Far from a toy designed by men to enslave women, Barbie was a toy invented by women for women to teach them what - for better or worse - was expected of them. Controversial cultural critic and investigative journalist M. G. Lord, herself a first-generation Barbie owner, positions the doll as an international marketing phenomenon, an early model of ...
Revisiting memories of her childhood and her mother's death, the author remembers her fascination with science and space exploration and how it became interwoven with the pain and loneliness caused by her father's immersion in his work at the Jet Propulsion Lab in the '60s.
Poet, celebrity, and revolutionary, Lord (George Gordon) Byron was one of the most influential and controversial figures of the first half of the nineteenth century, his distinctive, deeply felt work comprising one of the enduring high points of Romantic literature. From “Manfred,” with its evocation of the figure that came to be ...
An integrated textbook on the digestive system, covering both the basic science and major diseases of the system - intended for medical students taking system-based, integrated courses.
This is a collection of model letters for every conceivable occasion, from job applications to direct mail promotion, and from appeals to condolences. This edition has been revised for the late 1990s, particularly with regard to the law and new technology.
This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It argues that greater engagement with faith communities and organizations is needed, and questions traditional secularism that has underpinned development policy and practice in the North.
Lord Byron was won of the most popular and acclaimed writers of his day, as well as the Romantic Age's most notorious figure. He was a man of the world who traveled widely, and who was actively engaged in the events of his day (he died in Greece where he is still honored for his role in resisting Turkish rule). In his poetry he displays a mastery ...
One of the most influential figures of his time, Byron was the epitome of the Romantic movement: colorful, extreme, rebellious, and enormously talented. His poetry, however, was more neoclassical than strictly "romantic"; his work, in fact, was distinctly old-fashioned in its day, often reminiscent of the 18th-century witty, satirical style as ...
Major-General Lord (Albert) Edward Wilfred Gleichen, KCVO, CB, CMG, DSO (1863-1937) was a British courtier and soldier. He served as a Page of Honour to The Queen from 1874 to 1879. He joined the Grenadier Guards in 1881 and gradually rose through the ranks over the years, eventually becoming a Major General. He served in the short-lived Guards ...
A three volume textbook for the junior and senior high school level: (I) Rome to Renaissance; (II) Reformation to Revolution; and (III) Nationalism to Internationalism.
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William B. Lord, Mary G. Wallace, American Water Resources Association, United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs, American Water Resources Association. Montana Section
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