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 Critical Companion to Herman Melville: A Literary Reference to His Life And Work By Carl E. Rollyson, Lisa Olson Paddock, April Gentry 2006 | 401 Pages | ISBN: 081606461X | PDF | 5 MB An excellent resource for scholars of Melville and for undergraduates and graduate students - ''Choice''. ''Critical Companion to Herman Melville'' examines the life and work of a writer who spent much of his career in obscurity. Herman Melville has since become known as one of America's greatest novelists, short story writers, and poets. The author of ''Moby-Dick'', ''Billy Budd'', ''Typee'', ''White-Jacket'', ''Bartleby the Scrivener,'' and many other classic works, Melville was rediscovered in the 1920s by a new generation of writers who saw in his writing an evolving sense of modernism. His work is now an integral part of the high school and college curriculum, and writers as diverse as Jack London, William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, and Cormac McCarthy have paid homage to Melville's poetry and prose. Entries in this comprehensive volume examine the characters and settings of Melville's novels and short stories, the critics and scholars who commented on his work, and his friends and associates, including such prominent literary figures as Oliver Wendell Holmes and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book also contains all the text of the previously published ''Herman Melville A to Z'', organized in a more user-friendly fashion. New to this edition are critical commentary essays on all Melville's major stories, poems, and novels; an expanded biography of Melville; new illustrations; and new appendixes, including contemporary reviews of Melville's work, bibliographies, a chronology, a genealogy, and more. Its coverage includes: a biography of Melville; synopses and critical assessments of Melville's major and minor works; details about family, friends, and associates; analyses of the culture, times, and places in which Melville lived and wrote; and, descriptions of whaling, South Seas travel, and other experiences that shaped Melville's work.
 Critical Companion to Charles Dickens: A Literary Reference to His Life And Work By Paul B. Davis 2006 | 688 Pages | ISBN: 0816064075 | PDF | 4 MB A master of extreme situations, Charles Dickens populated his novels with unforgettable characters and elaborate settings. ''Critical Companion to Charles Dickens'' is an essential reference to everything one needs to know about Dickens and his work. This revised, reorganized, and fully updated revision of ''Charles Dickens A to Z'' contains extensive updates, including expanded commentary on the novels and on the major characters, as well as updates to reflect the latest in Dickens scholarship. This comprehensive, single-volume reference contains entries on this writer's works, including the characters in each work, crucial historical and thematic information, and critical discussion. It also includes entries on related people, places, themes, topics, and influences. Additional features include 50 illustrations, a chronology, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and much more. Coverage includes: a detailed discussion of Dickens' life; synopses and critical examinations of Dickens's published works, major and minor, with extensive analyses of his major novels, including ''David Copperfield'', ''Bleak House'', ''Oliver Twist'', ''A Christmas Carol'', and more; entries on the characters in his fiction, with major characters receiving extensive commentary; profiles of friends, family, and contemporaries, as well as the places important to Dickens' life and fiction; and discussions of themes and important, broader topics.
 Critical Companion To Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Literary Reference To His Life And Work By Sarah Bird Wright 2006 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 0816055831 | PDF | 4 MB The Scarlet Letter, ''The House of the Seven Gables'', ''Young Goodman Brown,'' and ''Rappaccini's Daughter'' are staples of high school English classes across the country. Nathaniel Hawthorne's works and characters have left a lasting impression on writers, scholars, and readers around the world. ''Critical Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne'' offers critical entries on Hawthorne's novels, short stories, travel writing, criticism, and other works, as well as portraits of characters, including Hester Prynne and Roger Chillingworth. This comprehensive reference also provides entries on Hawthorne's family, friends - ranging from Herman Melville to President Franklin Pierce - publishers, and critics, as well as periodicals that published his work and important places and events in his life. Covering everything of importance in Nathaniel Hawthorne's life and work, this invaluable guide offers a complete view of this revered author. Coverage includes: a biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne; entries on his works, both major and minor, including critical surveys and coverage of major characters; entries on family, friends, places, critics, and more; and appendixes, including full texts of important contemporary reviews (including Edgar Allan Poe's famous review of ''Twice-Told Tales''), a bibliography, a chronology of Hawthorne's life, and more.  Creating a Culture of Innovation: Design an Optimal Environment to Create and Execute New Ideas by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino English | 2020 | ISBN: 1484262905 | 113 Pages | PDF EPUB | 4 MB
 Mark C. Stevens, "Cooking with Spices: 100 Recipes for Blends, Marinades, and Sauces from Around the World" English | ISBN: 162315975X | 2017 | 284 pages | AZW3 | 8 MB Spice recipes that bring a world of flavor to your table.
 Conversational Romanian Quick and Easy: The Most Innovative Technique to Learn the Romanian Language by Yatir Nitzany English | June 8th, 2020 | ISBN: 9780463732878 | 47 pages | EPUB | 0.39 MB Have you always wanted to learn how to speak Romanian but simply didn't have the time?
 Contentious Politics and the Welfare State: Squatting in Sweden (Cities and Society) by Dominika V. Polanska 2019 | ISBN: 1138091715, 0367660318 | English | 212 pages | PDF | 6 MB This book outlines the history of squatting in Sweden and analyzes the conditions under which squatting has intensified and declined in the country between 1968 and 2017. With close attention to the relationship between civil society and the state in the Swedish context, and the manner in which this relationship, together with attendant political, media and movement-based discourses, shapes the possibilities that exist for collective action, the author draws on two key concepts - those of the narrative of consensus and discourse - to present an analysis of squatting as a form of contentious politics and the "successful" story of civil society development as decisive for its emergence and development in the country. A study of the way in which confrontational actors question both the property relations inherent in capitalism and the authority of the welfare state and its institutions, Contentious Politics and the Welfare State will appeal to social scientists with interests in urban studies, political sociology, squatting, social movements and the relationship between the welfare state and contentious social actors.  Contemporary Theatres in Europe: A Critical Companion By Joe Kelleher, Nicholas Ridout 2006 | 233 Pages | ISBN: 0415329396 | PDF | 2 MB Europe at the turn of the twenty-first century is a place where the practice of theatre still matters. Theatre remains a place and a practice in which pressing questions of political and personal identity, desire, imagination and dissent can be explored. Contemporary Theatres in Europe: A Critical Companion offers a series of essays about some of the most interesting theatre currently being made in Europe. It also presents a range of different approaches to the challenge of writing about the experience of theatre and performance. The book includes essays on some of the most celebrated European theatre companies of the last twenty years (Theatre du Soleil, Societas Raffaello Sanzio), as well as considerations of work that is still only to be found in the more secluded parts of the European theatrical landscape. It also includes essays on music theatre, dance and dance theatre and theatre for children: theatrical practices which are often marginalized in critical writing but which are clearly still central to the work of theatre makers in Europe. This book offers the student, the scholar and the theatre-goer an informed and vivid critical introduction to contemporary theatre in Europe and an open invitation to the reader to extend their theatrical imaginations. A collection of specially commissioned essays which aim to look at current theatre practices across Europe, through specific examples and case studies by specialist writers/academics. The idea is to reconsider ''the possibilities of theatre practice, its relation to history and location and its place in Europe at the turn of the 21st century.'' This is very much connected to crucial questions about the meaning of live performance (in our media-saturated age) which animate this discipline at the moment.
 Consulting Success: The Proven Guide to Start, Run and Grow a Successful Consulting Business by Michael Zipursky English | ISBN: 1775041115 | 305 pages | EPUB | 2018 | 0.74 Mb How can you take your skills and expertise and package and present it to become a successful consultant? There are proven time-tested principles, strategies, tactics and best-practices the most successful consultants use to start, run and grow their consulting business. Consulting Success teaches you what they are. In this book you'll learn:  Constructing a Future Development Model for China's Basic Education by Dina Pei English | EPUB | 2020 | 367 Pages | ISBN : 9811573328 | 12.6 MB Focusing on the future development of basic education in China, and on overcoming related issues, this book identifies key breakthroughs, priorities and important fields of basic education reform. In addition, it introduces the "Three Power Model" - decision-making, principals' leadership, and learning power - to help address the challenges of future development. |
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