme fatale. Just some of the many labels attached to the irrepressible, controversial Raine Spencer: Countess, socialite and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. But who was the real Raine? What was hidden behind the immaculately manicured public façade and her overwhelmingly negative tabloid image? From her childhood days as daughter of romantic novelist powerhouse, Barbara Cartland, to Westminster councillor and wife of Earl Spencer, Three Times a Countess recounts Raine''s compelling and glamorous life, revealing her to be a powerful, accomplished woman who, after a tumultuous relationship, reconciled with Diana to become the Princess''s closest confidante and a key witness at the inquest into her death. To her friends, Raine was shrewd, intelligent, witty and loyal; to her enemies, pushy, overly flamboyant and ruthless. From a career spanning local politics to dealing with the fortunes of Althorp; from taking on the Spencer family estate to her final role as a board member at Harrods, Raine''s life was, by any standards, a success . Yet she could not sway the powerful media narrative which pitted her as ''the evil stepmother'' at every turn. A societal whirl of London Seasons, family feuds, politics, pomp and ''big hair'', Gaudoin''s vibrant history of the Countess sets the record straight once and for all, drawing insight from those who knew Raine most. Three Times a Countess reveals a sophisticated, determined woman whose loyalty knew no bounds and whose cache of secrets would have worried even the most upright of royals.Trade ReviewAn excellent book about a difficult, but life-enhancing woman -- Julian FellowesEnthralling -- Nicholas ColeridgePerceptively examines the life of one of the twentieth century's original "tough, ambitious women" -- Lindy WoodheadWonderful. A great friend brought vividly back to life. -- Lady GlenconnerA sparkling biography of a fascinating woman. ***** -- Lynn Barber * Telegraph *Gaudoin's book is revealing and hugely entertaining. Highly recommended. * Daily Mail, *Royal Books of the Year* *Delicious * Sunday Times *This book is a vindication, both of Raine herself and of a type of person - of woman - whom it became uncool to value * TLS *Gaudoin elegantly depicts the esoteric life of an aristocrat * Observer *Tina Gaudoin sets out to rehabilitate Raine as a far more nuanced woman, an insouciant, sexy survivor uncredited for her many achievements . . . A colourful life. * The Times *I lapped up this tale of London seasons, family feuds, politics, big hair and Raine's carpe diem attitude * Gloss *

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Book SynopsisThe celebrated' Catharine Macaulay was both lauded and execrated during the eighteenth century for her republican politics and her unconventional, second marriage. This comprehensive biography in the ''life and letters'' tradition situates her works in their political and social contexts and offers an unprecedented, detailed account of the content and influence of her writing, the arguments she developed in her eight-volume history of England and her other political, ethical, and educational works. Her disagreements with conservative opponents, David Hume, Edmund Burke, and Samuel Johnson are developed in detail, as is her influence on more progressive admirers such as Thomas Jefferson, Jacques-Pierre Brissot, Mercy Otis Warren, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Macaulay emerges as a coherent and influential political voice, whose attitudes and aspirations were characteristic of those enlightenment republicans who grounded their progressive politics in rational religion. She loTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Formation of a Female Republican: Kent, 1731–60 2. Influences from the Scottish Enlightenment: St James’s Place, 1760–66 3. A Republican Coterie; Berners St, 1766–71 4. Wilkes, Fever, and Wilson: London and Bath, 1771–77 5. France, Marriage, and Scandal: 1777–79 6. Completion of the History and Emergence as a Moral Philosopher: Knightsbridge, 1780–84 7. America and France: 1784–86 8. On Education and the French Revolution: Binfield, Berkshire, 1787–91 9. Macaulay’s Lasting Significance

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Book SynopsisAppointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder.Trade Review"Tucker is an assiduous researcher and a serious historian, but she also uses her imagination in the style of a novelist...[she] provides a splendidly detailed and at times disgusting picture of the criminal underworld of Paris, and of Madame Voisin and her collaborators." -- Literary Review"It [City of Light, City of Poison is excellent material for a romp... it is never less than gripping and enjoyable, animated by Tucker's eye for detail and the gruesomeness of events." -- The Sunday Telegraph"The best books of this type – of which City of Light, City of Poison is undoubtedly one – combine the narrative energy of crime fiction with the faintly prurient nature of true crime and the academic persistence of the specialist historian." -- Times Higher Education"Concise, clear and thorough, it [City of Light, City of Poison] is a highly readable and even gripping account…" -- Historical Novel Society

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Book SynopsisRediscover the beloved classic Little Women and its lasting power as it celebrates its 150th anniversary.Trade Review"Anne Boyd Rioux's book, published to coincide with Little Women's 150th anniversary, is a compact but rich account of Alcott's life, how she came to write her most famous and enduring work, and its effect on her and American literature... [a] satisfying, balanced but punchy tribute to Alcott's great work..." -- Lucy Mangan - The Spectator"Highly entertaining and eminently sane…[Rioux] paints a compelling portrait of Alcott, giving us fascinating insights into the creation of Little Women." -- Charlotte Gordon - The Washington Post"Rioux gives an enthralling account of how Little Women broke new ground – with realistic girls who spoke in ‘vulgar’ slang, lost their tempers, had career plans and, if they did get married, found it pretty hard work... This delightful read had me leaping to grab Little Women and its two sequels off the bookshelf immediately." -- The Mail on Sunday"...highly companionable and illuminating…" -- Vanity Fair"Lively and informative…Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy does what—ideally—books about books can do: I’ve taken Little Women down from my shelf and put it on top of the books I plan to read." -- Francine Prose - The New York Times Book Review"Thoughtful… An adroit consideration of Alcott and her milieu." -- Meghan Cox Gurdon - The Wall Street Journal"Rioux considers the cultural impact and enduring popularity of Louisa May Alcott’s American Civil War-set novel Little Women, a runaway success since it was first published 150 years ago." -- The top page-turners of 2018: History - Mail on Sunday"... Rioux does a fine job of accessibly summing up the appeal of a popular classic." -- The Herald

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Book SynopsisAn engaging, intimate portrait of Emily Dickinson that sheds new light on her ground-breaking poetry.Trade Review"Martha Ackmann is a rare scholar. She is steeped in her subject's work, but also fills her book with the light and sounds of Dickinson's home. Dickinson is at once the most mysterious and yet most accessible of American poets, and she led what has been called the most remarkable unremarkable life in American letters. Ackmann does justice to this creative paradox in her warm and stirring book." -- Cullen Murphy - The Atlantic

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Book SynopsisSimone Weil (1909-1943) was a defining figure of the twentieth century; a philosopher, Christian (although never baptised), resistance fighter, Labour activist and teacher, described by Albert Camus as 'the only great spirit of our time'. In 1941 Weil was introduced to Father Joseph-Marie Perrin, a Dominican priest whose friendship became a key influence on her life. When Weil asked Perrin for work as a farm hand he sent her to Gustave Thibon, a farmer and Christian philosopher. Weil stayed with the Thibon family, working in the fields and writing the notebooks which became Gravity and Grace and other posthumous works.Perrin and Thibon met Weil at a time when her spiritual life and creative genius were at their height. During the short but deep period of their acquaintance with her, they came to know her as she actually was. First published in English in 1953, and now introduced by J.P. Little, this unique portrait depicts Weil through the eyes of her friends, not as a Trade Review'This is brilliant writing about a mercurial and paradoxical philosopher.' - The Scientific and Medical Network' ... it's extremely interesting, challenging and erudite ... Highly recommended if you have an interest in philosophy, syncretism, mysticism or Catholicism ... ' - Jill Szutenberg, York Languages ExchangeTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Original Work, Gustave Thibon; Part 1 Simone Weil in Her Religious Search, J.M. Perrin; Chapter 1 Foreword; Chapter 2 Biographical Notes; Chapter 3 Evil and Redemption; Chapter 4 The Question of Baptism; Chapter 5 Faith and Philosophy; Chapter 6 The Church, Mystical and Social; Chapter 7 Syncretism and Catholicity; Chapter 8 Personal Problems; Chapter 9 The Last Months; Chapter 10 Spiritual Significance; Chapter 11 Her Message; Chapter 12 The Great Request; Part 2 Part Two, Gustave Thibon; Chapter 13 How Simone Weil Appeared to Me; Chapter 14 Vertigo of the Absolute; Chapter 15 On the Threshold of the Church;

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Book SynopsisThe definitive biography of one of the most important songwriters and performers of the last three decades. Dave Marsh has traced Springsteen's career from its beginning, through careful documentation and critical description of Springsteen's work. Trade Review"Few books have expressed what rock 'n' roll is all about as well." -- Seattle Times"Marsh captures the excitement of Springsteen's live performances, but what comes through strongest is his portrait of Springsteen's integrity in an often corrupting rock world." -- Cleveland Plain DealerTable of ContentsOut in the Street Independence Day 1. The E Street Shuffle 2. It's My Life 3. Greeting from Asbury Park, New Jersey 4. The Punk Meets the Godfather 5. The Saint in the City 6. Wild and Innocent 7. Freeze Out 8. Thundercrack 9. The Future Delayed 10. Prisoner of Rock and Roll 11. Thunder Road 12. "Hype" 13. Killers in the Sun 14. East of Eden 15. Raising Cain 16. Darkness 17. The Promise 18. The Price You Pay 19. Bringing It All Back Home The Songs The Shows Acknowledgments About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became,to America''s continuing chagrin,the father of the Chinese missile program.Table of Contents* Introduction * Hangzhou (19111914) * Beijing (19141929) * Shanghai (19291934) * Boxer Rebellion Scholar (19341935) * MIT (19351936) * Theodore von Krmn * Caltech (1936) * The Suicide Squad (19371943) * The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (19431945) * Washington and Germany (1945) * Return to MIT (19461947) * Summons from China (1947) * Jiang Ying * Ascent (19471948) * Caltech (1949) * Suspicion (1950) * Arrest (1950) * Investigation (1950) * Hearings (19501951) * Waiting (19511954) * The Wang-Johnson Talks (1955) * One of the Tragedies of This Century * A Heros Welcome (1955) * Missiles of the East Wind * Becoming a Communist * Epilogue

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Book SynopsisIn this funny and perceptive collection, novelist and essayist Robert Cohen shares his thoughts on the writing process and then puts these prescriptions into practice - from how to rant effectively as an essayist and novelist, how to achieve your own style, to the use of reference and allusion in one’s work.Table of Contents 1. The Uncertainty Principle 2. Emblem, Essence 3. The Piano Has Been Drinking 4. Elkin 5. Ain’t That Pretty at All, or Going to the Tigers 6. Refer Madness 7. Living, Loving, Temple-Going 8. A Maker of Mirrors 9. C. and Sardinia 10. Kafka’s Budget Guide to Florence 11. Invisible Ink: A Mystery

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Book SynopsisOne of the founders of modern philosophical thought Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770â1831) has gained the reputation of being one of the most abstruse and impenetrable of thinkers. This major biography of Hegel offers not only a complete account of the life, but also a perspicuous overview of the key philosophical concepts in Hegel's work in a style that will be accessible to professionals and non-professionals alike. Terry Pinkard situates Hegel firmly in the historical context of his times. The story of that life is of an ambitious, powerful thinker living in a period of great tumult dominated by the figure of Napoleon. The Hegel who emerges from this account is a complex, fascinating figure of European modernity, who offers us a still compelling examination of that new world born out of the political, industrial, social, and scientific revolutions of his period.Trade Review'… this is the most rounded and reliable life of Hegel there has ever been.' London Review of Books'Terry Pinkard's biography is of the first rank. … [The] known material has never been marshalled with more spacious clarity.' Observer'… makes [Hegel] into a real human being whose philosophical odyssey becomes credible, even touching.' Peter Gay, Sterling Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University'The fullest and undoubtedly the best ever account of Hegel's life in the English language.' Sunday Telegraph'Terry Pinkard offers the most rounded, richly filled-out picture of Hegel, as both philosopher and man, that we have ever had in English. This will quickly become the standard biography of Hegel, and richly deserves to do so. In an age of fine Hegel scholarship, this is a towering achievement.' Boston Book Review'Terry Pinkard's biography is of the first rank. … [The] known material has never been marshalled with more spacious clarity.' Observer'An absorbing and thorough review of the great philosopher's life.' Observer'This is the most extensive and full biography of Hegel to appear in English, a biography long overdue. It is a great pleasure to read.' Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie'The English-speaking world has had to wait a long time for a good, detailed biography of Hegel. It now has this useful volume by Terry Pinkard to fill the gap … The result is a more complete picture of the man than we have ever had in English. We are all in his debt.' Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain'… monumental book, written by a fine American Hegel scholar … all students of Hegel and of Hegelian idealism should welcome this work …' Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; 1. Hegel's formation in Old Württemberg; 2. The Protestant seminary in Tübingen; 3. From Berne to Frankfurt to Jena: failed projects and fresh starts; 4. Texts and drafts: Hegel's path to the Phenomenology from Frankfurt to Jena; 5. The Phenomenology of Spirit: Hegel finds his voice; 6. Life in transition: from Jena to Bamberg; 7. Nuremberg respectability; 8. From the Phenomenology to the 'System': Hegel's Logic; 9. Heidelberg: coming into focus; 10. Berlin: reform and repression at the focal point (1818–1821); 11. Hegel's Philosophy of Right: freedom, history, and the modern European state; 12. Consolidation: Berlin, Brussels, Vienna (1821–1824); 13. Assertion: Berlin, Paris (1824–1827); 14. Thinking through modern life: nature, religion, art, and the absolute; 15. Home: 1827–1831; Notes; Chronology of Hegel's life; Hegel's works cited; Works cited; Index.

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Book SynopsisJO BAKER is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling LONGBOURN and A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE. Her latest novel, THE BODY LIES, is a thrilling contemporary novel that explores violence against women in fiction but is also a disarming story of sexual politics. Jo Baker lives with her family in Lancashire.Trade ReviewSkilful . . . daring . . . an extraordinary story * The Guardian *[It is] the unexpected Beckett that is on show here. Baker pays tribute to a man who joined the French Resistance, narrowly escaped the Gestapo, fled south on foot and went into hiding, and was eventually awarded the Croix de Guerre * The Times *A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years * IAN RANKIN *Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good * Daily Mail *vivid and well-wrought * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisIn a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant traveller - has produced a unique portrait of the twentieth century. Ranging from New York to Venice, Sydney to Berlin, and the Middle East to South Africa, Jan Morris was a witness to such seminal moments as the Eichmann trial, the first ascent of Everest, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the handover of Hong Kong. Offering a tremendously perceptive and highly personal view of the world, she is as much concerned with conveying the ''feel'' of these moments as the events themselves. And, as ever, she displays her unique and inimitable literary style, at once funny, wise and sad. Jan Morris''s collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan ''45, A Writer''s World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy. Hav, her novel, was shortlisteTrade Review'A matchless collection... Required reading.' Conde Nast Traveller; 'A five-star portrait of our planet.' Daily Express; 'A reminder of just how entertaining, how informative and how thought-provoking a restless, inquisitive, experienced writer can be.' Sunday Times

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Book SynopsisOne of the most original, moving and beautifully written non-fiction works of recent years, The Missing marked the acclaimed debut of one of Britain''s most astute and important writers.In a brilliant merging of reportage, social history and memoir, Andrew O''Hagan clears a devastating path from the bygone Glasgow of the 1970s to the grim secrets of Gloucester in the mid 1990s.''A triumph in words.'' Independent on Sunday''The Missing, part autobiography, part old-fashioned pavement-pounding, marks the most auspicious debut by a British writer for some time.'' Gordon Burn, Independent''A timely corrective to the idea that nothing profound can be said about now.'' Will Self, Observer Books of the Year''His vision of modern Britain has the quality of a poetic myth, with himself as Bunyan''s questing Christian and the missing as Dantesque souls in limbo.'' Blake Morrison, Guardian

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Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope“A riveting book that invites you into the personal journey of one of the finest writers alive today.”—Beth Moore, New York Times bestselling author of All My Knotted-Up Life For much of his life, Esau McCaulley was taught to see himself as an exception: someone who, through hard work, faith, and determination, overcame childhood poverty, anti-Black racism, and an absent father to earn a job as a university professor and a life in the middle class. But that narrative was called into question one night, when McCaulley answered the phone and learned that his father—whose absence defined his upbringing—died in a car crash. McCaulley was being asked to deliver his father’s eulogy, to make sense of his complicated legacy in a country that only accepts Black men on the condition that they are exceptional, hardworking, perfect.   The resulting effort sent McCaulley back through his family history, seeking to understand the community that shaped him. In these pages, we meet his great-grandmother Sophia, a tenant farmer born with the gift of prophecy who scraped together a life in Jim Crow Alabama; his mother, Laurie, who raised four kids alone in an era when single Black mothers were demonized as “welfare queens”; and a cast of family, friends, and neighbors who won small victories in a world built to swallow Black lives. With profound honesty and compassion, he raises questions that implicate us all: What does each person’s struggle to build a life teach us about what we owe each other? About what it means to be human?  How Far to the Promised Land is a thrilling and tender epic about being Black in America. It’s a book that questions our too-simple narratives about poverty and upward mobility; a book in which the people normally written out of the American Dream are given voice.

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Book SynopsisDavis retrieves three women’s lives from historical obscurity to give us a window onto the early modern world. Glikl bas Judah Leib, Marie de l’Incarnation, and Maria Sibylla Merian were living “on the margins” in 17th-century Europe, North America, and South America. They left behind writings that make for a spellbinding and informative tale.Trade ReviewDavis’s work has always reached beyond fashionable trends to communicate with a wider audience. Where feminist historians have often inveighed against writing women’s history in order to supply us with heroines, Davis gives us three rounded portraits of strong early modern women with whom we are certainly encouraged to identify, and whose dilemmas are not unlike our own. Where early modern historians insist on the ubiquity of patriarchy, Davis presents us with hard-working, bread-winning women, never submerged in motherhood and never obliterated as wives… All that Davis writes springs from careful, critical consideration of the mass of theoretical writing that has recently appeared on women’s writing and historical anthropology: none of it clutters her text… For Davis, the historian is a teller of stories. Her book can be read as a way of writing history which does not collar the reader with direct argument or interpretation, but which seeks instead to provoke the imagination. Davis begins with a fictitious dialogue between herself and the three women whose lives she has chronicled, an imaginative risk few scholars would care to take. This is the sort of book that lingers in the mind. In time, one realizes that what Natalie Zemon Davis has accomplished is a new way of thinking about the relations between the Old World and the New, between women and men, mothers and children; and a vast opening up of the territory of the historian. -- Lyndal Roper * Times Literary Supplement *One of the most inspired historians of early modern France has pushed out the usual borders of female blazons by choosing three women who weren’t muses, mistresses or martyrs… Davis has chosen three personalities of singular gifts and appetite for self-transformation, and the strength of character to achieve it. -- Marina Warner * The Independent on Sunday *A treasure. Davis has written a scholarly…and multilayered history… Her three subjects come alive. -- Ruth Johnstone Wales * Christian Science Monitor *Davis’s finely wrought book works as a triptych; each life is closely observed, but thrown into relief by its relation to the others. -- Ben Rogers * The Guardian *A marvelous book. -- Lorna Sage * Los Angeles Times Book Review *[This] stylishly sketched seventeenth- and eighteenth-century biographical triptych is yet another exploration of how the modest in early modern Europe strove to fashion identities for themselves, but it is also more. -- Arthur Quinn * New York Times Book Review *A splendid reconstruction of the particular worlds of three 17th-century women… [Natalie Zemon Davis] makes these lives shimmer… She also puts together a formidable history with the kind of scholarly apparatus that would gratify the Harvard academy but should not daunt any reader. -- Morag Fraser * Sydney Morning Herald *In an extraordinary work of scholarship, Natalie Zemon Davis…has brought together within the pages of one book three 17th-century European women who lived lives of daring and accomplishment on ‘the margins.’ Davis sets out to demonstrate that, in their work far from the centres of power, Glikl bas Judah Leib, Marie de l’Incarnation, and Sibylla Merian were not only breaking new ground for women, but that in doing so they were in some ways morally superior to the men of their day. -- Katherine Govier * Toronto Star *This erudite and audacious book, like its subjects, occupies margins. Not only is it about women, a subject that a quarter century after Davis and Jill Conway created their justly renowned undergraduate course at the University of Toronto is still at the margins of most university instruction, it also appeals simultaneously to popular and academic audiences; it explores a little used genre of ‘comparative biography’, it crosses disciplinary boundaries; and perhaps most controversially, it challenges traditional categories of historical proof. * Canadian Journal of History *Ms. Davis accomplishes a kind of intellectual midwifery, expanding our understanding of European and American, women’s and Jewish history. Her research findings are artfully woven into the fabric of three narratives, enhancing their ability to successfully transport the reader into a confrontation with the mind-sets of earlier times. She also gives today’s readers heroic role models; these are women who rose above constricting circumstances. Detailed evidence of intelligence, resilience and determination make these stories radiant and inspiring, despite the grim events which often saddened and frustrated the women who lived them… A thoughtful, compelling narrative, distinguished by rich details and a passionately empathetic historical imagination. -- Sylvia Barack Fishman * Forward *Natalie Davis tells a good story, as those who have read her classic, The Return of Martin Guerre, will know… Here she tells three good stories. -- William Lamont * History Today *Through intimate studies of three seventeenth-century women, [Davis] reconstructs histories that both fill out the conceptual frameworks of early modern women’s history, and challenge them… One of the great values of Davis’s work is the precision with which it tracks its subjects through the multiple domains of their lives: from convent to new frontier, from home to marketplace, from the field to the drawing board… Their lives, as reconstructed through Davis’s meticulous and compelling narrative, also shed light on a whole range of social, spiritual and cultural worlds for women, marginalized from much historical narrative… It ends by unsettling the most obvious frameworks for early modern women’s history—the household, the workshop, the church—and by demanding historical space for the explorations, the reflections, and the ordinary physical experiences of its subjects. -- Laura Gowing * History Workshop Journal *A deeply committed but also pleasantly discursive history of women living on the fringes of Europe’s early modern culture. -- Robin Blake * The Independent on Sunday *Davis has a rare talent: she is both an accomplished historian and a capable writer. While she remains true to her discipline as a historian, she retells Glickl’s entertaining didactic stories and recounts the adventures of Marie and Maria in vivid and appealing language. -- Leslie Cohen * Jerusalem Post Literary Supplement *Davis, with customary virtuosity, explores the lives of Glikl bas Judah Leib, a Jewish merchant woman; Marie Guyart, known as Marie de l’Incarnation, mystic and co-founder of the first Ursuline school for girls in North America; and Maria Sibylla Merian, an artist-naturalist and author… Davis was aided in her efforts to bring these women to life through an abundant variety of source material… [She] adds to these sources, as she did in The Return of Martin Guerre, by plumbing the archives—but also by bringing her own extensive historical knowledge and imagination to this work. The result is a richly textured treatment of the lives and times of each of these women… All three women are fascinating, and Davis offers a creative and compelling look at her subjects… [A] rich and original book… Clearly, these women had an impact in their worlds, and their stories are well worth reading today. -- Christine Adams * Journal of Social History *Within a relatively short book—the text itself is only 216 pages—Natalie Davis brings together nearly every trend in recent historical scholarship, including some that are usually viewed as mutually exclusive, but does in a way that never seems trendy. * Sixteenth Century Journal *With her characteristically deft skills as a storyteller, Ms. Davis brings her subjects alive in vivid stories that will surely be much discussed by historians. * Virginia Quarterly Review *Table of ContentsPrologue Arguing with God Glikl bas Judah Leib New Worlds Marie de l'Incarnation Metamorphoses Marie Sibylla Merian Conclusion Notes Illustration Credits Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisFronto (c. 100–176 CE), a much admired orator and rhetorician, was befriended by the emperor Antoninus Pius and teacher of his adopted sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. His correspondence offers an invaluable picture of aristocratic life and literary culture in the 2nd century.

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Book SynopsisExplores the apparently conflicting commitments of a democratic governmental system where key aspects of such important social issues as affirmative action, campaign finance reform, and abortion rights are settled not by a legislative vote but by the decisions of unelected judges.Trade Review"Michelman has crafted a provocative book on democratic constitutionalism that deserves serious attention by persons interested not simply in Brennan's legal thought but in the debate on what makes for a decent and legitimate democracy."--David E. Marion, Political Science Quarterly "Clearly the justice would be pleased by the provocative, thoughtful, craftsmanship of this work... [A] fine contribution to scholarship."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1. Brennan's Constitutional Democracy 3 Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory 3 The Paradox of Constitutional Democracy 4 Democracy, Individuals, and Self-Government 11 The Substantive Conception of Democracy 16 A Paradox of Democratic Commitment 33 The Procedural Conception of Democracy 34 The Remaining Possibility for Self-Government in Politics 51 Politics and Knowledge 54 Distrust and Democracy (Responsive Democracy with a Difference) 57 Brennan on Democracy 60 Chapter 2. Brennan's Democratic Liberalism 63 The Judge as Political Theorist 63 Liberal Political Thought 65 Justice Brennan and Liberal "Romance" 68 Community 89 Equality, Groups, and Positive Social Rights 119 Summation: Who Is Brennan to Us? 133 Epilogue 139 Index 147

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers""One of Next Big Idea Club's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Spring"

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Book SynopsisThe fifteen essays in this volume explore the extraordinary range and diversity of the autobiographical mode in twentieth-century Russian literature from various critical perspectives. They will whet the appetite of readers interested in penetrating beyond the canonical texts of Russian literature. The introduction focuses on the central issues andTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION. Diversity of Discourse: Autobiographical Statements in Theory and Praxis, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Rozanov and Autobiography: The Case of Vasily Vasilievich, pg. 36*CHAPTER 2. Alexey Remizov's Later Autobiographical Prose, pg. 52*CHAPTER 3. Andrey Bely's Memories of Fiction, pg. 66*CHAPTER 4. Autobiography and History: Osip Mandelstam's Noise of Time, pg. 99*CHAPTER 5. Boris Pasternak's Safe Conduct, pg. 114*CHAPTER 6. The Imagination of Failure: Fiction and Autobiography in the Work of Yury Olesha, pg. 123*CHAPTER 9 Yury Trifonov's The House on the Embankment. Fiction or Autobiography?, pg. 172*CHAPTER 10. The Rhetoric of Nadezhda Mandelstam's Hope Against Hope, pg. 193*CHAPTER 11. Lydia Ginzburg and the Fluidity of Genre, pg. 207*CHAPTER 12. Roman Jakobson: The Autobiography of a Scholar, pg. 217*CHAPTER 13. In Search of the Right Milieu: Eduard Limonov's Kharkov Cycle, pg. 227*CHAPTER 14. Literary Selves: The Tertz-Sinyavsky Dialogue, pg. 238*Select Bibliography, pg. 261*Index, pg. 279*Studies of the Harriman Institute, pg. 288

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Book SynopsisA physician and spokesman for the French Ideologues, Pierre-JeanGeorges Cabanis (1757-1808) stands at the crossroads of several influential developments in modern culture--Enlightenment optimism about human perfectibility, the clinical method in medicine, and the formation and adaptation of liberal social ideals in the French Revolution. This firstTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. The Late Enlightenment: Chain of Being, Chain of Truths, pg. 20*CHAPTER II. The Body as Mechanism, pg. 49*CHAPTER III. The Soul and the Vital Principle in Physiology, pg. 72*CHAPTER IV. Methodical Medicine in the Service of Humanity, pg. 94*CHAPTER V. The Natural and Artificial in Society, pg. 122*CHAPTER VI. The Perils of Revolution and the Rational Organization of Medical Experience, pg. 147*CHAPTER VII. Sensitivity: Source of 'Physique' and 'Moral, pg. 166*CHAPTER VIII. The Perfectibility of Temperament, pg. 207*CHAPTER IX. Approaches to Psychophysiology, pg. 244*CHAPTER X. In the Public Arena: Healing, Schooling, Governing, pg. 266*CHAPTER XI. The Metaphysical Twilight, pg. 298*Notes, pg. 315*Appendix A, pg. 371*Appendix B, pg. 373*Appendix C, pg. 375*Appendix D. "Cabanis" Manuscripts of the Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, pg. 377*Appendix E. Condensed Outline of Hygiene of J.-N. Halle, pg. 381*Bibliography, pg. 383*Index, pg. 419

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Book SynopsisIn less than a decade Frank Murphy rose from Mayor of depression-torn Detroit to Governor General and High Commissioner of the Philippines, Governor of Michigan, Attorney General of the United States, and one of the most libertarian Supreme Court Justices in American history. Professor Howard bases his biography of this colorful Irish New Dealer exTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*1. The Good Old Patriotic Fervor, 1890-1919, pg. 3*2. Dew and Sunshine, 1919-1931, pg. 17*3. The City Is Strapped, 1931-1933, pg. 45*4. A Little New Deal in the Orient, 1933-1935, pg. 60*5. A Monument to the President, 1934-1936, pg. 83*6. The Peaceful Way, 1936-1937, pg. 118*7. Oh, Michigan! 1937-1938, pg. 145*8. A New Broom, 1939, pg. 180*9. So Much to Be Done, 1939-1940, pg. 203*10. The Freshman Member, 1940-1942, pg. 231*11. Freedom to Its Farthest Reaches, 1941-1943, pg. 265*12. The Inescapable Duty, 1943-1945, pg. 300*13. Tempering Justice with Murphy, 1944-1946, pg. 338*14. Humanitarian and Remedial Measures, 1944-1947, pg. 381*15. Not Mentioning the Cardinal, 1946-1949, pg. 424*16. A Militant Faith, pg. 467*Opinions by Justice Murphy, pg. 497*Documentary Footnotes, pg. 503*Index, pg. 559

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Book SynopsisOne of the most important architects practising in Britain during the years 1820-1880, Anthony Salvin had a long and successful career as a builder of country houses and churches and as a restorer of some of the most important castles in England, including Windsor Castle and the Tower of London. In the first book-length study of this important architect, Dr Allibone has incorporated previously unpublished material concerning Salvin''s life and buildings, including contemporary letters, building accounts, diaries, and reproductions of Salvin''s architectural drawings, in order to shed new light on artistic, political, economic and religious developments in nineteenth-century England. Concerned through his career with finding authentic medieval examples for new buildings in the Gothic style, Salvin led the way to return to the ''real'' Gothic architecture that cumulated later in the nineteenth century with the works of men like Alfred Waterhouse, William Burges and George Edmund Street.

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Book SynopsisThe remarkable true story of some of Europe's greatest artists, the house that sheltered them during the Second World War, and the Emergency Rescue Committee who helped them escape from the NazisTrade Review'Rosemary Sullivan knows that you can understand nothing about a place without listening to individual people and their stories' * Margaret Atwood *'Rosemary Sullivan's Villa Air-Bel is a marvellous addition to the surging literature on occupied France. Sullivan writes . . . as a dramatist. Her scene-by-scene evocation of life at the house reads like an updated Chekhov comedy laced with horror' * Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times *'Sullivan brilliantly interweaves personal histories with terrifying tales about flight over mountains to Spain or Switzerland and by sea to Casablanca and Martinique, and with stories of forging papers, bribery, love and betrayal' * Sarah Curtis, The Sunday Times *'Part history, part adventure story... the product of much devoted research and wide reading. Interesting, important, and her telling... gripping. Sullivan's book is full of interest, of good stories, of nice character sketches. She handles the huge cast she has assembled deftly, and her enthusiasm is obvious' * Allan Massie, Literary Review *'This is a magnificent, complex narrative of courage, folly and complacency.' -- Jane Stevenson, Daily Telegraph, who, as the subtitle read, was 'captivated by the story of a Harvard classical scholar who rescued Europe's intellectuals from the Nazis' * Jane Stevenson, Daily Telegraph *'With tremendous suspense and emotional pull, Sullivan recounts the little-known story of Varian Fry' * Vogue *'[A] fascinating history' * Publishing News *'Beautifully written in a style that is novelistic, Villa Air-Bel brings to life the story of this rescue through experiences of a community of artists who spent time in the Villa Air-Bel chateau ...The book is interesting and evocative and provides nuances and texture to one of the untold stories of rescue during the Holocaust' * Jewish Book World *'A complex tale showing how hope and courage flourish, even in the toxic soil of totalitarianism' * Kirkus *'...a true tale full of intrigue, danger, crazed love, death and survival ...The debt of modern culture to the motley crowd at the Villa Air-Bel is truly incalculable' * Bookpage *

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Book SynopsisMany remarkable women have been born in, or have strong connections with Yorkshire. In Issy Shannon''s new book we hear about the most infamous - including witches, thieves, fraudsters and murders. Among many other are the calculating Queen Cartimandua, ruler of the Brigantes and arguably more powerful than her contemporary Boudicca, Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire witch, whose skin was flayed off, cut up and sold as good luck charms after her execution, mary Newall of the Cragg Vale Coiners Gang, who roasted alive an informant, and Elizabeth Broadingham, who was burned at the stake for murdering her husband in 1776. Issy Shannon is a natural storyteller, and her lively text is fully illustrated with a wide range of photographs and engravings - illustrating the criminals and their crimes, and the towns and villages of Yorkshire in days gone by.

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Book SynopsisDespite an unconventional childhood, she has built a life and career of her own that millions of fans admire.Wildflower is a portrait of Drew’s life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges and incredible experiences she’s had.Trade ReviewPure delight … If until now you merely liked Barrymore … you’ll adore her once you read this series of personal essays * New York Times Book Review *As delightful as Drew Barrymore herself * Red magazine *The book is a deeply thoughtful and fun page-turner—like a rich dessert that also happens to be good for you. * InStyle *Very moving * Guardian *[Barrymore] brings honesty, sweetness, and humor to the tale of how she fought to earn the hard-won wisdom that steered her from being a 12-year-old former child star to becoming a beloved actor… a warm and inviting narrative. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book Synopsis''My name is Ronnie Thompson. Being a prison officer was something I used to be proud of. I soon realised the truth of what its like working as a screw, though.It''s afucking headache. Corruption, danger, violence. Welcome to my world.''Ronnie Thompson was just an ordinary guy. That is, until hebecame a prison officer. By the time he started work at HMP Romwell, he realised he was actually a nurse, a copper, a probation officer, a carer, a councillor, a social worker and, of course, an incarcerator all in one. Oh, and a punch bag for the cons and bosses.In SCREWED, Ronnie tells it like it is. Hereveals what really goes on behind bars-the times when force is necessary and used, and when it is unnecessary but still used.He exposes the underworld of bent screws, the drugs they traffic, the firms they work for and what they get paid for their sins.He shows how it is left down to a small group of officers to control an over-flowing prison, keep an eye out for corrupt goveTrade Review'An extraordinary account... Raw, tough and at times quite shocking, it is pretty addictive stuff' * Bookseller *'Screwed is a sympathetic and eye-opening account of life behind bars' * London Lite *'Uncompromisingly forthright... his views cannot be ignored... Of the utmost importance to anyone who wants to really understand what life is like at penal ground zero' * The Times *

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Book SynopsisDavey Sommers should''ve ended up in a nice job, with a nice wife, living in a nice house... Instead, he ends up an eight-man unlock in prison, serving 17 years for assaulting a police officer, possession of firearms, obtaining money by intimidation and drug dealing. But then, Davey''s never done what''s expected of him.We''ve seen how prison works from one side of the door-now Ronnie Thompson has teamed up with Davey Sommers to tell the storyof what it''s like from the other side. BANGED UP is a gritty account of one man''s descent into crime- from small-time dealing to big time.And it''sabout therealities of beinga ''face'' in prison-having to keep your fearsome reputation intact, even while you''re behind bars. Life inside is revealed in all its gory detail- the smells, the tastes, the unsavoury company (and that includes the screws). Perhaps that''s why Davey thought he''d try his luck and escape rather than serve his time...This is a story of drugs, violence, li

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Book SynopsisColin Shindler was dealt a cruel hand by Fate when he became a passionate Manchester City supporter. In this brilliant sporting autobiography he recalls the great characters of his youth, like his eccentric Uncle Laurence, as well as his professional heroes. Threaded through these sporting events is the author''s own story, which touches on a universal nerve, growing up in a Jewish family, his childhodd destroyed by the sudden death of his mother and his slow emotional recovery through his love for Manchester City. It is a tale that reveals what it is like to be on the outside looking in, with his nose pressed up against the sweet shop window watching the United supporters take all the wine gums.Trade ReviewThis is a wonderful book ... It is also extremely funny * Alan English, Sunday Times *His prose ... is never less than sharp, smart and easy on the eye ... His writing is so attractive ... [I] would be thrilled to read more * Jim White, Guardian *It is his childhood and absent friends that touch the rawest, universal nerve * Simon Garfield, Mail on Sunday *Shindler's art lies in conversational writing, and an ability to change gear deftly from humour to devotion and back through fanaticism to the black comedy of Manchester City * Howard Davies, The Times *Shindler is both touching and convincing in his evocation of his formative years ... it's skilful, entertaining and heading for the top of the league * Richard Pendlebury, Daily Mail *Evocative, funny-sad and warm-hearted * Michael Henderson, The Times *Sits in the same class as Fever Pitch ... Shindler's down-to-the-bone honesty also reminds us self-indulgence can be great entertainment * The Times *This could still be the most important football book since Fever Pitch capturing, as it does, the delicious irony that caused City fans to fall into a soon to be legendary chorus of "Are you watching Macclesfield?" * Mick Middles, Manchester Evening News *As an example of the inherent irrationality of sport, his account - part autobiography, part social disquisition - could hardly be bettered * Stuart Bathgate, Scotsman *This is a wonderful book ... It is also extremely funny * Alan English, Sunday Times *His prose ... is never less than sharp, smart and easy on the eye ... His writing is so attractive ... [I] would be thrilled to read more * Jim White, Guardian *It is his childhood and absent friends that touch the rawest, universal nerve * Simon Garfield, Mail on Sunday *Shindler's art lies in conversational writing, and an ability to change gear deftly from humour to devotion and back through fanaticism to the black comedy of Manchester City * Howard Davies, The Times *Shindler is both touching and convincing in his evocation of his formative years ... it's skilful, entertaining and heading for the top of the league * Richard Pendlebury, Daily Mail *Evocative, funny-sad and warm-hearted * Michael Henderson, The Times *Sits in the same class as Fever Pitch ... Shindler's down-to-the-bone honesty also reminds us self-indulgence can be great entertainment * The Times *This could still be the most important football book since Fever Pitch capturing, as it does, the delicious irony that caused City fans to fall into a soon to be legendary chorus of "Are you watching Macclesfield?" * Mick Middles, Manchester Evening News *As an example of the inherent irrationality of sport, his account - part autobiography, part social disquisition - could hardly be bettered * Stuart Bathgate, Scotsman *This is a wonderful book ... It is also extremely funny * Alan English, Sunday Times *His prose ... is never less than sharp, smart and easy on the eye ... His writing is so attractive ... [I] would be thrilled to read more * Jim White, Guardian *It is his childhood and absent friends that touch the rawest, universal nerve * Simon Garfield, Mail on Sunday *Shindler's art lies in conversational writing, and an ability to change gear deftly from humour to devotion and back through fanaticism to the black comedy of Manchester City * Howard Davies, The Times *Shindler is both touching and convincing in his evocation of his formative years ... it's skilful, entertaining and heading for the top of the league * Richard Pendlebury, Daily Mail *Evocative, funny-sad and warm-hearted * Michael Henderson, The Times *Sits in the same class as Fever Pitch ... Shindler's down-to-the-bone honesty also reminds us self-indulgence can be great entertainment * The Times *This could still be the most important football book since Fever Pitch capturing, as it does, the delicious irony that caused City fans to fall into a soon to be legendary chorus of "Are you watching Macclesfield?" * Mick Middles, Manchester Evening News *As an example of the inherent irrationality of sport, his account - part autobiography, part social disquisition - could hardly be bettered * Stuart Bathgate, Scotsman *

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Book SynopsisThe touching story of Holocaust survivor Max Edelman, who witnessed a German Shepherd killing a fellow prisoner and developed a decades-long fear of dogs, but whose blindness would later require the assistance of a guide dog. Enter Calvin, a chocolate Labrador retriever who guided Max to greater openness, trust, and engagement with the world.Trade Review"A well-written, grim portrayal of Edelman's struggle to survive."—Publishers Weekly"Sharon Peters masterfully shares the journey of Calvin, Boychick, and Tobi, the guide dogs who penetrated a Holocaust survivor's pain, distrust, and blindness. Max Edelman's life-affirming and exquisitely written story raises love for dogs to a whole new level of respect and gratitude. This book's messages of hope and healing are impossible to forget and essential to remember."—Allen and Linda Anderson, cofounders of Angel Animals Network and authors of A Dog Named Leaf: The Hero from Heaven Who Saved My Life

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Book SynopsisThis biography traces the early life of George Edward Waddell in western Pennsylvania, the fits and starts of his first years in professional baseball, his big years with the A's, and his subsequent fade into obscurity and his early death.Trade ReviewA most compelling, valuable addition." —Nine"The saga of the A's star hurler of the early 1900s." —USA Today Sports Weekly"This is the study of a man and his times." —Today's Librarian

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Book SynopsisGarbo and Crawford. Ava, Hedy, Judy, Liz epitomized Hollywood''s golden era. With a trembling lip or sultry eye, with a tear or song or husky whisper, these women held moviegoers across America in their sway from the hard times of the 1930s through the booming postwar years to the early sixties. They were royalty and box office, and led pampered public lives,furs, jewels, designer gowns limousines, flash bulbs, handsome escorts,that captured the national imagination. They also signed seven-year contracts with a morals clause, and the more they slipped, the more the secret abortions, efficient cover-ups, legal legerdemain, and dropped charges bound them to the wizard in their Oz, Louis B. Mayer. The slips are here along with the successes. Here, too, are the Blonde Bombshell Jean Harlow, Million-Dollar Mermaid Esther Williams, Sweater Girl Lana Turner, and bad girl Ava Gardner (She can''t act. She can''t talk. She''s terrific, declared Mayer after her screen test). From Jeanette MacDona

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Book SynopsisIn 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroine of frontier America.Trade Review"An important and engrossing book, which reveals as much about the appetites and formulas of emerging mass culture as it does about tribal cultures in nineteenth-century America."—Times Literary Supplement"An easy, flowing read, one you won't be able to put down."—Christian Science Monitor"The Blue Tattoo is well-researched history that reads like unbelievable fiction, telling the story of Olive Oatman, the first tattooed American white woman. . . . Mifflin weaves together Olive's story with the history of American westward expansion, the Mohave, tattooing in America, and captivity literature in the 1800s."—Elizabeth Quinn, Bust"In The Blue Tattoo, Margot Mifflin slices away the decades of mythology and puts the story in its proper historical context. What emerges is a riveting, well-researched portrait of a young woman—a survivor, but someone marked for life by the experience."—Jon Shumaker, Tucson Weekly"The Blue Tattoo is well written and well researched; it re-opens the story of white women and men going West and Native people trying to survive these travels."—June Namias, Pacific Historical Review“Mifflin’s treatment of Olive’s sojourns [provides] an excellent teaching opportunity about America’s ongoing captivation with ethnic/gender crossings.”—Western American Literature “Although Oatman’s story on its own is full of intrigue, Mifflin adeptly uses her tale as a springboard for larger issues of the time.”—Feminist Review“Mifflin engagingly describes Oatman’s ordeal and theorizes about its impact on Oatman herself as well as on popular imagination…. Her book adds nuance to Oatman’s story and also humanizes the Mohave who adopted her. Recommended for general readers as well as students and scholars.”—Library Journal"Margot Mifflin sketches out a life in fine detail in her book The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman . . . . It rouses strong metaphors with timeless applications: the idea of what marks us, that which comprises our stories and how they are interpreted, appropriated or manipulated."—Melissa Corliss Delorenzo, Her Circle“Margot Mifflin has written a winner. . . . The Blue Tattoo offers quite intense drama along with thorough scholarship.”—Elmore Leonard, best-selling author of Three-Ten to Yuma and Other StoriesTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Emigrant Song1. Quicksand2. Indian Country3. "How Little We Thought What Was Before Us"4. A Year with the Yavapais5. Lorenzo's Tale6. Becoming Mohave7. Deeper8. "There Is a Happy Land, Far, Far Away"9. Journey to Yuma10. Hell's Outpost11. Rewriting History in Gassburg, Oregon12. Captive Audiences13. "We Met as Friends, Giving the Left Hand in Friendship"14. Olive Fairchild, TexanEpilogue: Oatman's Literary Half-LifeNotesBibliographyIndex

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