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Love Speaks Its Name: Gay And Lesbian Love Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
by J. D. McClatchyFrom Sappho to Shakespeare to Cole Porter-a marvelous and wide-ranging collection of classic gay and lesbian love poetry. The poets represented here include Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, Gertrude Stein, Federico Garcìa Lorca, Djuna Barnes, Constantine Cavafy, Elizabeth Bishop, W. H. Auden, and James Merrill. Their poems of love are among the most perceptive, the most passionate, the wittiest, and the most moving we have. From Michelangelo's "Love Misinterpreted" to Noël Coward's "Mad About the Boy," from May Swenson's "Symmetrical Companion" to Muriel Rukeyser's "Looking at Each Other," these poems take on both desire and its higher power: love in all its tender or taunting variety.
Lords And Peasants In A Changing Society: The Estates Of The Bishopric Of Worcester, 680-1540 (Past And Present Publications)
by Christopher Dyer
The Liberal Ideal And The Demons Of Empire: Theories Of Imperialism From Adam Smith To Lenin
by Bernard SemmelAs Great Britain and other Western nations built empires - both formal and informal - writers on economic and social questions developed theories to explain why and how advanced industrial states exercised control over colonial regions. Different schools of thought emerged: some anticipated the growth of a cosmopolitan economic order, others believed in a brutal imperialism necessary for an expanding capitalism, still others saw evil pre-capitalist forces at work. In this book, Semmel traces the evolution of the ideas about imperialism and discusses four major schools of thought: the classical economists; the social theorists; the national economists; and the Marxists.;From Adam Smith to Lenin, the subject of colonialism - and then imperialism - has remained controversial. Although classical economists offered visions of a prosperous world economy based on free trade, and liberal idealists argued that rational self-interest would eliminate aggressive mercantilism and wars of conquest, such "utopian" ideals proved elusive. Even defenders of capitalism noted contradictions between the harsh realities of the emerging industrial system and the optimistic economic theories that attempted to describe it. In the end, the critics - including liberal sociologists, national economists and Marxists - would win the day by defining imperialism in terms of historic demons: feudal aristocrats, medieval usurers and evil empires. These ideas, Semmel concludes, became props of the liberal, socialist and fascist ideologies of our time.
Les Africains et la Grande Guerre: (PDF)
by Marc MichelPendant la Grande Guerre, 200 000 " Sénégalais " d'AOF ont servi la France, plus de 135 000 sont venus combattre en Europe, 30 000 d'entre eux, soit un sur cinq, n'ont jamais revu les leurs... Dans le malheur de la guerre, ces sacrifiés ne le furent ni plus ni moins que leurs frères d'armes, les fantassins de la métropole. Néanmoins, leur sacrifice constitue encore aujourd'hui un élément très sensible des relations entre la France et l'Afrique. La " cristallisation " des pensions, autrement dit le gel de la dette contractée par la métropole, reste au cœur du contentieux. C'est l'histoire de cet engagement des Africains au service de la France que retrace d'abord ce livre. La participation des Africains à la Grande Guerre ne se borne pas à cet impôt du sang. Profondément secouée par une série de catastrophes, sécheresse, épidémies, disette et famine, l'Afrique occidentale française est d'abord confrontée à une crise brutale provoquée par l'entrée en guerre ; puis elle est soumise à un effort de production sans précédent en direction de la métropole. La sortie du conflit ne s'effectue pourtant pas dans le désastre et les révoltes généralisées ; Blaise Diagne, seul Noir " médiatique " à l'époque, réussit même à mener à bien un tout dernier recrutement, au-delà de toute espérance. Mais, comme le montre ce livre, une AOF nouvelle émerge où s'enracinent des germes de protestations modernes. Enfin, la Grande Guerre a modifié de façon plutôt positive les regards réciproques entre Africains et Français ; mais elle a aussi ouvert la voie à un infâme réquisitoire de " la Honte Noire " (" die schwarze Schande "), récupéré dans l'arsenal du racisme hitlérien. C'est aussi la genèse d'un imaginaire empoisonné que veut éclairer ce livre.
Just Mercy: A Story Of Justice And Redemption
by Bryan StevensonThe US has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. One in every 15 people born there today is expected to go to prison. For black men this figure rises to one in 3. And Death Row is disproportionately black, too. Bryan Stevenson grew up poor in the racially segregated South. His innate sense of justice made him a brilliant young lawyer, and one of his first defendants was Walter McMillian, a black man sentenced to die for the murder of a white woman - a crime he insisted he didn't commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, startling racial inequality, and legal brinkmanship - and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever. At once an unforgettable account of an idealistic lawyer's coming of age and a moving portrait of the lives of those he has defended, Just Mercy is an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of justice.
John Calvin's Perspectival Anthroplogy (American Academy Of Religion Academy Ser.)
by Mary Potter Engel
J. K. Rowling (New Casebooks Ser.)
by Cynthia Hallett Peggy HueyJ. K. Rowling's popular series of books about the boy wizard Harry Potter has captivated readers of all ages around the world. Selling more than 400 million copies, and adapted into highly successful feature films, the stories have attracted both critical acclaim and controversy. In this collection of brand new essays, an international team of contributors examines the complete Harry Potter series from a variety of critical angles and approaches. There are discussions on topics ranging from fairytale, race and gender, through to food, medicine, queer theory and the occult. The volume also includes coverage of the films and the afterlife of the series with the opening of Rowling's 'Pottermore' website. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in the Harry Potter phenomenon, this exciting resource provides thoughtful new ways of exploring the issues and concepts found within Rowling's world.
Isis Lactans: Corpus Des Monuments Gréco-romains D'isis Allaitant Harpocrate (Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'empire Romain Ser. #37)
by V. Tran tam Tinh
International Law (Longman Law Series)
by Richard K. GardinerInternational law is now of potential concern to all lawyers. Even subjects which seem purely of national or domestic concern can be affected by public international law, such as where new law is derived from treaties or where issues have international aspects. Students and lawyers therefore need to study international law as much for its practical effects and consequences within national legal systems as for its more widely-known role in relations between states and its geo-political significance. This book concentrates on the concepts and core areas of public international law, as well as the skills which students and lawyers need to acquire in order to study and work with international law, whether generally or in specialist areas.
Influences Upon Calvin And Discussion Of The 1559 Institutes (Articles On Calvin And Calvinism Ser. (PDF) #Vol. 4)
by Richard GambleInfluences Upon Calvin and Discussion of the 1559 Institutes - Articles on Calvin and Calvinism
How the West Indian Child is made Educationally Subnormal in the British School System: The scandal of the Black Child in Schools in Britain
by Bernard Coard"In the book, Coard examines educational inequality and institutional racism in the British educational system through the lens of the country's "educationally subnormal" (ESN) schools—previously called "schools for the mentally subnormal"—which disproportionately and wrongly enrolled Black children, especially those from the British Afro-Caribbean community." -Wikipedia
The History Of The University Of Oxford (PDF): Volume III: the Collegiate University
by James McConica T. H. Aston
Historical Narratives And Christian Identity On A European Periphery: Early History Writing In Northern, East-central, And Eastern Europe (c. 1070-1200) (Medieval Texts And Cultures Of Northern Europe Ser. #26)
by Ildar GaripzanovHijas del horror : Rocío Silva Santisteban y Regina José Galindo : mujer, testimonio y violencia en la poesía y la performance
by Bethsabé Huamán Andía
Hideous Progeny: Disability, Eugenics, And Classic Horror Cinema (PDF) (Film And Culture Ser.)
by Angela SmithIntroduction: disability, eugenics, and classic horror cinema -- Eugenic reproduction: chimeras in Dracula and Frankenstein -- Enfreaking the classic horror genre: freaks -- Revelations and convulsions: spectacles of impairment in classic horror film -- Mad medicine: disability in the mad-doctor films -- Shock horror and death rays: disabling spectatorship -- Conclusion.
Heritage Of Our Times (PDF)
by Ernst. BlochHeritage of Our Times is a brilliant examination of modern culture and its legacy by one of the most important and deeply influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Bloch argues that the key elements of a genuine cultural tradition are not just to be found in the conveniently closed and neatly labelled ages of the past, but also in the open and experimental cultural process of our time. One of the most compelling aspects of this work is a contemporary analysis of the rise of Nazism. It probes its bogus roots in German history and mythology at the very moment when the ideologies of Blood and Soil and the Blond Beast were actually taking hold of the German people. The breadth and depth of Bloch′s vision, together with the rich diversity of his interest, ensure this work a place as one of the key books of the twentieth century.
Handbook of Child Psychology (PDF): Volume 1: Theoretical Models of Human Development
by William Damon Richard M. LernerPart of the authoritative four-volume reference that spans the entire field of child development and has set the standard against which all other scholarly references are compared. Updated and revised to reflect the new developments in the field, the "Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition" contains new chapters on such topics as spirituality, social understanding, and non-verbal communication. "Volume 1: Theoretical Models of Human Development," edited by Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University, explores a variety of theoretical approaches, including life-span/life-course theories, socio-culture theories, structural theories, object-relations theories, and diversity and development theories. New chapters cover phenomenology and ecological systems theory, positive youth development, and religious and spiritual development.
Gifts Differing: Understanding personality type
by Isabel Briggs-Myers Peter MyersLike a thumbprint, personality type provides an instant snapshot of a person's uniqueness. Drawing on concepts originated by Carl Jung, this book distinguishes four categories of personality styles and shows how these qualities determine the way you perceive the world and come to conclusions about what you've seen. It then explains what they mean for your success in school, at a job, in a career and in your personal relationships. For more than 60 years, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tool has been the most widely used instrument in the world for determining personality type, and for more than 25 years, Gifts Differing has been the preeminent source for understanding it.
Gendering The Middle East: Emerging Perspectives (PDF) (Gender, Culture, And Politics In The Middle East Ser.)
by Deniz KandivotiThis book is a pioneering attempt to evaluate the extent to which gender analysis has succeeded in both informing and challenging established views of culture, society and literary production in the Middle East.
From Newman to Congar: The idea of doctrinal development from the Victorians to the Second Vatican Council
by Aidan NicholsA new treatise on the idea and development of doctrine