Roche: 306 books
The Mazo de la Roche Story 2-Book Bundle
Ringing the Changes / Mazo de la Roche
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Mazo de la Roche, author of the acclaimed Jalna series, is revealed in the writings of two luminaries on the subject: author Heather Kirk, and Mazo herself. This bundle unites Kirk’s groundbreaking biography of de la Roche with the great Canadian author’s memoirs, rereleased now after their original...
Born to Ride
The Autobiography of Stephen Roche
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
In 1987 Stephen Roche touched greatness
In June he won the Giro d'Italia, fighting a ferocious battle against not only his rivals but also against his teammates and an angry, partisan Italian crowd.
In July Roche secured the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, blacking out shortly after...
Peacemakers
How people around the world are building a world free of war
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
A world without war: this is the vision that Douglas Roche has pursued for decades. A long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, Canadian ambassador for disarmament, and later a senator, Roche has been in the thick of international affairs for more than forty years.
Though few...
Realizing the Distinctive University
Vision and Values, Strategy and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
In Realizing the Distinctive University: Vision and Values, Strategy and Culture, Mark William Roche changes the terms of the debate about American higher education. A former dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, Roche argues for the importance of an institutional...
Ringing the Changes
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
First published in 1957, Mazo de la Roche’s last autobiography is a vivid look at her life in Ontario, and a parting shot at her critics.
Mazo de la Roche was once Canada’s best-known writer, loved by millions of readers around the world. Her Jalna series is filled with unforgettable characters...
Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s
Why Don’t They Do It Like They Used To?
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
In Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s author David Roche takes up the assumption shared by many fans and scholars that original horror movies are more "disturbing," and thus better than the remakes. He assesses the qualities of movies, old and recast, according to criteria...
by Mark William Roche
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
In a world where the value of a liberal arts education is no longer taken for granted, Mark William Roche lucidly and passionately argues for its essential importance. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience in higher education as a student, faculty member, and administrator, Roche deftly...
Undiscovered Mazo de la Roche 9-Book Bundle
Explorers of the Dawn / Possession / Delight / and 6 more
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2016
Discover hidden gems from the bestselling author of the Jalna series.
A farm inheritance cultivates an illicit love affair. An orphan finds a home with two sisters and their writer lodger and soon discovers strange and frightening events. Three motherless boys living at boarding school find...
Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s
Why Don’t They Do It Like They Used To?
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
In Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s author David Roche takes up the assumption shared by many fans and scholars that original horror movies are more "disturbing," and thus better than the remakes. He assesses the qualities of movies, old and recast, according to criteria that include...
by Regina Maria Roche
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
One of the best-selling novels of the 19th century and one of the greatest Gothic novels of all time returns to print in this first-ever scholarly edition
Running through at least eighty editions in the 18th and 19th centuries, Regina Maria Roche's The Children of the Abbey (1796) was one...
by Sophie von La Roche
Language: German
Release Date: September 5, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: September 5, 2016
Sophie von La Roche: Erscheinungen am See Oneida Erstdruck: Leipzig (Heinrich Gräff) 1798. Vollständige Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie der Autorin. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2015. Textgrundlage sind die Ausgaben: Sophie von La Roche: Erscheinungen am See Oneida. Bdchen. 1–3, Band...
Write Your Own Story
Thirty Keys to Becoming Emotionally Fit and Building Successful Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Are you unhappy with yourself? Is your relationship not as satisfying as youd like? Do you repeat the same negative patterns over and over againonly to feel discouraged, stuck, anxious, or depressed? Write Your Own Story can help you take charge of your life and interrupt these negative patterns....
by Charlotte Roche
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
"Sex is the answer to death."-Charlotte RocheIn her controversial first novel, Wetlands, which The New York Times called "a cri de coeur against the oppression of a waxed, shaved, douched and otherwise sanitized women’s world”, Roche wrote about sex and the female body in an unprecedentedly frank...
Quentin Tarantino
Poetics and Politics of Cinematic Metafiction
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Quentin Tarantino's films beg to be considered metafiction: metacommentaries that engage with the history of cultural representations and exalt the aesthetic, ethical, and political potential of creation as re-re-creation and resignification.
Covering all eight of Quentin Tarantino's films...