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Women, Food Exchange, and Governance in Early Modern England

Women, Food Exchange, and Governance in Early Modern England

Madeline Bassnett

... and transnational dynamics, see John M. Adrian, Local Negotiations of English Nationhood, 1570–1680 (Houndmills and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) (Adrian 2011); and Scott Oldenburg, Alien Albion: Literature and Immigration in ...
Reflections on Translation

Reflections on Translation

Susan Bassnett

This collection of essays brings together a decade of writings on translation by leading international translation studies expert, Susan Bassnett.
Elizabeth I: A Feminist Perspective

Elizabeth I: A Feminist Perspective

Susan Bassnett

However, among the many books written about Elizabeth I there is none like this one: Bassnett looks at the life and achievements of Elizabeth from a twentieth-century feminist perspective and considers her as writer, politician, scholar and ...
Studying British Cultures

Studying British Cultures

Susan Bassnett

Edfied by Susan Bassnett Studying British Cultures Anlntroducfion é Roufledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First issued in paperback 2013 CONTENTS GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE CONTRIBUTORS Title Page.
Jack:

Jack:

Grace Burrowes

Madeline reluctantly accepts the position, and proximity leads to investigations of an amorous nature. Can Jack stop the crime spree and steal Madeline's heart, too?
The Blackstone Chronicles

The Blackstone Chronicles

John Saul

“It's Madeline Hartwick. I would like to speak to Philip, please.” “I'm afraid he's in Concord, Mrs. Hartwick,” Nancy Conway told her. “Is there something I can do for you?” Madeline hesitated. Though she'd known Nancy Conway for twenty years,  ...
From Canton Restaurant to Panda Express: A History of ...

From Canton Restaurant to Panda Express: A History of ...

Haiming Liu

According to Madeline Hsu, however, Kan's Restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown should be considered the first Chinese restaurant to push for authentic Chinese food. See Madeline Y. Hsu, “From Chop Suey to Mandarin Cuisine: Fine ...
Luigi Pirandello in the Theatre

Luigi Pirandello in the Theatre

Susan Bassnett

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Translation

Translation

Susan Bassnett

This guide presents readers with an accessible and engaging introduction to the valuable position translation holds within literature and society.
Translation Studies

Translation Studies

Susan Bassnett

This guide presents readers with an accessible and engaging introduction to the valuable position translation holds within literature and society.
Sylvia Plath: An Introduction to the Poetry

Sylvia Plath: An Introduction to the Poetry

Susan Bassnett

Now thoroughly revised and expanded in the light of recent research, the second edition of this essential text contains new chapters and more close reading of the poetry.
Sylvia Plath: An Introduction to the Poetry

Sylvia Plath: An Introduction to the Poetry

Susan Bassnett

Now thoroughly revised and expanded in the light of recent research, the second edition of this essential text contains new chapters and more close reading of the poetry.
Exchanging Lives: Poems and Translations

Exchanging Lives: Poems and Translations

Susan Bassnett

Exchanging Lives brings poet and translator into a transforming dialogue.
Translation in Global News

Translation in Global News

Esperanca Bielsa

Co-written by Susan Bassnett, a leading figure in the field of translation studies, this book presents close readings of different English versions of key Arabic texts circulated in Western media to demonstrate the ways in which a cultural ...
British Travel-writing on Oman: Orientalism Reappraised

British Travel-writing on Oman: Orientalism Reappraised

Hilal Al-Hajri

Susan Bassnett argues that 'it cannot be accidental that the previous great age of travel writing was the nineteenth century, the period when Britain was the greatest power in the world.' Also, Lynne Withey maintains that a bibliography of books ...
Everything, Everything

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

. . This is the story of the thrill and heartbreak that ensues when we break out of our shell to do crazy, sometimes death-defying things for love. Madeline Whittier is allergic to the outside world.
Wicked Proposal

Wicked Proposal

Tierney O'Malley

Madeline cannot believe she begged a man to make love with her, then agreed to his proposal to save her pride and get even with her ex.
Medusa's Web

Medusa's Web

Tim Powers

In the wake of their Aunt Amity's suicide, Scott and Madeline Madden are summoned to Caveat, the eerie, decaying mansion in the Hollywood hills in which they were raised.
Kachima Spirit

Kachima Spirit

Marilyn Meredith

Madeline Kennon, a young widow, along with her two children, Norman and Wendy, move into an old Victorian house in Ojai, California in an effort to begin life anew.
Constructing Cultures: Essays on Literary Translation

Constructing Cultures: Essays on Literary Translation

Susan Bassnett

This collection brings together two leading figures in the discipline of translation studies. The essays cover a range of fields, and combine theory with practical case studies involving the translation of literary texts.
Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence

Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence

Laurence D. Steinberg

—MARTIN E. P. SELIGMAN, Ph.D., authorofTheOptimisticChild “As a mother of two boys and an educator, I am so grateful ... MADELINE LEVINE, Ph.D., author ofThePriceofPrivilege “A deeply scholarly, readable, and important book.
Kisses

Kisses

Erin Pizzey

Three friends find themselves in a war between the sexes as pregnant Madeline takes a lover to protest her husband's infidelities, promiscuous Edwina explores her taste for passion, and Germaine renounces men for more spiritual endeavors.
The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material ...

The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material ...

Madeline Levine, PhD

In this ground-breaking book on the children of affluence, a well-known clinical psychologist exposes the epidemic of emotional problems that are disabling America’s privileged youth, thanks, in large part, to normalized, intrusive ...
Space in the Medieval West: Places, Territories, and ...

Space in the Medieval West: Places, Territories, and ...

Fanny Madeline

The resulting collection builds on existing scholarship but brings new insight, situating medieval constructions of space in relation to contemporary conceptions of the subject.
Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home: Transnationalism and ...

Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home: Transnationalism and ...

Madeline Y. Hsu

This book is a highly original study of transnationalism among immigrants from the county of Taishan, from which, until 1965, a high percentage of the Chinese in the United States originated.
Asian American History: A Very Short Introduction

Asian American History: A Very Short Introduction

Madeline Y. Hsu

This book provides a sweeping and nuanced history of Asian Americans, revealing how and why the perception of Asian immigrants changed over time.
How To Raise An Adult

How To Raise An Adult

Julie Lythcott-Haims

To Challenge Success cofounders Denise Pope, Madeline Levine, and Jim Lobdell for providing early platforms for me to speak on my perspective. To author Daniel Pink, who in 2010 heard me talk about the harm of overparenting at a ...
Debutantes: The Debutantes Series

Debutantes: The Debutantes Series

Charlotte Bingham

TAKE THREE GIRLS UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS THOMAS AND SARAH NANNY FOREVER GREEN Television Comedy 587185 with Terence Brady: NO HONESTLY YES HONESTIX PIG IN THE MIDDLE OH MADELINE! (USA) FATHER ...
The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the ...

The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the ...

Ellen D. Wu

As Madeline Hsu explains, “The situation became particularly uncomfortable for Chinese in Southeast Asia after World War II as newly established governments tried to gauge the political loyalties of Chinese 'guests' who might adhere to the ...

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