Elisabeth: 1340 books
The Mirador
Dreamed Memories of Irene Nemirovsky By Her Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
A New York Review Books Original
Élisabeth Gille was only five when the Gestapo arrested her mother, and she grew up remembering next to nothing of her. Her mother was a figure, a name, Irène Némirovsky, a once popular novelist, a Russian émigré from an immensely rich family, a Jew who didn’t...
by Elisabeth Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2004
The bestselling status (and subsequent blockbuster film adaptations) of "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" is proof of the enduring strength of this category. Although the novel is invented, Robinson is a successful Hollywood producer whose credits include "Braveheart" and "Last Orders."
Exemplary Ambivalence in Late Nineteenth-Century Spanish America
Narrating Creole Subjectivity
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Exemplary Ambivalence in Late Nineteenth-Century Spanish America: Narrating Creole Subjectivity casts new light on the role of exemplary narrative in nineteenth-century Spanish America, highlighting the multiplicity of didactic writing and its dynamic relationship with readers as interpretive agents....
In Her Own Right
The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 1985
The first comprehensive, fully documented biography of the most important woman suffragist and feminist reformer in nineteenth-century America, In Her Own Right restores Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her true place in history. Griffith emphasizes the significance of role models and female friendships...
Colette of Corbie
Learning and Holiness
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
For the first time, Elizabeth Lopez's 1994 masterwork on Colette of Corbie is available in a superb English translation. This important work fills a gap in the history of Franciscan women during the late Medieval period and specifically of the Poor Clares, whose diversity, spiritual creativity and influence have been emphasized by recent European scholarship.
Twenty-First Century Jihad
Law, Society and Military Action
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
The term 'jihad' has come to be used as a byword for fanaticism and Islam's allegedly implacable hostility towards the West. But, like other religious and political concepts, jihad has multiple resonances and associations, its meaning shifting over time and from place to place. Jihad has referred...
Croire au matin
Cinq écrivains à la rencontre de Charles Palant, rescapé d'Auschwitz
Language: French
Release Date: January 17, 2018
« Je crois au matin. »
Charles Palant
Qu’en est-il de l’enfance, de la transmission, de la parole, de l’espoir, de l’humanité, soixante-dix ans après Auschwitz ? Lorsque l’analyse historique et la politique ont échoué à faire barrage à la barbarie, à ...
Cécile en Elsa
strijdbare freules, een biografie
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Twee zussen, dochters van het progressieve aristocratengezin De Jong van Beek en Donk, groeien op als freules én als strijdbare vrouwen. Cécile (1866-1944) trouwt met de steenrijke Haagse projectontwikkelaar Adriaan Goekoop. In plaats van ondernemersvrouw wordt ze de schrijfster van de immens succesvolle...
Questions and Answers on Death and Dying
A Companion Volume to On Death and Dying
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
On Death and Dying is one of the most important books ever written on the subject and is still considered the bench-mark in the care of the dying. It became an immediate bestseller, and Life magazine called it "a profound lesson for the living." This companion volume consists of the questions that...
Voices Of Alzheimer's
Courage, Humor, Hope, And Love In The Face Of Dementia
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2009
Betsy Peterson spent fourteen years caring for her husband who was suffering from dementia, an experience that put her in touch with others inside the struggle to have or to care for someone with the disease. A combination of contributions from patients, their families, friends, and caregivers, Voices...
Lacan
In Spite Of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Jacques Lacan continues to be subject to the most extravagant interpretations. Angelic to some, he is demonic to others. To recall Lacan’s career, now that the heroic age of psychoanalysis is over, is to remember an intellectual and literary adventure that occupies a founding place in our modernity....
by Elisabeth Chan
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
Learn all about tropical plants and flowers with this with this useful and portable reference book.
This handy field guide introduces approximately 60 plant species found in the Tropics. Trees, shrubs, flowers and fruits are all presented in full color. Included are exotic and beautiful blooms,...
The French Stethoscope
How a French Doctor Turned Life Challenges into Opportunities and Deep Appreciation
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
Dr. Chris Gilbert is a physician practicing General Medicine, Homeopathy and Acupuncture in the Los Angeles area. In this memoir, she reveals secrets of her life, secrets she never told anybody before. You will share events in her childhood that influenced her whole life. You will embark with her...
Dr. Chris's A, B, C's of Health
When Your Body Screams, Listen to It!
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
How can you stop the pain? Be less hungry? Lose weight? Sleep better?
When you visit your regular physician, very often he or she will spend less than 15 minutes with you and write a quick prescription for a pain killer or a sleeping pill or give you a paper explaining the right diet.
The...