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Captivity narratives have been a standard genre of writings about Indians of the East for several centuries.a Until now, the West has been almost entirely neglected.a Now Gregory and Susan Michno have rectified that with this painstakenly researched collection of vivid and often brutal accounts of what happened to those men and women and children that were captured by marauding Indians during the settlement of the West."
Disappointed when she is cast as Grumpy rather than Snow White for the school play, Lucy learns to turn her life around by giving a smash performance.
This book is about what it is like to undergo the process of doing a doctorate. It provides an insight into life as a research student; the elation, the guilt, the isolation, the self-doubt, the loneliness. It provides guidance on the practical issues — such as choosing a topic, finding funding, writing a research proposal, different methods of research, the literature review, academic writing, the question of 'truth' in research, the relationship between student and supervisor, maintaining a clear focus, and the viva examination. Invaluable reading for anyone thinking about, embarking on or completing a PhD.
Lucy Russell tries out for a play at her middle school and gets a part. That should be good, no? Wrong! Before she knows it, her two best friends aren
Complete with headnotes, summaries of decisions, statements of cases, points and authorities of counsel, annotations, tables, and parallel references.
Lucy and her friends are chosen for a drama competition in Saratoga Springs, New York. Watch the fun as Lucy and her friends face up to some very nasty rivals and see them plot revenge with a very "stinky" trick. Can it be that her friend, Ben, is turning into something else?
The Politics of Female Households is the first collection that seeks to integrate ladies-in-waiting into the master narrative of early modern court studies. Presenting evidence and analysis of the multifarious ways in which ‘women above stairs’ shaped the European courts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it argues for a re-assessment of their political influence. The cultural agency of ladies-in-waiting is viewed in the reflection of portraiture, pamphlets and masques: their political dealings and patronage are revealed through analysis of letters, family networks, career patterns, gift exchange and household structures, as well as their activities in the fields of intelligence...
Reproduction of the original.