Alexandra Harris Bücher

Im Jahr 1907, mit fünfundzwanzig Jahren und als unerfahrene Schriftstellerin, stand Virginia Stephen an einem Wendepunkt. Sie wusste, dass sie sich beweisen musste: „Ich werde entweder unglücklich oder glücklich sein, mich wortreich und sentimental verbreiten oder aber ein solches Englisch schreiben, dass die Seiten einmal Funken sprühen.“ Virginia Woolfs Prosa hat tatsächlich Funken geschlagen und strahlt bis heute. Alexandra Harris erzählt von der jungen Frau mit einem Notizbuch, die zu einer der größten Schriftstellerinnen wurde. Woolfs Leben war intensiv, geprägt von Mut, Unabhängigkeit und psychischem Leid. Die Biografie beleuchtet entscheidende Ereignisse in ihrem Leben, verfolgt ihre künstlerische Entwicklung und gewährt Einblicke in ihre Gedankenwelt. Sie führt uns von einer strengen viktorianischen Kindheit zur kreativen Freiheit der Bloomsbury-Boheme und zu den Herausforderungen, denen sich Woolf mit Leidenschaft stellte. Diese fesselnde Einführung in ihr Leben und Werk betrachtet jeden Roman im Kontext seiner Entstehung und zeigt auf, warum diese einzigartige Autorin noch siebzig Jahre nach ihrem Tod unsere Gedanken prägt und inspiriert.

Alexandra Harris erzählt von Virginia Woolf, einer bedeutenden Schriftstellerin, die ein intensives, mutiges und von psychischem Leid geprägtes Leben führte. Sie beleuchtet entscheidende Lebensereignisse, Woolfs künstlerische Entwicklung und Gedankenwelt und zeigt ihre Reise von der viktorianischen Kindheit zur Freiheit der Bloomsbury-Boheme.

Discover a movement of Christian young people who are rebelling against the low expectations of their culture by choosing to “do hard things” for the glory of God. Foreword by Chuck Norris • “One of the most life-changing, family-changing, church-changing, and culture-changing books of this generation.”—Randy Alcorn, bestselling author of Heaven Combating the idea of adolescence as a vacation from responsibility, Alex and Brett Harris weave together biblical insights, history, and modern examples to redefine the teen years as the launching pad of life and map a clear trajectory for long-term fulfillment and eternal impact. Written by teens for teens, Do Hard Things is packed with humorous personal anecdotes, practical examples, and stories of real-life rebelutionaries in action. This rallying cry from the heart of revolution already in progress challenges you to lay claim to a brighter future, starting today. Now featuring a conversation guide, 100 real-life examples of hard things tackled by other young people, and stories of young men and women who have taken the book’s charge to heart, Do Hard Things will inspire a new generation of rebelutionaries.

Dates are invented things. Nothing in nature decrees that today is today. But for millennia humans have divided time into portions, and given those portions names which are shared widely across cultures, creating a common agreement on the date. This convention is useful in practical ways: we can make arrangements and can communicate time elapsed or time ahead. But it's more than practical: the calendar makes a certain kind of truth and establishes that today is today. As calendars and almanacs developed, art from their specific time and place was naturally incorporated. Alexandra Harris has drawn together some of the most beautiful work that has gone into almanacs, from the eight century onwards, bringing in everything from Benedictine calendars to Old Moore's Almanack. In this beautiful, fully illustrated book Harris shows us that calendars drew on the traditions associated with every month and that despite wonderful variations, calendars are held together by a common will to pin down that most elusive subject: time itself

The publication offers a fresh examination of twentieth-century British art, challenging established narratives and exploring themes such as British Surrealism, patronage, and identity. Experts provide new insights that encourage readers to reconsider the connections between art and cultural history. Accompanied by striking visuals, it highlights the resilience of the British artistic tradition while prompting a deeper exploration of its evolution and significance in contemporary society.

Set against the backdrop of a picturesque Sussex landscape, this time travel narrative weaves together the lives of its characters in a captivating exploration of the past. The story, crafted by a prize-winning author, delves into themes of memory and history, offering a unique perspective on the intertwining of personal and collective experiences through time.

An account English weather, which is at the very heart of English life and culture, as it is experienced physically, emotionally and spiritually. It catches the distinct voices of compelling individuals: 'Bloody cold', says Jonathan Swift in the 'slobbery' January of 1713; Percy Shelley wants to become a cloud and John Ruskin wants to bottle one.

Now in its seventh edition, this popular quick reference guide to the law in England relating to the care of children has been updated in 2019 to include reference to all recent legislation, including new regulations, guidance and standards. Contains sections on: parents, parental responsibility and private family life; private arrangements for the care of children; local authority responsibilities to children and families; child protection; children looked after by local authorities; reviews; representations, complaints and advocacy services for children; adoption; and the courts.

In the 1930s and 1940s, while the battles for modern art and modern society were being fought in Paris and Spain, it seemed to some a betrayal that John Betjeman and John Piper were in love with a provincial world of old churches and tea shops.Alexandra Harris tells a different story: eclectically, passionately,wittily, urgently, English artists were exploring what it meant to be alive at that moment and in England. They showed that “the modern”need not be at war with the past: constructivists and conservatives could work together, and even the Bauhaus émigré László Moholy-Nagy was beguiled into taking photos for Betjeman’s nostalgic An Oxford University Chest.A rich network of personal and cultural encounters was the backdrop for a modern English renaissance. This great imaginative project was shared by writers, painters, gardeners, architects, critics, and composers. Piper abandoned purist abstracts to make collages on the blustery coast; Virginia Woolf wrote in her last novel about a village pageant on a showery summer day. Evelyn Waugh, Elizabeth Bowen,and the Sitwells are also part of the story, along with Bill Brandt and Graham Sutherland, Eric Ravilious and Cecil Beaton.