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  • The Modern Girl

    Feminine Modernities, the Body, and Commodities in the 1920s

    by Jane Nicholas ...
    With her short skirt, bobbed hair, and penchant for smoking, drinking, dancing, and jazz, the “Modern Girl” was a fixture of 1920s Canadian consumer culture. She appeared in art, film, fashion, and advertising, as well as on the streets of towns from coast to coast. In The Modern Girl, Jane Nicholas argues that this feminine image was central to the creation of what it meant to be modern and ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s

    by Jane Nicholas ...
    In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada.Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900–1970s, Nicholas ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Beckett and Musicality

    by Sara Jane Bailes, Nicholas Till ...
    Discussion concerning the ’musicality’ of Samuel Beckett’s writing now constitutes a familiar critical trope in Beckett Studies, one that continues to be informed by the still-emerging evidence of Beckett’s engagement with music throughout his personal and literary life, and by the ongoing interest of musicians in Beckett’s work. In Beckett’s drama and prose writings, the relationship with music ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Hodson and Geddes' Cystic Fibrosis

    Edited by Andrew Bush, Margarida D. Amaral, Jane C. Davies, Nicholas J. Simmonds, Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, Sarath C. Ranganathan ...
    Cystic Fibrosis has seen dramatic advances in treatment since the last edition, including targeted cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein modulators for most CFTR gene abnormalities. This new fifth edition is an update and expansion of the rapid clinical and scientific advances in improving prognosis, and the impact of COVID-19, all of which has transformed conventional ... Read more

    $280.99 USD

  • Feminist Pedagogy in Higher Education

    Critical Theory and Practice

    Edited by Tracy Penny Light, Jane Nicholas, Renée Bondy ...
    In this new collection, contributors from a variety of disciplines provide a critical context for the relationship between feminist pedagogy and academic feminism by exploring the complex ways that critical perspectives can be brought into the classroom.This book discusses the processes employed to engage learners by challenging them to ask tough questions and craft complex answers, wrestle with ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Humanities in Architectural Design

    A Contemporary and Historical Perspective

    Edited by Soumyen Bandyopadhyay, Jane Lomholt, Nicholas Temple, Renée Tobe ...
    Offering an in-depth consideration of the impact which humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design, this book asks how we can restore the traditional dialogue between intellectual enquiry in the humanities and design creativity.Written by leading academics in the fields of history, theory and philosophy of design, these essays draw profound meanings from cultural practices and ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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    Melania Trump: The Untold Story of America's First Lady

    by Nicholas Hunter ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Jane E ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 47 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Behind the designer dresses, poised public appearances, and famously reserved demeanor lies a woman whose journey to the White House is anything but ordinary. Melania Trump: The Untold Story of America's First Lady peels back the layers of one of the most enigmatic figures in modern American political history.From her humble beginnings in Slovenia to ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stop What You're Doing And Read This!

    by Mark Haddon, Michael Rosen, Zadie Smith, Carmen Callil, Jeanette Winterson, Tim Parks, Blake Morrison, Maryanne Wolf, Nicholas Carr, Jane Davis ...
    In any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies, sport, responsibilities, passions, desires, dreams.Why should you stop what you're doing and read a book?Reading is not an innate human ability. Many people can't read. Many people would rather read a ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Contesting Bodies and Nation in Canadian History

    by Patrizia Gentile, Jane Nicholas ...
    Series series Studies in Gender and History
    From fur coats to nude paintings, and from sports to beauty contests, the body has been central to the literal and figurative fashioning of ourselves as individuals and as a nation. In this first collection on the history of the body in Canada, an interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the multiple ways the body has served as a site of contestation in Canadian history in the nineteenth and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    Pride and Prejudice (Educational Edition)

    by Jane Austen, Francis Gilbert, Juliet Stevenson, Nicholas Boulton ...
    Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Nicholas Boulton ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 1 min

    Contains the unabridged audiobook and an educational audio guide.The ‘Educational Editions’ from Naxos AudioBooks allow listeners to enjoy important works of fiction and learn about their key elements. Each ‘Educational Edition’ combines the unabridged audiobook with an indispensable audio guide that gives background and author detail and explores the book’s themes, structure, key passages and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Care of Fine Books

    by Jane Greenfield, Nick Lyons ...
    The Care of Fine Books is a thorough, readable guide to caring for books of value. From a discussion of the various techniques and materials used in bookbinding to advice on handling and storage, Jane Greenfield has created a succinct yet complete resource for anyone who wants to preserve and protect their fine books.Whether you are a collector, a librarian, or a conservation professional, you ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Far-Right Politics in Europe

    by Jean-Yves Camus, Nicolas Lebourg ...
    Translated by Jane Marie Todd ...
    In Europe today, staunchly nationalist parties such as France’s National Front and the Austrian Freedom Party are identified as far-right movements, though supporters seldom embrace that label. More often, “far right” is pejorative, used by liberals to tar these groups with the taint of Fascism, Nazism, and other discredited ideologies. Jean-Yves Camus and Nicolas Lebourg’s critical look at the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD