Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding
Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding

Author: Lenore Look

Publisher: Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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A Chinese American girl describes the festivities surrounding her uncle's Chinese wedding and the customs behind each one.

The social world of the school
The social world of the school

Author: Hester Barron

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2022-08-02

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1526150743

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This book shows why the study of schooling matters to the history of twentieth-century Britain, integrating the history of education within the wider concerns of modern social history. Drawing on a rich array of archival and autobiographical sources, it captures in vivid detail the individual moments that made up the minutiae of classroom life. It focuses on elementary education in interwar London, arguing that schools were grounded in their local communities as lynchpins of social life and drivers of change. Exploring crucial questions around identity and belonging, poverty and aspiration, class and culture, behaviour and citizenship, it provides vital context for twenty-first century debates about education and society, showing how the same concerns were framed a century ago.

The Complete Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Articles, Essays, Travel Sketches and Memoirs
The Complete Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Articles, Essays, Travel Sketches and Memoirs

Author: Anthony Trollope

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2024-01-06

Total Pages: 30768

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Anthony Trollope's 'The Complete Works' is a monumental collection encompassing his prolific output of novels, short stories, plays, articles, essays, travel sketches, and memoirs. Trollope's literary style is characterized by his keen observations of Victorian society, intricate plot structures, and nuanced character developments. His works often explore themes of social class, politics, and morality, set against the backdrop of 19th century England. Trollope's ability to create vivid and relatable characters makes his narratives engaging and thought-provoking. This comprehensive collection offers readers a deep dive into the diverse and compelling literary world of one of the most influential Victorian authors. Anthony Trollope, a contemporary of Charles Dickens and George Eliot, drew inspiration from his career in the British Civil Service and his extensive travels throughout Europe. His firsthand experiences provided him with a unique perspective on the societal issues he explores in his writings. Trollope's dedication to his craft and his commitment to portraying the complexities of human nature continue to captivate readers worldwide. For readers interested in Victorian literature, social commentary, and masterful storytelling, 'The Complete Works' by Anthony Trollope is a must-read. This comprehensive collection showcases the breadth and depth of Trollope's literary genius, offering a rich tapestry of narratives that remain relevant and engaging to this day.

Gregory of Tours
Gregory of Tours

Author: Alexander Callander Murray

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2005-12-01

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 144260414X

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Georgius Florentius Gregorius, better known to posterity as Gregory, Bishop of Tours, was born about 538 to a highly distinguished Gallo-Roman family in Clermont in the region of Auvergne. Best known for his 10-book Histories (often called the History of the Franks), Gregory left us detailed accounts of his own times as well as those of the early Merovingian kings, known as the "long-haired kings," who united the Franks and took control of most of Gaul in the late fifth and early sixth century. Although he is one of the most important historians of pre-modern times, the complex, apparently disconnected, elements of Gregory's work are often difficult for today's readers to understand. This selected, new translation is composed of extensive sections from Books II to X and follows in a connected narrative the political events of the Histories from the appearance of the first Merovingian kings, Merovech, Childeric, and Clovis to the last years of the reigns of Guntram and Childebert II in the late sixth century. This book is designed to introduce new readers, and even experienced ones, to the political world (secular and ecclesiastical) of sixth-century Gaul and to provide an up-to-date guide to reading the bishop of Tours' fascinating account of his times. Included in this volume are twenty-one drawings by Jean-Paul Laurens, a nineteenth-century French historical artist and interpreter of the Merovingians.

Travel With A Gavel
Travel With A Gavel

Author: Willie McCarney

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2022-05-31

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1398436755

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‘I was a most unlikely traveller. Growing up in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, I had no great ambitions to travel other than to visit friends and family within a two- or three-mile radius. From the age of 11, I had to take the bus each day to the nearest grammar school, 10 miles away in Omagh. Apart from that there was an annual, one-day, bus trip to Bundoran, a small seaside town in County Donegal. That was more than enough travelling for me. At the age of 19, I had never been to Belfast or Dublin, and didn’t feel I had missed anything. Sixty-two years later, when I sat down to write this travelogue, I realised that in the intervening years I had visited seventy-five countries and all five continents, many of the countries visited multiple times. How had I morphed from someone with little interest in travel into someone who was ready to fly off to anywhere in the world at the drop of a hat? Were the wanderlust seeds sown in my formative years or was I bitten by the travel bug after accepting an offer to represent Northern Ireland at an international conference? I begin by trying to answer that question before going on to recount my unique experiences and perceptions, gathered from over 30 years of travel, along with insights into different countries, places and peoples. I hope you will agree that the outcome presents as a rich and illuminating read.’

New Worlds to Seek
New Worlds to Seek

Author: Heinrich Lienhard

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780809322336

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"Lienhard has provided an unusually full account of his early life. The book contains fifty-one chapters, with each chapter featuring one or more life-shaping incidents for this pioneer who would successfully cross the Rocky Mountains at the same time the Donner party, taking a different and more obvious route, perished."--BOOK JACKET.