 | Communities of Cultural Value: Reception Study, Political Differences, and Literary History
Publication Date: February 15, 2002| ISBN-10: 0739102613 | ISBN-13: 978-0739102619Philip Goldstein is fast establishing himself as the doyen of "reception study," a discipline that assumes that the reader's interpretive practices explain a text's import. In his latest work, Communities of Cultural Value, Goldstein delves again into the realm of literary criticism, painting an absorbing picture of the changing nature of a growing, more diversified readership and its challenge to professional literary study. Goldstein's PostMarxist approach investigates how interpretive communities govern ...
 |  | Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1)
Publication Date: May 1, 2010The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beat the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED.NOW, twenty years after the Rising, Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives-the dark conspiracy behind the infected. The truth will out, even if it kills them. ...
|  | Beyond the Shadow
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|  | Everything Good Will Come
Publication Date: October 31, 2004Everything Good Will Come introduces an important new voice in contemporary fiction. With insight and a lyrical wisdom, Nigerian-born Sefi Atta has written a powerful and eloquent story set in her African homeland. It is 1971, and Nigeria is under military rule-- though the politics of the state matter less than those of her home to Enitan Taiwo, an eleven-year-old girl tired of waiting for school to start. Will her mother, who has become deeply religious since the death of Enitan's brother, allow her friendship with the new girl next door, Sheri Bakare? Thi...
|  | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel
Release Date: January 27, 2009"Sentimental, heartfelt….the exploration of Henry’s changing relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers turning pages...A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a shameful episode in American history, but cautions us to examine the present and take heed we don’t repeat those injustices."-- Kirkus Reviews“A tender and satisfying novel set in a time and a place lost forever, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet gives us a glimpse of the damage that is caused by war--not the sweeping damage of the ...
|  | The Heart's Frontier (The Amish of Apple Grove)
Publication Date: March 1, 2012| Series: The Amish of Apple Grove An exciting new Amish-meets-Wild West adventure from bestselling authors Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith weaves an entertaining and romantic tale for devoted fans and new readers.Kansas,1881--On a trip to visit relatives, Emma Switzer's Amish family is robbed of all their possessions, leaving them destitute and stranded on the prairie. Walking into the nearest trading settlement, they pray to the Lord for someone to help. When a man lands in the dust at her feet, Emma looks down at him and thinks, The Lord might have cleaned ...
|  | The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
Release Date: March 17, 1995Here Paulo Coelho details his journey across Spain along the legendaryroad of San Tiago, which pilgrims have travelled since Middle Ages. On this contemporary quest, he encounters a Chaucerian variety of mysterious guides and devilish opponents and learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life. The Pilgrimage holds an important place in Paulo Coelho's literary canon. His first book, it not only paved the way for his phenomenal novel The Alchemist , but it also fully expresses his humanist philosophy and the depth of his unique search for ...
|  | Rabid Growth
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|  | The Belly of the Atlantic
Publication Date: September 1, 2008“This charming, vivid and poetic book captures the poignancy of immigrant life and all the unresolved pain of Africa's relationship with its former colonial powers.”—Michela WrongSalie lives in Paris. Back home on the Senegalese island of Niodior, her football-crazy brother Madické counts on her to get him to France, the promised land where foreign footballers become world famous. The story of Salie and Madické highlights the painful situation of those who emigrate. It is a moving account of one of the great tragedies of our time...
|  | Sanshiro (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: February 23, 2010| Series: Penguin Classics Natsume Soseki's only coming-of-age novel, Sanshiro depicts the eponymous twenty-three-year-old protagonist as he leaves the sleepy countryside to attend a university in the constantly moving "real world" of Tokyo. Baffled and excited by the traffic, the academics, and-most of all-the women, Sanshiro must find his way among the sophisticates that fill his new life. An incisive social and cultural commentary, Sanshiro is also a subtle portrait of first love, tradition, and modernization, and the idealism of youth against the cynicism o...
|  | Every Man Out Of His Humour
Publication Date: February 9, 2011| ISBN-10: 1849020825 | ISBN-13: 978-1849020824A satirical comedy, reprinted several times in quarto.This is a modern edition in easy to ready type face. ...
|  | Der Indianer Im Kuchenschrank (Fiction, Poetry & Drama) (German Edition)
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|  | New new world
Publication Date: March 31, 2012- the land of Australia and islands of Fiji Award-winning poet David Stuart Ryan takes you into the very heart of the Australian land and its presences in a vivid journey that includes over 100 original illustrations. Drawing on his Australian roots - his mother, grandmother and great grandmother were all Australian - the poet produces some new insights into the very nature of the land and its history. Illustrations of the native animals as well as its peoples bring this poetic journey alive and challenging in its depictions of the continent. The vast empty sp...
|  | Hung by the Tongue/Colgado por la Lengua
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|  | The Medieval British Literature Handbook (Literature & Culture Handbooks)
Publication Date: August 25, 2009| ISBN-10: 0826494099 | ISBN-13: 978-0826494092| Edition: 1 Literature and Culture Handbooks are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture. Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. Written in clear language by leading academics, they provide an indispensable introduction to key topics, incl...
|  | Immortality
Release Date: September 27, 2005Acclaimed as one of the masters of paranormal romance, Maggie Shayne enthralled readers with her extraordinary trilogy about a race of immortal witches.Now, she presents the story of an immortal whose existence has centered solely on vengeance and hatred-only to find a second chance at love, redemption-and immortality.Her name is Puabi-and she's an Immortal High Witch whose past is littered with dark secrets. Convinced she has eluded death for the last time, she is shocked to find herself being rescued by a mysterious stranger who fills her with a desire she...
|  | Rumpelstiltskin
Publication Date: October 16, 1986Caldecott Honor Book artist Paul O. Zelinsky's remarkable command of color, texture, and light bring to life the loved story of Rumpelstiltskin. Full-color illustrations. ...
|  | Big Bad Bruce
Publication Date: October 25, 1982| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Bruce, a bear bully, never picks on anyone his own size until he is diminished in more ways than one by a small but very independent witch. ...
|  | Emeril's There's a Chef in My World!: Recipes That Take You Places
Release Date: October 3, 2006| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Chef Emeril brings you a taste of the world! He helped younger kids take their first steps into the kitchen with Emeril's There's a Chef in My Soup! Recipes for the Kid in Everyone and then kicked it up a notch for older kids and adults, too, in Emeril's There's a Chef in My Family! Recipes to Get Everybody Cooking. Now Chef Emeril is back with a cookbook that really takes you places! You can start your travels in your own kitchen by exploring the meals, ingredients, and cooking styles enjoyed in different countries a...
|  | Blacky the Crow (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
Publication Date: December 23, 1998| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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