Democracy in America, written by French lawyer Alexis de Tocqueville in 1831, documents his travels through America where he finds an equality unknown in Europe. Seller Inventory # 9781536152982īook Description Hardcover. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. This book continues to be as important today as when it was first written. Democracy in America was received at once by the scholars and thinkers of Europe as a profound, impartial, and entertaining exposition of the principles of popular, representative self-government. When Alexis de Tocqueville came to study Democracy in America, the trial of nearly a half-century of the working of our system had been made, and it had been proved, by many crucial tests, to be a government of liberty regulated by law, with such results in the development of strength, in population, wealth, and military and commercial power, as no age had ever witnessed.
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The coupling of the broad coverage of the subject with a structure and use of pedagogy that is even more innovative will ensure Atkins' Physical Chemistry remains the textbook of choice for studying physical chemistry. Peter William Atkins FRSC (born 10 August 1940) is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. Succinct reminders of mathematical concepts and techniques right where they need them.Ĭhecklists of key concepts at the end of each Topic add to the extensive learning support provided throughout the book, to reinforce the main take-home messages in each section. The expanded and redistributed maths support also includes a greatly increased number of 'Chemist's toolkits' which provide students with Increasing the digestibility of the text in this new approach, the reader is brought to a question, then the maths is used to show how it can be answered and progress made. Now in its eleventh edition, the text has been enhanced with additional learning features and maths support to demonstrate the absolute centrality of mathematics to physical chemistry. Atkins Physical Chemistry epitomises the benchmark of achievement for a chemistry degree throughout the world. Re-organised into discrete Topics, the text is more flexible to teach from and more readable for students. The exceptional quality of previous editions has been built upon to make this new edition of Atkins' Physical Chemistry even more closely suited to the needs of both lecturers and students. He is powerless against Beloved, who seduces him as a way of controlling him and dividing him from her mother. He shows up at 124 and tries to make a life with Sethe. He has also suffered horribly, and has reacted by shutting away any deep feelings. She represents the power of the past to intrude into the present. She is the embodiment not only of the baby's ghost but also the legacy of slavery. Belovedīeloved is the ghost of Sethe's third child, murdered to protect her from schoolteacher. She has a mass of scars on her back that resemble a tree. Sethe has a troubled relationship with her own past, often not willing to speak about it but obsessively reliving it in her own head. When schoolteacher, the brutal master at Sweet Home, tracked her down, Sethe attempted to kill her children rather than see them returned to slavery. She had four children, pregnant with the fourth when she fled Sweet Home on foot and alone. As a young teenager she was brought to Sweet Home, where she took a man named Halle Suggs for her husband. Born on a distant plantation that she barely remembers, Sethe is the child of an African-born slave woman whose name she never knew. Mysterious Cold War bureaucracies, grotesque sci-fi fiends, and a strong female protagonist ($10 says she busts out some fly one-liners in a sweat-soaked grey tank top in the next five issues) all allude to some vintage cinema homage to works like The Abyss and The Thing. Instead of revisiting the Roaring Twenties or Great Depression dioramas that tend to occupy his narratives - including his exceptional 2006 short story collection, Voodoo Heart - The Wake feels ripped straight from the Reagan Era, if only by osmosis. Much like he did in American Vampire and Severed, writer Scott Snyder dives deep into the nostalgia well (and the Arctic Ocean) to drum up a yarn brimming with escapism and otherworldly threats. The Wake may be the best ‘80s creature feature that never was. The first twelve books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in four treasured volumes!īestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. Includes: Surprise Endings, Island Dreamer, and A Heart Full of Hope. Fireball Katie keeps everyone guessing what she'll do next, and surfer Todd keeps showing up while popular Rick has determined to get her full attention! As these memorable years unfold, Christy and her God-loving friends find out what it means to be a "peculiar treasure." Follow Christy Miller as she stays true to her identity in Christ, drawing closer to God for help in realizing her dreams and dealing with her disappointments. A red-headed new best friend, a try at cheerleading, a job at a pet store, and expectations for the prom fill Christy's high school years with a string of laughter-and-tears moments. But after moving across the country with her family, Christy must begin her sophomore year of high school uncertain where she'll fit in. It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever. The Christy Miller Collection Volume 2 features 3 Christy Miller stories in one volume. 5 Books Like Punk 57 (College Romance Books Review) If you want to read like Punk 57, stay with me. There’s a lot of teenage angst, but this book also deals with real-life problems that are highly relatable, such as abandonment. It’s childhood friends, two enemies to lovers. So this book is interesting because of the storyline and the plot. He believes that she’s another stuck-up popular girl. On the other hand, Ryen is disappointed with her because he thinks she is someone else, and then he meets her through their letters. So eventually, they do end up meeting as adults, but Ryen is unaware. Ryen doesn’t know why she thinks something has happened to him, and it’s a mystery for him. But one day, something happens and meets his life, and he abruptly stops writing letters. Ryen inspires Misha for some of his songs because he is a musician. They become best friends through letters and don’t meet until adulthood. Misha is a musician who is an outcast, and Ryen is a popular cheerleader. In the course of Cleopatra: A Life, the reader comes to understand the complexities of the world Cleopatra lived in through the details Schiff includes in her narrative. And while she was the consort of two of the most powerful men of her time - Julius Caesar and Mark Antony - and bore their children, Cleopatra found herself poised at the dangerous intersection of women and power, leading Roman historians to write her off as a figurehead and condemn her as a woman of reckless ambition. In addition, she was well educated, the intellectual equal of the men in her circle and their superior in wealth. "What unsettled those who wrote her history," Schiff writes, "was her independence of mind, the enterprising spirit." a commanding woman versed in politics, diplomacy and governance. First of all, Cleopatra was Greek, not Egyptian - the Greeks ruled Egypt in the first century B.C. While one of the most recognizable figures in history, the Cleopatra we think we know is not the real Cleopatra at all. In her new biography, Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff argues that the Egyptian queen of gossip and legend, as well as literature and Hollywood directors, is largely inaccurate. For those of us of a certain age, a cinematic image of a young, violet-eyed Elizabeth Taylor immediately springs to mind. The name Cleopatra evokes an indelible image of a beautiful, wanton temptress. Soon after the first rollers hit, the sick bags were out in force, with a relay of youthies heading for the leeward rail to have a chunder. A group of the youthies got their first splash of seawater sitting out on the bowsprit for the crossover into Bass Strait. After being prompted out of bed by The Choirboys’ Run to Paradise’, we weighed anchor and headed for the rip at the opening of Port Phillip Bay. I’ll handover to Kate and Julian for some further detail…until tomorrow, fair winds, Captain Kenny. For training purposes we have struck the main sail and set the storm tri sail, and are currently motor sailing…the aim being to make sure we make our anchorage at King Island in time to meet the bus we have organised for tours…did someone say cheese? Some time ashore will allow our young adventurers the opportunity to recover their stomachs before we start making our way west towards Adelaide. Since leaving Port Philllip this morning the theme for the day has been to enjoy some rough weather sailing (and it’s not that rough!), and simply hang on. Despite the dreaded ‘green goblin’ rearing it’s ugly head (sea sickness) spirits are high. As I write we are on a southerly course with about 30 knots of breeze from the south west, and a 3-4 metres south westerly swell…conditions Young Endeavour thrives in…not so much the youth crew. Ahoy shipmates, and greetings from Bass Strait. I'm taking a break until December 29, when I'll air my last episode of the year. This will be the second to last episode before the end of the year. But that's just par for the course for 2020. Unfortunately, there are occasional sound issues in this episode outside of my control. Christie, is on my She Reads Most Anticipated Historical Fiction list for winter, and my Buzz Reads January Top 5 Picks. Her mission is to excavate from the past the most important, complex and fascinating women of history and bring them into the light of present day where we can finally perceive the breadth of their contributions as well as the insights they bring to modern day issues. Marie is a lawyer with more than 10 years experience as a litigator at two of the country's premier law firms who found her calling unearthing the hidden historical stories of women. Today I am interviewing Marie Benedict about The Mystery of Mrs. If you have any comments or questions for me, you can reach me through my website. My name is Cindy Burnett, and I love to talk about books. This is the Thoughts from a Page Podcast where I interview authors about their latest works. Book, agatha, writing, life, read, agatha christie, women, mystery, world, people, writer, disappearance, person, called, world war, woman, fun, explore, christie, happened He rushes out of the house and begins doing pull-ups on the children’s jungle gym – as if to preserve his virility and prove he can raise masculine sons. In one poignant scene, Pierre angrily explodes at the dinner table in response to Ludo’s display of femininity. Yet, Ludo responds to them with impressive whimsy, confidence and care. Though assigned male at birth, “Ludo” has begun to openly identify as female when the film starts by publicly donning a dress and heels. It tells the story of a trans girl, Ludovic (Georges Du Fresne), the youngest child of Pierre and Hanna Fabre (Jean-Philippe Écoffey and Michèle Laroque), a typical French couple. Alain Berliner’s debut feature film Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink, 1997) is celebrated for its tender depiction of transgender childhood. |