PhD - Fiction & Literature 23

This book truly is a ‘letter’ (albeit a long one) to the author’s grandchildren, ages 12 to 22. But it is not a “children’s book,” either in subject matter or in style. It is personal in that the au……続きを見る

"Inspired, weird, funny, bloody, and thrilling, The Mesmerist sucks you in." * * * He kills with his mind. Only an unbeliever can stop him. Tod Fisher is a simple cop with a complicated past. His br……続きを見る

Published together for the first time are 10 masterful short stories by a winner of the Derringer Award for Short Mystery Fiction. All but one of these tales first appeared in the pages of the world……続きを見る

Published together for the first time are 10 masterful short stories by a winner of the Derringer Award for Short Mystery Fiction. If you ravenously consume mystery novels by the bushel, if the annu……続きを見る

Freedom Poems is a poetry collection that gives readers a glimpse of religion, education, racism, politics, and world issues that intrigue the mind and soul. Dr. Jacobs raises brows with queries tha……続きを見る

This anthology is essentially dealing with tit-bits of life experiences. Life is beautiful if you intend it to be, or make it out to be. In fact, life can be as beautiful as flowers if you ignore th……続きを見る

Angela Carcieri Limoges recently retired from her successful law practice. Riddled with fear, she attempts to heal her deepest wounds by revisiting the childhood that still haunts her. As she confro……続きを見る

The Neanderthals Return combines the beginnings of three separate books in the return of the Neanderthal series -- The Neanderthals Are Back, The New World Neanderthals: The Rise of the Force, and T……続きを見る

Postcolonial Satire: Indian Fiction and the Reimagining of Menippean Satire positions postcolonial South Asian satiric fiction in both the cutting-edge territory of political resistance writing and ……続きを見る

Ce livre numérique est parfaitement adapté et mis en page pour une lecture agréable sur une liseuse numérique, une tablette, ou un smartphone. L'ouvrage est accompagné d'un sommaire intéractif vous ……続きを見る

Originally published in Spanish in 1981, Fiesta in April is a story about political prisoners, and the abuses and psychological torture they face. As opposed to using conventional prose, the author ……続きを見る

A fictional account of life in old age; how compassion, friendship, and connections may help in facing the growing problems of Alzheimer's related to aging issues; and stories of how being creative ……続きを見る

Extrait : "On connaît la physionomie de la Terre, sa conformation externe; Le crayon, le pinceau, la plume en ont tracé les traits. Les toiles des artistes et les livres des poètes l'ont prise à son……続きを見る

Gabon’s first female novelist, Angèle Rawiri probed deeper into the issues that writers a generation before herーMariama Bâ and Aminata Sow Fallーhad begun to address. Translated by Sara Hanaburgh, ……続きを見る

Bringing the Dao to life for readers of all generations Fables entertain us, enlighten us, and guide us. We recognize ourselves in the characters, be they emperors, village children, or singing frog……続きを見る

Si tratta di una poesia complessa, a tratti perfino impenetrabile, tendente all'astratto, che pure contiene in sé tutta l'energia, la spinta ideatrice che accomuna gli artisti a prescindere dal mezz……続きを見る

La Collection des Contes Haïtiens de Mancy est une série de 10 contes populaires reproduits sur ces pages afin de préserver les fantastiques histoires racontées par ma mère, Madame Hermance (Mancy) ……続きを見る

A great Sea Story. Excerpt: "The tall youth had no intention of waiting to be paid for his services, but he lived in an inland town and the deck of a ship was a strange and fascinating place. The Sa……続きを見る

A great Sea Story. Excerpt: "A fortnight later the Suwannee was steaming across the sapphire Gulf. Before her bow flying-fish skittered and splashed like flights of shrapnel bullets, on deck sailors……続きを見る

The Derivation of Cowboys & Indians represents a profound journey, a breakdown of The American Dream from a social, cultural, historical, and spiritual point of view. Reich examines in concise detai……続きを見る

Living, dying, surviving in the illusory dream and pseudo pristine reality of American suburbia ー an epic piece of cultural commentary. 続きを見る

I am amazed at the unexpected dynamic that took hold once I decided that I would deploy a methodology that would allow events to be seen in the perspective of the Scriptures’ first listeners. I want……続きを見る

The global is an instituted perspective, not just an empirical process. Adopted initially by the British in order to make sense of their polyglot territorial empire, the global perspective served to……続きを見る

Susan Palwick, novelist and Associate Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, volunteers four hours a week as a lay chaplain in the emergency room of a local hospital. In Brief Visit……続きを見る

Im dritten Teil seiner Trilogie der menschlichen Kultur widmet sich Ralph Dutli dem "ewigen" Metall: Gold. Zu allen Zeiten wurde Gold als unzerstörbares, "ewiges" Metall begehrt und verehrt. Gold le……続きを見る

Excerpt: ""A thick night and no mistake, Dan. It's as black as the face of a Nassau pilot. We ought to be nearing the coal wharf by now. Of course they wouldn't have sense enough to leave a light on……続きを見る

In 1978, Ralph Dranow and Daniel Marlin met while working at the Oakland (CA) main post office. They hit it off immediately, finding a common passion for writing and concern for social justice. Thei……続きを見る

SUSAN HAMILTON embarks on a normal journey into London to visit her parents and winds up encountering violence and destruction on an unbelievable scale. Aliens have emitted an ultrasonic ray over Lo……続きを見る

Léon est un salaud, un tueur. Il est belge aussi. Mais c’est l’anti-Tintin. Il livre sa confession dans un long monologue qui s’étend sur 16 jours, qui correspondent chacun à un chapitre. Sa confess……続きを見る

This novel is a suspenseful story of a presidential assassin based on real life events. We follow the assassin through his diary, letters, radio shows, and descriptions of his actions. Readers can p……続きを見る