Lee unfolds the stories of six women with a cast of supporting characters such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Benjamin Franklin, Stamford Raffles and Napoleon against the grand narrative of England's 18th century empire building. This book is a meticulously researched, spellbinding tale of tragedy, transformation and triumph in the age of reason.
Lee unfolds the stories of six women with a cast of supporting characters such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Benjamin Franklin, Stamford Raffles and Nap...
The authors of this study examine the massive impact of colonial exploration upon British scientific and literary activity between the 1760s and 1830s. This broad-ranging survey will appeal to literary and cultural studies scholars.
The authors of this study examine the massive impact of colonial exploration upon British scientific and literary activity between the 1760s and 1830s...
The authors of this study examine the massive impact of colonial exploration upon British scientific and literary activity between the 1760s and 1830s. This broad-ranging survey will appeal to literary and cultural studies scholars.
The authors of this study examine the massive impact of colonial exploration upon British scientific and literary activity between the 1760s and 1830s...
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title
The Romantic movement had profound social implications for nineteenth-century British culture. Among the most significant, Debbie Lee contends, was the change it wrought to insular Britons' ability to distance themselves from the brutalities of chattel slavery. In the broadest sense, she asks what the relationship is between the artist and the most hideous crimes of his or her era. In dealing with the Romantic period, this question becomes more specific: what is the relationship between the nation's greatest...
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title
The Romantic movement had profound social implications for nineteenth-c...
She's guarding a secret...one that, if it's discovered, will destroy everything she's worked so hard to gain. In order to claim her inheritance, Jordan Shaw is forced to return to her hometown. She changes her name and opens a flower shop, praying no one will ever learn the truth about her past. But when she meets Luke Kincaid, her carefully-constructed walls come tumbling down...even though she's convinced he's married. He's in love with two women at the same time...one of whom he's never even seen. When Luke wanders into Jordan's flower shop to buy a gift for his mother's birthday, Jordan...
She's guarding a secret...one that, if it's discovered, will destroy everything she's worked so hard to gain. In order to claim her inheritance, Jorda...
He'd make the perfect husband-if he wasn't a Marine... After her husband is killed in Iraq, Tessa Matthews makes a promise to herself-never date another man in the military. Especially a Marine. A flat tire and dead cell phone threaten to challenge that vow when Gunnery Sergeant Dylan Cooper comes to her rescue. But can she ever allow herself to love a Marine-again? He loves her but being a Marine is all he knows... Dylan has never wanted any other occupation than being in the military, but now he's in conflict. He knows Tessa cares for him, but she won't allow herself to trust him or let the...
He'd make the perfect husband-if he wasn't a Marine... After her husband is killed in Iraq, Tessa Matthews makes a promise to herself-never date anoth...
She's guarding a secret...one that, if it's discovered, will destroy everything she's worked so hard to gain. In order to claim her inheritance, Jordan Shaw is forced to return to her hometown. She changes her name and opens a flower shop, praying no one will ever learn the truth about her past. But when she meets Luke Kincaid, her carefully-constructed walls come tumbling down...even though she's convinced he's married. He's in love with two women at the same time...one of whom he's never even seen. When Luke wanders into Jordan's flower shop to buy a gift for his mother's birthday, Jordan...
She's guarding a secret...one that, if it's discovered, will destroy everything she's worked so hard to gain. In order to claim her inheritance, Jorda...
Children's rhyming lyrics from the traditional Old MacDonald nursery rhyme and song. Richly illustrated with full color photographs of the author's own acrylic on canvas paintings.
Children's rhyming lyrics from the traditional Old MacDonald nursery rhyme and song. Richly illustrated with full color photographs of the author's ow...
The Land Speaks explores the intersections of two vibrant fields, oral history and environmental studies. The fourteen oral histories collected here range North America, examining wilderness and cities, farms and forests, rivers and arid lands. The contributors argue that oral history can capture communication from nature and provide tools for environmental problem solving.
The Land Speaks explores the intersections of two vibrant fields, oral history and environmental studies. The fourteen oral histories collected here r...
The Land Speaks explores the intersections of two vibrant fields, oral history and environmental studies. The fourteen oral histories collected here range North America, examining wilderness and cities, farms and forests, rivers and arid lands. The contributors argue that oral history can capture communication from nature and provide tools for environmental problem solving.
The Land Speaks explores the intersections of two vibrant fields, oral history and environmental studies. The fourteen oral histories collected here r...
