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The dramatic works of Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson ...

The dramatic works of Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson ...

William Shakespeare

JSnier Rosalind, reading a paper* Ros. From the east to western Ind, No jewel is like Rosalind. Her worth, being mounted on the wind, Through all the world bears Rosalind* All the pictures, fairest lined *, Are but black to Rosalind. Let no face ...
Dramatic works from the text of Johnson and Stevens

Dramatic works from the text of Johnson and Stevens

William Shakespeare

Enter Rosalind, reading a paper. Rot . From the east to western 2nd, No jewel It like Rosalind. Her worth, being mounted en the wind, Through all the world bears Rosal'md, All the pictures, fairest lined ; Are but black to Rosalind. L,et no face ...
Peter Pan and the Mind of J. M. Barrie: An Exploration of ...

Peter Pan and the Mind of J. M. Barrie: An Exploration of ...

Rosalind Ridley

had been delighted by the play Peter Pan and shared Barrie's belief in outdoor pursuits and adventures for children (46). But Barrie may have been lampooning Baden-Powell for suggesting that boys should emulate the skills of Native ...
Vincent River

Vincent River

Philip Ridley

Ridley has a cult status among many young theater goers and a strong cult following.
Down to Earth: A Contrarian View of Environmental Problems

Down to Earth: A Contrarian View of Environmental Problems

Matt Ridley

This volume brings together a selection of 30 of Dr Ridley's 'Down to Earth' columns which appeared in The Sunday Telegraph.
Nature via Nurture: Genes, experience and what makes us human

Nature via Nurture: Genes, experience and what makes us human

Matt Ridley

Acclaimed author Matt Ridley's thrilling follow-up to his bestseller Genome.
The Freemasons: A History of the World's Most Powerful ...

The Freemasons: A History of the World's Most Powerful ...

Jasper Ridley

Though not a mason himself, Jasper Ridley nonetheless refutes many of the outrageous allegations made against Freemasonry, while at the same time acknowledging the masons’ shortcomings: their clannishness, misogyny, obsession with secrecy ...
The Origins of Virtue

The Origins of Virtue

Matt Ridley

What are the reasons for altrusim? Matt Ridley explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for social exchange, offering a lucid and persuasive argument about the paradox of human benevolence.
Maximilian and Juarez

Maximilian and Juarez

Jasper Ridley

"Jasper Ridley has written a riveting account of an episode which is exciting throughout and tragic at the end; it is also essential reading to understand the history of the United States today."--Antonia Fraser.
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

Matt Ridley

By picking one newly discovered gene from each of the 23 pairs of human chromosomes, and telling its story, Matt Ridley recounts the history of our species and its ancestors from the dawn of life to the brink of future medicine.
Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray

Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray

Rosalind Rosenberg

In this definitive biography, Rosalind Rosenberg offers a poignant portrait of a figure who played pivotal roles in both the modern civil rights and women's movements.
"A Voyage on the North Sea": Art in the Age of the ...

"A Voyage on the North Sea": Art in the Age of the ...

Rosalind E. Krauss

Here, Rosalind Krauss position s the work of Marcel Broodthaers within this alternative narrative.
Scandal, Salvation and Suffrage: The Amazing Women of the ...

Scandal, Salvation and Suffrage: The Amazing Women of the ...

Ros Black

Mrs Stevens saidshe wouldonly agree to be VicePresident to Rosalind's Presidency. She admittedto having written to Rosalind about the matter, with assurances that theWWCTU didn't wishher to work so hard. She had received noreply.
Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer

Jasper Ridley

First published in 1962, Jasper Ridley’s biography of Thomas Cranmer, leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, examines the attitude of Cranmer’s biographies and critics from ...
The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture

The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture

Matt Ridley

Armed with extraordinary new discoveries about our genes, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley turns his attention to the nature-versus-nurture debate in a thoughtful book about the roots of human behavior.
Postmodern Legal Feminism

Postmodern Legal Feminism

Mary Joe Frug

Dr. Rosalind Rosenberg is an historian from Barnard College and author of Beyond Separate Spheres: Intellectual Roots of Modern Feminism (1982). 13. Offer of Proof Concerning the Testimony of Dr. Rosalind Rosenberg, EEOC v. Sears ...
The Optical Unconscious

The Optical Unconscious

Rosalind E. Krauss

Rosalind Krauss tells the story of the optical unconscious, an unruly, disruptive force that haunted modernism from the 1920s to the 1950s, and which continues to disrupt it today.
Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code

Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code

Matt Ridley

In his fascinating biography of the scientific pioneer who uncovered the genetic code—the digital cipher at the heart of heredity that distinguishes living from non-living things—acclaimed bestselling science writer Matt Ridley traces ...
Cindy Sherman, 1975-1993

Cindy Sherman, 1975-1993

Rosalind E. Krauss

In this first presentation of the artist's complete work, leading contemporary art historian Rosalind Krauss reviews Cindy Sherman's remarkable series of photographic works - in which the artist has notoriously assumed various roles, from B ...
Divided Lives: American Women in the Twentieth Century

Divided Lives: American Women in the Twentieth Century

Rosalind Rosenberg

In this lively and informed exploration of women's lives in the larger context of U.S. social and political history, Rosalind Rosenberg shows how American traditions of federalism, racial and ethnic diversity, geographic mobility, and ...
Willem de Kooning Nonstop: Cherchez la femme

Willem de Kooning Nonstop: Cherchez la femme

Rosalind E. Krauss

In the image-rich Willem de Kooning Nonstop, Rosalind E. Krauss counters this view with a radical rethinking of de Kooning’s bold canvases and reveals his true artistic practices.
Christine de Pizan and the Moral Defence of Women: Reading ...

Christine de Pizan and the Moral Defence of Women: Reading ...

Rosalind Brown-Grant

Rosalind Brown-Grant locates the Cit in the context of Christine's defence of women as it developed over a number of years and through a range of different texts.
Changing the Subject: How the Women of Columbia Shaped the ...

Changing the Subject: How the Women of Columbia Shaped the ...

Rosalind Rosenberg

How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think About Sex and Politics Rosalind Rosenberg. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. Warren Goodell to John Borneman, December 4, 1969,  ...
Sunrise

Sunrise

Jacquelyn Cook

Courtesy George and Ann Felton. Journal of Anne Tracy Johnston. November 8, 1851-April 21, 1852. Courtesy George andAnn Felton. Journal of Rosalind Lipscomb. June 11, 1970-August 31, 1970. Courtesy of Rosalind Lipscomb Forrest.

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