Austen Years A Memoir in Five Novels by RachelCohen Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2020 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10703-1, ISBN: 0-374-10703-3
"An astonishingly nuanced reading of Jane Austen that yields a rare understanding of how to live"About seven years ago, not too long before our daughter was born, and a year before my father died, Jane Austen became my only author."In the turbulent period around the birth of her first child and the death of her father, Rachel Cohen turned to Jane Austen to make sense of her new reality. For Cohen, simultaneously grief-stricken and buoyed ..."
Bernard Berenson(1st Edition) A Life in the Picture Trade (Jewish Lives) by RachelCohen Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2013 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-14942-5, ISBN: 0-300-14942-5
"From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an illuminating new biography of the connoisseur who changed the art world and the way we see art When Gilded Age millionaires wanted to buy Italian Renaissance paintings, the expert whose opinion they sought was Bernard Berenson, with his vast erudition, incredible eye, and uncanny skill at attributing paintings. They visited Berenson at his beautiful Villa I Tatti, in the hills outside Floren ..."
Outsider Art and Art Therapy Shared Histories, Current Issues, and Future Identities by RachelCohen Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2017 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-78592-739-3, ISBN: 1-78592-739-6
"Outsider art, traditionally the work of psychiatric patients, offenders and minority groups, and art therapy have shared histories of art created in psychiatric care. As the two fields grow, this book reveals the current issues faced by both disciplines and traces their shared histories to help them build clearer and more coherent identities. More often than not, the history of art therapy has been tied to psychological and psychiatric ..."
Transforming Schools A Problem-Solving Approach to School Change (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series) by Kelly Broxterman Phd, RachelCohen Losoff Paperback, 245 Pages, Published 2017 by The Guilford Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4625-2957-5, ISBN: 1-4625-2957-7
A Chance Meeting(Reprint) Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists by RachelCohen Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 2005 by Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-7129-3, ISBN: 0-8129-7129-9
"Each chapter of this inventive consideration of American culture evokes an actual meeting between American writers and artists, from Henry James and Mathew Brady, to Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant, to Elizabeth Bishop and Marianne Moore, to Norman Mailer and Robert Lowell. The accumulation of these pairings draws the reader into the mysterious process by which creativity has been sparked and passed on, from the Civil War through the ci ..."
A Chance Meeting(1st Edition) Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists, 1854-1967 by RachelCohen Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2004 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-6164-8, ISBN: 1-4000-6164-4
"“They met in ordinary ways,” writes Rachel Cohen in her introduction, “a careful arrangement after long admiration, a friend’s casual introduction, or because they both just happened to be standing near the drinks. . . . They talked to each other for a few hours or for forty years, and later it seemed to them impossible that they could have missed each other.”Each chapter of this inventive consideration of American culture evokes an act ..."
Chance Meeting Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists by RachelCohen Paperback, 388 Pages, Published 2005 by Vintage Books Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-09-946657-4, ISBN: 0-09-946657-0
"Each chapter of "A Chance Meeting" takes up an actual encounter between two historical figures. As Rachel Cohen writes in her introduction: 'They met in ordinary ways - a careful arrangement after long admiration, a friend's casual introduction, or because they both just happened to be standing near the drinks. They talked to each other for a few hours or for forty years, and later it seemed to them impossible that they could have misse ..."
Austen Years A Memoir in Five Novels by RachelCohen 320 Pages, Published 2020 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-72082-7, ISBN: 0-374-72082-7
"Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Edited by Horace ... The
New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition. Edited by ... The School for
Scandal and Other Plays. Edited and ... Reprint, 2009. Southam, Brian. Jane
Austen and the Navy. London: Hambledon and London, 2000. Tave, Stuart.
Some Words ..."
Outsider Art and Art Therapy Shared Histories, Current Issues and Future Identities by RachelCohen 208 Pages, Published 2017 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-78450-469-4, ISBN: 1-78450-469-6
"As director of the Bern Kunsthalle, he held a 1963 show, titled Bildnerei der
Geisteskranken – Art Brut–Insania Pingens (Artistry of the Mentally Ill – Art Brut –
Markings of Insanity), including work from Prinzhorn's collection as well as artists
from ..."
Bernard Berenson A Life in the Picture Trade by RachelCohen 343 Pages, Published 2013 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-19914-7, ISBN: 0-300-19914-7
"A Life in the Picture Trade Rachel Cohen. Mariano stepped in there, too.1 In the
mornings, and again after the day's tasks, she read out loud to the Berensons
with what John Walker recollected as her “lovely, polyglot accent, each word so
clearly enunciated.”2 She read French histories, Russian tales, German poetry,
Yiddish memoirs, and translations from Chinese and Arabic, following what she
called Berenson's “omnivorous” appetite ..."
"Motivate Your Employees Easy to understand and apply to any industry or setting, Creating Workplace Community: Motivation will help you attract, stimulate, and retain the best employees. Stretch your managerial muscles and imaginations by learning from twelve experts who have made it their lifes work to bring out the best in people. They have spent thousands of hours consulting, training, speaking, and coaching on various areas of ..."
A Chance Meeting by RachelCohen Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2004 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-1-58836-370-1, ISBN: 1-58836-370-8
"Reprint, with an introduction by Bruce Kellner, Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa
Press, 1987. Watson, Steven. Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson,
and the Main- streaming of American Modernism. Berkeley, California: University
of California Press, 1998. Welty, Eudora. The Eye of the Story. New York: Vintage
, 1990. Wharton, Edith. A Backward Glance. 1933. Reprint, with an introduction
by Louis Auchincloss, New York ..."
A Chance Meeting(1st Edition) Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists, 1854-1967 by RachelCohen, David Fickling Hardcover, 388 Pages, Published 2004 by Vintage Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-224-07258-8, ISBN: 0-224-07258-7
"Each chapter of A Chance Meeting takes up an actual encounter between two historical figures. As Rachel Cohen writes in her introduction: 'They met in ordinary ways - a careful arrangement after long admiration, a friend's casual introduction, or because they both just happened to be standing near the drinks. They talked to each other for a few hours or for forty years, and later it seemed to them impossible that they could have missed ..."
"''One of the most useful and well-researched books on the topic. One of the best resources for teachers seeking to build communities of learners within their classroom walls. Designing Groupwork has earned its place in the library of anyone seeking to create high-achieving, equitable classrooms.''--Horace (of second edition)As teachers today work in ever more challenging contexts, groupwork remains a particularly effective pedagogical s ..."
"From a cult that performs magic to keep Betty White alive, to a politician with an unexpected hobby, this collection of short stories is sure to keep you entertained. Discover the strange, fictional happenings within the world's most famous city and support up-and-coming writers. These are the secret lives of New Yorkers."
"The theme of loss is expressed or implied in much of Virginia Woolf's fiction and non-fiction, and one that resonates with the story of her own life, from her childhood, through her loss of family, and of friends, and of security in two World Wars, to her struggles with mental illness and her eventual suicide. And yet Virginia Woolf was, by all accounts, a lively and engaging woman, full of warmth, humor, maternal feeling (for her siste ..."
"This volume presents the empirical findings of 31 original studies in biology education with extended discussions of the implications for classroom practice. The studies addressed the following issues: student conceptions and conceptual change; student interest and motivation; student values, attitudes and decision-making; student reasoning, scientific thinking and argumentation; teaching strategies, teaching environments and educationa ..."
"Dave Eggers launched Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern in 1998 as an outlet for writings by himself and his friends, such as David Foster Wallace, who had been rejected by other, established journals. Eggers’ irreverent approach included a pioneering design that incorporated chapbooks, drawings, and all manner of cultural confetti previously unseen in the lit-mag format. McSweeney’s became an instant hit, showcasing the work of majo ..."