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Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard

Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard

Mary Ritter Beard

The only collection of work by a groundbreaking historian.
The Parthenon

The Parthenon

Mary Beard

In a revised and updated edition, Mary Beard, award winning writer, reviewer and leading Cambridge classicist, tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddess Athena, the divine patroness ...
A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters

A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters

Mary Ritter Beard

This collection of her letters, offers in effect an intellectual biography which is considered to be better documented and more vivid than any previous book about her.
It's a Don's Life

It's a Don's Life

Mary Beard

Mary Beard's by now famous blog A Don's Life has been running on the TLS website for nearly three years.
Mary Ritter Beard: a sourcebook

Mary Ritter Beard: a sourcebook

Mary Ritter Beard

129-133. "A Test for the Modern Woman," Current History, November, 1932, pp. 179-183. "The College and Alumnae in Contemporary Life," Journal of the American Associationof University Women, October, 1933, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, pp. 11-16.
Beard on Pasta

Beard on Pasta

James Beard

Beard on Pasta is full of easy-to-follow recipes, along with tips on preparation, sauce, and serving that you’ll be eager to try.
Girls Play to Win Swimming & Diving

Girls Play to Win Swimming & Diving

Paul Hoblin

About the only one who didn't like Amanda Beard was . . .Amanda Beard. Though she hid it from the world, Beard was suffering from bouts of depression. The pool was helping and hurting her at the same time. In 2004, U.S. Army Lieutenant ...
The Armchair James Beard

The Armchair James Beard

James Beard

A timeless and insightful volume of essays—with more than 130 recipes—by the master of American cuisine The Armchair James Beard showcases the many roles of America’s first celebrity chef: teacher, culinary alchemist, restaurant ...
The Essential James Beard Cookbook: 450 Recipes That Shaped ...

The Essential James Beard Cookbook: 450 Recipes That Shaped ...

James Beard

Compiled from twelve of his classic books and freshened for a modern audience, The Essential James Beard will stand with definitive and lively cookbooks such as The New York Times Cookbook and The Joy of Cooking.
Classics: A Very Short Introduction

Classics: A Very Short Introduction

Mary Beard

This book is designed for the general reader and interested student alike.
Charles A. Beard's The presidents in American history

Charles A. Beard's The presidents in American history

Charles Austin Beard

Briefly summarizes the achievements of each presidential administration from Washington to Reagan.
History of the United States

History of the United States

Mary Ritter Beard

Overview of US-American History from colonization to the First World War.
Religions of Rome: Volume 1, A History

Religions of Rome: Volume 1, A History

Mary Beard

This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome.
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and ...

Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and ...

Mary Beard

An internationally recognized historian presents a revealing tour of the ancient world, shedding new light on Greek and Roman history.
James Beard's New Fish Cookery

James Beard's New Fish Cookery

James Beard

A healthful, dramatically simplified book on cooking techniques for preparing low cholesterol, low calorie seafood, with over 500 recipes.
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town

Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town

Mary Beard

This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been ...
In the Water They Can't See You Cry: A Memoir

In the Water They Can't See You Cry: A Memoir

Amanda Beard

In this candid and ultimately uplifting memoir, Olympic medalist Amanda Beard reveals the truth about coming of age in the spotlight, the demons she battled along the way, and the newfound happiness that has proved to be her greatest ...
MARY TODD LINCOLN IN RHYME Part II

MARY TODD LINCOLN IN RHYME Part II

Jean Elizabeth, Poet Laureate Ward

This book takes the reader to the time of Mr. Lincoln's Beard, just before becoming President of the United States.
Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy

Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy

Charles Austin Beard

Charles Austin Beard. CHAPTER X THE ECONOMICS OF THE JAY TREATY On November 19, 1794, about a week before the House of Representatives began its long and acrimonious debate over the President's reference to the self-created  ...
James Beard's American Cookery

James Beard's American Cookery

James Beard

Food and eating habits have fascinated me throughout my life, and after sixty-five years I have come to the conclusion that perhaps American cookery is one of the most fascinating culinary subjects of all.
James Beard: A Biography

James Beard: A Biography

Robert Clark

Robert Clark also demonstrates the influence of James Beard upon the next generation of chefs, including Alice Waters and Barabara Kafka.
The Roman Triumph

The Roman Triumph

Mary Beard

A radical reexamination of the most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman Triumph--but also its darker side, as it prompted the Romans to question as well as celebrate military glory.
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water, as well as exploring democracy, migration, religious controversy, social mobility and exploitation in the larger context ...
Religions of Rome: Volume 2, A Sourcebook

Religions of Rome: Volume 2, A Sourcebook

Mary Beard

This book, the second of the two volumes that make up Religions of Rome, presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world from the early Republic to the late Empire (both visual evidence and texts in ...
Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up

Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up

Mary Beard

What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects.
Blue Beard

Blue Beard

Charles Perrault

«Blue Beard» by Charles Perrault, Charles Welsh and illustrated by Michael Bychkov.

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