The Young Rebecca

Author : Rebecca West
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781453207338

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The Young Rebecca by Rebecca West Pdf

A collection of Rebecca West’s early journalistic writings reveals her clarity of mind, severity of wit, and relevancy in today’s modern world In this collection of early writings, beginning when Rebecca West was just eighteen years old, Jane Marcus sheds light on one of the foremost feminist and political thinkers of our time. West’s essays, reviews, and public correspondence tackle many subjects, including politics, suffrage, education, morality and ethics, the arts, and social figures of the day. Her writings offer a glimpse of the real Rebecca—not some stuffy suffragette, but a vibrant, funny, provocative, and brilliant woman whose determined pen strokes outwit her contemporaries and remain inspiring today. A feminist to the core, West parried with her readers, other writers, and a culture slow to accept change. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Rebecca West featuring rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, McFarlin Library, at the University of Tulsa.

Author : Rebecca Young
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780735227866

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Teacup by Rebecca Young Pdf

A stunning picture book that addresses life’s big journeys with hope, beauty, and reassurance School Library Journal [STARRED REVIEW!] “[A] moving, allegorical tale… inspiring reflection and empathy” Kirkus Reviews [STARRED REVIEW!] “A potent discussion starter… Enchanting, beautiful, and full of hope. “ Booklist [STARRED REVIEW!] “A lyrical tale of leaving home and finding a new one…Thought-provoking and arrestingly beautiful.” A boy must leave his home and find another. He brings with him a teacup full of earth from the place where he grew up, and sets off to sea. Some days, the journey is peaceful, and the skies are cloudless and bright. Some days, storms threaten to overturn his boat. And some days, the smallest amount of hope grows into something glorious. At last, the boy finds land, but it doesn't feel complete . . . until another traveler joins him, bearing the seed to build a new home. With lyrical text and gorgeous artwork, this poignant picture book is perfect for discussing all of life’s toughest challenges—a big move, a divorce, long-distance separation, or even the current refugee crisis—in a way that’s reassuring and inspiring for children and adults alike.

Author : Rebecca West
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1989-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : IND:39000004677329

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The Young Rebecca by Rebecca West Pdf

"Some of West's earliest writings--devastatingly funny, fiercely feminist and socialist--now have been rescued from obscurity and published with Jane Marcus's excellent commentary in The Young Rebecca." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Thanks to Marcus's arduous labor of selection, we have here a living, breathing evocation of the early feminist and socialist movements in England as recorded by a highly opinionated participant." --Jessica Mitford "The Young Rebecca reflects West's] consuming interest in feminist and socialist issues. Quite apart from their technical excellence, these articles are remarkable because they were produced by a girl barely out of her teens, and because many of them read as if they were written last Tuesday." --The Atlanta Journal "... a fierce and funny scourge of establishment figures... her prose sparkles... " --Book World, The Washington Post Jane Marcus brings together some of Rebecca West's early journalistic writings, collected here for the first time, which reveal West's passionate responses to political and literary events as well as her experience in the suffrage campaign. Included are articles from The Freewoman, The Clarion, and the Daily News, among others.

Author : Rebecca M. Jordan-Young
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674058798

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Brain Storm by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young Pdf

Female and male brains are different, thanks to hormones coursing through the brain before birth. That’s taught as fact in psychology textbooks, academic journals, and bestselling books. And these hardwired differences explain everything from sexual orientation to gender identity, to why there aren’t more women physicists or more stay-at-home dads. In this compelling book, Rebecca Jordan-Young takes on the evidence that sex differences are hardwired into the brain. Analyzing virtually all published research that supports the claims of “human brain organization theory,” Jordan-Young reveals how often these studies fail the standards of science. Even if careful researchers point out the limits of their own studies, other researchers and journalists can easily ignore them because brain organization theory just sounds so right. But if a series of methodological weaknesses, questionable assumptions, inconsistent definitions, and enormous gaps between ambiguous findings and grand conclusions have accumulated through the years, then science isn’t scientific at all. Elegantly written, this book argues passionately that the analysis of gender differences deserves far more rigorous, biologically sophisticated science. “The evidence for hormonal sex differentiation of the human brain better resembles a hodge-podge pile than a solid structure...Once we have cleared the rubble, we can begin to build newer, more scientific stories about human development.”

Author : Rebecca M. Jordan-Young,Katrina Karkazis
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674242654

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Testosterone by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young,Katrina Karkazis Pdf

An Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal Winner A Progressive Book of the Year A TechCrunch Favorite Read of the Year “Deeply researched and thoughtful.” —Nature “An extended exercise in myth busting.” —Outside “A critique of both popular and scientific understandings of the hormone, and how they have been used to explain, or even defend, inequalities of power.” —The Observer Testosterone is a familiar villain, a ready culprit for everything from stock market crashes to the overrepresentation of men in prisons. But your testosterone level doesn’t actually predict your appetite for risk, sex drive, or athletic prowess. It isn’t the biological essence of manliness—in fact, it isn’t even a male sex hormone. So what is it, and how did we come to endow it with such superhuman powers? T’s story begins when scientists first went looking for the chemical essence of masculinity. Over time, it provided a handy rationale for countless behaviors—from the boorish to the enviable. Testosterone focuses on what T does in six domains: reproduction, aggression, risk-taking, power, sports, and parenting, addressing heated debates like whether high-testosterone athletes have a natural advantage as well as disagreements over what it means to be a man or woman. “This subtle, important book forces rethinking not just about one particular hormone but about the way the scientific process is embedded in social context.” —Robert M. Sapolsky, author of Behave “A beautifully written and important book. The authors present strong and persuasive arguments that demythologize and defetishize T as a molecule containing quasi-magical properties, or as exclusively related to masculinity and males.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Provides fruitful ground for understanding what it means to be human, not as isolated physical bodies but as dynamic social beings.” —Science

Author : Rebecca J. Young
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781524543099

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Without Promise by Rebecca J. Young Pdf

Without Promise is a romance story about two people who met on an international website. She lived in the United States, and he lived in Egypt. Getting to know each other as just friends became more involved than they originally anticipated. They ended up talking for six years, and their lives became very involved. The story is not only about romance but is an educational writing about the country of Egypt. You will learn about Egypts culture, government, religion, and the revolution of 2011. This book will teach you why Egypt is a third-world country.

Author : Rebecca Stead
Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307980854

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Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead Pdf

This brilliant, New York Times bestselling novel from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me explores multiple perspectives on the bonds and limits of friendship. Long ago, best friends Bridge, Emily, and Tab made a pact: no fighting. But it’s the start of seventh grade, and everything is changing. Emily’s new curves are attracting attention, and Tab is suddenly a member of the Human Rights Club. And then there’s Bridge. She’s started wearing cat ears and is the only one who’s still tempted to draw funny cartoons on her homework. It’s also the beginning of seventh grade for Sherm Russo. He wonders: what does it mean to fall for a girl—as a friend? By the time Valentine’s Day approaches, the girls have begun to question the bonds—and the limits—of friendship. Can they grow up without growing apart? “Sensitively explores togetherness, aloneness, betrayal and love.” —The New York Times A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book for Fiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, NPR, and more!

Author : Rebecca Watson
Publisher : Strange Light
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771005848

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little scratch by Rebecca Watson Pdf

In the formally innovative tradition of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Ducks, Newburyport comes a dazzlingly original, shot-in-the-arm of a debut that reveals a young woman's every thought over the course of one deceptively ordinary day. She wakes up, goes to work. Watches the clock and checks her phone. But underneath this monotony there's something else going on: something under her skin. Relayed in interweaving columns that chart the feedback loop of memory, the senses, and modern distractions with wit and precision, our narrator becomes increasingly anxious as the day moves on: Is she overusing the heart emoji? Isn't drinking eight glasses of water a day supposed to fix everything? Why is the etiquette of the women's bathroom so fraught? How does she define rape? And why can't she stop scratching? Fiercely moving and slyly profound, little scratch is a defiantly playful look at how our minds function in--and survive--the darkest moments.

Author : Rebecca Chaperon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Art
ISBN : 1927018404

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Eerie Dearies by Rebecca Chaperon Pdf

Eerie Dearies is an unusual book that offers a carefully crafted and alphabetised section of 26 beautifully illustrated excuses for being AWOL from school. Faded and well-used book covers serve as compelling background to each of these delicately rendered acrylic paintings, creating an atmosphere akin to an old and dusty collection of darkly humorous myths. Rebecca Chaperon's 26 fine art paintings of the misadventures of various literary heroines in surreal landscapes. The perfect peculiar ABC!

Author : Rebecca Young
Publisher : Cartwheel Books
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0545146992

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Watch Me Go! by Rebecca Young Pdf

Identifies how various vehicles such as cars, trucks, trains, boats and fire engines move, in a text with illustrations that give the illusion of movement.

Author : Rebecca Young
Publisher : Meriwether Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Acting
ISBN : 1566081718

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102 Great Monologues by Rebecca Young Pdf

A sequel collection of winning monologues in the style and format of "100 Great Monologs" by the sane author. Rebecca Young knows how teenagers think and act -- and what they like to talk about. These monologues and duologues may be used for auditions, class assignments or contest competitions. With such a wide variety of topics, there is a monologue to fit any student's personality. All of the monologues are non-theatrical in style -- they speak as teenagers live. Easy to stage.

Author : Rebecca T. Isbell,Shirley C. Raines
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Arts
ISBN : 1133314066

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Creativity and the Arts with Young Children by Rebecca T. Isbell,Shirley C. Raines Pdf

Includes information about artistic development, children's books, creative drama, movement, musical development, musical instruments, physical development, play, puppetry, recipes, singing, children with special needs, tools and materials, two dimensional art, etc.

Author : Rebecca Thomas
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing Limited
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1774710064

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I''m Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas Pdf

Former Halifax Poet Laureate and second-generation residential school survivor Rebecca Thomas writes honestly and powerfully in this companion piece to Rita Joe's I Lost My Talk. Includes vibrant illustrations from Mi?kmaw artist Pauline Young.

Author : Rebecca Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1760655287

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The Skunk with No Funk by Rebecca Young Pdf

A hilarious picture book from Rebecca Young with quirky art by much-loved illustrator, Leila Rudge. Woody is not what his family expected. He is a skunk with NO funk. A failure. A flop. An odourless plop. Poor Woody! What is he going to do? When Woody's family realise he has no smell at all, they try EVERYTHING to help him find his funk, showing him how to rummage in rubbish and dabble in dung. But what if the answer was there all along?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044100173236

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The Young Woman's Journal by Anonim Pdf