**A revolutionary historical novel, The Cape Doctor is the story of one man’s journey from penniless Irish girl to one of most celebrated and accomplished figures of his time."Gorgeous, thoughtful, heartbreaking" —Lauren Fox, New York Times bestselling author of Send for Me**Beginning in Cork, Ireland, the novel recounts Jonathan Mirandus Perry’s journey from daughter to son in order to enter medical school and provide for family, but Perry soon e...

**A revolutionary historical novel, The Cape Doctor is the story of one man’s journey from penniless Irish girl to one of most celebrated and accomplished figures of his time."Gorgeous, thoughtful, heartbreaking" —Lauren Fox, New York Times bestselling author of Send for Me**Beginning in Cork, Ireland, the novel recounts Jonathan Mirandus Perry’s journey from daughter to son in order to enter medical school and provide for family, but Perry soon e...

In this funny, brainy, thoroughly engaging debut collection, an award-winning writer looks at romance through the lens of scholarly theories to illuminate love in the information age.In ten captivating and tender stories, E. J. Levy takes readers through the surprisingly erotic terrain of the intellect, offering a smart and modern take on the age-old theme of love—whether between a man and woman, a man and a man, a woman and a woman, or a mother and a child—drawing readers into tal...

Chinese Narrative Poetry brings a new perspective to some of China's best-loved and most influential poems, including Ts'ai Yen's "Poem of Affliction," Po Chu-yi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow," and Wei Chuang's recently discovered "Song of the Lady of Ch'in." Composed in the shih form during the Late Han, Six Dynasties, and T'ang periods, these poems stand out as masterworks of narrative art. Yet paradoxically, their narrative qualities have been little recognized or explored in e...

Travel, and the exhilarating experiences it offers us, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction series.More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O'Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often groundbreaking short fiction is the common source for this anthology on childhood—and for plann...

Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne—a collection of twenty-four new personal essays intended as tribute—aims to correct this collective lapse of memory and introduce modern readers and writers to their stylistic forebear.Though it’s been over four hundre...

While Holocaust education is a staple of American schooling, it is rarely studied as a product of the political machine. We often focus on what happens in the classroom, yet the path to those lessons begins years earlier in state legislatures and governors' offices.This essential volume explores the development of Holocaust education in America from the early 1980s to the present. By shifting the focus from pedagogy to politics, this anthology analyzes the rise of two crucial state...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Mobile Photography Mastery: Stunning Shots with Your Smartphone empowers you to capture professional-quality images using only your device. Discover practical strategies to transform everyday moments into compelling photographs that stand out online and in print. Whether you’re a casual shooter or a budding creator, this guide offers actionable insights to elevate your mobile photography.What You Will Fi...

Mexican-American civil rights and labor activist Cesar Chavez (1927–1993) comes to life in this vivid portrait of the charismatic and influential fighter who boycotted supermarkets and took on corporations, the government, and the powerful Teamsters Union. Jacques E. Levy gained unprecedented access to Chavez and the United Farm Workers in writing this account of one of the most successful labor movements in history-which also serves as a guidebook for social and political change.

You already know how Ava St. Claire dies.This is the story of why.At St. Agatha's, appearances are everything and Ava St. Claire has perfected hers. Beautiful, privileged, and untouchable, she moves through her junior year with effortless control. But beneath the polished surface, jealousy festers, friendships rot, and secrets begin to pile up.As loyalties fracture and desire turns dangerous, Ava learns how easily love can be weaponi...

Epistemic autonomy worth valuing requires epistemic dependence on others, as well as on tools and technology.In How We Govern Our Minds Through Others, J. Adam Carter and Neil Levy argue that epistemic autonomy worth valuing requires various kinds of epistemic dependence on others, as well as on tools and technology. Challenging the Cartesian ideal of self-sufficient knowledge acquisition, they show that epistemic dependence is both inevitable and benefici...

This is an annually updated presentation of Canada past and present continues to provide the reader an in-depth look at the country’s culture, geography, people, economy, politics and future. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors and students. Now in its 35th edition, the content...