Jessica: 4351 books
Shapes of American Ballet
Teachers and Training before Balanchine
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
In Shapes of American Ballet: Teachers and Training before Balanchine, Jessica Zeller introduces the first few decades of the twentieth century as an often overlooked, yet critical period for ballet's growth in America. While George Balanchine is often considered the sole creator of American ballet,...
by Jessica Noel
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
In the Mother There is a Child is a collection of meditations and reflections on motherhood. It contains ten original and colorful motherhood themed illustrations. The passionate verses cover maternal subjects ranging from severe sleep deprivation to the bliss of becoming a mother. This e-book makes a great gift for expecting mothers and it is a must read for all mothers alike.
Drawing on the Victorians
The Palimpsest of Victorian and Neo-Victorian Graphic Texts
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Late nineteenth-century Britain experienced an unprecedented explosion of visual print culture and a simultaneous rise in literacy across social classes. New printing technologies facilitated quick and cheap dissemination of images—illustrated books, periodicals, cartoons, comics, and ephemera—to...
Wounds of Returning
Race, Memory, and Property on the Postslavery Plantation
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
From Storyville brothels and narratives of turn-of-the-century New Orleans to plantation tours, Bette Davis films, Elvis memorials, Willa Cather's fiction, and the annual prison rodeo held at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Jessica Adams considers spatial and ideological evolutions of...
by Jessica DeSpain
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Until the Chace Act in 1891, no international copyright law existed between Britain and the United States, which meant publishers were free to edit text, excerpt whole passages, add new illustrations, and substantially redesign a book's appearance. In spite of this ongoing process of transatlantic...
Textual Silence
Unreadability and the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
There are thousands of books that represent the Holocaust, but can, and should, the act of reading these works convey the events of genocide to those who did not experience it? In Textual Silence, literary scholar Jessica Lang asserts that language itself is a barrier between the author and the reader...
Reading the Difficulties
Dialogues with Contemporary American Innovative Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
The bold essays that make up Reading the Difficulties offer case studies in and strategies for reading innovative poetry.
Definitions of what constitutes innovative poetry are innumerable and are offered from every quarter. Some critics and poets argue that innovative poetry concerns free association...
by Jessica Lindsey
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Many women who have recently given birth are always interested in attempting to lose some of that extra weight that traditionally accompanies having a baby.
There are many ways to help you lose the baby weight but this guide will give you the best tried and true methods that you should focus the most on.
by Jessica Meyers
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
She is, without question, one of the most instantly recognizable and most respected sportscasters of the modern broadcast age. From her time on ESPN to her memorable run on Fox Sports, Erin Andrews has earned a stellar reputation for conducting smart, concise and insightful interviews that not only...
Whole Happy and Healthy
A Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Thriving with Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2017
Mental illness is greatly misunderstood. It is distorted, feared, and hidden — often leading to shame, guilt, and exacerbated mental health symptoms. Whole Happy and Healthy: A Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Thriving with Mental Illness challenges this stigma and opens up new possibilities...
Hiding from the Kids in My Prayer Closet
Finding Grace and Laughter When Motherhood Gets Real
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Soon after Jessica Kastner became a mother, she wondered if she was the only mom who found pretend play more boring than watching playdough harden and who dreaded yet another friend’s Instagram post of homemade deliciousness.
In Hiding from My Kids in the Prayer Closet, Kastner shares her experience...
Ruth Maleczech at Mabou Mines
Woman's Work
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Constituting the first comprehensive look at Ruth Maleczech's work, Jessica Brater's companion is a landmark study in innovative theatre practice, bringing together biography, critical analysis, and original interviews to establish a portrait of this Obie-award winning theatre artist.
Tracing...
Hindu Worldviews
Theories of Self, Ritual and Reality
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Designed to help readers deepen their understanding of Hinduism, and reflecting themes central to the study of religion and culture, Jessica Frazier explores classical Hindu theories of self, the body, the cosmos, and human action. Case studies from Hindu texts provide readers with direct access to...
by Ms Jessica Siân
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
I slip into Thandi's bed in the night.
I crack her ribs and climb deep inside her chest
So I never have to leave.
Johannesburg. 2014. Summer.
Yolandi is listening to rap-rave music and helping her brother bust parts from her teacher's car. Thandi is swotting for her exams and keeping...