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Varieties of Disturbance

Author : Lydia Davis
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466806273
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Varieties of Disturbance written by Lydia Davis and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lydia Davis has been called "one of the quiet giants in the world of American fiction" (Los Angeles Times), "an American virtuoso of the short story form" (Salon), an innovator who attempts "to remake the model of the modern short story" (The New York Times Book Review). Her admirers include Grace Paley, Jonathan Franzen, and Zadie Smith; as Time magazine observed, her stories are "moving . . . and somehow inevitable, as if she has written what we were all on the verge of thinking." In Varieties of Disturbance, her fourth collection, Davis extends her reach as never before in stories that take every form from sociological studies to concise poems. Her subjects include the five senses, fourth-graders, good taste, and tropical storms. She offers a reinterpretation of insomnia and re-creates the ordeals of Kafka in the kitchen. She questions the lengths to which one should go to save the life of a caterpillar, proposes a clear account of the sexual act, rides the bus, probes the limits of marital fidelity, and unlocks the secret to a long and happy life. No two of these fictions are alike. And yet in each, Davis rearranges our view of the world by looking beyond our preconceptions to a bizarre truth, a source of delight and surprise. Varieties of Disturbance is a 2007 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

The Machineries of Joy

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671037710
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (377 download)

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Download or read book The Machineries of Joy written by Ray Bradbury and published by . This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From fantastical tales of Ireland to film studios, from monsters to the American countryside, THE MACHINERIES OF JOY explores Ray Bradbury's secret countries. Sometimes tender, sometimes harder than diamonds, his writing covers all seasons and emotions, and shows time after time why Harper's called him: 'America's finest living fantasist'.

Works

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Works written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tales from the Caribbean

Author : Trish Cooke
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141373261
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Caribbean written by Trish Cooke and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of favourite tales gathered from the many different islands of the Caribbean, one of the world's richest sources of traditional storytelling. From the very first Kingfisher to Anansi the Spider Man, these lively retellings full of humour and pathos, are beautifully retold by Trish Cooke. The book includes endnotes with a glossary, additional information as well as ideas for activities that children can do to explore the stories further.

Book News

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1170 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book News written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encyclopedia of Television Subjects, Themes and Settings

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604452
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Television Subjects, Themes and Settings written by Vincent Terrace and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-10-17 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of 80 years television has produced countless programs, many of which fit a particular profile. Did you know, for example, some programs are devoted to ghosts, genies, angels and even mermaids? Color broadcasting was first tested in 1941? Live models were used to advertise lingerie as early as 1950? Or that nudity (although accidental) occurred on TV long before cable was even thought possible? These are just a few of the many facts and firsts that can be found within the 145 entries included. Appropriate for fans and scholars, and bursting with obscure facts, this work traces the evolution of specific topics from 1925 through the 2005-2006 season. Entries include such diverse themes as adolescence, adult film actresses on TV, bars, espionage, gays, immigrants, lawyers, transsexuals and truckers, as well as locations like Canada, Hawaii, New York and Los Angeles. Each entry is arranged as a timeline, clearly displaying how television's treatment of the subject has changed through the years. Each entry is as complete as possible and contains series, pilot, special and experimental program information. Whether just a fan of television and eager to know more about the medium or a scholar seeking hard-to-find facts and information, this book traces the history of specific topics from television's infancy to its changes in the early twenty-first century.

Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 2

Author : P. M. Kean
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000681335
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 2 written by P. M. Kean and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author explores Chaucer’s narrative art. The book includes an examination of the puzzling question of narrative structure in the Canterbury Tales and of the nature of Chaucerian comedy in these works. The author surveys the major themes of the poems: Fortune and free will, marriage, and the nobleness of man. In the final chapter she treats of the meaning of Chaucer’s art for his successors. Throughout the work, Miss Kean deals extensively with the sources which Chaucer used for the writing of his poems, in a way which directs light on the more difficult aspects of his art.

A Text Book of Irish Literature ...

Author : Eleanor Hull
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book A Text Book of Irish Literature ... written by Eleanor Hull and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fra

Author : Elbert Hubbard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Fra written by Elbert Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Writer

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Writer written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Police Stories

Author : John Merriman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195072537
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Police Stories written by John Merriman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His study underscores how the police helped the state affirm its primacy, winning the allegiance, or at least the obedience, of the French people."--Jacket.

Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales

Author : María Gerber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales written by María Gerber and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IEW's Fables, myths, and fairy tales is a delightful tool in helping teachers and parents of elementary age students teach writing through stories that never grow old. Characters and adventures will capture your student's imagination and provide rich writing content. These lessons are meant to be a resource to teachers and students already familiar with the techniques of Teaching writing: structure and style.

Stories out of school-time, by Ascott R. Hope

Author : Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Stories out of school-time, by Ascott R. Hope written by Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Hundred and One Nights

Author : Bruce Fudge
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479873233
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book A Hundred and One Nights written by Bruce Fudge and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder Translated into English for the very first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic storytelling. Like the celebrated Thousand and One Nights, this collection opens with the frame story of Scheherazade, the vizier’s gifted daughter who recounts imaginative tales night after night in an effort to distract the murderous king from taking her life. A Hundred and One Nights features an almost entirely different set of stories, however, each one more thrilling, amusing, and disturbing than the last. Here, we encounter tales of epic warriors, buried treasure, disappearing brides, cannibal demon-women, fatal shipwrecks, and clever ruses, where human strength and ingenuity play out against a backdrop of inexorable, inscrutable fate. Distinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic tradition, these tales draw on motifs and story elements that circulated across cultures, including Indian and Chinese antecedents, and features a frame story possibly older than its more famous sibling. This vibrant translation of A Hundred and One Nights promises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its fantastical realms of magic and wonder. An English-only edition.

What Just Happened?

Author : Art Linson
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802143389
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book What Just Happened? written by Art Linson and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2008-10-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Producer Linson gives readers a brutally honest, funny, and comprehensive tour through the horrors of Hollywood, from script to screen.

Literature

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: