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Languages : en
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The Immortality Clause (Spicy Edition): The Immortelle - ...
Author: Books and Bookmen
Author: Andrew LangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliomania
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Livre Des Sans-foyer
Author: Edith WhartonPublisher: NEw York, C. Scribner
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"In the course of fund-raising for civilian victims of World War I, Edith Wharton assembled this monumental benefit volume by drawing upon her connections to the era's leading authors and artists. The unique compilation forms a 'Who's Who' of early 20th century culture, featuring poetry, stories, illustrations, music and other contributions from scores of luminaries. ... Much of the text is presented in both English and French. Includes an Introduction by former U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt."--
Arrowsmith
Author: Sinclair LewisPublisher:
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Category : Medical ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Midwestern physician is forced to give up his profession due to the ignorance, corruption, and greed of society.
Sketches of the History of Man, in Two Volumes
Author: Lord Henry Home KamesPublisher:
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
"The following work is the substance of various speculations, that occasionally amused the author, and enlivened his leisure-hours. It is not intended for the learned; they are above it: nor for the vulgar; they are below it. It is intended for men, who, equally removed from the corruption of opulence, and from the depression of bodily labour, are bent on useful knowledge; who, even in the delirium of youth, feel the dawn of patriotism, and who in riper years enjoy its meridian warmth. To such men this work is dedicated; and that they may profit by it, is the author's ardent wish, and probably will be while any spirit remains in him to form a wish"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).
The English in the West Indies
Author: James Anthony FroudePublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Selections from the Correspondence of the First Lord Acton
Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron ActonPublisher: London : Longmans, Green
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Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A Philosophical Dictionary
Author: VoltaireRoutes and Roots
Author: Elizabeth DeLoughreyPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824834720
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Elizabeth DeLoughrey invokes the cyclical model of the continual movement and rhythm of the ocean (‘tidalectics’) to destabilize the national, ethnic, and even regional frameworks that have been the mainstays of literary study. The result is a privileging of alter/native epistemologies whereby island cultures are positioned where they should have been all along—at the forefront of the world historical process of transoceanic migration and landfall. The research, determination, and intellectual dexterity that infuse this nuanced and meticulous reading of Pacific and Caribbean literature invigorate and deepen our interest in and appreciation of island literature. —Vilsoni Hereniko, University of Hawai‘i "Elizabeth DeLoughrey brings contemporary hybridity, diaspora, and globalization theory to bear on ideas of indigeneity to show the complexities of ‘native’ identities and rights and their grounded opposition as ‘indigenous regionalism’ to free-floating globalized cosmopolitanism. Her models are instructive for all postcolonial readers in an age of transnational migrations." —Paul Sharrad, University of Wollongong, Australia Routes and Roots is the first comparative study of Caribbean and Pacific Island literatures and the first work to bring indigenous and diaspora literary studies together in a sustained dialogue. Taking the "tidalectic" between land and sea as a dynamic starting point, Elizabeth DeLoughrey foregrounds geography and history in her exploration of how island writers inscribe the complex relation between routes and roots. The first section looks at the sea as history in literatures of the Atlantic middle passage and Pacific Island voyaging, theorizing the transoceanic imaginary. The second section turns to the land to examine indigenous epistemologies in nation-building literatures. Both sections are particularly attentive to the ways in which the metaphors of routes and roots are gendered, exploring how masculine travelers are naturalized through their voyages across feminized lands and seas. This methodology of charting transoceanic migration and landfall helps elucidate how theories and people travel, positioning island cultures in the world historical process. In fact, DeLoughrey demonstrates how these tropical island cultures helped constitute the very metropoles that deemed them peripheral to modernity. Fresh in its ideas, original in its approach, Routes and Roots engages broadly with history, anthropology, and feminist, postcolonial, Caribbean, and Pacific literary and cultural studies. It productively traverses diaspora and indigenous studies in a way that will facilitate broader discussion between these often segregated disciplines.
The History of Science Fiction
Author: A. RobertsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230554652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.