Marjorie: 555 books
Thrifty Gardening
From the Ground Up
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
Bestselling author and gardening columnist Marjorie Harris offers a timely and entertaining guide for gardeners at every stage of life. Whether you're moving into your first apartment or condo, upgrading to a house, or downsizing to smaller digs, Harris shares the best tips on how to create a beautiful...
by Marjorie Garber
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Marjorie Garber examines the rites of passage and maturation patterns--"coming of age"--in Shakespeare's plays. Citing examples from virtually the entire Shakespeare canon, she pays particular attention to the way his characters grow and change at points of personal crisis. Among the crises...
Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love
The Arpillera Movement in Chile
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2007
Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love tells the story of ordinary women living in terror and extreme poverty under General Pinochet's oppressive rule in Chile (1973–1989). These women defied the military dictatorship by embroidering their sorrow on scraps of cloth, using needles and thread as one...
The Anatomy of Literary Studies (Routledge Revivals)
An Introduction to the Study of English Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
First published in 1980, The Anatomy of Literary Studies provides students of English Literature with a clearer understanding of the significance and scope of the subject and a comprehensive background to its study. It gives pointers towards intellectual integrity and advice on independent study,...
by Marjorie Boulton
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
It is impossible to appreciate poetry fully without some knowledge of the various aspects of poetic technique. First published in 1953, with a second edition in 1982, this title explains all the usual technical terms in an accessible manner. Marjorie Boulton shows that it is possible to approach a...
Dream in Shakespeare
From Metaphor to Metamorphosis
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
" Dream is a central image for Shakespeare, encompassing at once the terrors of the irrational and the creative powers of the imagination-one's deepest fears and highest aspirations. Used in the early plays as a verbal or structural device, dream becomes, in the tragedies and late romances, a transforming...
by Marjorie Boulton
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
First published in 1975, this title provides an introduction to the study of the novel. Marjorie Boulton deals systematically with the major elements of plot, character, authorial conventions, narrative structure, and dialogue and distinguishes different types of fiction. The emphasis is on the mainstream...
by Marjorie N. Allen, Susan Dublin, Patricia J. Kimmerly
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
A Look Inside Alzheimer's is a captivating read for friends, families and loved ones affected by this mind-robbing disease. Individuals with early-stage Alzheimer's disease will take comfort in the voice of a fellow traveler experiencing similar challenges, frustrations, and triumphs. Family and professional...
Russian Traditional Culture: Religion, Gender and Customary Law
Religion, Gender and Customary Law
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
The resurgence of national and historical awareness among the people of what was once the USSR has been nowhere stronger than among the Russians themselves. Some of the larger projects of rediscovery amount to a reinterpretation of traditional culture. This carefully annotated collection of recent...
Mamaleh Knows Best
What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful, Creative, Empathetic, Independent Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
We all know the stereotype of the Jewish mother: Hectoring, guilt-inducing, clingy as a limpet. In Mamaleh Knows Best, Tablet Magazine columnist Marjorie Ingall smashes this tired trope with a hammer. Blending personal anecdotes, humor, historical texts, and scientific research, Ingall shares Jewish...
by Marjorie Shaffer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Filled with anecdotes and fascinating information, "a spicy read indeed." (Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed the World)
The perfect companion to Mark Kurlansky's Salt: A World History, Pepper illuminates the rich history of...
The Divine Right of Capital
Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2003
* Updated paperback edition includes a new chapter and a Reader's Guide * Explores the real causes of the Enron fiasco and other recent corporate scandals * Explodes the myth that the stock market is "democratizing" wealth * Gives practical guidance to help employees and communities change...
The Confident Woman
How to Take Charge and Recharge Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
How Confident Are You?
Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz has won national awards for her work in women's health and has enjoyed the success some people only dream of: a prosperous professional life; a long, happy marriage; two Stanford-educated children; and a bestselling book, The Superwoman Syndrome,...
Owning Our Future
The Emerging Ownership Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
As long as businesses are set up to focus exclusively on maximizing financial income for the few, our economy will be locked into endless growth and widening inequality. But now people are experimenting with new forms of ownership, which Marjorie Kelly calls generative: aimed at creating the conditions...