Judith: 2966 books
Women, Power and Subversion (Routledge Revivals)
Social Strategies in British Fiction, 1778-1860
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
First published in 1981, this book explores the reactions of some female writers to the social effects of industrial capitalism between 1778 and 1860. The period set in motion a crisis over the status of middle-class women that culminated in the constructed idea of "women’s proper sphere"....
Che's Travels
The Making of a Revolutionary in 1950s Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Ernesto “Che” Guevara twice traveled across Latin America in the early 1950s. Based on his accounts of those trips (published in English as The Motorcycle Diaries and Back on the Road), as well as other historical sources, Che’s Travels follows Guevara, country by country, from his native Argentina...
Blue Poppies
A Spiritual Travelogue from the Himalaya
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
In Blue Poppies, the author shares her experience of spiritual life in the Indian Himalaya. For years, Judith Wermuth-Atkinson had the unique opportunity to study, live, and travel with the Hindu monk and Vedic scholar Siddhartha Krishna. She offers vivid descriptions of men, women, and children in...
From Obstacle to Ally
The Evolution of Psychoanalytic Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
From Obstacle to Ally explores the evolution of the theory and practice of psychoanalysis through an investigation of historical examples of clinical practice. Beginning with Freud's experience of the problem of transference, this book is shaped around a series of encounters in which psychoanalysts...
Guilt and Its Vicissitudes
Psychoanalytic Reflections on Morality
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2007
How do psychoanalysts explain human morality?
Guilt and Its Vicissitudes: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Morality focuses on the way Melanie Klein and successive generations of her followers pursued and deepened Freud's project of explaining man's moral sense as a wholly natural phenomenon.
With...
Midrashic Women
Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
While most gender-based analyses of rabbinic Judaism concentrate on the status of women in the halakhah (the rabbinic legal tradition), Judith R. Baskin turns her attention to the construction of women in the aggadic midrash, a collection of expansions of the biblical text, rabbinic ruminations, and...
by Philip Fisher, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Martha C. Nussbaum
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
How should we live? What do we owe to other people? In Goodness and Advice, the eminent philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson explores how we should go about answering such fundamental questions. In doing so, she makes major advances in moral philosophy, pointing to some deep problems for influential...
by Judith Fein
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
A highly entertaining guide to how cultural ad experiential travel will change your life.
by Judith Barger
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Nineteenth-century British periodicals for girls and women offer a wealth of material to understand how girls and women fit into their social and cultural worlds, of which music making was an important part. The Girl's Own Paper, first published in 1880, stands out because of its rich musical content....
BBQ Bistro
Simple, Sophisticated French Recipes for Your Grill
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
BBQ Bistro will take your barbecue from yum to ooh-la-la, bringing the charm and flavor of the French bistro to your own backyard. Authors Karen Adler and Judith Fertig share their favorite quick and casual bistro recipes for a hot grill. With recipes like Grilled Salmon Benedict, French Feta and...
by Judith Sugg, Renee Siegel
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2015
Do you have a family member in trouble because of gambling? Awareness of the gambler’s problems is growing. Yet when gaming and gambling turn ugly, family members – spouses, children, parents, siblings, close friends -- suffer significantly also. This book is an aid and support for these family...
by Judith Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Both travel and translation involve a type of journey, one with literal and metaphorical dimensions. Judith Johnston brings together these two richly resonant modes of getting from here to there as she explores their impact on culture with respect to the work of Victorian women. Using the metaphor...
A New Formula for Creation
The Miracle of Immortal Love
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
This book brings an inspiring positive message regarding the future of our planet. Earth is experiencing the Shift of the Ages, a time marked by massive Earth changes and social upheaval. This is foretold in many prophecies, including Hopi prophecies and the biblical Revelations. They warn that raising...
Gender, Religion, and Radicalism in the Long Eighteenth Century
The 'Ingenious Quaker' and Her Connections
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Through analysis of the life and writings of eighteenth-century Quaker artist and author Mary Knowles, Judith Jennings uncovers concrete but complex examples of how gender functioned in family, social, and public contexts during the Georgian Age. Knowles's story, including her bold confrontation of...