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The Visual Dominant in Eighteenth-Century Russia (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
by Marcus C. LevittThe Enlightenment privileged vision as the principle means of understanding the world, but the eighteenth-century Russian preoccupation with sight was not merely a Western import. In his masterful study, Levitt shows the visual to have had deep indigenous roots in Russian Orthodox culture and theology, arguing that the visual played a crucial role in the formation of early modern Russian culture and identity. Levitt traces the early modern Russian quest for visibility from jubilant self-discovery, to serious reflexivity, to anxiety and crisis. The book examines verbal constructs of sight—in poetry, drama, philosophy, theology, essay, memoir—that provide evidence for understanding the special character of vision of the epoch. LevittÆs groundbreaking work represents both a new reading of various central and lesser known texts and a broader revisualization of Russian eighteenth-century culture. Works that have considered the intersections of Russian literature and the visual in recent years have dealt almost exclusively with the modern period or with icons. The Visual Dominant in Eighteenth-Century Russia is an important addition to the scholarship and will be of major interest to scholars and students of Russian literature, culture, and religion, and specialists on the Enlightenment.
Un verano en el paraíso
by Miranda Beverly-WhittemoreUna familia perfecta. Demasiadas mentiras perfectas Una historia sobre la seducción del dinero y el poder Mabel, una chica no especialmente atractiva y de origen humilde, conoce en la universidad a la guapa, atrevida y rica Ev Winslow. Cuando esta la invita a pasar el verano en Bittersweet, su casita en la finca de Vermont donde su familia ha vivido durante décadas, Mabel se da cuenta de que le gusta cómo viven los Winslow y de que Ev tiene todo lo que ella siempre ha querido: riqueza, amigos, un novio y, sobre todo, la sensación de pertenencia. Pero poco a poco Mabel descubre que los Winslow esconden oscuros secretos y que ninguno de ellos es lo que parece. Tendrá que enfrentarse a sus propios fantasmas y tomar una decisión: sacar a la luz los terribles secretos de la familia y ser expulsada del paraíso o bien dejar que sigan ocultos y redefinir lo que está bien y lo que está mal. La crítica ha dicho... «Un aire de cuento de hadas inunda la novela -pero del tipo de los hermanos Grimm, no de Disney-, construyendo ingeniosamente una creciente sensación de amenaza. [...] Beverly-Whittemore nos transporta a un mundo de ensueño, con casitas de campo y sus ritmos diarios de verano... Los secretos de familia brotan como burbujas dentro de una botella de champán.» New York Times Book Review «Miranda Beverly-Whittemore nos emociona con una novela de intriga con protagonistas rubias de sangre azul y puertas cerradas con llave.» Vogue.com «Conduce al lector al interior del glamuroso mundo de los superricos, donde no todo es lo que parece, y los oscuros secretos familiares que llevan mucho tiempo enterrados poco a poco comienzan a salir a la superficie. El resultado es una novela adictiva que mantendrá a los lectores intentando adivinar hasta el final.» BookPage «Un thriller gótico fascinante. Un verano en el paraíso es un libro que merece la pena saborear, y que se va desarrollando como un largo día de verano, desvelando sin prisa toda su oscuridad.» People «Llena de suspense e intriga, y plagada de personajes que encajan en el molde de la sangre azul y que a la vez rompen los estereotipos que asociamos con las clases altas. Sus cortos capítulos, con sus finales en suspenso, obligarán a los lectores a seguir pasando páginas hasta altas horas de la madrugada.» Booklist «Un verano en Nueva Inglaterra de primeros amores, amistad, fuegos artificiales, baños desnudos a media noche, tragedia y trapos sucios de familia.» The Herald News
Washington Square: Large Print
by Henry JamesA master of American literature presents a tragicomic, coming-of-age romance. Set in New York against the backdrop of 1880s high society, Washington Square is one of the most beloved novels from master Henry James, and its exploration of interfamily strife and power dynamics, as well as its early take on gender issues, continue to resonate with readers today. Catherine Sloper is the only child of the successful Dr. Austin Sloper, residing with the physician in an upscale home on the edge of Washington Square in New York City. Shy and plain, yet honest and good-natured, Catherine is regarded as a perpetual disappointment by her father, who becomes suspicious of her young fortune-hunting suitor, Morris Townsend. As snooping Aunt Lavinia Penniman works to push Catherine and Townsend together—and provides some much appreciated comic relief—Catherine&’s father threatens to cut his daughter off if she pushes forward with the courtship and accepts Townsend&’s ultimate proposal of marriage. However, the dashing Townsend is willing to take the bluff, and Catherine&’s future hangs on what has become a game. And while Dr. Sloper has reason to question Townsend&’s intentions, the situation soon takes on an aspect of cruel sport for the good doctor. Based on a true story told to the author by British actress Fanny Kemble, Washington Square has become a cherished favorite of readers everywhere. Originally serialized in magazines, it is one of the shorter novels in the Jamesian canon, but nevertheless stands as one of the writer&’s most enduring tragicomedies and the perfect introduction to the novelist and his work. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Washington Square: The Pension Beaurepas. A Bundle Of Letters
by Henry JamesWhen his only child, the sweet but plain-looking Catherine, becomes betrothed against his wishes, Dr. Austin Sloper, believing his daughter's fiancé, Morris Townsend, to be nothing more than a gold digger, will stop at nothing to end the engagement.But even after Catherine and her fiancé are parted, Dr. Sloper's continuing concern that Townsend will return to claim Catherine's affections drives him to a decision that will isolate Catherine for the remainder of her life.Be it mystery, romance, drama, comedy, politics, or history, great literature stands the test of time. ClassicJoe proudly brings literary classics to today's digital readers, connecting those who love to read with authors whose work continues to get people talking. Look for other fiction and non-fiction classics from ClassicJoe.
Age Discrimination Litigation
by Cathy Ventrell-Monsees Steven PlattAge discrimination claims can yield big returns. Settlements and jury awards are much higher than those for race, sex, and disability claims. But the lack of direct evidence can make it difficult to survive summary judgment and win fair compensation. Thankfully, respected litigators L. Steven Platt and Cathy Ventrell-Monsees know what it takes to win age cases. They have tried over 100 age cases and submitted more than 50 amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and circuit courts. Within Age Discrimination Litigation, they reveal proven strategies, procedures, law, and forms to help you: * Select winning cases * Manage the charge-filing process * Represent multiple plaintiffs * Beat statutes of limitation * Draft effective motions * Focus your discovery * Resist attempts to limit evidence * Draft jury instructions * Overcome defenses * Protect attorney's fees Age discrimination claims can yield big returns. Settlements and jury awards are much higher than those for race, sex, and disability claims. But the lack of direct evidence can make it difficult to survive summary judgment and win fair compensation. Thankfully, respected litigators L. Steven Platt and Cathy Ventrell-Monsees know what it takes to win age cases. They have tried over 100 age cases and submitted more than 50 amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and circuit courts. Within Age Discrimination Litigation, they reveal proven strategies, procedures, law, and forms to help you: * Select winning cases * Manage the charge-filing process * Represent multiple plaintiffs * Beat statutes of limitation * Draft effective motions * Focus your discovery * Resist attempts to limit evidence * Draft jury instructions * Overcome defenses * Protect attorney's fees
Amber Jane Butchart's Fashion Miscellany: An Elegant Collection Of Stories, Quotations, Tips And Trivia From The World Of Style
by Amber Jane ButchartStyles come and go, but fashion has an enduring appeal, a rich history, and everyday practical relevance for millions. Following the successful formula of PRING'S PHOTOGRAPHER'S MISCELLANY (Ilex, 2011) (and many others), Amber Jane Butchart's collection is the perfect gift read and full of little known facts and stories from the world of fashion and style. Classically typeset, modishly illustrated, and with its own garment label on the front cover, the book is not just a fascinating read, it's a stylish object in its own right. Launched to coincide with New York Fashion Week 2014, this beautifully-packaged book offers a host of new perspectives on a classic subject. Professional fashion expert Amber Jane Butchart casts a quizzical eye over fashion's oddities, revealing the histories of such garments as the Adelaide boot, the origins of many technical terms and a host of entertaining quotes and aphorisms from the field's most colorful names. New line illustrations from Penelope Beech complete the book, making it a feast for the eyes as well as a treat for the stylish soul.
Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy (Classics To Go)
by Sophie Andreevna TolstoyThe Autobiography of Countess Sophie Tolstoi was was originally written after it was solicited by a publisher in Russia, S. A. Vegenrov, in 1913. Vegenerov hoped that it might offer insight into the controversy around Leo Tolstoy’s last years in which his radically ascetic ideals interfered in serious ways with his family life and caused what subsequent biographers have described as one of the unhappiest marriages in literary history. However, the autobiography was never published in Sophia Tolstoy's lifetime, and the text itself was discovered among Vegenrov’s papers after his death in 1920. It was subsequently published in Nachala, a Russian review periodical, by Vasilii Spiridonov. The Hogarth Press published the text, brought to them by S. S. Koteliansky, very shortly after the first public appearance of the work in Russia. The short autobiography is framed by a translation of Spiridonov’s fairly extensive preface to the Nachala text, a translators’ preface written by Leonard Woolf and Koteliansky and a number of notes explaining the contextual details around Sophia Tolstoy’s own account of her life and marriage, which were new paratexts for English readers.
Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure
by Paul J. SchoemakerNamed #1 Best Business Book of 2011, by Patriot-News-PennLive.comIf you have ever flown in an airplane, used electricity from a nuclear power plant, or taken an antibiotic, you have benefited from a brilliant mistake.Each of these life-changing innovations was the result of many missteps and an occasional brilliant insight that turned a mistake into a surprising portal of discovery. In Brilliant Mistakes, Paul Schoemaker, founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, shares critical insights on the surprising benefits of making well-chosen mistakes.Brilliant Mistakes explores why minimizing mistakes may be the greatest mistake of all, situations when mistakes are most beneficial and when they should be avoided, the counter-intuitive idea that we should deliberately permit errors at times, and how to make the most of brilliant mistakes to improve business results.Brilliant Mistakes is based on solid academic research and insights from Schoemaker's work with more than 100 organizations, as well as his provocative Harvard Business Review article with Robert Gunther, "The Wisdom of Deliberate Mistakes." Schoemaker provides a practical roadmap for using mistakes to accelerate learning for your organization and yourself.
Customer Centricity: Focus on the Right Customers for Strategic Advantage (Wharton Executive Essentials)
by Peter FaderNot all customers are created equal.Despite what the tired old adage says, the customer is not always right. Not all customers deserve your best efforts: in the world of customer centricity, there are good customers...and then there is pretty much everybody else.Upending some of our most fundamental beliefs, renowned behavioral data expert Peter Fader, Co-Director of The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative, helps businesses radically rethink how they relate to customers. He provides insights to help you revamp your performance metrics, product development, customer relationship management and organization in order to make sure you focus directly on the needs of your most valuable customers and increase profits for the long term.
Die Psychologie der Massen (Classics To Go)
by Gustave Le BonPsychologie der Massen (im französischen Original Psychologie des foules) ist der Titel des im Jahr 1895 in Paris erschienenen, bekanntesten Werkes Gustave Le Bons, der – neben Gabriel Tarde – als einer der Begründer der Massenpsychologie gilt. Massenpsychologie ist seither ein Gebiet der Sozialpsychologie. Sie wirkte sich in den folgenden Jahren und Jahrzehnten weit bis in die Bereiche Soziologie, Politikwissenschaft, Geschichtswissenschaft und Philosophie aus. Massenpsychologie behandelt das menschliche Verhalten und Handeln in größeren Menschenansammlungen im Zustand der Ruhe und Besonnenheit und im Zustand der kollektiven Aufregung und Emotionalisierung und stellt wichtige Unterschiede zwischen diesen beiden Aggregatzuständen menschlicher Vielheiten fest.
Dr. Breen's Practice
by William Dean HowellsNear the verge of a bold promontory stands the hotel, and looks southeastward over a sweep of sea unbroken to the horizon. Behind it stretches the vast forest, which after two hundred years has resumed the sterile coast wrested from it by the first Pilgri
Financial Literacy for Managers: Finance and Accounting for Better Decision-Making (Wharton Executive Essentials)
by Richard A. LambertThe language of businessIn order to understand how your business is performing right now and to evaluate, assess, and devise new strategies to boost future performance, you need information. Financial statements are a critical source of the information you need.In direct and simple terms, Richard A. Lambert, Miller-Sherrerd Professor of Accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, demystifies financial statements and concepts and shows you how you can apply this information to make better business decisions for long-term profit. You will learn to use and interpret financial data; find out what we can learn from Pepsi, Krispy Kreme, General Motors, and other companies; learn how to evaluate investment strategies; and apply your financial know-how to develop a coherent business strategy.
Leading Successful Change: 8 Keys to Making Change Work
by Gregory P. Shea Cassie A. SolomonWhy do as many as 75% of change initiatives fail?We live in an era where constant change is the norm rather than the exception. Given globalization, increased competition, and constant technological turnover, no organization can run in place: change is not optional. However, the sad fact is that the vast majority of change efforts fail. As authors Gregory P. Shea and Cassie A. Solomon argue, they do not fail for a lack of trying or leadership. Chances are you have led or been part of a failed change. But why did it fail and how can the next change be successfully implemented?In this essential guide, authors Gregory P. Shea and Cassie A. Solomon deal with the real reasons change efforts fail-and how that failure can be avoided. They argue that change-real change-means changes in behavior and that the work environment itself is the greatest obstacle to making behavioral change stick. They reveal a tested method for leading successful change, which they have developed over a combined 50 years of helping organizations do just that.In Leading Successful Change, they share the 2 tenets for making successful change; how to create a scene that will provide a vision of the future; the 8 Levers of Change, a tried-and-true method for designing the work environment to support the changes; and how winning companies-from IKEA to a hospital near you-are successfully implementing change.Change is not optional and it is difficult-but it is also not impossible. Shea and Solomon present a thorough, well-researched explanation of how to make change work.
Nursing Programs 2013
by Peterson'SPublished in cooperation with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)-the only U.S. organization dedicated exclusively to advancing baccalaureate and graduate nursing education-Peterson's Nursing Programs 2013 is a comprehensive guide to undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral programs in the United States and Canada. Profiling more than 3,500 undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral options at more than 700 institutions in the United States and Canada, readers can evaluate the latest data on entrance requirements, costs, degrees offered, distance learning options, and more. A special section, "The Nursing School Adviser," includes in-depth articles about degree and career options, the admissions process, and specialized programs for professions such as nurse practitioner and clinical specialist. The Quick-Reference Chart offers readers at-a-glance school comparisons.
Nursing Programs 2014
by Peterson'SPeterson's Nursing Programs 2014 features profiles of more than 3,600 undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral programs at hundreds of institutions in the United States and Canada. The only nursing guide published in cooperation with the prestigious American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), which is the only U.S. organization dedicated exclusively to advancing baccalaureate and graduate nursing education. Inside you'll find the latest data on entrance requirements, costs, degrees offered, distance learning options, contact information and much more. Also included are insightful articles and expert advice from nursing school deans and professors along with a thorough analysis of the nursing profession today and what to expect in the future.
The Brain and its Functions (Routledge Revivals)
by J LuysFirst published in 1881. The present work, on the structure and functions of the brain, is an abstract of the author's persoal experience as regards this subject. It is divided into two distinct parts; the first, anatomical, serves as the foundation of the work. It is followed by a second, purely physiological, which is its complement and necessary sequence. It includes chapters on the optic thalamus, the corpus striatum, and the memory in exercise.
The Immigrant Exodus: Why America Is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent
by Vivek Wadhwa Alex SalkeverA 2012 ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARMany of the United States' most innovative entrepreneurs have been immigrants, from Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Graham Bell, and Charles Pfizer to Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla, and Elon Musk. Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies and one-quarter of all new small businesses were founded by immigrants, generating trillions of dollars annually, employing millions of workers, and helping establish the United States as the most entrepreneurial, technologically advanced society on earth.Now, Vivek Wadhwa, an immigrant tech entrepreneur turned academic with appointments at Duke, Stanford, Emory, and Singularity Universities, draws on his new Kauffman Foundation research to show that the United States is in the midst of an unprecedented halt in high-growth, immigrant-founded start-ups. He argues that increased competition from countries like China and India and US immigration policies are leaving some of the most educated and talented entrepreneurial immigrants with no choice but to take their innovation elsewhere. The consequences to our economy are dire; our multi-trillion dollar loss will be the gain of our global competitors.With his signature fearlessness and clarity, Wadhwa offers a concise framework for understanding the Immigrant Exodus and offers a recipe for reversal and rapid recovery.
The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894-1901
by Helen G. EdmondsEdmonds gives a detailed and accurate record of the political careers of prominent North Carolina blacks who held federal, state, county, and municipal offices. This record shows that the ration of Afro-American voters was so low that black domination was neither a reality nor a threat.
The Road to Cuba, Revised and Updated Edition: The Opportunities and Risks for US Business (Knowledge@Wharton Originals)
by Mauro F. Guillén Knowledge Wharton Gustavo Arnavat Faquiry Diaz CalaFully updated and revised as of March 2016, this new edition covers the latest developments to help US businesses build a strategic roadmap into the Cuban market.After President Barack Obama's announcement in December 2014, investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs asked, What will this historic change mean for economic relations between the United States and Cuba? What opportunities-and risks-should US companies consider as they explore the business potential of one of the largest markets in the Caribbean? Now, 15 months later, the answers are becoming more clear.In The Road to Cuba: The Opportunities and Risks for US Business, Knowledge@Wharton, The Wharton School's online journal of business analysis, answers these questions and addresses:Quick-win opportunities: travel and tourism, telecoms, financial services, and food industriesLonger-term prospects: construction and real estate, energy production and mining, manufacturing and retail, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and agricultureThe political and economic risks and hurdles: An analysis of what could speed up-or derail-progress in relationsThe Road to Cuba is the most up-to-date guide for business leaders in the United States who want to understand the opportunities the Cuban market holds. It is also a must-read for business leaders in Cuba and around the world who want to understand the investment and competition that is on its way.
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
by Anthea Bell Stefan Zweig B. W. HuebschFollowing the death of her husband, a middle-aged Englishwoman travels through Europe to escape loneliness and boredom. One evening during her stay at the French Riviera, while enjoying the atmosphere of the Monte Carlo Casino, she becomes mesmerized by the obsessive gambling of a young Polish aristocrat. This fateful encounter leads to passion, despair and death, changing both their lives forever.
War And Peace
by Leo Tolstoy'A book that you don't just read, you live' Simon Schama Tolstoy's magnificent epic novel of love, conflict, fate and human life in all its imperfection and grandeurWar and Peace begins at a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, where conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants to soldiers and Napoleon himself.Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Anthony Briggs with an Afterword by Orlando Figes
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James JoyceConsistently ranked as one of the best novels ever written, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is Irish author James Joyce's most autobiographical work. It tells the story of the intellectual and philosophical journey of Stephen Dedalus, a young Catholic man and later an artist, as he questions his upbringing in the Church and Irish society. A coming of age story told in Joyce's distinctive modernist style, the novel was hugely controversial upon its publication, but has ultimately found a place as a universally praised offering from a master of English literature.
Africa's Gift to America: The Afro-American in the Making and Saving of the United States
by J. A. RogersOriginally published in 1959 and revised and expanded in 1989, this book asserts that Africans had contributed more to the world than was previously acknowledged. Historian Joel Augustus Rogers devoted a significant amount of his professional life to unearthing facts about people of African ancestry. He intended these findings to be a refutation of contemporary racist beliefs about the inferiority of blacks. Rogers asserted that the color of skin did not determine intellectual genius, and he publicized the great black civilizations that had flourished in Africa during antiquity. According to Rogers, many ancient African civilizations had been primal molders of Western civilization and culture.
Dubliners: And Chamber Music
by James JoyceJames Joyce's first book, Dubliners, is a collection of stories that present Irish middle class life in Dublin. It took nearly ten years for Joyce to get Dubliners published – never before had a book depicted Irish life in such a realistic manner. Published as Irish nationalism was hitting a fever pitch, the stories are considered some of the most important ever to emerge from the country, both in terms of literary innovation and the diverse experiences described. Some of the characters from the collection would later reappear in Joyce's literary masterpiece, Ulysses.
Early China Coast Meteorology
by P. Kevin MackeownIn this colourful story of the Hong Kong Observatory, P. Kevin MacKeown takes us through the dev