Craik: 56 books

First published in 1975, this book places Elizabeth Gaskell amongst the major novelists of the nineteenth-century. It considers how she has sometimes been overlooked, or admired for very few of her works, or for reasons that are not in fact central to her art. W. A. Craik looks at Gaskell’s full-length...

This wide-ranging yet detailed study describes and assesses the many-faceted cultural achievement of an area remote from Athens, the Dorian islands. Elizabeth Craik’s scholarship sets this lively outlying region of the ancient Greek world – which included Rhodes, Kos, Karpathos, Melos, and Thera...

The Little Lame Prince by the English novelist and poet, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.This book is a story for children and first published in 1875.In the story, the young Prince Dolor, whose legs are paralysed due to a childhood trauma, is exiled to a tower in a wasteland. As he grows older, a fairy...

Ms Craik has used Purbeck as her inspiration for one of the settings for this book with Wareham being know as Kingcoombe and the well known clay Merchant William Joseph Pike as Marmaduke Dugdale. In real life the Dugdales lived opposite the Pikes and one of the Pike family was Marmaduke Christian Pike. An interesting, delightful tale. Lovers of involved romance tales will love this work.

“The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak” (often published under its shorter title The Little Lame Prince) is a story for children written by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik and first published in 1875.[1] In the story, the young Prince Dolor, whose legs are paralysed due to a childhood trauma,...

According to Wikipedia: "Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. After the death of her mother in 1845, Dinah...

Bow-Wow And Mew-Mew by Georgiana M. Craik.

This book argues that a network interpretation of reputation advances our understanding of an essential and inescapable feature of social life and integrates many of its' varied facets. Reputation is a dispersed phenomenon that is to be found in the beliefs and assertions of an extensive number of...

The Hippocratic Corpus comprises some sixty medical works of varying length, style and content. Collectively, this is the largest surviving body of early Greek prose. As such, it is an invaluable resource for scholars and students not only of ancient medicine but also of Greek life in general. Hippocrates...

Agatha's Husband by Dinah Maria Craik (AKA: Dinah Maria Mulock).

L’Autrice di questo ampio studio si è dedicata alle uniformi che appartengono ai più svariati ambiti sociali, per arrivare a smentire l’idea consolidata di un apparente neutralità della divisa. Se si è a lungo ritenuto che la moda fosse un meccanismo di conferma delle norme sociali prestabilite,...

JOHN HAMPDEN From a miniature by Samuel Cooper, in the possession of Earl Spencer

Helping children, disabled people, the unemployed, the elderly or homeless people can be inspiring work. However you can only help other people effectively if you understand your role clearly and know how to navigate the organisation in which you work. Professional Practice in Human Service Organisations...

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...