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The Life of Prince Henry of Portugal: Surnamed the Nabigator and its Results (Routledge Revivals)
by Richard Henry MajorOriginally published in 1868, this book follows the life of Prince Henry, including chapters on the Siege of Tangier, the capture of Ceuta and the death of Prince Henry.
The Moonstone: Large Print (The\works Of Wilkie Collins #Vol. 6)
by Wilkie CollinsThe novel that T. S. Eliot called &“the first, the longest, and the best of the modern English detective novels&”Guarded by three Brahmin priests, the Moonstone is a religious relic, the centerpiece in a sacred statue of the Hindu god of the moon. It is also a giant yellow diamond of enormous value, and its temptation is irresistible to the corrupt John Herncastle, a colonel in the British Army in India. After murdering the three guardian priests and bringing the diamond back to England with him, Herncastle bequeaths it to his niece, Rachel, knowing full well that danger will follow. True to its enigmatic nature, the Moonstone disappears from Rachel&’s room on the night of her eighteenth birthday, igniting a mystery so intricate and thrilling it has set the standard for every crime novel of the past one hundred fifty years.Widely recognized, alongside the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, as establishing many of the most enduring conventions of detective fiction, The Moonstone is Wilkie Collins&’s masterwork and one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Zola (Routledge Library Editions: The Nineteenth-Century Novel #38)
by Phillip WalkerIn the novels of Emile Zola, the pain and horror of working class life was pushed into the drawing rooms of polite society. Zola set out to shock and to question the assumptions of fiction and of comfortable, settled lives. The impact of his writing was far wider than France, and his attacks on the pillars of society gave him an international reputation. First published in 1985, this biography of Zola does much more than simply describe Zola as a writer, and his literary impact. It brings together the many strands of Zola’s life and creates an impression of a remarkable, if often exasperating individualist. This book will be of interest to those studying the works of Emile Zola and more broadly nineteenth-century and French literature.
Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering
by David A. KesslerWhy do we think, feel, and act in ways we wished we did not? For decades, New York Times bestselling author Dr. David A Kessler has studied this question with regard to tobacco, food, and drugs. Over the course of these investigations, he identified one underlying mechanism common to a broad range of human suffering. This phenomenon--capture--is the process by which our attention is hijacked and our brains commandeered by forces outside our control.In Capture, Dr. Kessler considers some of the most profound questions we face as human beings: What are the origins of mental afflictions, from everyday unhappiness to addiction and depression--and how are they connected? Where does healing and transcendence fit into this realm of emotional experience?Analyzing an array of insights from psychology, medicine, neuroscience, literature, philosophy, and theology, Dr. Kessler deconstructs centuries of thinking, examining the central role of capture in mental illness and questioning traditional labels that have obscured our understanding of it. With a new basis for understanding the phenomenon of capture, he explores the concept through the emotionally resonant stories of both well-known and un-known people caught in its throes.The closer we can come to fully comprehending the nature of capture, Dr. Kessler argues, the better the chance to alleviate its deleterious effects and successfully change our thoughts and behavior Ultimately, Capture offers insight into how we form thoughts and emotions, manage trauma, and heal. For the first time, we can begin to understand the underpinnings of not only mental illness, but also our everyday worries and anxieties. Capture is an intimate and critical exploration of the most enduring human mystery of all: the mind.
Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition
by Ilan Stavans Harold Augenbraun Alvar Nunez de Vaca Fanny BandelierThis riveting true story is the first major narrative detailing the exploration of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). The author, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking Spanish nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition sent to claim for Spain a vast area of today's southern United States. In simple, straightforward prose, Cabeza de Vaca chronicles the nine-year odyssey endured by the men after a shipwreck forced them to make a westward journey on foot from present-day Florida through Louisiana and Texas into California. In thirty-eight brief chapters, Cabeza de Vaca describes the scores of natural and human obstacles they encountered as they made their way across an unknown land. Cabeza de Vaca's gripping account offers a trove of ethnographic information, including descriptions and interpretations of native cultures, making it a powerful precursor to modern anthropology. .
El relato nacional: Historia de la historia de España
by Gregorio De la Fuente José Álvarez JuncoJosé Álvarez Junco y Gregorio de la Fuente analizan en este ensayo el proceso de construcción de la idea de España por parte de políticos nacionalistas, historiadores y otras élites culturales. «Es habitual en toda sociedad humana que las narraciones sobre su pasado, más que indignaciones guiadas por un mero interés por el conocimiento, sean ante todo pilares básicos sobre los que se edifica la identidad colectiva. Versan sobre los padres de la patria, sus héroes y mártires, los valores perennes sobre los que se fundamenta la identidad colectiva, todo lo cual escapa a cualquier crítica historiográfica o simplemente racional. Quien intente poner en duda estos relatos heredados a la luz de nuevas evidencias o nuevas técnicas interpretativas corre serios riesgos de ser acusado, pura y simplemente, de antipatriota.» El relato nacional traza la evolución del modo en que, a lo largo del tiempo, se ha idoentendiendo y construyendo la historia de este territorio y grupo humano conocidos hoy como «españoles». Y muestra cómo -desde sus orígenes en el terreno legendario, con referencias hoy inverosímiles a heroicos antecesores, hasta tiempos más recientes- ese relato se ha ido adaptando de acuerdo a las necesidades del momento. Basado en un texto publicado originalmente en Las historias de España. Visiones del pasado y construcción de identidad (Crítica-Marcial Pons, 2013), este libro ha sido reescrito, anotado y completado con dos capítulos inéditos y enormemente significativos sobre las crónicas de Indias. Reseñas a los autores y a sus obras:«Una de las novedades más sólidas e interesantes de los últimos tiempos, un compendio profundo, incisivo y convincente para comprender la "historia de la historia de España".»Rafael Núñez Florencio, El Cultural (sobre Las historias de España) «Álvarez Junco es un historiador queha abordado, y siempre con maestría, algunos fenómenos esenciales de la historia española: el anarquismo, el populismo, el nacionalismo y la relación entre visión del pasado y construcción de identidad.»José Andrés Rojo, Babelia «Este libro es un buen instrumento para conocer en profundidad los antecedentes históricos de muchos de los problemas actuales.»Rogelio López Blanco, El Cultural de El Mundo (sobre Mater dolorosa) «Un espléndido libro sobre el nacimiento del nacionalismo español en el siglo XIX.»Luis Berenguer, El País (sobre Mater dolorosa)
Elizabeth Packard
by Linda V. CarlisleElizabeth Packard's story is one of courage and accomplishment in the face of injustice and heartbreak. In 1860, her husband, a strong-willed Calvinist minister, committed her to an Illinois insane asylum in an effort to protect their six children and his church from what he considered her heretical religious ideas. _x000B__x000B_Upon her release three years later (as her husband sought to return her to an asylum), Packard obtained a jury trial and was declared sane. Before the trial ended, however, her husband sold their home and left for Massachusetts with their young children and her personal property. His actions were perfectly legal under Illinois and Massachusetts law; Packard had no legal recourse by which to recover her children and property. _x000B__x000B_This experience in the legal system, along with her experience as an asylum patient, launched Packard into a career as an advocate for the civil rights of married women and the mentally ill. She wrote numerous books and lobbied legislatures literally from coast to coast advocating more stringent commitment laws, protections for the rights of asylum patients, and laws to give married women equal rights in matters of child custody, property, and earnings. Despite strong opposition from the psychiatric community, Packard's laws were passed in state after state, with lasting impact on commitment and care of the mentally ill in the United States. _x000B__x000B_Packard's life demonstrates how dissonant streams of American social and intellectual history led to conflict between the freethinking Packard, her Calvinist husband, her asylum doctor, and America's fledgling psychiatric profession. It is this conflict--along with her personal battle to transcend the stigma of insanity and regain custody of her children--that makes Elizabeth Packard's story both forceful and compelling.
Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea
by Christine GarwoodContrary to popular belief fostered in countless school classrooms the world over, Christopher Columbus did not discover that the earth was round. The idea of a spherical world had been widely accepted in educated circles from as early as the fourth century B.C. Yet, bizarrely, it was not until the supposedly more rational nineteenth century that the notion of a flat earth really took hold. Even more bizarrely, it persists to this day, despite Apollo missions and widely publicized pictures of the decidedly spherical Earth from space. Based on a range of original sources, Garwood's history of flat-Earth beliefs---from the Babylonians to the present day---raises issues central to the history and philosophy of science, its relationship to religion and the making of human knowledge about the natural world. Flat Earth is the first definitive study of one of history's most notorious and persistent ideas, and it evokes all the intellectual, philosophical, and spiritual turmoil of the modern age. Ranging from ancient Greece, through Victorian England, to modern-day America, this is a story that encompasses religion, science, and pseudoscience, as well as a spectacular array of people and places. Where else could eccentric aristocrats, fundamentalist preachers, and conspiracy theorists appear alongside Copernicus, Newton, and NASA, except in an account of such a legendary misconception?Thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating, Flat Earth is social and intellectual history at its best.
History Of The Rod: A History Of The Rod In All Countries From The Earliest Period To The Present Time
by CooperFirst published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Little Women: 150th Anniversary Edition
by Louisa May Alcott J. Courtney Sullivan Shreya GuptaThe beautiful 150th anniversary edition of Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of the four March sisters, featuring new illustrations and an introduction by New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney SullivanFor generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role each wants to play in the world, and, along the way, join them on countless unforgettable adventures.Readers young and old will fall in love with this beloved classic, at once a lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life and a feminist novel about young women defying society's expectations.
Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
by Louisa May Alcott Anna QuindlenAs part of the wonderful Collector's Library Series, Little Women is one of the best-loved children's classics of all time. This book should have an honored place in any child's library. [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 6-8 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Mater dolorosa
by José Álvarez JuncoJosé Álvarez Junco analiza en esta obra el proceso de construcción de la identidad española a lo largo del siglo XIX. «Álvarez Junco ha escrito un libro definitivo.»Javier Tusell La idea de España, previamente formada alrededor de la monarquía y el catolicismo, se vio afianzada a principios de la edad contemporánea con la llamada «guerra de independencia» contra los franceses, y las elites intelectuales emprendieron a continuación su construcción cultural en términos que se adaptaban a la era de las naciones. Sin embargo, esta tarea se vio obstaculizada muy pronto a causa de la continua inestabilidad política, el atraso económico, la pérdida del imperio y la inexistencia de amenazas exteriores. A estos factores se añadieron, además, la carencia de un sistema educativo y un servicio militar verdaderamente nacionales, aparte de los interminablesdebates en que se enzarzaron liberales y conservadores sobre el sentido y la orientación política de la identidad española. La derrota en la guerra cubana de 1898, que cerró el siglo, provocó una última crisis de identidad, de la que surgieron los proyectos nacionalistas alternativos. Reseñas:«Álvarez Junco es un historiador que ha abordado, y siempre con maestría, algunos fenómenos esenciales de la historia española: el anarquismo, el populismo, el nacionalismo y la relación entre visión del pasado y construcción de identidad.»José Andrés Rojo, Babelia «Este libro es un buen instrumento para conocer en profundidad los antecedentes históricos de muchos de los problemas actuales.»Rogelio López Blanco, El Cultural de El Mundo «Un espléndido libro sobre el nacimiento del nacionalismo español en el siglo XIX.»Luis Berenguer, El País «Mater Dolorosa señala un antes y un después, un momento de madurez necesaria por parte de un historiador con una larga trayectoria. Una contribución ejemplar y generosa.»Josep María Fradera, Revista de Libros
Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare
by James DelgadoJames P Delgado, President and CEO of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and author of Nuclear Dawn (Osprey), presents a detailed, stunningly visual, examination of the history and development of the submarine and its role in naval warfare, from the first practical experiments with submersible craft to the development of the modern nuclear submarine. Calling on his training as a nautical archaeologist who was among the first explorers to dive the Titanic, Delgado recreates the story of the sub from the bottom up--that is, through eerie photographs of subs at the bottom of the sea. In addition, he explores submarine technology, from wooden to iron to steel hulls, from hand-cranked to nuclear powered propulsion, from candle light to electricity, from gunpowder "torpedoes" to nuclear missiles Since the time of Jules Verne, submarines have been a topic of great interest to maritime and military fans and Delgado's new book explores all of the submarine's triumphs and tragedies, successes and failures in this fascinating and compelling illustrated history.
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
by Wallace Stegner John Wesley PowellOne of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man remains as fresh and exciting today as it was in 1874. The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, recently ranked number four on Adventure magazine's list of top 100 classics, is legendary pioneer John Wesley Powell's first-person account of his crew's unprecedented odyssey along the Green and Colorado Rivers and through the Grand Canyon. A bold foray into the heart of the American West's final frontier, the expedition was achieved without benefit of modern river-running equipment, supplies, or a firm sense of the region's perilous topography and the attitudes of the native inhabitants towards whites.
The Idiot: Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Eva MartinA novel of innocence and iniquity, love and murder, by the nineteenth-century Russian author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. After several years in a Swiss sanatorium, twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin returns to Russian society to collect his rightful inheritance. But he soon crosses paths with the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant&’s son whose desire for Nastasya Filippovna will set the three of them on a tragic course. As author Fyodor Dostoevsky traces the effect of Myshkin&’s innocence on the people around him in St. Petersburg, scandal escalates to murder . . . &“I think The Idiot to be a masterpiece—flawed, occasionally tedious or overwrought, like many masterpieces—but a fact of world literature just as important as the densely dramatic Brothers Karamazov or the brilliantly subtle and terrifying Devils. In those two novels, as in the simpler Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky had plots and political and religious ideas working together. In The Idiot he is straining to grasp a story and a character converting themselves from Gothic to Saint&’s Life on the run. What makes the greatness is double—the character of the prince, and a powerful series of confrontations with death. The true subject of The Idiot is the imminence and immanence of death.&” —A. S. Byatt, The Guardian &“Nothing is outside Dostoevsky&’s province. . . . Out of Shakespeare there is no more exciting reading.&” —Virginia Woolf
The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists
by Gerald GaillardThis detailed and comprehensive guide provides biographical information on the most influential and significant figures in world anthropology, from the birth of the discipline in the nineteenth century to the present day. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on a national tradition or school of thought, outlining its central features and placing the anthropologists within their intellectual contexts. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists will prove indispensable for students of anthropology.
The Wyvern Mystery: A Novel (Collected Works)
by J. Sheridan Le FanuA beautiful heroine marries the heir to a local estate — but what sounds like a happy ending is just the beginning of a chilling and suspenseful thriller. Set in rural England of the 1820s, The Wyvern Mystery takes its title from ancient myth, in which a two-legged dragon called the "wyvern" signifies the truly sinister. Dark hints of the supernatural permeate this 1869 horror classic, which unfolds inside a haunted mansion, where a young bride is imperiled not only by family secrets from the past but also by evil machinations of the present.Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (pronounced Leff-anew) was known as "the Dark Prince" by a wide circle of avid readers during his heyday in the late nineteenth century. The Victorian equivalent of Stephen King, Le Fanu created a compelling series of Gothic novels and ghost stories that Henry James characterized as "the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight."
War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman
by Leo Tolstoy Andrew D. KaufmanWar and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men. A s Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature.
A City So Grand
by Stephen PuleoOnce upon a time, "Boston Town" was an insulated New England township. But the community was destined for greatness. Between 1850 and 1900, Boston underwent a stunning metamorphosis to emerge as one of the world's great metropolises-one that achieved national and international prominence in politics, medicine, education, science, social activism, literature, commerce, and transportation. Long before the frustrations of our modern era, in which the notion of accomplishing great things often appears overwhelming or even impossible, Boston distinguished itself in the last half of the nineteenth century by proving it could tackle and overcome the most arduous of challenges and obstacles with repeated-and often resounding-success, becoming a city of vision and daring.In A City So Grand, Stephen Puleo chronicles this remarkable period in Boston's history, in his trademark page-turning style. Our journey begins with the ferocity of the abolitionist movement of the 1850s and ends with the glorious opening of America's first subway station, in 1897. In between we witness the thirty-five-year engineering and city-planning feat of the Back Bay project, Boston's explosion in size through immigration and annexation, the devastating Great Fire of 1872 and subsequent rebuilding of downtown, and Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone utterance in 1876 from his lab at Exeter Place.These lively stories and many more paint an extraordinary portrait of a half century of progress, leadership, and influence that turned a New England town into a world-class city, giving us the Boston we know today.From the Hardcover edition.
An Old-Fashioned Girl: Large Print
by Louisa May Alcott1897. Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, is universally recognized as the greatest and most popular story teller for children in her generation. She has known the way to the hearts of young people, not only in her own class, or even country, but in every condition of life, and in many foreign lands. An Old-Fashioned Girl is about Polly's friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston and how she helps them to build a new life when they fall upon hard times and in turn learns the truth about the relationship between happiness and riches. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
Argentina en el mundo (1808-1830)
by Klaus GalloUn riguroso análisis del papel representado por Argentina en la escena internacional durante una etapa clave de transformaciones, innovaciones e intensos cambios, tanto en Europa como en América, incluyendo las relaciones a veces complicadas con los países limítrofes. La colección América Latina en la Historia Contemporánea es uno de los proyectos editoriales más importantes de las últimas décadas y una aportación original y novedosa a la historiografía sobre América Latina en la que han participado más de 400 historiadores de diversos países. Presenta una visión plural y accesible de la historia contemporánea de las naciones latinoamericanas #incluyendo aquellas otras, europeas o americanas, que más han aportado a su materialización# y revela las claves políticas, sociales, económicas y culturales que han determinado su trayectoria y el lugar en el mundo que hoy ocupan. Distinciones:Premio de la revista La Aventura de la Historia a la mejor iniciativa editorial
Argentina. Crisis imperial e independencia. Tomo 1 (1808-1830)
by Varios AutoresTomo I de Argentina en la Colección América Latina en la Historia Contemporánea. Dirigido y coordinado por Jorge Gelman. En el periodo comprendido entre 1808 y 1830 se produjeron cambios de una intensidad pocas veces vista en la historia. Éstos no sólo afectaron a Argentina, sino que además, tanto en Europa como en América, tuvieron lugar profundas transformaciones políticas, sociales, económicas y culturales. En lo que había sido el virreinato del Río de la Plata desde 1810 se abre un periodo de fuertes innovaciones que tienen como punto de inflexión la llegada de Rosas al poder. Esta etapa clave se analiza en este primer volumen sobre la historia contemporánea de Argentina desde perspectivas profundamente renovadoras. La colección América Latina en la Historia Contemporánea es uno de los proyectos editoriales más importantes de las últimas décadas y una aportación original y novedosa a la historiografía sobre América Latina en la que han participado más de 400 historiadores de diversos países. Presenta una visión plural y accesible de la historia contemporánea de las naciones latinoamericanas -incluyendo aquellas otras, europeas o americanas, que más han aportado a su materialización- y revela las claves políticas, sociales, económicas y culturales que han determinado su trayectoria y el lugar en el mundo que hoy ocupan.
Army Life in a Black Regiment (The World At War)
by Thomas Wentworth HigginsonThomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. He was a member of the Secret Six who supported John Brown. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorised black regiment, from 1862–1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disfranchised peoples. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Courted and Abandoned
by Patrick BrodeA pregnancy outside of marriage was a traumatic event in frontier Canada, one that had profound legal implications, not only for the mother, but also for the woman's family, the alleged father, and for the entire community. Patrick Brode examines the history of the 'heartbalm' torts in nineteenth-century Canada - breaches of duty leading to liability for damages for seduction, breach of promise of marriage, and criminal conversation - that were part of the inherited English law and were a major feature of early Canadian law.Encompassing all ten Canadian provinces, Brode's study examines the court cases and the communities in which they arose. He illustrates the progression of these 'heartbalm' actions as women gained more and more autonomy in the late nineteenth century, until questions arose as to the applicability of these feudal remedies in a modern society. He argues that the heartbalm cases are a testament to how early Canadians tried to control sexuality and courtship, even consensual activity among adults. In mixing legal and social issues, and showing how they interact, Courted and Abandoned makes a significant contribution to legal history, women's studies, and cultural history.
Death and the right hand
by Robert HertzFirst published in English 1960. The historical value of Hertz's writings is that they are a representative example of the culmination of two centuries of development of sociological thought in France, from Montesquieu to Durkheim and his pupils. In the intervening years since publication, that development has grown into the systematic comparative study of primitive institutions, based on a great body of ethnographic facts from all over the world: in effect social anthropology.