French-Canadian explorers, traders, and soldiers feature prominently in this country's storytelling, but little has been written about their female counterparts. In Along a River, award-winning historian Jan Noel shines a light on the lives of remarkable French-Canadian women — immigrant brides, nuns, tradeswomen, farmers, governors' wives, and even smugglers — during the period between the settlement of the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the Victorian era.Along a River

Sometime in 1866, a Spaniard named Josep Soler (1840–1906) arrived in Whanganui, Aotearoa New Zealand. Born in Constantí in the Camp de Tarragona winemaking region south of Barcelona, Soler came from a winemaking family and was a winemaker himself before leaving Spain. He planted his first New Zealand vineyard shortly after arriving in Whanganui, and his business life was one of uninterrupted success. In 1880, the New Zealand Herald proclaimed him its “New Zealander of the Year” for “his f...

Narratives are everywhere—and since a significant part of contemporary media culture is defined by narrative forms, media studies need a genuinely transmedial narratology. Against this background, Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture focuses on the intersubjective construction of storyworlds as well as on prototypical forms of narratorial and subjective representation.This book provides not only a method for the analysis of salient transmedial strategies ...

Professor Noel D. Broadbent is one of Sweden's foremost experts on north Swedish archaeology and literally wrote the book on the prehistory of the Skellefteå region on the North Bothnian coast. This knowledge is now brought to bear on the issue of Saami origins. The focus is on the successful adaptive strategies of Saami societies over thousands of years - a testimony to Saami resiliency, of relevance to the survival of indigenous societies worldwide today.

The effects of globalization have long been dealt with in terms of economic and technological consequences, but what about the influence on education? Though still not a precise concept, what we understand as OglobalizationO is bringing forth numerous and profound changes in the economic, cultural, and political life of nations. With increased opportunities for interaction and learning, education around the world is rapidly becoming transformed. The essays contained in this comprehensive y...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

Danger à Noël, Jan HambrightAlors qu’elle se rend chez Baylor McCullough pour l’interroger sur la mystérieuse disparition du procureur James Endicott, dont on est sans nouvelles depuis deux semaines, Mariah frôle la mort en se retrouvant ensevelie sous une coulée de neige. Sauvée in extremis par l’homme même sur lequel elle enquête, elle ne sait comment réagir quand il l’emmène chez lui pour la soigner. Car Baylor, qui est également soupçonné d’avoir assas...

Série Famille PenningtonFINALISTE DU PRIX RITAUne romance Regency de Noël : un voyage dans les Highlands, une enfant malicieuse… et une promesse d’amour inattenduFreya Sutherland est une tante désespérée qui tente de conserver la garde de sa jeune nièce précoce, Ella, même si cela signifie se marier par sécurité plutôt que par amour.Récemment retraité de l'armée, le capitaine Gregory Pennington ne souhaite rien de plus que rentrer c...

We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us as unsuitable for viewing. Yet what does it mean to proclaim something “unwatchable”: disturbing, revolting, poor, tedious, or literally inaccessible?With over 50 original essays by leadin...

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Noël dans les HighlandsSérie Famille PenningtonÉditrice française - Héloïse Dietrich BernadetteFINALISTE DU PRIX RITAUne romance Regency de Noël : un voyage dans les Highlands, une enfant malicieuse… et une promesse d’amour inattenduFreya Sutherland est une tante désespérée qui tente de conserver la garde de sa jeune nièce précoce, Ell...

L'enfant du chantage, Marie FerrarellaSon petit garçon... enlevé ! En découvrant le lit vide de Vinny, son fils de deux ans, Dakota Armstrong voit ses pires craintes se réaliser : les hommes qu'elle fuit et s'efforce de semer depuis des mois ont fini par retrouver sa trace, et s'en sont pris à son enfant... Aussi, quand son voisin, alerté par ses cris, se précipite chez elle et lui propose son aide, se tient-elle immédiatement sur ses gardes. Qui est réellement cet...

Noël dans les HighlandsSérie Famille PenningtonFINALISTE DU PRIX RITAUne romance Regency de Noël : un voyage dans les Highlands, une enfant malicieuse… et une promesse d’amour inattenduFreya Sutherland est une tante désespérée qui tente de conserver la garde de sa jeune nièce précoce, Ella, même si cela signifie se marier par sécurité plutôt que par amour.Récemment retraité de l'armée, le c...