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  • Women, the Novel, and Natural Philosophy, 1660–1727

    by K. Gevirtz ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book shows how early women novelists from Aphra Behn to Mary Davys drew on debates about the self generated by the 'scientific' revolution to establish the novel as a genre. Fascinated by the problematic idea of a unified self underpinning modes of thinking, female novelists innovated narrative structures to interrogate this idea. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Crocodile and The Mango Tree

    Ten whimsical stories for children about nature, ecology, farms, and wild animals.

    by Elihu Gevirtz ...
    Ori the Beet Farmer is about a young boy whose humble nature guides him through sharing the experience of farming with his animal friends who help him maintain an ecological balance on the farm.Magnificent Hummingbirds is a tale of three hummingbirds who delight in the experience of visiting beautiful flowers.Leia the Grass-Covered Mountain is about a mountain who learns a lesson about the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Apothecary's Wife

    The Hidden History of Medicine and How It Became a Commodity

    by Karen Bloom Gevirtz ...
    "A lively medical, scientific, and economic history."—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)Best Nonfiction Books of 2024, Kirkus Reviews"A timely reminder that the current greed-based healthcare system is a relatively recent man-made scheme."—ForbesA groundbreaking genealogy of for-profit healthcare and an urgent reminder that centering women's history offers vital opportunities for shaping the future.< ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Elvis Presley Cookbook

    Fun Facts and Simple Southern Comfort Recipes Fit for a King (95 Classic Recipes Loved by The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll)

    by Elizabeth McKeon, Ralph Gevirtz, Julie Bandy ...
    Your taste buds are about to be all shook up.Put on your blue suede shoes and shake up your saltshaker, because this cookbook has some hunka-hunka delicious food! The Elvis Presley Cookbook is making a big flavor-filled comeback—with nearly 100 mouthwatering recipes worthy of the King himself. With every bite, travel back in time and relive the classic Southern flavors Elvis adored.Packed with ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Role of Anesthesiology in Global Health

    A Comprehensive Guide

    Edited by Ram Roth, Elizabeth A. M. Frost, Clifford Gevirtz, Carrie L.H. Atcheson ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    “This brilliantly assembled expert compendium provides a much-needed guide for the practical application of anesthesiology in medical practice in the most bereft underdeveloped and violence-afflicted regions of the globe.” —Seymour Topping, Professor Emeritus of International Journalism, Columbia UniversityThis is a comprehensive guide to the role of anesthesiologists in medical missions. In their ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

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    The Apothecary's Wife

    The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity

    by Karen Bloom Gevirtz ...
    Narrated by Elisabeth Lagelee ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 8 min

    The running joke in Europe for centuries was that anyone in a hurry to die should call the doctor. As far back as ancient Greece, physicians were notorious for administering painful and often fatal treatments—and charging for the privilege. For the most effective treatment, the ill and injured went to the women in their lives. This system lasted hundreds of years. It was gone in less than a ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Gender and Space in British Literature, 1660-1820

    by Mona Narain, Karen Gevirtz ...
    Series series British Literature in Context in the Long Eighteenth Century
    Between 1660 and 1820, Great Britain experienced significant structural transformations in class, politics, economy, print, and writing that produced new and varied spaces and with them, new and reconfigured concepts of gender. In mapping the relationship between gender and space in British literature of the period, this collection defines, charts, and explores new cartographies, both geographic ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Representing the Eighteenth Century in Film and Television, 2000–2015

    by Karen Bloom Gevirtz ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book analyzes early twenty-first century film and television’s fascination with representing the Anglo-American eighteenth century. Grounded in cultural studies, film studies, and adaptation theory, the bookexamines how these works represented the eighteenth century to assuage anxieties about values, systems, and institutions at the start of a new millennium. The first two chapters reveal how ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Approaches to Teaching Behn's Oroonoko

    by Sharon Alker, Emily Hodgson Anderson, Srinivas Aravamudan, Ana de Freitas Boe, Erik Bond, Keith M. Botelho, VIncent Carretta, Ashley Cross, Laura Doyle, Karen Gevirtz, Derek Hughes, Scott J. Juengel, Thomas W. Krise, Joyce Green MacDonald, Roberta C. Martin, Shawn Lisa Maurer, Jane Milling, Jessica Muns, Holly Faith Nelson, Bill Overton, Leslie Richardson, Laura J. Rosenthal, Margarete Rubik, Laura L. Runge, Jane Spencer, Laura M. Stevens, James Grantham Turner, Rose Zimbardo ...
    Series Book 127 - Approaches to Teaching World Literature
    Once merely a footnote in Restoration and eighteenth-century studies and rarely taught, Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave (1688), by Aphra Behn, is now essential reading for scholars and a classroom favorite. It appears in general surveys and in courses on early modern British writers, postcolonial literature, American literature, women's literature, drama, the slave narrative, and autobiography.Part ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • Five Little Monkeys Storybook Treasury

    by Eileen Christelow ...
    Illustrated by Eileen Christelow ...
    Series Book 40 - A Five Little Monkeys Story
    A super collection of Five Little Monkeys stories to treasure . . . along with a drawing lesson from the author, musical notation, and more than 100 adorable stickers!This treasury features a special introduction and five full-length picture books—Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed, Five Little Monkeys Bake a Cake, Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree, Five Little Monkeys with Nothing to Do, ... Read more

    $13.49 USD

  • The Milk of Dreams

    by Leonora Carrington ...
    In English for the first time, a wild and darkly funny book that combines Surrealist painter Leonora Carringon's fantastical writing and illustrations for childrenThe maverick surrealist Leonora Carrington was an extraordinary painter and storyteller who loved to make up stories and draw pictures for her children. She lived much of her life in Mexico, and her sons remember sitting in a big room ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Wild Animals

    by Virginia Loh-Hagan ...
    Series series Stranger Than Fiction
    Take a look at the world's weirdest animals--from blobfish to Octogoat. These stories are too strange to be made up! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes tons of fascinating information and wild facts that will hold the readers' interest, allowing for ... Read more

    $24.19 USD