Literary Couplings: Writing Couples, Collaborators, and the Construction of Authorship
This innovative collection challenges the traditional focus on solitary genius by examining the rich diversity of literary couplings and collaborations from the early modern to the postmodern period. Literary Couplings explores some of the best-known literary partnerships—from the Sidneys to Boswell and Johnson to Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes—and also includes lesser-known collaborators such as Daphne Marlatt and Betsy Warland.
Powered by Feel: How Individuals, Teams, and Companies Excel
How do world-class performing individuals, teams, and companies do what they do? Would you like to know how to perform at your best on a regular basis? This book reveals the results of research involving interviews with hundreds of world-class performers in athletics, business, music, medicine and the military. It also includes the lessons learned from global consulting experiences, involving feel, with a wide and diverse group of corporate executives and independent contributors.
athematical Challenge Problems with Solution Strategies. Problem-mathics is a collection of 25 mathematical problems with solution strategies, designed to challenge as well as to teach the reader to become a better problem solver. The problems represent the areas of arithmetic, geometry, algebra, number theory, and logic. The book is intended for students in grades 6-12. Problem-mathics contains two sections. In Section I the 25 challenge problems are presented in situational contxts. Section II contains the extensive problem analyses.
Step-to-step guide for glass painting, including templates and clear, colourful explanations. The book includes projects for absolute beginners (absolute fun also for children and their parents) as well as advanced material.
Recommended for those, who always wanted but never managed to start glass painting!
Newly revised and up-to-date, this edition of The Social Animal is a brief, compelling introduction to modern social psychology. Through vivid narrative, lively presentations of important research, and intriguing examples, Elliot Aronson probes the patterns and motives of human behavior, covering such diverse topics as terrorism, conformity, obedience, politics, race relations, advertising, war, interpersonal attraction, and the power of religious cults.
