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  • A History of New Zealand Women

    by Barbara Brookes ...
    What would a history of New Zealand look like that rejected Thomas Carlyle’s definition of history as ‘the biography of great men’, and focused instead on the experiences of women? One that shifted the angle of vision and examined the stages of this country’s development from the points of view of wives, daughters, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and aunts? That considered their lives as distinct ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Peppermints in the Parlor

    by Barbara Brooks Wallace ...
    Emily Luccock is looking forward to living at Sugar Hill Hall....She remembers her aunt and uncle's grand old mansion well, with its enormous, elegant parlor, marble fireplace, and white china cups filled with hot chocolate. But this time things are different. Her aunt's once bright and lively home is now dead with silence. Evil lurks in every corner, and the dark, shadowed walls watch and whisper ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Civil War on the Mississippi

    Union Sailors, Gunboat Captains, and the Campaign to Control the River

    by Barbara Brooks Tomblin ...
    The naval historian presents a "well-written, fast-paced" study of Civil War riverine combat based on the personal accounts of officers and sailors (Civil War News).As one of the most important transportation systems in the country, the Mississippi River became a strategically vital asset to both sides of the Civil War. The Confederacy relied on the river for cotton exportation as well as food and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Abortion in England 1900-1967

    by Barbara Brookes ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Women's History
    Over the decades from 1900 to 1967 abortion was transformed from an important female-centred form of fertility control into a medical event, closely monitored by the State. This transition, the author argues here, took place against a background of debate over fertility control and its implications for women’s maternal role.The book, originally published in 1988, suggests that the inter-war years ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Miss Switch Online

    by Barbara Brooks Wallace ...
    If you think nothing much is going on when Rupert P. Brown III begins sixth grade at Pepperdine Elementary School, you'd be dead wrong. Consider the following: a new teacher with the unlikely name of Miss Blossom; a new principal who has all the girls swooning; a talking bird who thinks he's a math whiz; a computer that goes berserk and produces a Web site called computowitch.com that not only ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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    The Trouble with Miss Switch

    by Barbara Brooks Wallace ...
    Narrated by Jeff Woodman ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 58 min

    Rupert P. Brown III is a scientist. In his room he has an aquarium experiment, a turtle experiment, and a nutrition experiment (two guinea pigs). But when he starts fifth grade, things happen that he has to label, "No known way to prove scientifically." The new teacher, Miss Switch, has eyes in the back of her head. She can control spitballs and water fountains. Eventually, Rupert discovers her ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • At Home in New Zealand

    History, Houses, People

    Edited by Barbara Brookes ...
    Homes and housing are an essential part of everyday life, but we rarely stop to think about what they mean to us. In this vigorous exploration of the idea of 'home' in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a series of experts examine the house as a place of emotional intimacy, a physical structure and an institution. Combining detailed historical research and social analysis, this fascinating ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Unfortunate Folk

    Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992

    Edited by Barbara Brookes, Jane Thomson ...
    From electro-convulsive therapy to epilepsy, from criminal lunacy to community care, Unfortunate Folks: Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992, opens windows on to the history of mental health treatment in New Zealand. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Past Caring?

    Women, work and emotion

    Edited by Barbara Brookes, Jane McCabe, Angela Wanhalla ...
    Understanding the history of care requires attention to personal narratives, such as a Maori grandmother's story, a Rarotongan leader's concept of duty to her people, or the sense of service that drove a long-term social worker. The case studies examined focus on the everyday nature of care operating across domestic, institutional and political spaces, and build upon areas of strength in women's ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Knowledge Making

    Historians, Archives and Bureaucracy

    Edited by Barbara Brookes, James Dunk ...
    Paper has been the material of bureaucracy, and paperwork performs functions of order, control, and surveillance. Knowledge Making: Historians, Archives and Bureaucracy explores how those functions transform over time, allowing private challenges to the public narratives created by institutions and governments.Paperwork and bureaucratic systems have determined what we know about the past. It seems ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Women's Suffrage Petition, 1893

    In May 2017 the exhibition He Tohu opened at the National Library in Wellington. This celebrates three founding documents in New Zealand’s history He Whakaputanga: The Declaration of Independence (1835), the Treaty of Waitangi: Te Tiriti o Waitangi (1840) and the Women’s Suffrage Petition (1893). The originals of these documents are on display at the National Library, in a wonderful exhibition ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Go, Tell Michelle

    African American Women Write to the New First Lady

    Edited by Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, Peggy Brooks-Bertram ...
    Series series Excelsior Editions
    Treasury of letters written by African American women to Michelle Obama.Winner of the 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award, in the category of edited volume, presented by the Association of Black Women Historians"You are me. When I look at you, I see me. I see the young African American woman who, through good family values, strong roots, hard work, and perseverance, has come into her own ... Read more

    $17.99 USD