Daphne: 403 books
Empire's Children
Empire and Imperialism in Classic British Children's Books
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Empire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used the metaphors of empire in their writing for children.
by Daphne Du Maurier
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Wanneer Max de Winter zijn jonge bruid vanuit zonnig Monte Carlo meeneemt naar het sombere Manderley, het huis waar hij met zijn mooie, overleden eerste vrouw Rebecca heeft gewoond, wordt ze geconfronteerd met de dominante huishoudster, Mrs. Danvers. Zij blijkt geenszins van plan de herinnering aan...
ESSENTIALS OF COUNSELLING COMPETENCIES
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
A counsellor’s self-awareness and understanding of what counselling is (and what it is not) are foundational for a beginning counsellor’s learning journey. Just as important is the ability to connect with a client from the first contact to closure, as well as to understand and utilise eff ective...
Indigenous Homelessness
Perspectives from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related...
by Daphne & Cloe
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Bonsai is the art of creating miniature trees, cultivating them for years in a small vase.
With this particular technique directs the plant during the growth process, to assume the shapes and dimensions required, while respecting balance completely vegetative and functional.
There is talk of bonsai...
Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs
The Economic and Social Impact of a Global Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
A third of the world's entrepreneurial activity is driven by women. With the mass movement of people now commonplace, the role of female entrepreneurs in immigrant communities has become an increasingly important component of the world economy, its productivity, and the struggle against poverty. Throwing...
Governance in Immigrant Family Businesses
Enterprise, Ethnicity and Family Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Family businesses constitute some of the most unique, complex, and dynamic systems in modern society. The blending of the performance-based world of business and the emotion-based domain of the family creates a system potentially fraught with confusion and conflict. The significant rise in immigrant...
by Paul Green, Padmaprabha Dalby, Harriet Mowat
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Positive shifts in attitudes mean that emphasis is now being placed on the person with dementia and their personal relationships, rather than the illness. There is also growing recognition of the significance of a person's spiritual life in forming an essential basis for their sense of identity, and...
Take Me Deeper Still
40 Days to a Closer Walk with God
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Take Me Deeper Still is much more than a Bible Study; it’s a journey; a forty day journey connecting you with God on every level as you spend time communing with Him in praise and Worship, communicating with Him in prayer, and getting to KNOW Him through His Word.
Grief Diaries
Will We Survive
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries book series, Will We Survive offers a unique glimpse into the impact on marriage and relationships following child loss. Fifteen bereaved parents share the struggles they faced in the aftermath including blame, coping differences, intimacy, and more.
Nine Girls, No Boys
Stories Of Life In Rural Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Nine Girls, No Boys is a collection of true stories of a family in rural Virginia—Daddy, Mama and nine children. All girls. No boys. For young Black parents trying to rear a large family in the 40s, 50s and 60s, there were tough times with years of struggle. Stories are funny, sad, depressing as...
The Magical World of Madame Métier
A Spiritual Fairy Tale
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
“[A] luminous fairy tale for grown-ups. Read it and experience the magical powers of love in its many manifestations” (M.J. Ryan, author of Attitudes of Gratitude).
Facing destitution after the untimely death of her husband, Madame Métier revisits a long-forgotten talent—the creation...
Chinese Migrants and Africa's Development
New Imperialists or Agents of Change?
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
China's recent stepping up of relations with Africa is one of the most significant developments on the African continent for decades. For some it promises an end to Africa's dependent aid relationships, as the Chinese bring expertise, technology and a stronger business focus. But for others it is...
by Daphne Clair
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Marco Salzano is furious! One moment of passion in the sultry heat of carnaval has had its price. Burning with suspicion and anger, the arrogant Venezuelan is going to track down his errant one-night stand and claim his love child!
But he's accusing the wrong woman. Pretending to be her sister,...