The life story of the Victorian novelist George Eliot is as dramatic and complex as her best plots. This new assessment of her life and work combines recent biographical research with penetrating literary criticism, resulting in revealing new interpretations of her literary work.A fresh look at George Eliot's captivating life storyIncludes original new analysis of her writingDeploys the latest biographical researchCombines literary criticism with...

In "Matter and Memory," Henri Bergson explores the intricate relationship between the physical world and consciousness, proposing a philosophical framework that challenges the prevailing materialist views of his time. Released in 1896, this seminal work employs Bergson's characteristic fluid prose and innovative narrative style, interweaving metaphysical inquiry with insights from psychology and neuroscience. By articulating his theory of duration and the role of memory in shaping our perc...

In "Matter and Memory," Henri Bergson explores the intricate relationship between consciousness and the physical world, presenting a profound philosophical investigation into the nature of perception and memory. With a distinctive prose style that blends scientific rigor with poetic intuition, Bergson challenges the mechanistic views of consciousness prevalent in his time. His arguments traverse the domains of philosophy, psychology, and even early neuroscience, focusing on how memory infu...

Indigenous peoples globally have a keen understanding of their health and wellness through traditional knowledge systems. In the past, traditional understandings of health often intersected with individual, community, and environmental relationships of well-being, creating an equilibrium of living well. However, colonization and the imposition of colonial policies regarding health, justice, and the environment have dramatically impacted Indigenous peoples’ health.Building on Indige...

"The Classic Collection of Henri Bergson" brings together some of the most influential philosophical works of Henri Bergson, the renowned French philosopher and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927. This collection showcases Bergson's groundbreaking ideas and profound insights into the nature of time, consciousness, memory, evolution, laughter, and dreams.In "Time and Free Will," Bergson challenges traditional concepts of time and argues for the existence of subjective...

Victorian Literary Cultures: Studies in Textual Subversion provides readers with close textual analyses regarding the role of subversive acts or tendencies in Victorian literature. By drawing clear cultural contexts for the works under review—including such canonical texts as Dracula, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, and stories featuring Sherlock Holmes—the critics in this anthology offer groundbreaking studies of subversion as a literary motif.For some late nineteenth-century British nove...

Women, Literature and Finance in Victorian Britain: Cultures of Investment defines the cultures that emerged in response to the democratization of the stock market in nineteenth-century Britain when investing provided access to financial independence for women. Victorian novels represent those economic networks in realistic detail and are preoccupied with the intertwined economic and affective lives of characters. Analyzing evidence about the lives of real investors together with ...

The best of Eastern and Western medicine in an integrative healing system for the mind, body, and spirit.Now, for the first time, a Western physician and a doctor of Oriental medicine combine the unparalleled technological advances of the West with the unmatched wisdom and healing touch Chinese herbal medicine provides for many diseases and conditions that elude modern medicine. Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine demonstrates the many important, highly effective ways C...

Moving to a log house bordering the Columbia Slough, a couple discovers a vest-pocket Valhalla within the city, a place where nature's rough magic captivates them. The rich floodplain that once nourished Chinookan peoples is gone, its wetlands channelized by 20th century landowners to form today's nineteen mile slough.As the authors walk, kayak, and bike an industrialized landscape, they celebrate a wealth of wildlife holding fast against the heavy-metal bedlam of development....

This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot includes several new chapters, providing an essential introduction to all aspects of Eliot's life and writing. Accessible essays by some of the most distinguished scholars of Victorian literature provide lucid and original insights into the work of one of the most important writers of the nineteenth century, author most famously of Middlemarch, Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, and Daniel Deronda. From an introduction that trac...

This informative book is a comprehensive, research-based text on for educators, trainers and policy makers. It provides an insightful analysis into the range of issues facing female entrepreneurs around the world, along with recommendations as to how support agencies, educators and trainers can best respond to the challenge of encouraging more women to get involved in the new business creation.Based on a collection of research papers from international scholars based in the UK, mai...

Henri Bergson's 'Matter & Memory' is a philosophical treatise that delves into the realms of metaphysics and psychology, exploring the nature of consciousness and our perception of the external world. Written in a clear and concise style, the book challenges traditional conceptions of matter and memory, offering a new perspective on the interconnectedness of mind and body. Bergson's detailed analysis of memory as a crucial component of human experience adds depth to his exploration of the ...