Society and culture: general Books

Moeurs Et Pratiques Des Démons Ou Des Esprits Visiteurs D'après Les Autorités De L'église, Les Auteurs Paiens, Les Faits Contemporains, Etc, by Roger Gougenot Des Mousseaux, is a fascinating exploration into the customs and...

Discover the long-unavailable works of Madame la Baronne de Staël in this meticulously reproduced edition. Volume 3 of "Œuvres Inédites De Mme. La Baronne De Staël" presents a collection of writings offering insights into the life and thought...

Madrid Por Dentro Y Por Fuera: Guia De Forasteros Incautos, escrito por Eusebio Blasco y publicado originalmente en 1873, ofrece una mirada fascinante a la vida y costumbres de Madrid en el siglo XIX. Más que una simple guía turística, este...

A Cyclopædia of Female Biography, edited by H.G. Adams, offers a comprehensive collection of biographical sketches of notable women throughout history. This extensive reference work provides insights into the lives, achievements, and contributions of...

"Auswanderung und Auswanderungspolitik in Deutschland" by Eugen von Philippovich, originally published in 1892, examines the historical development and contemporary state of emigration from Germany. This detailed report covers the policies and conditions...

Viaje Pintoresco Á Las Dos Américas, Asia Y África, Volume 2 ofrece una fascinante mirada a diversas culturas y paisajes del mundo durante el siglo XIX. Escrito en español, este volumen del renombrado explorador Alcide Dessalines D'...

Histoire Des Sociétés De Tempérance Des États-Unis D'amérique offre un regard approfondi sur le mouvement de tempérance en Amérique au début du 19ème siècle. L'ouvrage explore l'essor...

"A Child of the Slums" by Grace Miller White, based on Martin J. Dixon's play, transports readers to the heart of early 20th-century New York City. This romantic story delves into the lives of those struggling within the city's impoverished neighborhoods...

"The Scotch Haggis" is a delightful collection of anecdotes, jests, epitaphs, and inscriptions that offers a humorous glimpse into Scottish culture and wit. This compilation provides a lighthearted look at Scottish life through its stories and memorial...

La Vida Santiaguina, written by Vicente Grez and published in 1879, offers a fascinating glimpse into the social life and customs of Santiago, Chile, during the late 19th century. Through a series of insightful essays, Grez captures the essence of the...

"La Révolution, Précédé De La Critique De La Révolution" by Edgar Quinet offers a profound analysis of the French Revolution. Written in the 19th century, this historical work delves into the causes, events, and...

This collection, "Lettres Inédites De Madame La Princesse Des Ursins a M. Le Maréchal De Villeroi," offers a rare glimpse into the personal and political life of Madame des Ursins through her private correspondence. Included are her letters...

Découvrez les légendes et les histoires fascinantes de l'Île-de-France avec "L'ile De France Légendaire" par Hervé De Rauville. Ce livre explore le riche folklore et les traditions locales de la région, offrant un...

"Artículos Sueltos" is a collection of essays by Victoriano Agüeros, offering a fascinating glimpse into 19th-century Latin American society and thought. Written in elegant Spanish, these articles cover a range of topics, from historical reflections to...

"Manhood's Morning: A Book to Young Men Between Fourteen and Twenty-Eight Years of Age" by Joseph Alfred Conwell offers timeless guidance for young men navigating the complexities of adolescence and early adulthood. Published in 1903, this book provides...

"The Origin and Evolution of the Idea of the Soul" delves into the historical and philosophical roots of the concept of the soul. This exploration traces the development of spiritual beliefs across various cultures and eras, examining how the...

Geschichte Des Kreises Lingen, Volume 1, written by Ludwig Schriever and published in 1905, presents a detailed historical account of the district of Lingen in Germany. This comprehensive volume delves into the region's past, exploring its social,...

Das Westliche Nordamerika bietet eine detaillierte Betrachtung West-Nordamerikas im frühen 19. Jahrhundert, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die deutschen Einwanderer und ihre Erfahrungen. N. Hesse beleuchtet die landwirtschaftlichen, kommerziellen und...

Cuadros De La Vida Privada De Algunos Granadinos offers a fascinating glimpse into the private lives and customs of the people of Granada, Spain, during the 19th century. Written by María Josefa Acevedo De Gómez, this posthumous work presents a series...

"Dangers of Working Girls, Or, Dealers in White Women" by Grace Miller White is a compelling romantic story rooted in the social anxieties of the early 20th century. The novel delves into the perils faced by young working women, particularly the threat...

In "The Bible, Teetotalism, and Dr. Lees," David Williams presents a robust response to Frederic Richard Lees' arguments concerning teetotalism as taught in the Bible. This work engages deeply with biblical texts and theological interpretations to...

In "Woman's Rights and Duties Considered," a female author (identified only as "By a Woman") offers her perspective on the role of women in 19th-century society. The book delves into the rights and responsibilities of women, exploring their influence...

Eine Sammlung von Essays des österreichischen Schriftstellers Hermann Bahr, die um die Jahrhundertwende entstanden sind. In seinen Essays setzt sich Bahr mit philosophischen, sozialen und kulturellen Fragen seiner Zeit auseinander. Seine Beobachtungen...

In "A Battling Life, Chiefly in the Civil Service," Thomas Baker recounts his experiences and observations during a pivotal era in American history. This autobiography offers a unique perspective on the inner workings of the Civil Service and the...

"A Mexican Ranch; Or, Beauty for Ashes" is a compelling historical novel by Janie Prichard Duggan. Set against the backdrop of a vibrant Mexican landscape, the story follows characters facing challenges and transformations on a ranch. This ‘Prize...

Stranded in Australia at the beginning of the global pandemic, with no job, no home and no way to return to her former life in London, Teresa must embrace uncertainty head on. She borrows a car and drives across Australia to the middle of the desert to...

The ultimate guide to pivot with purpose, reinvent your career, and produce your best life.The career that once inspired you no longer fits your life, and a nagging voice inside tells you there's something more. When your mind, heart, and dreams no...

Imagine diving into a world where you get to work with a variety of companies and dynamic people, gaining insider knowledge you can't find anywhere else. In this witty and entertaining book, Tanja Deisler takes you on an engaging journey through the...

African-American scholars in the United States and Western Europe continue to concentrate on African-American literary studies. The expanding interest in Caribbean publishing, which focuses on the intersection of Afro-Caribbean and African-American...

Examines the challenges and opportunities faced by Dalits in modern India.The past decade has seen a surge in Dalit studies, offering key theoretical insights into the study of marginalized groups. This collection of essays focuses on Dalit struggles for...

Reveals the role of time in reproducing inequalities as students navigate rural-to-urban, cross-border, and transnational higher education.Can a student inherit time? What difference does time make to their educational journeys and outcomes? The Time...

Interrogates contemporary sex panics in the United States, looking especially at popular culture texts to conceptualize queer youth survival strategies.Sex panics saturate contemporary discourse and politics in the United States. While such panics have a...

A collection of the philosopher Stanley Cavell's most important writings on cinema.Stanley Cavell was the first philosopher in the Anglo-American tradition to make film a central concern of his work, and this volume offer a substantially complete...

Utilizes Greek tragedy to investigate the fundamentally arbitrary and violent nature of justice.A purely political understanding of justice does not convey the cosmological origins of the ancient conception of justice, Dikē, in Aeschylus's Oresteia...

Offers novel frameworks and models for understanding college access and choice among communities of Color.This much-needed volume brings together academics, practitioners, students, and community members of Color to thoroughly reframe college access and...

Elucidates the political dynamics that link the Umbrella Movement to the anti-extradition protests and helps explain the key character of the latter movement.Presenting an analytical account of the relational dynamics linking the 2014 Umbrella Movement...

The most comprehensive history of transgender medicine to date, as told by more than forty scholars, physicians, psychologists, and activists from trans, gender-diverse, and allied medical communities.Arriving at a critical moment in the struggle for...

Nineteen Black women in political science share their personal and professional journeys, shedding light on the state of the discipline-and how it needs to change.This volume brings to the fore Black women's experiences of, and contributions to,...

Examines the intersections of gender, religion, and politics among various Indian religious communities, from early British rule to the late twentieth century.In Religion and Women in India, Tanika Sarkar provides an account of gender prescriptions and...

A clear, critical, accessible, and ultimately hopeful discovery voyage through the seas of Du Bois's language and ideas.Offering a vision both hopeful and thoughtful, Reading Du Bois is an Afrocentric reexamination of the work of one of the most...

Dispels the idea that postwar British comedies were apolitical, arguing instead that they presented subversive, iconoclastic, queer experiments in living for a country that was rebuilding and reimagining itself after years of conflict.Eccentric Laughter...

They Come in Pairs by Rokiba ChaiseSome legends stand alone-others are defined by their greatest rivals. They Come in Pairs dives deep into the world of sports and music, exploring the stories of iconic duos whose careers, rivalries, and legacies have...

مجموعه شعر سایه‌های بی‌قرار اثر شاعر توانای معاصر، میر سعید حسینی، اخیراً توسط انتشارات فرم به بازار کتاب عرضه شده است. این مجموعه شامل اشعاری در قالب‌های متنوع از جمله غزل، چارپاره و دوبیتی است که با زبانی لطیف و بیانی عمیق، احساسات انسانی، دل...

Research on moral development has been dominated by the work of Lawrence Kohlberg and James Rest who have sought to construct and validate a universal model of moral development. Compared with other professions, teachers have shown disturbingly low...

The research presented in this document explored the relationship of perceived ethical climate and perceived organizational support on the job-related affective well-being of an organizations constituency through a quantitative research methodology. The...

This open access edited volume addresses the multi-layered relations between migration, transnational flows, and the contested meanings of race in Asia. It tries to answer the following questions: how do migration and transnational flows from the Western...

This book presents the European Common Agricultural Policy by tracing its crucial stages from its conception to the present days. It reconstructs the negotiating processes that have taken place at the political and institutional level over the years. At...

Experience the Hope of Easter TogetherJourney as a family through the most pivotal week in history with The Final Week: A Family Easter Devotional.This 8-day devotional walks you through the events of Holy Week-from the triumphant entry into Jerusalem to...