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Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity

Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity

José Esteban Muñoz

Cruising Utopia seeks to break the present stagnancy by cruising ahead. Drawing on the work of Ernst Bloch, José Esteban Muñoz recalls the queer past for guidance in presaging its future.
South Asian Security and International Nuclear Order: ...

South Asian Security and International Nuclear Order: ...

Mario Esteban Carranza

Creating a Robust Indo-Pakistani Nuclear Arms Control Regime Mario Esteban Carranza. First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing Published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX144RN 711 Third Avenue, ...
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Marina Warner

Examines the life of Joan of Arc and explores the meaning of Joan both to her contemporaries and succeeding generations--Joan as hero, prophet, heretic, androgyne, harlot, and saint
Good, Better, Best!: Fostering Good Work Habits in Children

Good, Better, Best!: Fostering Good Work Habits in Children

Esther Joos Esteban

Esther Esteban, PhD, The Work of Children: Helping Children Understand the Meaning, Purpose, and Value of Work (New York: Scepter, 2009), p. 40. Chapter 1 Good, Better, Best: Diligence in Work 1. Madeline Levine, PhD, Teach Your ...
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Marina Warner

The night Joan spent with Catherine de La Rochelle in the winter of 1429, trying to discover if there were any truth in her, is one of the most interesting and extraordinary incidents in the whole of Joan's career. When Catherine said that her ...
Visions of the Maid: Joan of Arc in American Film and Culture

Visions of the Maid: Joan of Arc in American Film and Culture

Robin Blaetz

In Visions of the Maid, Blaetz examines three pivotal films—Cecil B. DeMille's 1916 Joan the Woman, Victor Fleming's 1948 Joan of Arc, and Otto Preminger's 1957 Saint Joan—as well as addressing a broad array of popular culture ...
Joan Robinson

Joan Robinson

G. Harcourt

This section is based on Pervez Tahir's monograph, Making Sense of Joan Robinson on China, which he wrote when he was the 1990 Joan Robinson Memorial Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge.
Joan of Arc: The Early Debate

Joan of Arc: The Early Debate

Deborah A. Fraioli

(Does) an immense service to anyone interested in Joan of Arc... skillfully disentangles countless textual threads, all centered around one problem: the nature of Joan's mission as it was examined in the early theological debates.
Joan of Arc: Reality and Myth

Joan of Arc: Reality and Myth

Dirk Arend Berents

The appearance of Joan of Arc JAN VAN HERWAARDEN The available documents have enabled us to learn to know the true Joan of Arc as a real person: of flesh and blood, intent on a mission and authoritarian, purposeful and arrogant, ...
Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc

Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc

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I am indebted to three earlier discussions of the cinematic treatment of Joan of Arc: a special issue of Etudes cine'matographiques 18— 19 (1962) devoted to “ Jeanne d'Arc a l'e'cran”; Robin Blaetz, “Strategies of Containment: Joan of Arc in  ...
Shark Island

Shark Island

Joan Druett

Praise for Joan Druett and A Watery Grave "What a terrific idea New Zealand naval historian Joan Druett had for a mystery series."—Chicago Tribune "This impressive debut will appeal both to fans of historical mysteries and to Patrick O' ...
Just Keep Breathing. At 44, he died. She didn’t.:

Just Keep Breathing. At 44, he died. She didn’t.:

Joan Scott Curtis

She didn't. by Joan Scott Curtis © 2013 Joan Scott Curtis All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or by any ...
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Marina Warner

clothing, see knight, Joan of Arc as: clothing; transvestism cult of [after her death] attempted suppression of, 4 centered on Domremy, 237 early promoters of, 181 growth of, 19th cent, 181 see also Joan of Arc: veneration of death of, see death:  ...
Business Week

Business Week

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A Watery Grave

A Watery Grave

Joan Druett

Joan Druett. A WATERY GRAVE JOAN DRUETT A WATERY GRAVE JOAN DRUETT INTI-L; g BUOKS. Front Cover.
Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language

Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language

Joan Bybee

This volume collects three decades of articles by the distinguished linguist Joan Bybee.
Squashed

Squashed

Joan Bauer

Humor, agriculture and young love all come together in Joan Bauer's first novel, set in rural Iowa.
From Prevention to Wellness Through Group Work

From Prevention to Wellness Through Group Work

Joan K Parry

Joan K Parry. First published 1997 by The Haworth Press, Inc. Published 2013 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, ... Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Parry, Joan K. From prevention to wellness through group work  ...
Joan Bauer

Joan Bauer

Alleen Pace Nilsen

Examines the short stories and novels of young adult literature author Joan Bauer.
Joan of Arc: Her Story

Joan of Arc: Her Story

Regine Pernoud

In a distinguished English translation, the bestselling French book now considered the standard biography of Joan published just in time for the upcoming film by Luc Besson.
Reading Joan Didion

Reading Joan Didion

Lynn Marie Houston

This book is a compelling reference guide for book clubs on the work of Joan Didion, with summaries of her major works and discussion questions. * Discussion questions on Joan Didion's works, literary movements, and literary analysis * An ...
Tell Me

Tell Me

Joan Bauer

Luckily, a take-charge girl like Anna is not going to give up. Told with Joan Bauer's trademark mixture of humor and heart, Tell Me will enthrall her many fans and win her new ones.
Joan of Naples: Celebrated Crimes

Joan of Naples: Celebrated Crimes

Alexandre Dumas

This life of Joan of Naples, the 14th century European monarch whose reign and romances were both famously tumultuous, was one of the most popular volumes of the series.
Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to ...

Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to ...

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TAYLOR, JOAN GARY. Finite mathematics, by Joan Gary Taylor, Gwendolyn Neul Applebaugh & Dan Anderson. San Francisco, Canfield Press. 1142 p. © Joan Gary Taylor, Gwendolyn Neul Appleba & Dan Anderson; 25 Apr?5; A456736.
The Innocence of Joan Little: A Southern Mystery

The Innocence of Joan Little: A Southern Mystery

James Reston, Jr.

This Book-of-the-Month Club featured alternate portrayals the celebrated case of Joan Little, the young black woman who stabbed a white jailer-rapist and then was tried for capital murder in North Carolina.
Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of ...

Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of ...

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Jose Esteban Munoz looks at how those outside the racial and sexual mainstream negotiate majority culture -- not by aligning themselves with or against exclusionary works but rather by transforming these works for their own cultural ...
Cheating to Win

Cheating to Win

Kate William

After a debilitating injury, suffered while training for the big race, threatens his chances for victory, star runner Tony Esteban swears he will do anything--even take steroids--to get back in shape in time for the meet.

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