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Three plays of courtship and marriage trace the currents of family life back to their source in the struggle of the human spirit.
This is the central volume in Horton Foote's remarkable nine-play Orphans' Home Cycle, in which the author chronicles the evolution of a family -- the strengths that bind its members together and the strains that force them apart -- and the cataclysmic changes in Southern society over twenty-six turbulent years. Beginning...
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"Passionate readers both, Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain courted through books, spelling out their expectations through literary references as they corresponded during their frequent separations. Their letters reveal Olivia Langdon not as a Victorian prude, as many twentieth-century critics have portrayed her, but as a thoughtful intellectual, widely read in literature, history, and modern science. Not surprisingly, the letters show Twain as a critic,...
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Sex, Love, and Culture volumes cover the ancient world, the medieval era, the early modern period, the colonial and revolutionary age, the nineteenth century, and the modern world. Each volume is cross-cultural in scope and includes alphabetically arranged entries written by expert contributors. Entries cover such topics as customs and practices, authors and works, concepts and institutions, and various other subjects....
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A collection of short fiction explores the complexities of human relationships and emotions in stories about a housekeeper entering old-maidhood whose life is transformed by a practical joke and a lifelong philanderer who finds the tables turned.
"A superb new collection from one of our best and best-loved writers. Nine stories draw us immediately into the special place known as Alice Munro territory--a place where an unexpected twist of events or...
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The Life Story team spent 1900 days filming the series, in 29 countries across six continents. They travelled a total of 1,850,798 miles - the equivalent of circling the globe 78 times. This allowed them to record some incredible footage; flightless barnacle goose chicks leaping down a cliff face from the ledge where they hatched, a housing chain of hermit crabs forming an orderly queue and swapping shells to find a perfect fit, a tiny, drab male...
15) Animals and their colors: camouflage, warning coloration, courtship and territorial display, mimicry
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Animals and Their Colors demonstrates the diversity of animal coloration as well as its role in social signaling, defense, breeding, and the interaction of prey and predators. (Publisher).
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A specialist in animal behavior compares the courtship rituals and mating behaviors of animals to their human equivalents, revealing the many and often surprising ways we are both similar to and different from other species. What makes an individual attractive to the opposite sex? Does size matter? Why do we tend to "keep score" in our relationships? From perfume and cosmetics to online dating and therapy, our ultimate goal is to successfully connect...
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Into their clandestine love letters, among the most famous in literary history, leading to their elopment in 1846, the two poets, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, poured the full resources of their minds and hearts. Karlin's selection based on a fresh examination of the original manuscripts, allows the reader to follow this story in all its scope and richness: the neurotic presence of Barrett's father and the demands both poets made on each...
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20) Mathematics with love: the courtship correspondence of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb
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"In 1922 Barnes Wallis, who later invented the bouncing bomb immortalized in the movie The Dam Busters, fell in love for the first and last time - aged 35. The object of his affection, Molly Bloxam, was 17 and setting off to study science at University College London. Her father decreed that the two could correspond only if Barnes taught Molly mathematics in his letters."
"Mathematics with Love presents, for the first time, the result of this curious...
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