Astonishingly relevant portraits of the lives of seven women mystics Known to more than a million readers as the coauthor of the classic vegetarian cookbook Laurel's Kitchen, Carol Lee Flinders looks to the hunger of the spirit in Enduring Grace. In these striking and sustaining depictions of s[...]

When the author's cherished god-daughter Emma descended into a long and frightening battle with Anorexia, she found herself at a loss to know quite what to do. This is the story of the author's relationship with Emma.[...]

This volume is a history of the development of ballet designed for dance history courses. The discussion moves from the origins of dance through the middle ages onto the beginnings of ballet, to Renaissance spectacle in Italy, and the beginnings of ballet in France.[...]

The authors in this collection use Vygotsky?s cultural-historical theory of human development to frame their analyses of schooling, with particular emphasis on the ways in which literacy practices are mediated by social interaction and cultural artifacts. This volume extends Vygotsky?s cultural-hist[...]

Journalist Alex Dyer made his name covering the bloody horrors of the European trenches. Yet even after the Great War is over, he cannot shake the guilt he feels for not serving on the front lines like his dearest childhood friend, Ted Eden. Worse still, Alex cannot put to rest the emotions that gna[...]

Recent research on the syntax of signed languages has revealed that, apart from some modality-specific differences, signed languages are organized according to the same underlying principles as spoken languages. This book addresses the organization and distribution of functional categories in Americ[...]

Beginning 2 Workbook. Features an attractive two-colour design with all new photos and drawings and an additional lesson and vocabulary exercise.[...]

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"Joyce Carol Oates is in a rare class of her own, but she's just of the right age to have experienced the '60s and its many forms of annihilating reality. So, t[...]

For et par år siden udsendte Carol Ann Lee sin store bog Roser på jorden, en biografi om Anne Frank, især henvendt til et voksenpublikum. Hvem var Anne Frank er den engelske forfatter og kunsthistorikers omarbejdede og forkortede udgave til de yngre læsere.

I Hvem var Anne Fra[...]