If Research Were Romance and other implausible conjectures

If Research Were Romance and other implausible conjectures
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781291375558
ISBN-13 : 1291375554
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis If Research Were Romance and other implausible conjectures by : Manny Rayner

Why is Fifty Shades of Grey like the Higgs boson? Who would Kristen Stewart play in a movie of Ulysses? Is the answer 42? Would Jane Eyre prefer Hamlet or Claudius? And is research really like romance? You will find the answers to all the above questions, and many others, in this book

The Land of Painted Caves (with Bonus Content)

The Land of Painted Caves (with Bonus Content)
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Publisher : Bantam
Total Pages : 850
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ISBN-10 : 9780307886651
ISBN-13 : 0307886654
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Land of Painted Caves (with Bonus Content) by : Jean M. Auel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this, the extraordinary conclusion of the ice-age epic series, Earth’s Children®, Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla, are living with the Zelandonii in the Ninth Cave. Ayla has been chosen as an acolyte to a spiritual leader and begins arduous training tasks. Whatever obstacles she faces, Ayla finds inventive ways to lessen the difficulties of daily life, searching for wild edibles to make meals and experimenting with techniques to ease the long journeys the Zelandonii must take while honing her skills as a healer and a leader. And there are the Sacred Caves that Ayla’s mentor takes her to see. They are filled with remarkable paintings of mammoths, lions, and bears, and their mystical aura at times overwhelms Ayla. But all the time Ayla has spent in training rituals has caused Jondalar to drift away from her. The rituals themselves bring her close to death, but through them Ayla gains A Gift of Knowledge so important that it will change her world. BONUS: This edition contains a reading guide and an interview with Jean M. Auel. Sixth in the acclaimed Earth’s Children® series.

Writing Literature Reviews

Writing Literature Reviews
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 309
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ISBN-10 : 9781351858922
ISBN-13 : 1351858920
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Writing Literature Reviews by : Jose L. Galvan

Guideline 12: If the Results of Previous Studies Are Inconsistent or Widely Varying, Cite Them Separately

Passion of the Western Mind

Passion of the Western Mind
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Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 560
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ISBN-10 : 9780307804525
ISBN-13 : 0307804526
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Passion of the Western Mind by : Richard Tarnas

"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.

The Voynich Manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript
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Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015005009140
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Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Voynich Manuscript by : M. E. D'Imperio

In spite of all the papers that others have written about the manuscript, there is no complete survey of all the approaches, ideas, background information and analytic studies that have accumulated over the nearly fifty-five years since the manuscript was discovered by Wilfrid M. Voynich in 1912. This report pulls together all the information the author could obtain from all the sources she has examined, and to present it in an orderly fashion. The resulting survey will provide a firm basis upon which other students may build their work, whether they seek to decipher the text or simply to learn more about the problem.

Handbook of Feminist Research

Handbook of Feminist Research
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 793
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ISBN-10 : 9781412980593
ISBN-13 : 1412980593
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Feminist Research by : Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber

The second edition of the Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis, presents both a theoretical and practical approach to conducting social science research on, for, and about women. The Handbook enables readers to develop an understanding of feminist research by introducing a range of feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and methods that have had a significant impact on feminist research practice and women's studies scholarship. The Handbook continues to provide a set of clearly defined research concepts that are devoid of as much technical language as possible. It continues to engage readers with cutting edge debates in the field as well as the practical applications and issues for those whose research affects social policy and social change. It also expands on the wealth of interdisciplinary understanding of feminist research praxis that is grounded in a tight link between epistemology, methodology and method. The second edition of this Handbook will provide researchers with the tools for excavating subjugated knowledge on women's lives and the lives of other marginalized groups with the goals of empowerment and social change.

Rust & Stardust

Rust & Stardust
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 9781250164216
ISBN-13 : 1250164214
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Rust & Stardust by : T. Greenwood

“Greenwood’s glowing dark ruby of a novel brilliantly transforms the true crime story that inspired Nabokov’s Lolita. Shatteringly original and eloquently written....So ferociously suspenseful, I found myself holding my breath.” —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he’s an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute—unless she does as he says. This chilling novel traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically assaults Sally while the two of them travel westward from Camden to San Jose, forever altering not only her life, but the lives of her family, friends, and those she meets along the way. Based on the experiences of real-life kidnapping victim Sally Horner and her captor, whose story shocked the nation and inspired Vladimir Nabokov to write his controversial and iconic Lolita, this heart-pounding story by award-winning author T. Greenwood at last gives a voice to Sally herself.

Romance Philology

Romance Philology
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Total Pages : 1032
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ISBN-10 : UGA:32108045536144
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Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Romance Philology by : Yakov Malkiel

Astonishing Hypothesis

Astonishing Hypothesis
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 9780684801582
ISBN-13 : 0684801582
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Astonishing Hypothesis by : Francis Crick

Readers will come to appreciate the strength and dignity of Berneta Ringer, a true Western heroine as Doig celebrates his mother's life after finding a cache of her letters, photographs, and childhood writings. It begins with her first winter living in a tent in Montana's Crazy Mountains to the ravages of the Depression on a ranch on Falkner Creek.

Dark Princess

Dark Princess
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Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : IND:32000003479633
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Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Dark Princess by : William Edward Burghardt Du Bois