 | Phenomenology of Chicana Experience and Identity
Publication Date: August 28, 2000| ISBN-10: 0742507009 | ISBN-13: 978-0742507005Using narrative descriptions of the author's own lived-experience of her ethnic heritage, Martinez offers a systematic interrogation of the social and cultural norms by which certain aspects of her Mexican-American cultural heritage are both retained and lost over generations of assimilation. Combining semiotic and existential phenomenology with Chicana feminism, the author charts new terrain where anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic work may be pursued. ...
 |  | Kristi Yamaguchi (Asian-American Biographies)
Publication Date: September 15, 2005| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up...
|  | The Bones of Makaidos (Oracles of Fire)
Publication Date: March 12, 2009| Series: Oracles of Fire (Book 4) Brimming with intensity, adventure, and inspiration,The Bones of Makaidos, the nal installment in theOracles of Fire series, will surely thrill readers as theywatch every prophecy from every previous bookfulfilled before their eyes. ...
|  | Queen of Blades (Starcraft)
Release Date: May 23, 2006Former marshal-turned-rebel Jim Raynor has broken away from the power-crazed Emperor Arcturus Mengsk. Enraged over Mengsk's betrayal of the powerful telepath, Sarah Kerrigan, to the ravenous Zerg, Raynor has lost all faith in his fellow humanity. Yet, in the aftermath of Mengsk's treachery, Raynor is plagued by strange visions of Char -- a deadly, volcanic world haunted by horrifying alien creatures. As the nightmares grow in intensity, Raynor begins to suspect that they may not be figments of his imagination -- but a desperate form of telepathic contact. Convinced ...
|  | The Chronicles of Riddick
Release Date: April 27, 2004No matter how long or how hard they strive, no matter how extensive their education as a species, no matter what they experience of the small heavens and larger hells they create for themselves, it seems that humans are destined to see their technological accomplishments always exceed their ability to understand themselves. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | Rolling The R's
Publication Date: November 2, 1997Illuminated by pop fantasies, Donna Summer disco tracks and teen passion, the fiercely earnest characters in Rolling the R's come to life against the background of burning dreams and neglect in a small 1970s Hawaiian community. In this daring first novel, tour-de-force experiments in narrative structure, pidgin and perspective roll every "are" and throw new light on gay identity and the trauma of assimilation. Rolling the R's goes beyond "coming of age" and "coming out" to address the realities of cultural confusion, prejudice and spiraling levels of desire ...
|  | The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: May 27, 2003| Series: Penguin Classics Translated with an Introduction by Robin Buss. ...
|  | Griots and Griottes: Masters of Words and Music (African Expressive Cultures)
Release Date: July 31, 2007| Series: African Expressive Cultures Griots, a uniquely African profession, fulfill a variety of roles as genealogists, historians, spokespersons, diplomats, musicians, teachers, praise singers, and advisors. Telling the story of these remarkable wordsmiths and performers, Thomas A. Hale addresses the nature of their verbal and musical art, the role of female griots, or griottes, how griots and griottes fit into their societies, and what their future might be in Africa and the rest of the world. ...
|  | The Gift of the Gorgon
Publication Date: March 25, 1993The death of a famous playwright occasions a visit to his widow by an American academic who wishes to write his biography. This man is the playwright's son, whom he had refused to acknowledge. The widow agrees, but only if the full truth is told. By the author of "Equus" and "Amadeus". ...
|  | Tangled Hair: Selected Tanka from Midaregami (Japanese Edition)
Publication Date: December 1, 2002Akiko Yosano's Tangled Hair, published in 1901, had a sensational impact on Japanese literature, and we are pleased to make this highly praised translation (originally published 30 years ago) available once again in a revised Cheng & Tsui edition. Akiko reshaped the tanka, the most popular form of Japanese poetry for 1,200 years, into a modern poetic form. In this new work, her tanka appear in their original Japanese, in roman transliterations, and English translations along with a new preface and notes. Suitable for literature programs and translation cours...
|  | Early Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology: 1829-1947
Publication Date: December 29, 2005| ISBN-10: 0195677242 | ISBN-13: 978-0195677249This diverse selection of Indian poetry in English, written in the 19th and early 20th centuries, reveals the poets' experimentation with language, theme, and form. Lyrical epics, legends, ballads, and romantic and spriritual poetry, all find place in this interesting collection. Eunice de Souza's lucid introduction and brief notes on each poet sets this anthology apart from other similar collections. ...
|  | Baudelaire and the Poetics of Craft
Publication Date: April 14, 2011| ISBN-10: 0521158958 | ISBN-13: 978-0521158954| Edition: Reissue This book is a study of how Baudelaire shapes the raw material of the French language within the formal framework of French versification. Graham Chesters analyses the sounds, metrical units, rhymes, syntax and overall structure of a range of texts to show the tension between irony and harmony inherent in the craft of the poet. This is particularly noticeable in Baudelaire's urban poetry, in which traditional expectations of poetic form clash with the pulsating freshness, difference and ener...
|  | Things That Happened (New Russian Writing)
Publication Date: September 9, 1999| Series: New Russian Writing (Book 19) A major Russian poet of the mid-20th century, first translation."Professor Smith has given us a text that should be made mandatory reading for anyone who wants to understand the Soviet Union... the purest example of the sensibility of a Soviet intellectual of the first generation educated entirely under Soviet system." — Victor Terras in World Literature Today ...
|  | Zhivye pismena: O poetakh i poezii (Russian Edition)
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|  | Black Lace
Release Date: October 25, 2005The last thing Lacy Green needs is trouble—and handsome Mayor Drake Randolph has "danger" written all over him . . . especially when "His Fineness" accidentally runs her off the road. Despite Drake's sensuous charm, irresistible magnetism, and unwavering determination to make amends, she's thinking it might be smart to play it safe and keep her distance . . . if only his lips weren't so inviting. But trouble comes from a different source when Lacy, as the head of Detroit's Environmental Protection Department, launches an investigation into the activities o...
|  | Slave to a Vampire
Publication Date: March 6, 2012Small town girl, Anya, leaves her home in hopes of finding love and adventure after a life filled with lies and masquerades. Waiting to embark on her adventure, she finds herself alone in a park with a bush calling her name. Curiosity killed the cat, as they say, and Anya gets kidnapped and traded to a mysterious man with a secret. Dacio, a charming but dangerous vampire, suddenly finds himself the new owner of the irresistible girl but soon faces a dilemma: should he allow himself to love the feisty young woman, or forcibly keep her at arm s length for her own...
|  | Starring Sherlock Holmes
Publication Date: January 2006Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed on screen more often than any other character in history.This beautifully produced book is the definitive illustrated guide to the films and television series featuring the master detective, with an unprecedented collection of colour and black and white stills, posters, lobby cards and behind-the-scenes shots, including much rare and previously unpublished material. Every Sherlock Holmes film and TV series is covered (including foreign and lesser known productions), from the silent movies, through the famous portrayals of Basil...
|  | A Flush of Shadows: Five Short Novels
Publication Date: June 1995A collection of the shorter cases of Constance Leidl and Charlie Meiklejohn, the husband-and-wife detective team, includes ""With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope,"" ""Torch Song,"" ""All for One,"" ""Sister Angel,"" and ""The Gorgon Field."" ...
| | X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Prelude
Publication Date: June 1, 2011| Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | A Tale Dark and Grimm
Release Date: August 18, 2011| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after. --This text r...
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