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Author |
: Rachilde |
Publisher |
: Modern Language Association |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2015-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781603292559 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1603292551 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Monsieur Vénus by : Rachilde
When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule's suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue.
Author |
: Philip Jose Farmer |
Publisher |
: Titan Books (US, CA) |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2013-12-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781781163078 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1781163073 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Venus on the Half-Shell by : Philip Jose Farmer
Simon Wagstaff narrowly escapes the Deluge that destroys Earth when he happens upon an abandoned spaceship. A man without a planet, he gains immortality from an elixir drunk during an interlude with a cat-like alien queen. Now Simon must chart a 3,000-year course to the most distant corners of the multiverse, to seek out the answers to the questions no one can seem to answer.
Author |
: Katie Scott |
Publisher |
: Manchester University Press |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0719055229 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780719055225 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Manifestations of Venus by : Katie Scott
Jews on trial concentrates on Inquisitorial activity during the period which historians have argued was the most active in the Inquisition's history: the first forty years of the tribunal in Modena, from 1598 to 1638, the year of the Jews' enclosure in the ghetto.Scholars have in the past tended to group trials of Jews and conversos in Italy together. This book emphasises the fundamental disparity in Inquisitorial procedure, as well as the evidence examined, and argues that this was especially true in Modena where the secular authority did not have the power during the period in question to reject, or even significantly monitor, Inquisitorial trial procedure. It draws upon the detailed testimony to be found in trial transcripts to analyse Jewish interaction with Christian society in an early modern community.This book will appeal to scholars of inquisitorial studies, social and cultural interaction in early modern Europe, Jewish Italian social history and anti-Semitism.
Author |
: Howard Bryant |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 19 |
Release |
: 2018-05-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780525514756 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0525514759 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by : Howard Bryant
"This one's a winner." --Chicago Tribune A 2019 ILA Teacher's Choices Reading List Selection! An inspiring picture book sports biography about two of the greatest female tennis players of all-time! Venus and Serena Williams: Best friends. Sisters. Champions. Everyone knows the names Venus & Serena Williams. They've become synonymous with championships, hard work, and with shaking up the tennis world. This inspirational true story, written by award-winning sports journalist, Howard Bryant, and brought to beautiful life by Coretta Scott Kind Award and Honor winner, Floyd Cooper, details the sisters' journey from a barely-there tennis court in Compton, CA, to Olympic gold medals and becoming the #1 ranked women in the sport of tennis. Here is a worthy ode to Venus and Serena Williams, the incredible sister duo who will go down in history as two of the greatest athletes of all time. "Alive with warmth and movement, these luminous, soft-edged scenes portray the sisters gradually growing into strong, capable women. A handsome sports biography." --Booklist "There is a sharp focus in the book on the two sisters' special bond and friendship; it lies at the heart of this biography, and the women's stories are remarkable. It's high time they had their own picture book tribute."--Kirkus
Author |
: Rachilde |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 284 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSC:32106012192933 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Marquise de Sade by : Rachilde
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 102 |
Release |
: 1765 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0017905706 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sable Venus. An Ode Inscribed to Bryan Edwards. [By the Rev. Mr. Teale.] by :
Author |
: Barbara Chase-Riboud |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2007-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307426284 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307426289 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hottentot Venus by : Barbara Chase-Riboud
It is Paris, 1815. An extraordinarily shaped South African girl known as the Hottentot Venus, dressed only in feathers and beads, swings from a crystal chandelier in the duchess of Berry’s ballroom. Below her, the audience shouts insults and pornographic obscenities. Among these spectators is Napoleon’s physician and the most famous naturalist in Europe, the Baron George Cuvier, whose encounter with her will inspire a theory of race that will change European science forever. Evoking the grand tradition of such “monster” tales as Frankenstein and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Barbara Chase Riboud, prize-winning author of the classic Sally Hemings, again gives voice to an “invisible” of history. In this powerful saga, Sarah Baartman, for more than 200 years known only as the mysterious lady in the glass cage, comes vividly and unforgettably to life.
Author |
: Rachel Mesch |
Publisher |
: Stanford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 421 |
Release |
: 2020-05-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781503612358 |
ISBN-13 |
: 150361235X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Before Trans by : Rachel Mesch
“This thoughtful academic treatise . . . explores the lives of three famous gender nonconformists in fin-de-siècle Paris.” —Publishers Weekly Before the term “transgender” existed, there were those who experienced their gender in complex ways. Before Trans examines the lives and writings of Jane Dieulafoy (1850–1916), Rachilde (1860–1953), and Marc de Montifaud (1845–1912), three French writers whose gender expression did not conform to nineteenth-century notions of femininity. Dieulafoy fought alongside her husband in the Franco-Prussian War; later she wrote novels about girls becoming boys and enjoyed being photographed in her signature men's suits. Rachilde became famous in the 1880s for her controversial gender-bending novel Monsieur Vénus, published around the same time that she started using a calling card that read “Rachilde, Man of Letters.” Montifaud turned to erotic writings, for which she was repeatedly charged with "offense to public decency"; she wore tailored men's suits and a short haircut and went by masculine pronouns among certain friends. Dieulafoy, Rachilde, and Montifaud established themselves as fixtures in the literary world of fin-de-siècle Paris at the same time as French writers, scientists, and doctors were becoming fascinated with sexuality and sexual difference. Even so, the concept of gender identity as separate from sexual identity did not yet exist. Before Trans explores these three figures' efforts to articulate a sense of selfhood that did not align with the conventional gender roles of their day. Their personal stories provide vital historical context for our own efforts to understand the nature of gender identity. “A fresh and original take on trans history.” —Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure
Author |
: Shannon McKelden |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 340 |
Release |
: 2008-01-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0765354977 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780765354976 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Venus Envy by : Shannon McKelden
Venus: “After a few centuries of turning pumpkins into coaches and frogs into princes, I thought I was getting the hang of being a fairy godmother. Maybe soon Zeus would let me back onto Mount Olympus . . . then I met Rachel Greer. A goody-two-shoes do-gooder who ignored my advice—terrific advice, if I do say so myself—about men. And kept nagging me for spending too much time in the bathroom when everyone knows a goddess always needs to look her best. Rachel: “I had a decent job, friends, a loving family. My volunteer work, as a mentor for young women and a dog-walker at the local shelter, kept me hopping. Then this amazingly beautiful woman, who literally turns heads—men walk into walls when she passes by—announces she’s my fairy godmother, here to help me fall in love! Next thing I know, she’s moved into my apartment and kicked me out of my own bedroom. Of course I thought she was nuts . . . until the magic started to happen.”
Author |
: Isabelle de Charrière |
Publisher |
: Modern Language Assn of Amer |
Total Pages |
: 42 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0873527763 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780873527767 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Letters of Mistress Henley Published by Her Friend by : Isabelle de Charrière
Considered by many scholars to be among the most brilliant novels written in French during the eighteenth century, Lettres de Mistriss Henley publiées par son amie was composed as a response to Samuel de Constant's misogynist novel, The Sentimental Husband (1783). Charrière presents six letters penned by a Mistriss Henley, who has chosen a decent and affectionate man as her life's companion only to discover that she cannot bear sharing his life. An immediate success on its publication in 1784, Mistriss Henley was greeted with acclaim and controversy: one reader called the book "literarily excellent" but "morally dangerous in various ways." Remarkable for its empathy for both spouses, Mistriss Henley is not only a moving work of fiction but also one of the most modern novels of its day.