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Joan DruettPraise 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' ...
A Watery Grave
Joan DruettJoan Druett. A WATERY GRAVE JOAN DRUETT A WATERY GRAVE JOAN DRUETT INTI-L; g BUOKS. Front Cover.
Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea
Joan DruettInterweaving first-person accounts from letters and journals in and around the lyrical narrative of a sea journey, maritime historian Joan Druett brings life to these stories.
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
Joan DruettUsing the survivors' journals and historical records, award-winning maritime historian Joan Druett brings this extraordinary untold story to life, a story about leadership and the fine line between order and chaos.
Lady Castaways
Joan DruettAward-winning historian Joan Druett (Island of the Lost, The Elephant Voyage), relates the stories of women who survived remarkable challenges, from heroines like Mary Ann Jewell, the "governess" of Auckland Island in the icy sub-Antarctic, ...
Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
Joan DruettFor additional help with herbs and pharmacology, I thank Michelle Druett, Christine Markel Lampe, Gail Selinger, Tamara Eastman, John Richard Stephens , and Ken Kinkor. I am also grateful to Wes Stewart and his amanuensis and wife, ...
She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea
Joan Druett1. The details of ships and battles in classical times would not have been possible without the expertise of Lincoln Paine, Steve Alvin, Frank Young, Gerard Mittelstaedt, Marc James Small, and Iiro Hyrsky. I also thank Christine Lampe, David ...
Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920
Joan DruettFirst US Edition -- The first comprehensive book on whaling wives at sea written for a general audience.
Maritime Empires: British Imperial Maritime Trade in the ...
PreviewThe answer to these questions is 'no', as rapidly accumulating research, by scholars such as Margaret Creighton, Lisa Norling, Joan Druett, and David Cordingly, is making abundantly clear. Some of the so-called Jack Tars who sailed the ...
Run Afoul
Joan DruettAs the great flagship Vincennes leads the convoy under the dubious command of eccentric captain Charles Wilkes toward a dramatic entrance in the port of Rio, careless maneuvering leads one of the vessels to run afoul of a Salem trading ship ...
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism
Marina WarnerExamines 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
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism
Marina WarnerThe 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
Robin BlaetzIn 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
G. HarcourtThis 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
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
Dirk Arend BerentsThe 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
PreviewI 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 ...
Just Keep Breathing. At 44, he died. She didn’t.:
Joan Scott CurtisShe 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
Marina Warnerclothing, 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
More editionsLiam 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, ...
Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language
Joan BybeeThis volume collects three decades of articles by the distinguished linguist Joan Bybee.
Squashed
Joan BauerHumor, agriculture and young love all come together in Joan Bauer's first novel, set in rural Iowa.
From Prevention to Wellness Through Group Work
Joan K ParryJoan 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
Alleen Pace NilsenExamines the short stories and novels of young adult literature author Joan Bauer.
Joan of Arc: Her Story
Regine PernoudIn 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
Lynn Marie HoustonThis 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
Joan BauerLuckily, 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
Alexandre DumasThis 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 ...
More editionsTAYLOR, 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.
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