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The Anarchists' Club (The Leo Stanhope Cases)
by Alex ReeveA blackmailer and a corpse found carrying his name and address stir up trouble for a transgender man living in Victorian London. It’s tough to be a preacher’s kid, and for Leo Stanhope it may be harder than for most. He was born Charlotte, and in the Reverend Pritchard’s home—as in all of Victoria’s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Half Moon Street: A Richard And Judy Book Club 2019 Pick (Leo Stanhope Ser. #1)
by Alex ReeveA transgender man in Victorian London investigates the murder of the prostitute he loved in this &“intriguing debut&” historical mystery (Historical Novel Society). Like half the young men in London, Leo Stanhope is rich in dreams but poor of pocket. He dreams of taking his beloved Maria away from t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Les Aventures D'un Adolescent Voyageant Dans Le Temps
by Alex Shaw • Alex ReeveMorris Kemp est un collégien ordinaire mais tout cela est sur le point de changer...Au Collège Isambard Kingdom Brunel, c'est la période de l'année où dix élèves vont faire un stage obligatoire en entreprise et Morris Kemp n'est pas content. Il a été placé chez Longman & short Double Vitrage pour ce... More
Language: FRECopyright: 2014 -
Utopianism, Modernism, and Literature in the Twentieth Century
Utopianism, Modernism, and Literature in the Twentieth Century considers the links between utopianism and modernism in two ways: as an under-theorized nexus of aesthetic and political interactions; and as a sphere of confluences that challenges accepted critical models of modernist and twentieth-cen... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Wyndham Lewis and the Cultures of Modernity
Making a strong case for a revaluation of Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), this collection argues that significant aspects of Lewis's writing, painting, and thinking have not yet received the attention they deserve. The contributors explore Lewis's contributions to the production and circulation of modern... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Assembling Health Rights in Global Context: Genealogies and Anthropologies
by Alex Mold • David ReubiWhat do we mean when we talk about rights in relation to health? Where does the language of health rights come from, and what are the implications of using such a discourse? During the last 20 years there have been an increasing number of initiatives and efforts – for instance in relation to HIV/A... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Geriatric Anesthesiology
Surgical and anesthetic techniques have evolved to allow a growing number of older adults to undergo surgery, and current estimates are that 50% of Americans over the age of 65 years old will have an operation. However, as the knowledge regarding perioperative care of the elderly surgical patient g... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Health Humanities Reader
by Mark Vonnegut • Audrey Shafer • Martha Stoddard Holmes • Howard Brody • Jeff Nisker • Bradley Lewis • Rosemarie Tong • Ian Williams • Sander L. Gilman • Rafael Campo • Daniel Goldberg • Michael Rowe • Thomas R. Cole • Alice Dreger • Joseph N. Straus • Jonathan M. Metzl • Arthur W. Frank • E. Ann Kaplan • Rebecca Hester • John Lantos • Shelley Wall • Alan Bleakley • Marjorie Levine-Clark • Michael Sappol • Mark Clark • Professor Therese Jones • Professor Delese Wear • Professor Lester D. Friedman • David H. Flood • Rhonda L. Soricelli • Lisa Keränen • Martin F. Norden • Professor Lisa I. Iezzoni • Felicia Cohn • Martha Montello • Amy Haddad • Rebecca Garden • Jack Coulehan • Professor Bernice Hausman • Gretchen A. Case • Allen Peterkin • Susan M. Squier • Sayantani DasGupta • Maren Grainger-Monsen • Benjamin Saxton • Jerald Winakur • Anne Hudson Jones • Tod Chambers • Raymond C. Barfield • Lucy Selman • Jeffrey P. Bishop • Catherine Belling • Paul Root Wolpe • Professor Allison B. Kavey • Julie M. Aultman • Michael Blackie • Erin Gentry Lamb • Jay BaruchOver the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014