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'Beyond question Shelley scholars and 19th-century specialists will value this usefully annotated and carefully produced edition; it may also be that anyone would enjoy the stories themselves... and the accompanying original engravings.' -- Diane Johnson, Washington Post.
Including a section on infant care, Soranus' Gynecology represents ancient gynecological and obstetrical practice at its height. An introduction and notes by Temkin provide insight into the work's historical and scientific background.Softshell Books.
''An excellent introduction to and sampling of the developing genre of microhistory . . . In essence these historians begin their analysis `from below,' viewing the ordinary peoples ignored in the annals of European history.''--Catholic Historical Review.Selections from Quaderni Storici.
''Guided autobiography,'' write the authors, ''is ideally suited to foster in the older adult a belief that his or her life is meaningful and something of which to be proud.'' This book helps professionals--at senior centers, community centers, and other service facilities--guide older adults and others in preparing their autobiographies. Many ......
Carlyle, Swinburne, John Stuart Mill... Rossetti, Whistler, Lewis Carol... these and other "characters" come vividly to life in this extraordinary novel. Set within a few square blocks along the Thames, in Chelsea, Neighboring Lives is a glorious re-creation, based on historical fact, of the private and working lives of many of the ......
Much more than the biography of a family. It is in large measure the biography of an era . . . The reader comes away with the feeling that he has witnessed a panorama of intellectual history which transcends the records of individual failures and weaknesses.
''This collection is . . . a lesson to editors about how different types of subjects may profitably be brought together in one volume. And though the feminist orientation is provocative, there is a complete absence of any tone of vindictiveness, and an obvious determination to get at the truth.''--Eugene Kraft, English Literature in Transition.
