The result is moving, intriguing, funny and at times heart-breaking Cataloging source StDuBDS Garfield, Simon Dewey number 941.08540922 Illustrations illustrations Index index present LC call number DA589. Simon Garfield has woven a tapestry of diary entries, focusing mainly on six characters, in the period from 1945 to 1950. The Error World and the Mass Observation trilogy Our Hidden Lives. The idea was that ordinary people would record, in diary form, what happened in their everyday lives. Simon Garfield brings them to life in one last glorious bout of jealousy, myth. Language eng Summary In 1936 the Mass Observation Project was set up. Great Britain - Social life and customs - 1945. Label Our hidden lives : the remarkable diaries of post-war Britain Title Our hidden lives Title remainder the remarkable diaries of post-war Britain Statement of responsibility Simon Garfield Creator
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The private lives of both Marys were nothing less than the stuff of great Romantic drama, providing fabulous material for Charlotte Gordon, an accomplished historian and a gifted storyteller. Each in her own time fought against the injustices women faced and wrote books that changed literary history. Both women had passionate relationships with several men, bore children out of wedlock, and chose to live in exile outside their native country. Wollstonecraft’s daughter Mary was to follow a similarly audacious path. In 1797, less than two weeks after giving birth to her second daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft died, and a remarkable life spent pushing against the boundaries of society’s expectations for women came to an end. In Romantic Outlaws, Charlotte Gordon reunites the trailblazing author who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and the Romantic visionary who gave the world Frankenstein-two courageous women who should have shared their lives, but instead shared a powerful literary and feminist legacy. Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley have each been the subject of numerous biographies, yet no one has ever examined their lives in one book-until now. This groundbreaking dual biography brings to life a pioneering English feminist and the daughter she never knew. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SEATTLE TIMES.NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER While at first she considers it to be bad luck, Prudence discovers that the blow to her head appears to have given her special powers that allow her to dole out bad karma instantly to anybody she meets. 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Joshua Henkin has lived in New York for most of his life, but he spent four formative years in his mid-20s in Berkeley and San Francisco. Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."Īgatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "A Murder is Announced." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The novel was promoted on both sides of the Atlantic as Agatha Christie's 50th book and published in 1950 by William Collins. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple who is staying nearby, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’ Is this a childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd gathers at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out… "A Murder is Announced" is a staple of crime fiction and often considered as the best Miss Marple novel. Rationality catalysed the scapegoating of women during the witch craze of For Merchant, the conflict between theĬarnal, ‘disordered sexuality’ of the female and the cerebral male ‘wild’, ‘fecund’ and ‘disordered’ in comparison to the increasingly neat She contends that nature came to be viewed as She argues for twin historical constructions of woman as natureĪnd man as culture. With a critique of the development of the dual systems of patriarchy andĬapitalism. That matriarchal ‘partnership’ models of society preceded and laterĬompeted with, patriarchal ‘dominator’ forms of social organization, and Riane Eisler’s The Chalice and the Blade (1987). One sees this version of history most clearly in This version of events is often bolstered by (contentious)Īrchaeological evidence. Of history – her-story – which tends to hark back to a hypothesized prepatriarchal utopia of peace, egalitarianism, Goddess worship and Sidebars throughout the book will take readers fast forward” from 1997 to today as Robert assesses how the principles taught by his rich dad have stood the test of time. In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this classic, Robert offers an update on what we’ve seen over the past 20 years related to money, investing, and the global economy. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you. Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. translated into dozens of languages and sold around the world. It has since become the #1 Personal Finance book of all time. It's been nearly 25 years since Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad first made waves in the Personal Finance arena. Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2023.Hong Kong Golden Dragon Books 2022-2023. He believes that these four modalities act as a sanction to limit what users can do online which in turn helps to regulate the digital environment. According to Lessig, users of the internet are influenced by four modalities: “the law, social norms, the market and architecture”. Lessig’s four modalities is one approach to the regulation of cyberspace. Lawrence Lessig’s Modalities for Regulating Cyberspace |