 | A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking
Publication Date: November 3, 2009| ISBN-10: 0312554044 | ISBN-13: 978-0312554040| Edition: Third Edition The best-selling brief introduction to public speaking, this succinct and inexpensive guide offers practical coverage of the material typically covered in a full-sized text — from invention, research, and organization to practice and delivery — in a concise, inexpensive format perfect for any setting across the curriculum, on the job, or in the community. ...
 |  | Nosotras: Latina Literature Today
Publication Date: February 1986mixed Spanish/English anthology...
|  | Glass, Irony and God
Publication Date: November 17, 1995Anne Carson's poetry—characterized by various reviewers as "short talks," "essays," or "verse narratives"—combines the confessional and the critical in a voice all her own.Known as a remarkable classicist, Anne Carson weaves contemporary and ancient poetic strands with stunning style in Glass, Irony and God. This collection includes: "The Glass Essay," a powerful poem about the end of a love affair, told in the context of Carson's reading of the Brontë sisters; "Book of Isaiah," a poem evoking the deeply primitive feel of ancient Judaism;...
|  | The Uses of Literature : Life in the Socialist Chinese Literary System
Publication Date: February 14, 2000Why do people in socialist China read and write literary works? Earlier studies in Western Sinology have approached Chinese texts from the socialist era as portraits of society, as keys to the tug-of-war of dissent, or, more recently, as pursuit of "pure art." The Uses of Literature looks broadly and empirically at these and many other "uses" of literature from the points of view of authors, editors, political authorities, and several kinds of readers. Perry Link, author of Evening Chats in Beijing, considers texts ranging from elite "misty" poetry to under...
|  | The Apostle: A Life of Paul
Publication Date: January 7, 1994| Series: John Pollock Series The Acclaimed, Authentic Biography of the Early Church's Greatest Evangelist--the Apostle Paul.Master storyteller John Pollock makes Paul and his amazing story freshly alive, so that you can know the greatest apostle much as Luke and Timothy did as they traveled with him. As you turn the pages, you'll sense Paul's motives, his aims and priorities; what mattered to him; and what he was willing to die for. ...
|  | Stormchild: A Novel of Suspense (Sailing Thrillers)
Release Date: December 20, 2011| Series: Sailing ThrillersHaving already lost a son in a terrorist attack, Tim Blackburn must now cope with the death of his beloved wife, killed in a mysterious explosion at sea. All that remains of his decimated family is his missing daughter, Nicole, last seen in the company of the mad, charismatic leader of the shadowy environmental activist group Genesis. Caspar von Rellsteb, self-proclaimed “protector of the planet,” presides over his fanatically dedicated followers with an iron fist—and Tim is determined to free his child from his grip....
|  | El callejon de Cervantes (Spanish Edition) (The Alley of Cervantes)
Publication Date: March 30, 2012From the scant information available on the life of Cervantes, Jaime Manrique has achieved a passionate portrait of the brilliant and enigmatic author and his time. Manrique infuses his characters with remarkable spirit and, making use of all the intrinsic suspense and drama, he plunges the reader on a visceral journey into history. A resplendent tapestry of Spain during its Golden Age, pirates and priests, ladies of the Court and common prostitutes, warriors and slaves, and yes, even the marvelous Sancho Panza are brilliantly summoned in these pages. Spanish ...
|  | Town & Country Dogs
Publication Date: June 3, 2008Meet some really lucky dogs! Whether purebred or mixed breed, every one of the 56 pooches showcased in this charming and elegantly designed gift book has graced the pages of Town & Country. What all these dogs have in common is that they are clearly adored by their owners. From Matthew Broderick and his affectionate border collie, Sally, to Carolyn Roehm and her Westies, Lucky and Lady, these portraits capture beloved pets romping through the hallways of penthouses and across the lawns of great estates. But even if the pooches are pampered, they haven ...
|  | The Fall of Natural Man: The American Indian and the Origins of Comparative Ethnology (Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies)
Publication Date: April 24, 1987| ISBN-10: 0521337046 | ISBN-13: 978-0521337045| Edition: 1 This book gives a new interpretation of the reception of the new world by the old. It is the first in-depth study of the pre-Enlightenment methods by which Europeans attempted to describe and classify the American Indian and his society. Between 1512 and 1724 a simple determinist view of human society was replaced by a more sophisticated relativist approach. Anthony Pagden uses new methods of technical analysis, already developed in philosophy and anthropology, to examine four groups of writers wh...
| | Finnish Folklore (Studia Fennica Folkloristica,)
Publication Date: December 31, 2000| Series: Studia Fennica Folkloristica, (Book 9) This book contains both an examination of and an anthology of Finnish folklore from the nineteenth century to the present. The chapters discuss how folklore has been collect and researched, regional distinctions within the country's traditions, and how traditions have changed in the process of modernization of an agrarian society to an industrialized society. The anthology section features ancient alliterative poetry, and translated examples of rhymed folk songs, tales, proverbs, narratives, and contemporary ...
|  | Ridley Plays 1: Pitchfork Disney; Fastest Clock in the Universe; Ghost from a Perfect Place (Methuen Drama Contemporary Dramatists)
Release Date: November 8, 2011| ISBN-10: 1408142317 | ISBN-13: 978-1408142318| Edition: Revised This volume contains Ridley's first three plays, which heralded the arrival of a unique and edgy voice in the world of contemporary drama. They are seminal works in the development of the "in yer face" theatre that emerged in Britain during the mid-1990s.The three plays here all manifest Ridley's vivid and visionary imagination and the dark beauty of his outlook. They resonate with his trademark themes: East London, storytelling, moments of shocking violence, memorie...
|  | Vita Nuova: The New Life
Publication Date: September 1, 2011Dante’s putative subject is Beatrice/Love—but the Vita Nuova is really an exercise in poetry: Dante sets the emotional scene for a poem, then he writes the poem, then he explains the poem’s structure, part by part. The work shows what we recognize today as a literary attitude, a critical stance on a piece of writing. His precision in thinking about how thoughts ought to be organized may seem pedantic, yet this is the mind that later engaged the question of what Hell might look like, and why and how, not from a religious point of view bu...
|  | A Commentary on Ovid, Tristia, Book 2 (Oxford Classical Monographs)
Publication Date: December 9, 2010| ISBN-10: 0199590427 | ISBN-13: 978-0199590421A major work of Latin literature, Tristia 2 is a verse letter addressed by the exiled poet Ovid to the man who banished him from Rome, the emperor Augustus. Ovid apologizes to Augustus for the misdemeanours that led to his banishment, but, more importantly, defends both his life and his poetry in light of the accusation that his earlier Ars amatoria (The Art of Love) had promoted adultery. Jennifer Ingleheart's commentary, the most up-to-date and comprehensive one available, is an invaluable guide to all asp...
|  | Delirium: A Little Story about Love
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|  | The Trickster's Tongue: An Anthology of Poetry in Translation from Africa and the African Diaspora
Publication Date: June 1, 2006This anthology includes poetry translated from eight languages, including ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin and modern Caribbean, Latin American, and Europhone African. The verse included draws on the oral tradition, especially from the Yoruba people, and is complemented by French and Portuguese translations of ancient texts. The focus on the poetic diversity of continental Africa and the common experiences of the diaspora illuminates how elements of modern black poetry draw from traditional oral sources. ...
|  | Songs of Innocence and Experience (York Notes Advanced)
Publication Date: August 29, 2003| ISBN-10: 0582784336 | ISBN-13: 978-0582784338| Edition: 1 York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature.This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students.Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. ...
|  | A Scandal In Bohemia ~ The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes ~ Audio Book CD
Publication Date: 2006Please excuse the terrible photograph. A Scandal in BohemiaFrom the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Read by James Alexander. ...
|  | The Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Dealing with Dragons / Searching for Dragons / Calling on Dragons / Talking to Dragons
Publication Date: July 1, 2003| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Previously
Release Date: April 12, 2011| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up The team behind THE RUNAWAY DINNER reverses direction in this clever pastiche of fairy tales in which everyone lives happily ever . . . before."Jack was running like mad in the dark woods with a hen under his arm.Previously, he had stolen the hen and climbed down a beanstalk."But do you know what was Jack doing before he climbed down the beanstalk?Or what Jack and Jill were arguing about before they went up the hill? And what happened before that? Every story, every person, and every thing started somewhere, ...
|  | The Rover (New Mermaids)
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