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Medieval Women
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Throughout her career as a medieval historian, Eileen Power was engaged on a book about women in the Middle Ages, but did not live to write the book. The material she researched and collected, compiled and edited here by M.M. Postan, reveals the fascinating worlds in which noble ladies, peasants, townswomen, and nuns lived, were educated, worked, and worshipped during the Middle Ages. 43 photos. |
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The Catbird's Song: Prose Pieces, 1963-1995
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The Catbird's Song is a selection of prose pieces on a variety of topics by one of the most distinguished poets and translators of our time, Richard Wilbur, a former Poet Laureate of the United States. His many other honors include the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Bollingen Translation Prize. |
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Arabic Short Stories
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An alleyway of Tangier as seen through the eyes of a prostitute, the price paid by a sophisticated Cairene philanderer for his infatuation with a young bedouin girl, the callous treatment a young wife receives from the man to whom she has been married. These are some of the themes of the twenty-four stories in this volume, each by a different author and rendered into English by one of the finest t... more...
An alleyway of Tangier as seen through the eyes of a prostitute, the price paid by a sophisticated Cairene philanderer for his infatuation with a young bedouin girl, the callous treatment a young wife receives from the man to whom she has been married. These are some of the themes of the twenty-four stories in this volume, each by a different author and rendered into English by one of the finest translators of Arabic fiction. Among the authors represented are Edward El-Kharrat, Bahaa Taher, Alif less...
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Putting Research to Work in Your School
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Formerly a SkyLight Publication Putting Research to Work in Your School-the only book of its kind-presents the results of professional research in an accessible, readable format. Internationally renowned researchers offer real-life practices that work in today's schools. You'll be inspired to try these well-researched teaching strategies. You'll be encouraged to ask tough questions: How appropriat... more...
Formerly a SkyLight Publication Putting Research to Work in Your School-the only book of its kind-presents the results of professional research in an accessible, readable format. Internationally renowned researchers offer real-life practices that work in today's schools. You'll be inspired to try these well-researched teaching strategies. You'll be encouraged to ask tough questions: How appropriate are my assignments? How can I better manage my classroom and my class time? How does my assessment less...
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Hitchcock's Films Revisited
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When Hitchcock's Films was first published, it quickly became known as a new kind of book on film and as a necessary text in the growing body of Hitchcock criticism. This revised edition of Hitchcock's Films Revisited includes a substantial new preface in which Wood reveals his personal history as a critic -- including his coming out as a gay man, his views on his previous critical work, and how h... more...
When Hitchcock's Films was first published, it quickly became known as a new kind of book on film and as a necessary text in the growing body of Hitchcock criticism. This revised edition of Hitchcock's Films Revisited includes a substantial new preface in which Wood reveals his personal history as a critic -- including his coming out as a gay man, his views on his previous critical work, and how his writings, his love of film, and his personal life and have remained deeply intertwined through th less...
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