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Elogio a Mishima e a Maiakovski
by Valerio Carbone; Flavio Carlini António Roxo LeãoO livro inclui quatro textos de ficção sobre a vida e a morte de Yukio Mishima e de Vladimir Maiakovski, todos cobrindo a vasta gama de conflito interior de ambos os personagens e envolvendo as circunstâncias que conduziram aos seus suicídios.
Elogio a Mishima y a Majakovskij
by Valerio Carbone; Flavio Carlini Sara MiñanaNo es una evaluación técnica de las figuras históricas de Yukio Mishima y Vladimir Majakovskj, sino una narración de cuatro historias. Este libro no quiere exhibir biografías simples, más bien utiliza las ideas recibidas de las lecturas de las obras de estos dos autores, tan distantes y cercanas a la vez, extremadamente polémicas y fascinantes a su manera, para analizar de forma crítica, a través de la literatura, la relación entre individuo y sociedad, la fricción del individuo hacia el conformismo y la emancipación, la soledad y el orgullo, la ferocidad de la vida y la muerte.
Eloise: Poorhouse, Farm, Asylum and Hospital 1839-1984 (Images of America)
by Patricia IbbotsonEloise, which started out as a poorhouse, later became known as Wayne County General Hospital. From only 35 residents on 280 acres in 1839, the complex grew dramatically after the Civil War until the total land involved was 902 acres and the total number of patients was about 10,000. Today, all that remains are five buildings and a smokestack. Only one of them, the Kay Beard Building, is currently used.In Eloise: Poorhouse, Farm, Asylum, and Hospital, 1839-1984, this institution and medical center that cared for thousands of people over the years, is brought back to life. The book, in over 220 historic photographs, follows the facility's roots, from its beginnings as a poorhouse, to the founding of its psychiatric division and general hospital. The reader will also be able to trace the changing face of psychiatric care over the years. The book effectively captures what it was like to live, work, and play on Eloise's expansive grounds.
Elom
by William H. DrinkardFire from the Goddess and the meat and furs of the mammoth are all that the People need to live. It is a harsh life but a good one and it is one that all cherish.Young Geerna knows that the time has come for her to become a woman and take up the tasks to keep her people safe. She waits in the Awakening Place, fearful and hopeful as her ordeals come to an end. Then, on the eve of her Womanhood, a shining light descends upon her and her world is torn asunder. And she embarks on a journey that none of her people could ever envision...Eons have passed. Cycle upon cycle the Way of the People have remain unchanged: women are artists, men are hunters. Geerna's Law is the covenant by which humans live in harmony and peace. But all is about to change. A call has come for The People to choose their champions, and a summons to meet the mysterious creatures who selected Geerna so long ago.All is unknown. As the brave souls who are chosen venture forth, they will come to discover just how much that pact that Geerna made so long ago has cost them. And they will have to confront the choices that might help them to finally know true freedom.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Elon Musk
by Walter IsaacsonThe #1 New York Times and global bestseller from Walter Isaacson—the acclaimed author of Steve Jobs, Einstein: His Life and World, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da Vinci—is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating, controversial innovator of modern times. For two years, Isaacson shadowed Elon Musk as he executed his vision for electric vehicles at Tesla, space exploration with SpaceX, the AI revolution, and the takeover of Twitter and its conversion to X. The result is the definitive portrait of the mercurial pioneer that offers clues to his political instincts, future ambitions, and overall worldview. When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. His father&’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive. At the beginning of 2022—after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth—Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. &“I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,&” he said. It was a wistful comment, not a New Year&’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world&’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground. For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
Elon Musk (edición en español)
by Walter IsaacsonDel autor de Steve Jobs y otras grandes biografías, todas ellas éxitos internacionales de ventas, esta es la historia asombrosamente íntima del innovador más fascinante y polémico del mundo, un visionario que ha roto todos los moldes y ha conducido al mundo a la era de los vehículos eléctricos, la exploración espacial privada y la inteligencia artificial. Ah, y el mismo que compró Twitter.Cuando Elon Musk era un niño en Sudáfrica, sufría a menudo acoso escolar. Un día un grupo de niños lo empujó por unas escaleras de hormigón y le patearon hasta que su cara se hinchó como una pelota. Pasó una semana en el hospital. Pero las cicatrices físicas fueron insignificantes comparadas con las emocionales, las que le había causado su padre, un canalla, ingeniero carismático y fantasioso. Cuando Elon llegó a casa tras ser dado de alta del hospital, su padre le reprendió. «Tuve que escucharlo durante una hora mientras me gritaba, me llamaba idiota y me decía que era un inútil», recuerda. El impacto psicológico que su padre le causó perduró. Se convirtió en un joven fuerte pero vulnerable al mismo tiempo, propenso a bruscos cambios de humor -a lo Jekyll y Hyde-, con una gran tolerancia al riesgo, ansias de drama, un épico sentido de misión y una intensidad maníaca, cruel y a veces destructiva.A principios de 2022, después de un año marcado por el lanzamiento de treinta y un satélites de SpaceX, la venta de un millón de coches de Tesla y de convertirse en el hombre más rico de la tierra, Musk confesó con arrepentimiento su impulso por provocar el drama. «Necesito cambiar mi forma de pensar para que deje de estar en modo crisis, como lo he estado en los últimos catorce años, o probablemente toda mi vida», explicó.Fue un comentario melancólico, no un propósito de año nuevo. Cuando hizo la promesa, estaba comprando en secreto acciones de Twitter, el patio de recreo por excelencia. Con los años, cuando se encontraba en un momento difícil, se veía transportado de nuevo al acoso que sufrió en el patio del colegio. Ahora tenía la oportunidad de poseerlo. Durante dos años, Isaacson fue la sombra de Musk, asistió a sus reuniones, recorrió juntos sus fábricas, y pasó horas entrevistándolo a él, a su familia, amigos, compañeros y adversarios. El resultado es un relato íntimo y revelador, repleto de historias asombrosas, triunfos y perturbaciones, que aborda la pregunta: ¿son los demonios que mueven a Musk también lo que se necesita para impulsar la innovación y el progreso?
Eloping with the Laird (Falling for a Stewart #1)
by Jeanine EnglertA man she can trust…With her life…and her heart? Ordered by her father to choose a husband by the end of the Highland Games—or he will select one for her—widow Moira Fraser hastily elopes with Rory McKenna, Laird of Blackmore. But they soon discover neither is free of the past. Rory has a price on his head and needs an heir as soon as possible, and Moira&’s horrible first marriage has left her afraid of letting her new husband get close… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Eloquence Is Power
by Sandra M. GustafsonOratory emerged as the first major form of verbal art in early America because, as John Quincy Adams observed in 1805, "eloquence was POWER." In this book, Sandra Gustafson examines the multiple traditions of sacred, diplomatic, and political speech that flourished in British America and the early republic from colonization through 1800. She demonstrates that, in the American crucible of cultures, contact and conflict among Europeans, native Americans, and Africans gave particular significance and complexity to the uses of the spoken word. Gustafson develops what she calls the performance semiotic of speech and text as a tool for comprehending the rich traditions of early American oratory. Embodied in the delivery of speeches, she argues, were complex projections of power and authenticity that were rooted in or challenged text-based claims of authority. Examining oratorical performances as varied as treaty negotiations between native and British Americans, the eloquence of evangelical women during the Great Awakening, and the founding fathers' debates over the Constitution, Gustafson explores how orators employed the shifting symbolism of speech and text to imbue their voices with power.
Eloquent Spaces: Meaning and Community in Early Indian Architecture
by Shonaleeka KaulEloquent Spaces adopts the twin analytic of meaning and community to write a fresh history of building in early India. It presents a new perspective on the principles and practices of early Indian architecture. Defining it broadly over a range of space uses, the book argues for architecture as a form of cultural production as well as public consumption. Ten chapters by leading archaeologists, architects, historians and philosophers, examining different architectural sites and landscapes, including Sanchi, Moodabidri, Srinagar, Chidambaram, Patan, Konark, Basgo and Puri, demonstrate the need to look beyond the built form to its spirit, beyond aesthetics to cognition, and thereby to integrating architecture with its myriad living contexts. The volume captures some of the semantic diversity inherent in premodern Indian traditions of civic building, both sacred and secular, which were, however, unified in their insistence on enacting meaning and a transcendent validity over and above utility and beauty of form. The book is a quest for a culturally rooted architecture as an alternative to the growing crisis of disembededness that informs modern praxis. This volume will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of architecture, ancient Indian history, philosophy, art history and cultural studies.
Elphie: the spellbinding prequel to WICKED, the bestselling book that inspired the movie
by Gregory MaguireOnce upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born... ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD is the captivating coming-of-age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves. Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch, she bears the markings from childhood. But what happened before her powers took hold?Elphie is a girl like any other and no other. Nothing like her parents - one beautiful, the other pious - nor her saintly sister, Nessarose. Her skin is green, her mind is cunning. One day she will command this strange and wonderful world. For now, her journey is just beginning.The road ahead is full of lessons and heartbreak, the first bruising attempts at friendship - and tantalising whispers of magic.It will lead Elphie to the doors of Shiz University, and to the girl who will change her life forever...
Els camins de la llum
by Coia VallsL'obra més ambiciosa de Coia Valls. Aquesta és la historia d'una revolució, protagonitzada per un nen, portada a terme des de l'anonimat, sense més armes que un punxó. El petit d'una família de basters, els Braille, té un accident que li farà perdre la vista de manera gradual. La tenacitat dels qui l'envolten, i la seva pròpia, aconsegueixen teixir un camí d'aventura i descobertes que anirà molt més enllà del que ens atreviríem a somiar. La vida d'en Louis Braille, un recorregut que ens parla de llums i d'ombres, de llibertat i d'opressió, de salut i de malaltia, de com l'enginy pot superar la manca de recursos, i que transcorre en paral·lel a la convulsa França de la primera meitat del segle XIX, en un temps de revoltes i esperances. Coupvray, Paris, Limoges i Vichy són els escenaris que acullen la lluita d'un home de procedència humil que va descobrir la clau amb què els cecs trencarien les seves cadenes, mentre maldava per trobar l'essència de la felicitat. La commovedora història del creador del sistema Braille, una impressionant novel·la de superació que recorda Las cenizas de Ángela. Una gran saga familiar que ens trasllada a Oliver Twist de Dickens.
Els germans
by TerenciEls germans planteja un debat, ben viu encara, sobre dos models educatius. Dèmeas, defensor aferrissat de les virtuts formatives de la disciplina, educa un dels seus dos fills, Ctesifó, amb rigor i severitat, alhora que confia l’altre, Èsquinus, al seu germà solter Mició, home hel·lenitzat, liberal, sensible i dedicat a l’otium. Però resulta que tots dos pupils cometen entremaliadures semblants, de manera que la severitat antiga es revela ben poc eficaç. És, en definitiva, l’obra que fa reflexionar sobre si l’educació del jovent ha de ser permissiva o repressiva. I el debat queda obert fins al final. Molts crítics consideren Els germans l’obra mestra de Terenci. De fet, apareix al centre de qualsevol debat sobre l’educació, i és un punt de referència en l’Emili de Rousseau (1762) i també en Goethe, que es feia dir Mició pel seu fill August, al qual, al seu torn, li agradava definir-se com Èsquinus.
Els germans
by TerenciEls germans planteja un debat, ben viu encara, sobre dos models educatius. Dèmeas, defensor aferrissat de les virtuts formatives de la disciplina, educa un dels seus dos fills, Ctesifó, amb rigor i severitat, alhora que confia l’altre, Èsquinus, al seu germà solter Mició, home hel·lenitzat, liberal, sensible i dedicat a l’otium. Però resulta que tots dos pupils cometen entremaliadures semblants, de manera que la severitat antiga es revela ben poc eficaç. És, en definitiva, l’obra que fa reflexionar sobre si l’educació del jovent ha de ser permissiva o repressiva. I el debat queda obert fins al final. Molts crítics consideren Els germans l’obra mestra de Terenci. De fet, apareix al centre de qualsevol debat sobre l’educació, i és un punt de referència en l’Emili de Rousseau (1762) i també en Goethe, que es feia dir Mició pel seu fill August, al qual, al seu torn, li agradava definir-se com Èsquinus.
Els hereus de la terra
by Ildefonso FalconesLa molt esperada continuació del gran fenomen editorial L'església del mar d'Ildefonso Falcones. Fa deu anys milions de lectors es van rendir a l'Arnau Estanyol, el bastaix que va ajudar a construir l'església de Santa Maria, l'església del mar. Ara la història continua amb aquesta impressionant recreació de la Barcelona medieval, una esplèndida i emocionant novel·la de lleialtat, venjança, amor i somnis per complir. Barcelona, 1387. Les campanes de l'església de Santa Maria de la Mar continuen repicant per a tots els habitants del barri de la Ribera, però n'hi ha un que les escolta amb una especial atenció... L'Hug Llor, orfe de pare mariner, té dotze anys i treballa a les drassanes gràcies a la generositat d'un dels prohoms més apreciats de la ciutat: l'Arnau Estanyol. Però els somnis de joventut de ser un dia constructor de vaixells toparan de ple contra una realitat dura i despietada quan la família Puig, enemiga acèrrima del seu mentor, aprofiti la posició que obté amb el nou rei per executar una venjança que fa anys que anhela. A partir d'aquest moment, la vida de l'Hug oscil·la entre guardar lleialtat a en Bernat, amic i únic fill de l'Arnau, o mirar de sobreviure en una ciutat injusta amb els pobres. Obligat a abandonar el barri de la Ribera, busca feina al costat d'en Mahir, un jueu que li ensenya els secrets del món del vi. Amb ell, entre vinyes, bótes i alambins, el noi descobreix la passió per la terra i coneix la Dolça, la bonica neboda del jueu que es convertirà el seu primer amor. Però aquest sentiment, prohibit pels costums i la religió, li aportarà els moments més dolços i amargs de la seva joventut. Deu anys després de L'església del mar, Ildefonso Falcones torna a aquest món que coneix tan bé, la Barcelona medieval. I ho fa amb l'ofici i l'amenitat de totes les seves obres, recreant un cop més a la perfecció l'efervescència d'una societat feudal, presonera d'una noblesa voluble i corrupta, i la lluita d'un home per sortir-se'n sense haver de sacrificar la seva dignitat.
Els núvols
by AristòfanesEls núvols és una sàtira sobre els canvis introduïts en els principis educatius vigents a l’Atenes del segle V a.C. Estrepsíades, un pagès ja vell, s'ha casat amb una dona de ciutat, procedent d'una bona família. Fidípides, el seu fill, malcriat per la mare des de petit, s'ha afeccionat als cavalls i ha arruïnat el pare que és perseguit pels seus creditors. Després d'una nit d'insomni, Estrepsíades idea un magnífic pla: portarà el seu fill a l'escola dels sofistes, regentada per Sòcrates, on aprendrà l'art de convèncer amb la paraula. Però el noi es nega a anar-hi i és el vell en persona qui, assetjat pels creditors, decideix acudir al «pensatori». L'aprenentatge, però, resulta un fracàs, ja que Estrepsíades és incapaç d'assimilar res i l'únic que aconsegueix és desesperar Sòcrates amb les seves ximpleries. Una sàtira enginyosa del nou model d'educació que els sofistes anaven introduint en la societat atenesa de l'època i que tanta por devia fer als defensors dels valors tradicionals, perquè els mètodes sofístics ho posaven tot en qüestió: la moral, la virtut, la justícia, la veritat,...
Els passatgers de l'Anna C.
by Laura AlcobaEls passatgers de l'Anna C. relata l'increïble viatge realitzat per un grapat de joves revolucionaris argentins a mitjans dels anys seixanta, amb la finalitat d’unir-se al Che Guevara. Estan preparats per donar la seva vida per la Revolució. L’any 1968 el vaixell Anna C. Portava en Manel i la Soledad de tornada a l’Argentina, després de dos anys d’entrenament guerriller a Cuba. Amb ells, hi havia la seva filla acabada de néixer. Llavors duia un altre nom, però és la mateixa Laura Alcoba, l’autora i narradora d’aquesta novel·la, que, passats els anys, ressegueix el periple dels seus pares i altres companys argentins, els quals, enduts per l’ideal revolucionari, van viatjar a Cuba per unir-se al Che i la revolució. Sota l’aspecte d’una investigació que duu a terme l’autora, preguntant als seus pares i als supervivents, i recreant brillantment l’experiència guerrillera dels protagonistes i l’ambient intel·lectual revolucionari, Els passatgers de l’Anna C. és una novel·la escrita amb tant de reconeixement com de distanciat i amable escepticisme, una novel·la feta de petits moments reveladors i escenes on conviuen les il·lusions invencibles de la joventut amb el trencament -pot ser inevitable- que experimenten els somnis en contacte amb la realitat.
Els pilars de la Terra (Saga Els pilars de la Terra #1)
by Ken FollettEls pilars de la Terra és una gran història d'amor i d'odi, d'espiritualitat, d'ambició i de cobdícia, de luxúria, maldat i venjança a l'Edat Mitjana. La seva màgia és irresistible... L'obra mestra de Ken Follett. Cap novel·la històrica no ha captivat la imaginació dels lectors tant com Els pilars de la Terra. Des que es va publicar l'any 1989 ha estat el llibre preferit de milions de lectors d'arreu del món i encara ara ho continua sent, fet que l'ha convertit en un fenomen literari sense precedents. La novel·la evoca de manera magistral la construcció de la catedral gòtica de Kingsbride, a Anglaterra, en el segle XIX. El temple es converteix en la clau d'una història absorbent i fascinant sobre la lluita pel poder, però també sobre la dura realitat de la vida d'en Tom Builder, mestre constructor, i la seva família. Els pilars de la Terra és l'obra mestra de Ken Follett. Constitueix una evocació excepcional d'una època fosca de passions violentes. Ressenya:«Fantàstic des de tots els punts de vista.»El Mundo
Elsa Schiaparelli
by Meryle SecrestHer name was Elsa Schiaparelli. She was known as the Queen of Fashion; a headline attraction in the international glitter-glamour show of the late twenties and thirties, feted in Rome (where she was born), Paris, New York, London, Moscow, Hollywood . . . Her style was a social revolution through clothing--luxurious, eccentric, ironic, sexy. Her fashions, inspired, from the whimsical to the most practical--from a Venetian cape of the commedia dell'arte to the Soviet parachute. She collaborated with some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century: on jewelry designs with Jean Schlumberger; on clothes with Salvador Dalí (his lobster dress for her, a lobster garnished with parsley painted on the skirt of an organdy dress, was instantly bought by Wallis Simpson for her honeymoon with the Duke of Windsor); with Jean Cocteau, Alberto Giacometti, Christian Bérard, photographers Baron Adolph de Meyer, Horst, Cecil Beaton, and the young Richard Avedon. She was the first designer to use rayon and latex, thick velvets, transparent and waterproof, and cellophane. Her perfume--Shocking!--was a bottle in the shape of a bust sculpted by Léonor Fini, inspired by the body of Mae West. Her boutique at an eighteenth-century palace at 21 Place Vendôme opened into a cage designed by Jean-Michel Frank. American Vogue, in 1927, presented her entire collection as Works of Art. A decade later, she was the first European to win the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award. Here is the never-before-told story of this most extraordinary fashion designer, perhaps the most extraordinary fashion designer of the twentieth century, in her day more famous than Chanel. Meryle Secrest, acclaimed biographer, who has captured the lives of many of the twentieth century's most iconic cultural figures, among them: Frank Lloyd Wright, Bernard Berenson, and Modigliani, gives us the first full life of the grand couturier--surrealist and embattled figure--whose medium was apparel. "Dare to be different," Schiaparelli advised women, and she lived it to the height; a rebel against convention--social as well as fashion. She designed an otter-fur bathing suit and a hat inspired by a lamb chop. ("I like to amuse myself," she said. "If I didn't, I would die.") Chanel, her arch rival, called her, "that Italian woman who makes dresses." Here is the story of Schiaparelli's rise to fame (as brazen and unique as any of the artistic creations that emerged from her Paris workrooms before World War II); her emotionally starved upbringing in Rome (her mother was part Scottish, part Neapolitan; her father, a prominent medieval scholar specializing in Islamic manuscripts, dean of the faculty of Rome; her uncle, an astronomer famous for his description in 1877 of "canals" on Mars); her years overshadowed by a prettier sister; her elopement with a Swiss-born man who claimed to be a count, disciple of mysticism and the occult--who managed to get himself and his young bride deported from Britain . . . her struggle to care for her polio-stricken daughter, Gogo, as a single and financially destitute mother living in Greenwich Village. Secrest writes of Schiaparelli's keen instincts--an astute businesswoman, she launched herself into hats, hose, soaps, shoes, handbags, in the space of a few years. By 1930, her company was grossing millions of francs a year. Secrest chronicles her exploits during World War II (she managed to escape from Europe to the United States) and, using FBI files, shows that during Schiaparelli's stay in New York, her whereabouts were documented almost week by week; she was never explicitly charged, but the cloud of collaboration lingered long after her return to Paris. As Secrest traces the unfolding of this dazzling career, she reveals the spirit that gave shape to this large and extravagant life, a woman--a force--whose artistic vision forever changed the face of fashion and redefined the boundaries of art.From the Hardcover edition.
Elsewhere: A Journey into Our Age of Islands
by Alastair BonnettThere are millions of islands on our planet. New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate, for tourism and territorial ambition. Many are also disappearing, besieged by rising sea levels. The story of our world’s islands is one of the great dramas of our time, and it is playing out around the planet—islands are sprouting or being submerged everywhere from the South China Sea to the Atlantic. Elsewhere is the story of this strange and mesmerizing planetary spectacle. In this book, explorer and geographer Alastair Bonnett takes us on a thought-provoking tour of the world’s most fascinating islands. He traveled the globe to provide a firsthand look at numerous islands, sketching a vivid likeness of each one he visited. From a “crannog,” an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building; from the disappearing islands that remain the home of native Central Americans to the ritzy new islands of Dubai; from Hong Kong to the Isles of Scilly—all have compelling stories to tell. As we journey around the world with Bonnett, he addresses urgent contemporary issues such as climate change, economic inequality and the changing balance of world power as reflected in the fates of islands. Along the way, we also learn about the many ways islands rise and fall, the long and little-known history of human island building and the prospect that the inland hills and valleys will one day be archipelagos. Featuring Bonnett’s charming hand-drawn maps and 33 full-color photos, Elsewhere is a captivating travel book for any armchair adventurer.
Elsie
by Lillie Gilliland McdowellElsie and her family have moved to a sod house in Kansas. Elsie, her brother and sister and their parents have adventures as they adjust to the new land. Elsie learns much about faith as she struggles to understand her mother slowly going blind.
Elsie Chamberlain: The Independent Life of a Woman Minister (Gender, Theology and Spirituality)
by Alan ArgentElsie Chamberlain was a leading figure in British broadcasting and religious life. She was a pioneer in many areas: the first woman chaplain to the armed forces; the first nonconformist minister to marry an Anglican clergyman; the first woman producer in the religious broadcasting dept of the BBC and the first woman to present the daily service on the radio. Her broadcasting accustomed many listeners to the idea of a woman leading public worship. And she became the first woman to occupy the chair of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and almost certainly the first woman anywhere in the world to head a major denomination. Elsie Chamberlain is the first full biography and a critical appreciation of this exceptional woman. Using original church and BBC archive sources, the book tells the story of a woman who did more than any other to change the way Christian women ministers are viewed.
Elsie Dinsmore
by Martha FinleyElsie, eight years old, with puzzling problems has never known her mother, who died when Elsie was a baby, and longs for a close relationship with her father. He sends her off to be raised at Roselands, where she is criticized insistently. Elsie learns to handle her problems and learns more about herself. Her faith in God grows as she learns to depend solely on Him for the peace and happiness she seeks.
Elsie Mae Has Something to Say
by Nancy J. CavanaughElsie Mae is pretty sure this'll be the best summer ever. She gets to explore the cool, quiet waters of the Okefenokee Swamp around her grandparents' house with her new dog, Huck, and she's written a letter to President Roosevelt that she's confident will save the swamp from a shipping company and make her a major hometown hero. Then, news reaches Elsie Mae of some hog bandits stealing from swamper families, and she sees another opportunity to make her family proud while waiting to hear back from the White House. But when her cousin Henry James, who dreams of one day becoming a traveling preacher like his daddy, shows up and just about ruins her investigation with his "Hallelujahs," Elsie Mae will learn the hard way what it really means to be a hero.
Elsie and Mairi Go to War
by Diane AtkinsonThe incredible story of two courageous and spirited women who were the only female participants to serve on the Western Front during World War I When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant eighteen-year old mechanic. Little did they know that theirs was to become one of the most extraordinary stories of World War I. In 1914, they roared off into the thick of things in Belgium, driving ambulances to distant military hospitals. Frustrated by the number of men dying of shock in the back of their vehicles, they set up their own first-aid post on the front line in the village of Pervyse, near Ypres, risking their lives working under sniper fire and heavy bombardment for months at a time. As news of their courage and expertise spread, the "Angels of Pervyse" became celebrities, but returning home and adjusting to peacetime life was to prove more challenging than even the war itself.
Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front
by Diane AtkinsonThe incredible story of two courageous and spirited women who were the only female participants to serve on the western front during World War I. When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant eighteen-year old mechanic, living at home borrowing tools from her brother. Little did they know, theirs was to become one of the most extraordinary stories of World War I. In 1914, they roared off to London 'to do their bit,' and within a month they were in the thick of things in Belgium driving ambulances to distant military hospitals. Frustrated by the number of men dying of shock in the back of their vehicles, they set up their own first-aid post on the front line in the village of Pervyse, near Ypres, risking their lives working under sniper fire and heavy bombardment for months at a time. As news of their courage and expertise spread, the 'Angels of Pervyse' became celebrities, visited by journalists and photographers as well as royals and VIPs. Glamorous and influential, they were having the time of their lives, and for four years Elsie and Mairi and stayed in Pervyse until they were nearly killed by arsenic gas in the spring of 1918. But returning home and adjusting to peacetime life--and the role of women in British society--was to prove more challenging than even the war itself.