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In Somebody Telling Somebody Else, James Phelan proposes a paradigm shift for narrative theory, a turn from viewing narrative as a structure to viewing it as a rhetorical action in which a teller selectively deploys the resources of storytelling i...

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In Somebody Telling Somebody Else, James Phelan proposes a paradigm shift for narrative theory, a turn from viewing narrative as a structure to viewing it as a rhetorical action in which a teller selectively deploys the resources of storytell...

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Learning a language involves so much more than just rote memorization of rules. Basics of Language for Language Learners, 2nd edition, by Peter W. Culicover and Elizabeth V. Hume, systematically explores all the aspects of language central to...

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"Because it represents the first scholarly effort to establish texts as close as possible to the intentions of the author, this Centenary Edition makes obsolete all previous editions, notorious for their textual corruption. An eminent staff . . . ...

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"Because it represents the first scholarly effort to establish texts as close as possible to the intentions of the author, this Centenary Edition makes obsolete all previous editions, notorious for their textual corruption. An eminent staff ....

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"Because it represents the first scholarly effort to establish texts as close as possible to the intentions of the author, this Centenary Edition makes obsolete all previous editions, notorious for their textual corruption. An eminent staff ....

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The American Notebooks contains selections from Hawthorne's journals from 1835 to 1853, shortly before his departure for England, as well as some extracts from his letters within the same period. This title also contains many initial ideas which w...

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Although the novels by William Golding have often attained a remarkable popular success and been generally esteemed by critics, Mr. Babb's book is the first to examine the forms and meanings in all of Golding's fiction up through The Pyramid. In M...

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"Because it represents the first scholarly effort to establish texts as close as possible to the intentions of the author, this Centenary Edition makes obsolete all previous editions, notorious for their textual corruption. An eminent staff ....

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Completing the documentation of Hawthorne's official career as United States Consul at Liverpool begun in Volume XIX of the series, this work reconstructs the variety of issues Hawthorne became involved in, ranging from the commercial effects of t...

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An overview of how unjust the judiciary is to battered women who kill their tormentors. This book gives case histories of domestic violence, the history of self-defense law, the socialization of women into victims and the particular dynamics of ba...

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This work offers a thorough treatment of the Romanian language and culture for English-speaking students. It emphasises communication, dealing with grammar and vocabulary in such a way as to reinforce the four major language skills - listening, sp...

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Combining practical insight with developmental theory, this work offers advice about parenting college-age children. The authors focus on the psychological development of the college-age child, offering strategies for dealing with troublesome and ...

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This text tells the story of Chestnut Hill, an area that has undergone considerable change over the years. It describes the area's development from a self-sufficient village, to an affluent former railroad suburb, providing an example of the subur...

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This text explores the interconnected processes of remembering, storytelling and self-fashioning. It examines the life histories of three women, all Holocaust survivors. What emerges is an experimental montage in which inteviewee, interviewer and ...

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This new biography offers a straightforward, balanced approach to the man who reigned over Yugoslavia for thirty-five years. Stripping away the myths about Tito and his life, Stevan Pavlowitch places him within a larger historical perspective as a...

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This text provides an overview of early American financial institutions and an interpretation of the socio-political context surrounding their development. It also establishes the role of 18th-century financial markets and institutions in laying t...

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This volume on the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne includes early poems, juvenile prose, biographical sketches, the lost notebook, reviews, preface to edited volumes, The Life of Franklin Pierce, later sketches and poems, several recently recovered l...

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In this comprehensive study interrelating religious thought, history, and the topical literature of the Victorian period, Royal W. Rhodes examines more than 130 religious (and some nonreligious) novels by major and minor writers set in early Chris...

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This work argues that the purpose of cities and neighbourhoods is to foster economic, social and intellectual exchange, the process that underlies the creation of value. It seeks to show that the detailed geography of cities can either hinder or e...

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Recent years have seen a heightened awareness of the plight of victims of crime and their neglect by the traditional criminal justice system. Many jurisdictions have adopted a "Bill of Rights" for the victim; public funds have been estab...

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This commentary on the common law, especially the law of promissory obligation known as contracts, examines the birth, development, death, and even resurrection of a body of American law.

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This text documents the real-life attempt to put into practice school improvement theories of the past decade. It observes the progress of the Model School Project in a middle-class suburb of Ohio, and identifies forces that stand in the way of be...

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Student Workbook for Discover Romanian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture  by Rodica Botoman

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This revisionary look at Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre offers a rigorous new reading and an interrogation of the reading process. Examining both literary historical contexts and contexts produced within the structure of the narrative ...

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In this vigorous response to recent trends in theory and criticism, David H. Richter asks how we can again learn to practice literary history. Despite the watchword "always historicize," comparatively few monographs attempt genuine histo...

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Margaret Charles Smith, a 90-year-old Alabama midwife, relates the experiences, traditions and complexities that surround midwifery. She describes how despite enduring inadequate schooling, sexual abuse, and racial discrimination, she became a fig...

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Combining historical data on the regulation of midwifery in Europe and the US with a field study of the regulation of midwifery in Texas, Arizona and California, this work examines the effects of legislation - demonstrating both beneficial and det...

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