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While Joshua explores the wild, he encounters animals who speaks and empowers him with life-long lessons. He listens carefully to the messages of the animals, and learns from them; even when others say that "animals can't talk." A book of empowerment, inspiration, and child-friendly wisdom! Journey with Joshua!
Trev Lynn Broughton takes an in-depth look at the developments within Victorian auto/biography, and asks what we can learn about the conditions and limits of male literary authority. Providing a feminist analysis of the effects of this literary production on culture, Broughton looks at the increase in professions with a vested interest in the written Life; the speeding up of the Life-and-Letters industry during this period; the institutionalization of Life-writing; and the consequent spread of a network of mainly male practitioners and commentators. This study focuses on two case studies from the period 1880-1903: the theories and achievements of Sir Leslie Stephen and the debate surrounding James Anthony Froude's account of the marriage of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle.
In "The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne," Anthony Trollope masterfully weaves a narrative that elegantly combines social commentary with rich character development, set against the backdrop of rural England. The novel, written in Trollope's signature style, reflects his astute observations of Victorian society, exploring themes of love, class, and the clash between tradition and modernity. Through the lens of the protagonist, the parson'Äôs daughter, we encounter the intricacies of village life, revealing the depths of human emotion and the subtleties of social hierarchies that define the era. Anthony Trollope, a prolific novelist and a keen observer of social customs, drew heavily from h...
The “Greatest Game of All” or Rugby League as it is known to some has given me nearly a half a century of pleasure and a little pain. In 1966 at the ripe old age of 6 I was introduced to our game when my Uncle Harry moved into the bedroom I shared with my younger brother in a 2 bedroom fibro joint in Rockdale(Dragon Territory). Harry was playing lower grades for Jack Gibson’s Roosters and went on to play for St George in the 1971 Grand Final against my other front rower mate John Sattler and his Rabbitoh’s. By the age of 9 I had memorized every player in the Big League magazine. The game became my obsession. Even if I had not been lucky enough to play over 100 games in the best compe...
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"The documents ... extent from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Among them are letters, verses, petitions, and unique papers connected with the military arrangements in Ireland from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to that of James I."--Taken from the Fourteenth report of the Commission (p. 51).
Though Meredith Willson is best remembered for The Music Man, there is a great deal more to his career as a composer and lyricist. In The Big Parade, author Dominic McHugh uses newly uncovered letters, manuscripts, and production files to reveal Willson's unusual combination of experiences in his pre-Broadway career that led him to compose The Music Man.