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‘Go Down, Moses’ (1942) came to fruition during the Second World War, was written during one of Faulkner’s most traumatic periods, and has fallen to critical neglect amid the vast…
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The 1999 centennial of Ernest Hemingway’s birth marks a time for the re-evaluation of his position as America’s premier modernist writer. The previously unpublished essays discuss biographical details of his…
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As the international vacationers move from Paris to Pamplona for the bullfight festival, the characters wend their various narratives through the impressionistic colours of modern European life. The text provides…
Linda Martin
Linda Martin ist eine Frau mittleren Alters, die eine schwere Gehirnblutung hatte, die sie nur knapp uberlebte. Im ersten Teil des Buches werden Erlebnisse uber Linda erzahlt. Im zweiten Teil…
Linda R Martin
Cristian and Linda grew up in the 1970s, living a half a world apart. Like many of us all over the world, we remember the same type of childhood with…
Linda Wagner-Martin
Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Life includes new research on the best-known of the posthumous publications: A Moveable Feast, 1964 (and the 2009 A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition);
Walt Whitman: A Literary Life highlights two major influences on Whitman’s poetry and life: the American Civil War and his economic condition. In addition to establishing Whitman’s attention to the…
A reading of the oeuvre of Toni Morrison-fiction, non-fiction, and other-drawing extensively from her many interviews as well as her primary texts, Toni Morrison: A Literary Life, second edition provides…
Linda L Martin-Lopez
Theadosa Returns to the Forest: Book 2 of The Tales of Theodosa
By: Linda L. Martin-Lopez
After Princess Theadosa, an elf from the Crystal City, finishes her trial period in…
Linda E Martin, Edd
In Wyatt’s first adventure, you’ll discover what a policeman, the president, the pet patrol police chief, the principal, a playground filled with Wyatt, his sister Whitnee and his preschool friends…
Linda Martin Alcoff
Real knowing always involves a political dimension, Linda Martin Alcoff suggests. But this does not mean we need to give up realism or the possibility of truth. Recent work in…
Real knowing always involves a political dimension, Linda Mart n Alcoff suggests. But this does not mean we need to give up realism or the possibility of truth. Recent work…
As well as including the classic papers from the history of epistemology, this anthology provides coverage of key contemporary challenges to that tradition. It includes debates over internalism and externalism…
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Sexual violence has become a topic of intense media scrutiny, thanks to the bravery of survivors coming forward to tell their stories. But, unfortunately, media reports too often portray sexual…
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Linda Jane Martin,K Gerard Martin
Can a girl of mixed English and French aristocracy find success in a male-dominated world during the Napoleonic War era? Meet Lily, headstrong and determined to serve no man. She…
Nickolas Martin,Linda M Martin, Mhd
Before we can transcend our humanity and deepen our spirituality, we must transform our ego. Many of us are taking steps to embrace a spiritual path and others are unaware…
Ego and Spirit both speak profoundly within our lives. Can you hear what they are saying to you? These two voices are the main energies that rise up and give…
L Wagner-Martin
An examination of the life and work of the celebrated and accomplished writer, director, and essayist, [presenting] Maya Angelou’s entire life, from her time as a child in the segregated…
Anne Martin; Linda Syddick Napaltjarri (Artist); Lorna Napanangka (Artist); Dorothy Napangardi (Artist); Nyungawarra Ward Napurrula (Artist); Ningura Napurrula (Artist); Jorna Newberry (Artist); Mel Yamba Nungurrayi (Artist); Naata Nungurrayi (Artist); Tiger Palpatja (Artist); Ray James Tjangala (Artist); Ian McLean; Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri (Artist); Pinta Pinta Tjapanangka (Artist); Wimmitji Tjapangati (Artist); George Tjungurrayi (Artist); Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson (Artist); Brian Schmidt; Queenie McKenzie (Artist); Yinarupa Gibson Nangala (Artist); Esther Giles Nampitjinpa (Artist); Kayi Kayi Nampitjinpa (Artist); Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Artist); Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa (Artist)
This book explores Toni Morrison’s use of family in her narratives, particularly on the roles of mother and child. .
John Steinbeck,Linda Wagner-Martin
A poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his family when he finds a priceless pearl.
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises captures the quintessential romance of the expatriate Americans and Britons in Paris after World War I. As the international vacationers move from Paris to Pamplona for…
Gary Spolander,Linda Martin
Managers in social work and social care contexts are required to manage a range of projects. This title covers such topics as managing resources, assessing risks, and measuring outcomes.
Wallace Johnston,Linda Martin
This is a simple book with some not so simple thoughts. It provides a boss or anyone who wants to be a boss to better understand and boss in the…
In this beautifully crafted, evocative and poignant anthology of prose and fiction, a diverse group of young black writers are encouraged to find strength in their voices and what is…
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Linda Martin,Kerry Segrave
The authors document the numerous attempts to ban or censor rock music, and dramatically show how it has been blamed for everything from anarchy and juvenile delinquency to drugs, deafness…
Linda Wagner-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism offers readers a fresh, insightful overview to all genres of postmodern writing. The author gives the reader a solid framework and foundation to reading…
Prof Linda Wagner-Martin (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
This work is part of the Continuum Contemporaries series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains…
The most substantial collection of critical essays on Morrison to appear since her death in mid-2019, this book contains previously unpublished essays which both acknowledge the universal significance of her…
The Oxford Book of Women’s Writing in the United States presents short stories, poems, essays, plays, speeches, performance pieces, erotica, diaries, correspondence, and even a few recipes from nearly one…
A comprehensive critical and biographical reading of Maya Angelou’s life and work, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) to His Day Is Done, A Nelson Mandela Tribute…
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A wide-ranging critical and biographical reading of Maya Angelou’s life and work, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) to His Day Is Done, A Nelson Mandela Tribute…
George Yancy
Drawing from the lives of Ossie Davis, Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, and W. E. B. Du Bois, as well as his own experience, and fully updated to account for what…
Examines how racism can creep into defensive forms of nationalism.
This anthology aims to provide the definitive theoretical sources of contemporary thinking about identity, as well as explorations of specific identity categories and contemporary debates over the use of identity…
L Alcoff
White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slipping below 50% of the population.
MS Gertrude Stein
The book is comprised of three tales – two short stories: The Good Anna, and The Gentle Lena ; and the novella. Melanctha. Each one is a portrait of the…
Richard Ruland,Malcolm Bradbury,Linda Wagner-Martin
The role of the third surveyor often lacks clarity even sometimes to those in the industry. The Role of the Third Surveyor under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 aims…
