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George MacDonald (1824-1905) was writing at a time of Evangelical unease. In a society ravaged by Asiatic cholera, numbed by levels of infant mortality, and fearful of revolution and the toxicity of industry (to name but a few of the many challenges), the «gospel» proclaiming eternal damnation for unbelievers was hardly good news; rather, Christianity was increasingly viewed as the source of bad news and a tool of state oppression. MacDonald agreed: in his view, the church had become a vampire...
| Автор | John R. de Jong |
Volkszählung in Judäa. Die Einwohner sind erbost über den Erlass ihres Kaisers. Wenn das nicht die Gelegenheit ist, dass der Teufel sich mal wieder ein paar Seelen krallen kann! Allerdings hat er nicht damit gerechnet, dass auch dieser verdammte Engel auftaucht und ihn schikaniert … Eine Kurzgeschichte in einem Minibuch
| Автор | Petra Fuhrmann |
Zehn Träume beantworten die großen Fragen der Menschheit!Die zehn zu dem Band «Träume» zusammengefassten Erzählungen basieren auf die Träume und das Leben der Autorin in Südafrika. Eindringlich und faszinierende beschäftigen sich die Geschichten mit dem Wesen von Glück, Weisheit und Wahrheit. -
| Автор | Olive Schreiner |
Seis relatos abordan el tema del abandono forzado de la patria desde el dolor y la esperanza, con la particular mirada de los niños y jóvenes que han sido sus protagonistas.
| Автор | Raquel Echenique |
Hemmungsloser Sex, voller Begehren und Leidenschaft. Lene kann ihr Glück kaum fassen. Schon lange hat sie von einem Dreier geträumt, und jetzt geht dieser Traum in Erfüllung. Schnell fallen alle Hemmungen, und Lenes Freund Morten und dessen Kumpel Knut geben sich größte Mühe, sie nach Strich und Faden zu befriedigen. -
| Автор | Malva B. |
Forty years as a poet has kept Robert Cording looking at the details of everyday experience. That long labor has brought him face-to-face with the inescapable complexity of a world that is full of suffering and injustice. And grace. This journey has convinced him that, as Czeslaw Milosz puts it, «poetry embodies the double life of our common human circumstance as beings in between the dust that we are and the divinity to which we would aspire.» Cording's task has therefore been to evoke...
| Автор | Robert Cording |
The great Victorian Christian author George MacDonald is the wellspring of the modern fantasy genre. In this book Colin Manlove offers explorations of MacDonald's eight shorter fairy tales and his longer stories At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin, The Wise Woman, and The Princess and Curdie. MacDonald saw the imagination as the source of fairy tales and of divine truth together. For he believed that God lives in the depths of the human mind and «sends up from...
| Автор | Colin N. Manlove |
Leading writers discuss, debate, and celebrate the legend of Superman in this anthology, contending that his legend is a truly American myth. Superman was an immigrant with little more than the clothes on his back and raised by simple farmers, absorbing their humble values. He always chose to do the right thing, fighting for truth, justice, and the American way, and represents America at its best. The in-depth analyses of the comics, films and cartoons are at turns funny, philosophical,...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Deep in the forested Vietnamese island of Cat Bac, a jungle seethes with the irrepressible force of its own history. Haunted by agonies of temptation and frustration, �the women on the island� are prisoners of the power of the place, the power of the past, the power of desire and constraint. Yet like the jungle of jackfruit trees and bamboo itself, desire is a force that cannot be subdued.This novel illuminates the plight of a generation of men and women in post-war...
| Автор | Ho Ahn Thai |
Poco tiempo después de la noche de pasión que el indomable Joe Donnelly había pasado con Imogen Palmer, ésta se marchó del pueblo. Diez años más tarde, volvió y Joe quiso respuestas. Quería conocer la razón por la que se marchó…En su búsqueda por la verdad, Joe iba a descubrir una historia sorprendente, una historia que iba a culminar en un desgarrador encuentro con la hija que no sabía que tenía.
| Автор | Catherine Spencer |
Claridad y sencillez marcan los versos que aparecen en estas páginas. José Ramón Herrera Goya pretende que a través de los versos de este poemario, Luz, todo lector pueda ser capaz de comprender la poesía que nace de la pluma de este autor.La capacidad del autor para exponer lo inefable logra, de esta manera transmitir la luz, paz y serenidad que nuestra sociedad tanto precisa.
| Автор | José Ramón Herrera Goya |
La historia real de un paréntesis en la vida de un niño de 7 años ( Javier ). Un punto y seguido provocado por una leucemia . Un cuento escrito por él mismo sobre cómo vivió e interpretó su enfermedad, y las dibucartas que le escribió su pediatra ( Álvaro ) durante los ingresos hospitalarios y el trasplante de médula. Una historia con final feliz que ayudará a los niños y a las familias que pasen por lo mismo.
| Автор | Álvaro González de Aledo Linos |
What is fanfiction, and what is it not? Why does fanfiction matter? And what makes it so important to the future of literature?Fic is a groundbreaking exploration of the history and culture of fan writing and what it means for the way we think about reading, writing, and authorship. It’s a story about literature, community, and technology—about what stories are being told, who’s telling them, how, and why.With provocative discussions from both professional and fan...
| Автор | Anne Jamison |
You don’t know Jack—Jack Reacher, that is . . . In The Jack Reacher Field Manual: An Unofficial Companion to Lee Child’s Reacher Novels, from ex-Army major and New York Times bestselling author George Beahm, get up-close and personal with Reacher like never before.The only book of its kind, the Field Manual draws on 17 years of interviews, novels, stories, and more to demystify author Lee Child’s larger-than-life, name-taking, quick-thinking one-man...
| Автор | George Beahm |
Gifted travel writer, poet, professor of English, and insightful observer of human nature, Colleen McElroy journeyed to Madagascar to undertake a Fulbright research project exploring Malagasy oral traditions and myths. In Over the Lip of the World she depicts with equal verve the various storytelling traditions of the island and her own adventures in trying to find and record them.McElroy�s tale of an African American woman�s travels among the people of Madagascar is told...
| Автор | Colleen J. McElroy |
"There were a number of books about A Game of Thrones (the HBO series) and A Song of Ice and Fire (the books) published last year . . . the one that impressed me most was James Lowder's Beyond the Wall ." —George R.R. Martin Foreword by New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore Go beyond the Wall and across the narrow sea with this collection about George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, from A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons .The epic...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Una novela campirana escrita en lenguaje coloquial, que narra las vicisitudes de los trabajadores agrícolas de las haciendas de San Luis Potosí, tomando como referencia la del Pozo del Carmen. Los estilos de vida, la brutalidad de los capataces, las tiendas de raya, la miseria y el trabajo, siempre, desde muy jóvenes y hasta que se agote la vida.
| Автор | Ramiro Castillo Mancilla |
Behler discusses the current state of thought on modernity and postmodernity, detailing the intellectual problems to be faced and examining the positions of such central figures in the debate as Lyotard, Habermas, Rorty, and Derrida. He finds that beyond the �limits of communication,� further discussion must be carried out through irony.The historical rise of the concept of modernity is examined through discussions of the querelle des anciens et des modernes as a break with...
| Автор | Ernst Behler |
After growing from humble beginnings as a Sword & Sorcery parody to more than 30 volumes of wit, wisdom, and whimsy, the Discworld series has become a phenomenon unlike any other. Now, in The Turtle Moves!, Lawrence Watt-Evans presents a story-by-story history of Discworld’s evolution as well as essays on Pratchett’s place in literary canon, the nature of the Disc itself, and the causes and results of the Discworld phenomenon, all refreshingly free of literary jargon...
| Автор | Lawrence Watt-Evans |
When Robert B. Parker passed in early 2010, the world lost two great men: Parker himself, iconic American crime writer whose books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, and his best-known creation, Spenser. Parker's Spenser series not only influenced the work of countless of today's writers, but is also credited with reviving and forever changing the genre.In Pursuit of Spenser offers a look at Parker and to Spenser through the eyes of the writers he influenced. Editor Otto...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Speculating about the cultural metaphors in Janet Evanovich’s wildly popular mystery series (which includes 11 books, from One for the Money to Eleven on Top ), this anthology takes a look at lingerie-buyer-turned-bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum and catalogs her bad luck with cars (she’s blown up quite a few), her good luck with men, her unorthodox approach to weapon storage, and the rich tapestry of her milieu: Trenton, New Jersey, also known as The Burg. The contributors...
| Автор | Leah Wilson |
Eigentlich war es nur rein Spiel, doch wurde aus dem unabsichtlichen Tun wirkliche Absicht. Irgendwann hatte sich Ingi mit dem Rücken zu ihm gedreht und er lag seine linke Hand auf ihrer linken Brust und streichelte sie erstmal und dann küsste er die nackte Brust.Eine Reise nach Süden aber auch eine lustvolle Reise in die Nacht um heißen Körper zu befriedigen. Tage und Nächte werden zu einem einzigen, traumhaften Erlebnis.-
| Автор | Anonym |
Das erfolgreichste Werk E.T.A. Hoffmanns: Die Geschichte beschreibt das Leben des jungen Studenten Anselmus, der nur vom Pech verfolgt scheint. Unerwartet trifft er eines Tages die junge Serpentina, in die er sich direkt verliebt. Doch da ist auch noch Veronika, die in Anselmus schon ihren Ehemann sieht. Der Stundent muss sich nun entscheiden, zwischen den beiden Frauen, aber auch zwischen der realen und einer magischen Welt!-
| Автор | E.T.A. Hoffmann |
Ein Buch, das Therese Huber für ihre «Landsmänninnen» geschrieben hat: Im Zentrum der Geschichte steht Ellen Percy, eine anfangs eitle, selbstbezogene und verwöhnte Frau, die verarmt. Doch dies ist ihre Chance, denn aus diesem Schicksal heraus entwickelt sie sich zu einer moralisch verantwortungsvollen Person, die ihren Frieden mit sich schließen und anderen ein Vorbild sein kann.-
| Автор | Therese Huber |