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Lion's Share

First published in 1991 Lion’s Share traces the journey made by Ralph Ketner his brother Brown and their friend Wilson Smith as they progressed from opening their first supermarket Food Town to running more than 800 stores as part of the Food Lion supermarket chain. The book explores the growth of Food Lion and the reasons for its success using interviews with the company’s founders and top executives both those present at the time of publication and previous position holders to provide a detailed account of its history and development. | Lion's Share

GBP 27.99

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James Joyce's World (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1957 this book explores what remained of Joyce’s background not only in Ireland but in those cities abroad where his books were written. With the co-operation of those who knew the author including his brother much new material was brought together to shed new light on Joyce’s life character and methods of writing. The author traces Joyce and his writings from his beginnings in Ireland through Zürich London and Paris to his difficult final year at Vichy in 1940. Previously unpublished letters illustrate his relationships with important figures of the period like Ezra Pound T. S. Eliot and H. G. Wells. This title will be of interest to student of literature. | James Joyce's World (Routledge Revivals)

GBP 38.99

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Maria of Austria Holy Roman Empress (1528-1603) Dynastic Networker

Maria of Austria was one of the longest surviving Renaissance Empresses but until now has received little attention by biographers. This book explores her life actions and management of domestic affairs which became a feared example of how an Empress could control alternative spheres of power. The volume traces the path of a Castilian orphan infanta raised among her mother’s Portuguese ladies-in-waiting and who spent thirty years of marriage between the imperial courts of Prague and Vienna. Empress Maria encapsulates the complex dynastic functioning of the Habsburgs: devotedly married to her cousin Maximilian II Maria had constant communication with her father Charles V and her brother Philip II while preserving her Spanish background. Her unique intertwining of roles and positions allows a fresh approach to female agency and the discussion of current issues: the rules of dynastic entente the negotiation of discreet political roles for royal women the reassessment of informal diplomacy and the creation of dynastic networks parallel to the embassies. With chronological chapters discussing Empress Maria’s roles such as infanta regent Empress and a widow this volume is the perfect resource for scholars and students interested in the history of gender court culture and early modern Central Europe. | Maria of Austria Holy Roman Empress (1528-1603) Dynastic Networker

GBP 35.99

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Anne of Bohemia

This volume examines the life of Anne of Bohemia the first queen of Richard II (1377–1399) and situates her within the context of medieval queenship by arguing that Anne ably fulfilled the political role of the queen consort through her intercession patronage and piety. Much previous scholarship on Anne has focused on her relationship with famous poets such as Geoffrey Chaucer but from analyzing government documents it becomes clear that Anne used her wealth and status to enact power. Through financial religious and cultural patronage Anne rewarded supporters and servants and influenced court life. The examination of sources such as a letter from Anne to her half brother and an apothecary bill that contains some fertility medicines suggests that the queen both desired and tried to have children. As such the volume questions the public imagination of Anne and shows that in this example although she died childless Anne and Richard attempted to have children throughout their marriage. With the inclusion of tables listing Anne’s acts of intercession and her land holdings and land grants Anne of Bohemia is a useful tool for students and scholars interested in queenship studies medieval women’s history and the history of the English monarchy.

GBP 35.99

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British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries Volume 1

Dick Leonard’s British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries surveys the lives and careers of all the 32 Prime Ministers from Sir Robert Walpole (1721–42) to Archibald Philip Primrose fifth Earl of Rosebery (1894–95) in 32 succinct informative and entertaining chapters. Bringing to life the political achievements and personal idiosyncrasies of Britain's rulers over the 18th and 19th centuries the author recounts the circumstances which took them to the pinnacle of British political life probes their political and personal strengths and weaknesses assesses their performance in office and asks what lasting influence they have had. Along the way Leonard entertains and informs revealing little-known facts about the private lives of each of the Prime Ministers such as who was suspected to be an illegitimate half-brother of George III who was assassinated in the House of Commons and who spent his evenings prowling the streets of London trying to reform prostitutes. This book can also form part of a two-volume set published by Routledge including the companion volume Modern British Prime Ministers from Balfour to Johnson. This book will be of key interest to scholars students and readers of British political history the Executive government and British politics. | British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries Volume 1

GBP 36.99

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The Island and Storybook Manual For Children With A Parent Living With Depression

This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children whose parents are going through a separation. With engaging and colourful illustrations that can be used to prompt conversation it tells the story of a brother and sister who are helped to come to terms with the new changing shape of their family. In this bundle it is accompanied by the Storybook Manual a resource that has been designed to support practitioners and caregivers with practical and creative ideas on how to use illustrated storybooks therapeutically with children. Key features include: An inviting and sensitively written fairy tale with a story and illustrations that have been specifically designed to be used with children going through difficult life-events A supporting manual that offers a range of prompts ideas and activities to encourage children’s imagination and creativity develop confidence and emotional literacy as well as deepen engagement and understanding of storybooks. Downloadable worksheets to support the story and explore specific themes further This is an invaluable resource for all professionals looking to use stories and images therapeutically with children whose parents are going through a separation. The resources can also be adapted for wider use with siblings and other family members. | The Island and Storybook Manual For Children With A Parent Living With Depression

GBP 31.99

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Evagrius and Gregory Mind Soul and Body in the 4th Century

Evagrius of Pontus and Gregory of Nyssa have either been overlooked by philosophers and theologians in modern times or overshadowed by their prominent friend and brother (respectively) Gregory Nazianzus and Basil the Great. Yet they are major figures in the development of Christian thought in late antiquity and their works express a unique combination of desert and urban spiritualities in the lived and somewhat turbulent experience of an entire age. They also provide a significant link between the great ancient thinkers of the past - Plato Aristotle the Stoics Clement and others - and the birth and transmission of the early Medieval period - associated with Boethius Cassian and Augustine. This book makes accessible to a wide audience the thought of Evagrius and Gregory on the mind soul and body in the context of ancient philosophy/theology and the Cappadocians generally. Corrigan argues that in these two figures we witness the birth of new forms of thought and science. Evagrius and Gregory are no mere receivers of a monolithic pagan and Christian tradition but innovative critical interpreters of the range and limits of cognitive psychology the soul-body relation reflexive self-knowledge personal and human identity and the soul’s practical relation to goodness in the context of human experience and divine self-disclosure. This book provides a critical evaluation of their thought on these major issues and argues that in Evagrius and Gregory we see the important integration of many different concerns that later Christian thought was not always able to balance including: mysticism asceticism cognitive science philosophy and theology. | Evagrius and Gregory Mind Soul and Body in the 4th Century

GBP 39.99

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Full Circle A Memoir

This is a personal history of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of Edith Kurzweil author teacher editor of Partisan Review and a recent recipient of the National Medal of Humanities. The book opens with Kurzweil early adolescence in Vienna during the Nazi takeover. It ends with the author finding herself in the new century. In between she kept moving on and interrogating the world around her. The reader follows Kurzweil on her perilous journey at the age of fourteen to Belgium through France Spain and Portugal alone with her younger brother. Her fantasies of reunion with her parents in New York kept her going but came to naught: she had not expected to fall from a wealthy childhood into the life of the working-class poor as a millinery apprentice or a diamond cutter. Instead of entering college life she eventually became a conventional American housewife. Unhappy and anxious she anticipated the social changes in America and returned to Europe with her second husband and her two children. She arrived at the beginning of the Italian miracle-its post-war revitalization. In Milan she met many Americans as an active member of its community and of the British-American club. After personal tragedy she returned to New York and only then pursued her early intellectual ambitions. The author eventually became a professor of sociology and quickly climbed up the academic ladder. Just as she had been as a little girl she still wanted to know everything beginning with her study of Italian entrepreneurs and going on to European history and French thought to psychoanalysis and anti-Semitism. Her early writings prompted William Phillips co-founder and editor of Partisan Review to invite her into the elite circle of New York intellectuals. She worked alongside him first as a reader then as executive editor and took over the editorship of the legendary journal during its final period. Kurzweil's journey was one of courage and of emotional and intellectual growth. Full Circle will be of interest to intellectual and cultural historians literary and Holocaust scholars and American studies specialists. | Full Circle A Memoir

GBP 19.99

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