Julian: 1621 books

This authoritative survey examines how the Victorian middle-classes perceived themselves, through analyses of the literature of the period. Asking how the middle classes distinguished themselves from their forbears, Julian Wolfreys reads in detail major novels by: - Charles Dickens - Elizabeth Gaskell -...

El 26 de enero de 1936 el todopoderoso Iósif Stalin asiste a una representación de Lady Macbeth de Mtsensk de Dmitri Shostakóvich en el Bolshoi de Moscú. Lo hace desde el palco reservado al gobierno y oculto tras una cortinilla. El compositor sabe que está allí y se muestra intranquilo. Dos...

Tony Webster y su pandilla conocieron a Adrian en el instituto. Hambrientos de sexo y literatura, atravesaron juntos la adolescencia y se prometieron seguir siendo amigos para siempre. Pero cuando la vida de Adrian dio un vuelco trágico, todos, especialmente Tony, miraron hacia otro lado, se alejaron....

En una población costera un agente inmobiliario divorciado inicia una relación con una camarera extranjera y acabará descubriendo un secreto doloroso; dos escritoras ya mayores comparten giras de conferencias, una larga amistad, tiranteces, celos, maldades y confidencias; en los albores de la historia...

Ultimo episodio… ma giustizia sarà fatta? Belgravia, romanzo di Julian Fellowes, è una storia in undici episodi pubblicati settimanalmente, secondo la tradizione dickensiana. Belgravia è la storia di un segreto. Un segreto che si dipana dietro gli usci porticati delle più eleganti case londinesi....

Viene rivelata tutta la verità su quel che accadde la sera del ballo dalla duchessa di Richmond. Belgravia, romanzo di Julian Fellowes, è una storia in undici episodi pubblicati settimanalmente, secondo la tradizione dickensiana. Belgravia è la storia di un segreto. Un segreto che si dipana dietro...

La scoperta di alcuni documenti mette a repentaglio il futuro di più di una famiglia. Belgravia, romanzo di Julian Fellowes, è una storia in undici episodi pubblicati settimanalmente, secondo la tradizione dickensiana. Belgravia è la storia di un segreto. Un segreto che si dipana dietro gli usci...

The Dyslexia Debate examines how we use the term 'dyslexia' and questions its efficacy as a diagnosis. While many believe that a diagnosis of dyslexia will shed light on a reader's struggles and help identify the best form of intervention, Julian G. Elliott and Elena L. Grigorenko show that it adds...

In the first book of His ***Blueprint***Series, Pastor Julian offers a practical guide to experiencing the Kingdom lifestyle in a tangible expression. Within us all is the roadmap to success, victorious living, and the spiritual DNA of leaders, king and influencers. Developing Your DNA offers results...

In his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche observes that Greek tragedy gathered people together as a community in the sight of their gods, and argues that modernity can be rescued from 'nihilism' only through the revival of such a festival. This is commonly thought to be a view which did not...

In this book Julian Edge explores the construct of reflexivity in teacher education, differentiating it from, while locating it in, reflective practice. Reflexivity is the key concept underpinning a view of teacher education that binds together the orientations of action research and personal...

In this groundbreaking study, Julian Carter demonstrates that between 1880 and 1940, cultural discourses of whiteness and heterosexuality fused to form a new concept of the “normal” American. Gilded Age elites defined white civilization as the triumphant achievement of exceptional people hewing...

Popularized in the movies Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action, “environmental justice” refers to any local response to a threat against community health. In this book, Julian Agyeman argues that environmental justice and the sustainable communities movement are compatible in practical ways. Yet...

Julian Turner's Desolate Market takes as its tuning fork a line from William Blake's Vela, or the 4 Zoas: ‘Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy.' Fascinated by the interaction of material and mystical forces, Turner sets up a series of test cases in which the power of the...