They are compassionate voices, they are dedicated professionals, they are critical players in the health care system with worn pairs of shoes that have miles of stories to tell.
Part of the "e;Lives of Victorian Literary Figures"e; series, this set collects contemporary memoirs, biographies and ephemera relating to Oscar Wilde, Henry James and Edith Wharton.
Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal workWhat makes a leader?
Las protagonistas de estas historias no se conocen, tal vez solo se han cruzado al pasar, pero todas comparten un mismo dolor: su autoestima está en el subsuelo, frágil, a veces, hasta imperceptible.
An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and work in the wild.
This book highlights the pioneering roles of African women as leaders and role models in Kenya, providing examples taken from across education, health, business, and a range of other sectors.
An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and work in the wild.
In this highly provocative book, originally published in 1974, Sir George Pickering, former Professor of Medicine in the University of London and Regius Professor in the University of Oxford, examines the role of illness in the minds and lives of Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Freud, Proust, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Mary Baker Eddy.
This book of 100 essays written over the last three post-apartheid decades provides profiles of pan-African figures, mostly from Africa and its diaspora in the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean.
This book of 100 essays written over the last three post-apartheid decades provides profiles of pan-African figures, mostly from Africa and its diaspora in the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean.
El ataque de pánico es un fin del mundo que cabe en diez minutos; un cataclismo que se ensaña con el cuerpo y con cualquier vislumbre de sosiego que pudiera haber en el alma.
OB FACH- ODER FÜHRUNGSPOSITION, GESCHÄFTSFÜHRERIN, VORSTÄNDIN ODER MENTORIN: in diesem Jahrbuch der Plattform herCAREER werden die spannendsten Frauen des Jahres vorgestellt.
Geht man der Frage nach, wer die Fußballvereine im Ruhrgebiet in den letzten 100 Jahren groß gemacht hat, kommt man an diesen zwölf Männern kaum vorbei.
Geht man der Frage nach, wer die Fußballvereine im Ruhrgebiet in den letzten 100 Jahren groß gemacht hat, kommt man an diesen zwölf Männern kaum vorbei.
Zehn faszinierende Biografien selbstbestimmter FrauenVorreiterrinnen, Wegbereiterinnen, Frauenrechtlerinnen – diese zehn außergewöhnlichen Frauen verband vor allem eines: Sie waren unabhängig, haben ihre Ideen verwirklicht und ein eigenes Werk geschaffen.
For the first time, the WPA Slave Narratives are organized by theme, making it easier to examine-and understand-specific aspects of slave life and culture.
For the first time, the WPA Slave Narratives are organized by theme, making it easier to examine-and understand-specific aspects of slave life and culture.
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024** Unmissable Stephen Fry'A delight' Katherine Rundell Illuminating Susie Dent'Brilliant' Philippa Perry'Enthralling' Jeanette WintersonWhat do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common?
Plutarch's Lives continues its exploration of character and consequence in this third volume, examining figures whose lives were shaped by uncertainty, ambition, and political danger.
Wahnsinnige Ehemänner, lebenslanger Hausarrest, grausamste körperliche und seelische Qualen, Isolation in einem intriganten Hofstaat: Alltag für viele adlige Frauen des 17.
This book brings together the key events in the lives of 14 ethnically diverse school leaders and members of the NAHT 'Leaders for Race Equality' group through school, university, interviews and promotion.
The memoirs in this collection are written by those who had personal knowledge of Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth, or who claimed to be recording the accounts of those who had such knowledge.
