Adolescence in India: An Interdisciplinary Perspective highlights the need and importance of studying adolescence in the domain of education. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it discusses adolescence from the perspective of sociology, psychology, education and health studies.Against the backdrop of economic development and globalization, the book looks at adolescence in the changing social milieu. It offers an understanding of adolescence by exploring the socio-cultura...

The classic New York Times bestseller: Real-life stories from prominent people talking about their experiences as alcoholics.As an alcoholic himself, PBS host Dennis Wholey set out to collect the powerful stories of well-known people who have struggled with this disease. Included in this volume are personal accounts by Jason Robards, Grace Slick, Sid Caesar, Pete Townshend, Don Newcombe, Bob Welch, Graham Chapman, Elmore Leonard, and many more. Whether the...

Finalist for the Believer Book Award for FictionNamed a Best Book of Fall by Vulture, New York Magazine, and more"A ravishing novel charged with the idea of the incommunicable." —The New YorkerEleven–year–old Jane Grandison, tormented by her stutter, sits in the back seat of a car, letter in hand inviting her to live and study at the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing–Mouth Children...

The anthology 'The True Women Influencers of the Past' presents an intricate tapestry of voices that define the evolving roles and perceptions of women across centuries. Engaging with key works from a pantheon of illustrious authors like Willa Cather to Virginia Woolf, the collection showcases a breathtaking range in literary style—from the incisive social realism of Elizabeth Gaskell to the pioneering feminist arguments of Mary Wollstonecraft. This compelling volume not only traverses geo...

The '50 Feminist Classics in One Volume' gathers groundbreaking literary works that have shaped and challenged the discourse of gender equality and societal roles through piercing narrative artistry. Spanning over two centuries, this anthology integrates a rich variety of prose, from the reflective Austenian social critique to Woolf's stream of consciousness and the stark realism of Hardy and Dreiser. Embedded within each narrative is the persistent quest for identity and autonomy, resonat...

e-artnow presents to you the world's iconic women characters in fiction and the real-life heroines in this power-packed meticulously edited and formatted collection: Fiction: Camilla (Fanny Burney) Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne) Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District (Nikolai Leskov) Hester (Margaret Oliphant) Life in the Iron Mills (Rebecca Davis) Little Women (Louisa...

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited collection of world's greatest classics with the most influential female protagonists in literature: Camilla (Fanny Burney) Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne) Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District (Nikolai Leskov) Hester (Margaret Oliphant) Life in the Iron Mills (Rebecca Harding Davis) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) Beh...

This meticulously curated edition presents the greatest medieval romance classics, each novel a masterpiece of storytelling that breathes life into the dark and turbulent period of the Middle Ages. These tales not only shed light on the complexities of a bygone era but also bring to the forefront the epic journeys of heroes and heroines whose destinies are as poignant as they are inspiring. Through their trials, triumphs, and heartbreaks, we are transported to a forgotten era, connecting d...

Lumberjacks and Ladies Work Together to Build AmericaStruggling to remain independent in the 1800s, four women reluctantly open up to help from lumberjacks—and love.All That Glitters by Candice Sue Patterson1851—MaineWinifred finds herself running the family lobstering business when her father and brothers join the California gold rush. Will she stubbornly reject help from a local lumberjack?Winter Roses by Pegg Thomas1865—MichiganElizabet...

Zum 25. Jubiläum der Reinickendorfer Kriminacht gibt es endlich „Neues vom Tatort Tegel“: Nach zehn Jahren bringt Krimi-Urgestein Horst Bosetzky in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Bezirksamt Reinickendorf zum zweiten Mal eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten aus der Feder von deutschsprachigen Kriminacht-Stars heraus. Mit dabei sind: Friedrich Ani, Nina George, Felix Huby, Volker Kutscher, Ingrid Noll, Matthias Wittekindt und Sybil Volks. Auch der 2016 mit dem „Krimifuchs“, dem regelmäßig auf der Krimi...

On a rainy spring night in 1777, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington and her horse raced through the woods. The American colonists were fighting the Revolutionary War, and Sybil was on a mission. If she didn't succeed, British soldiers would attack her town and everyone in it. Ride along with Sybil and experience the story of the girl who traveled all night to help the war effort.