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When journalist and adoptee Dorie McKenna learns that her biological father was a famous artist, it comes with another startling discovery: she has a twin sister, Catherine Wagner, who inherited their father's talent. Dorie is eager to introduce her sister's genius to the public, but Catherine is a cloistered nun with a vow of silence who adamantly refuses to show or sell the paintings she dedicates to God....

This title, first published in 1982, explores the new Liberalism - the great change in Liberalism as an ideology and a political practice that characterised the years before the First World War - and examines the idea that the new Liberals successfully overcame the need they saw in the 1890’s to make Liberalism more socially reformist. This title will be of interest to students of social and political history.

Die Beitrage zur Altertumskunde enthalten Monographien, Sammelbande, Editionen, Ubersetzungen und Kommentare zu Themen aus den Bereichen Klassische, Mittel- und Neulateinische Philologie, Alte Geschichte, Archaologie, Antike Philosophie sowie Nachwirken der Antike bis in die Neuzeit. Dadurch leistet die Reihe einen umfassenden Beitrag zur Erschlieung klassischer Literatur und zur Forschung im gesamten Gebiet der Altertumswissenschaften.

Obwohl es spatestens am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts statistisch bewiesen war, da sich Manner und Frauen gleichermaen des Giftes als Mordmittel bedienen, war man sich in Wissenschaft, Literatur und Publizistik bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert hinein daruber einig, da der Giftmord als eine 'Domane des Weibes' anzusehen sei. Die Grundlage dieses Giftmord-Stereotyps bilden Vorstellungen vom 'Wesen des Weibes' bzw. der Psychologie der Frau: auf Grund ihrer korperlichen und seelischen Schwache (Mangel an Mut und Kraft) sowie ihrer Nahe zur Geschlechtlichkeit (Vergiften als 'wollustiger Kitzel') greife...

Who Owns Knowledge? explores the emerging linkages between the extension of knowledge and the law. It anticipates that the legal system will not only be called upon to adjudicate in matters of creative minds, but will be expected to do so to an ever increasing degree.

Linkages between the legal system and knowledge are bound to multiply in modern societies. Ironically, while increasingly relying on knowledge, we are simultaneously investing significant resources into controlling this same knowledge. This includes developing a system of legal governance over how knowledge is...

Applying theory to practice, "Women Teaching for Change" reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which the forces of sexism, racism, and classism, which so characterize society as a whole, are played out in multiracial, multicultural classrooms. A fine book, a rich melding of critical theory in education, feminist literature, and pedagogical experience and expertise. "Maxine Green, Columbia University"

Applying theory to practice, "Women Teaching for Change" reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which...