Baroness Emmuska Orczy 
Petticoat Government [EPUB ebook] 

The texts reproduced in facsimile in the three volumes of ”Legal Treatises” reconstruct the legal status of the early modern Englishwoman. To facilitate a reading of the treatises by broadly defini …

First Published in 1966. This volume is selected collection of what can be constituted as ‘Victorian Temper’ with parallel motifs in Victorian painting and in the plastic arts, The author draws most …

This volume will be a critical anthology of primary texts whose main audience was children and/or adolescents in the medieval period. Texts will include theoretical and interpretative introductions a …

Sita is one of the defining figures of Indian womanhood, yet there is no single version of her story. Different accounts coexist in myth, literature and folktale. Canonical texts deify Sita while reg …

First published in 2005. An excellent introduction to Old English, this book begins with an elementary grammar, ably preparing students for the thirty-four texts that follow. Among the carefully sele …

Aliens have landed in New York. After several months of no explanations, they finally reveal the reason for their arrival. The news is not good. Geneticist Marianne Jenner is having a career breakthr …

“In this collection commissioned by Amy Scholder, nine original essays explore the specific and personal impact of cultural icons.” —Publishers Weekly   Whose poster hung on your wall as a teena …

Classical Mythology in English Literature brings together a range of English versions of three classical myths. It allows students to explore the ways in which they have been reinterpreted and reinve …

A festive special, complete with Beauchamps Major and Minor. It”s nearly Christmas in Belchester and the carol singers are out in full swing. So too are the thieves! A spate of burglaries is underwa …

Published in the year 2001, In Hawaii is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Science. …