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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
Opening Doors: The Untold Story of Cornelia Sorabji, ...

Opening Doors: The Untold Story of Cornelia Sorabji, ...

Richard Sorabji

Cornelia Sorabji was the first Indian female lawyer.
Day It Rained Hearts

Day It Rained Hearts

Felicia Bond

One day it rains hearts, and Cornelia Augusta catches them. Each heart is special in its own way, and Cornelia Augusta knows exactly who to send them to.
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 ...
Making Sense of Science: Separating Substance from Spin

Making Sense of Science: Separating Substance from Spin

Cornelia Dean

Cornelia Dean draws on her 30 years as a science journalist with the New York Times to expose the flawed reasoning and knowledge gaps that handicap readers when they try to make sense of science.
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.
A Sugar Creek Chronicle: Observing Climate Change from a ...

A Sugar Creek Chronicle: Observing Climate Change from a ...

Cornelia F. Mutel

Fifty Uncommon Birds of the Upper Midwest Dana Gardner and Nancy Overcott Fragile Giants: A Natural History of the Loess Hills Cornelia F. Mutel Iowa Birdlife Gladys Black The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas Laura Spess Jackson, Carol A.
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.
Federation of Insurance Counsel Quarterly

Federation of Insurance Counsel Quarterly

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Underwriters 600 Fifth Avenue Des Moines, Iowa James F. Conway Maryland Casualty Co. 701 West 40th Street Baltimore, Maryland Albert P. Cornelia Albert P. Cornelia, Inc. 92 Liberty Street New York City, New York George R. Coughlan  ...
The Maury family tree: descendants of Mary Anne Fontaine ...

The Maury family tree: descendants of Mary Anne Fontaine ...

Sue Crabtree West

... daytime Cornelia Ludlow Field Second daughter of Matthew C and Cornelia B Field-was born in New Orleans -State of Louisiana -Wednesday December 6th 1843 -at 1/2 past 4 AM- John Maury Ludlow-son of Noah K and Elizabeth Ludlow  ...
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  ...
Elizabeth Bowen: A Reputation in Writing

Elizabeth Bowen: A Reputation in Writing

Renee Carine Hoogland

Using a wide range of critical theories-from semiotics to psychoanalysis, from narratology to deconstruction-this book presents a radical re-reading of a selection of Bowen's novels from a lesbian feminist perspective.
Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters

Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters

Lesley M. M. Blume

An unforgettable story of friendship and adventure that takes readers around the world and back again, Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters is a dazzling first novel by Lesley M. M. Blume. From the Hardcover edition.
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' ...
Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists

Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists

Cornelia Lauf

Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists is curated by Dr. Cornelia Lauf and features work from a wide cross-section of contemporary artists and their weaving partners, taking as its point of departure a history of art, rather than a history of ...
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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Liam Roberts; 54, Liam Roberts; 55, (left) Joan Sydlow, (right Ron Joan Sydlow; 58. (left) Joan Sydlow, (right) Hunt Food & Industries, Inc.; 60, (left) The Toledo Blade. Appelbe; 67, Ray Fisher; 68,70, Coleman Co.; 72, (left) Ernest Reshovsky,  ...
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.
The Heart of Confederate Appalachia: Western North Carolina ...

The Heart of Confederate Appalachia: Western North Carolina ...

John C. Inscoe

W. Vance Brown Papers, SHC. 103. Cornelia Henry to William Henry, May 27. 1865, Robert Henry Papers, PML, 104. Mary Taylor Brown to John Evans Brown, June 20. 1865. 19-20. W. Vance Brown Papers, SHC. 105. Cornelia Henry to Dora ...
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.

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