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A childless couple find an abandoned baby on the beach. A father is prosecuted by his small-town community. Two men on the coast share an unspoken love. A young woman has a threatening first date. A writer is terrorised by the ghosts of his fiction. City folk visit a room for crying. <i>New Australian Fiction</i> features brilliant writers with distinct experiences, voices and styles from all corners of Australia. Together they showcase the strength and diversity of Australian short...
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The informative and wide-ranging essays in this second volume of Borgo Perspectives on Intercultural Communication, by authors from Britain, Bulgaria, Germany, India, Russia and Spain, look at intercultural communication in action–whether in television or the movies, in the press, on the internet, in student life, in school, in the work of translators and interpreters, or simply in the attempt to communicate with «the Other.» The seventeen pieces include: FRANCIS JARMAN: Intercultural...
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Bent Street is an annual publication that gathers essays, fiction, poetry, artwork, reflections, letters, blog posts, interviews, performance writing and rants to bring you 'The Year in Queer'.<br /> <br />"Bent Street 1 – 2017" covers same-sex marriage, health an education, the meaning of queer history and progress; as well as presenting the queer imagination as it follows its own lights, digressions, yearnings, and strange associations.<br /> <br />Joel...
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Enredos, traiciones, acción hilarante, espías, humor negro. Corte se vale de testimonios, informes y artículos publicados durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial en distintos medios de comunicación, para contarnos la imprevisible historia de Hugo Boss y otros personajes, protagonistas de esta brillante novela.
| Автор | Igor Marojević |
will benefit it is attentive and brilliant readers, of whom John Leonard is without doubt one of its finest. – Martin Harrison Australian poetry from a 21st century perspective, with a selection from a wide range of living poets as well as familiar voices from the past. There is an emphasis on social observation and personal experience of Australia's changing history that gives new context to poetry by previous generations from Wright and Hope through Lawson and Paterson to Harpur,...
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This anthology of poetry is rich with emotion, vibrant with diversity and strong with sentiment. The poems tell stories everyone should read, to gain insights into the minds, hearts and souls of our warriors who have defended our great country, Australia.<br /> <br />The editors, Warrant Officer Paul Barrett and Kerry B Collison have been most successful in setting out these captivating tales in a well blended mix of irony, humour and the horror of war, allowing the reader to...
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Never fear the news media again!<br /> <br />If you've always had that underlying fear of media attention, Media Training for Modern Leaders is for you. Written specifically for today's leaders, you'll learn how to face the media confidently in any situation. International author and media expert Pete Burdon shares his years of experience as a journalist and high level media adviser. He shows you how to turn news media encounters from perceived threats into major...
| Автор | Pete Burdon |
This volume collects the finest essays from the second half of the Believer's decade-long (and counting) run. The Believer, the McSweeney's-published four-time nominee for the National Magazine Award, is beloved for tackling everything from pop culture to ancient literature with the same sagacity and wit, and this collection cements that reputation with pieces as wildly diverse as the magazine itself. Featured articles include Nick Hornby on his first job, Rebecca Taylor on her time...
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Enero de 1807, los ingleses todavía merodean en el estuario del Río de la Plata. Montevideo se encuentra sitiada y pronto caerá en poder de los invasores amenazando la conquista de todo el virreinato. Un inesperado encuentro y una misión alteran los planes del oficial de dragones Hipólito Mondine. Océano por medio, en la agitada Francia imperial, otros sucesos lo arrastrarán hacia lo desconocido y aterrador de su propia historia.
| Автор | Demian Panello |
For the past twelve years, out of a tiny but well-lit corner of the McSweeney’s offices in San Francisco, The Believer has published essays and interviews that are great for all seasons. But this collection is not interested in 75 percent of those seasons. Included in this eminently beach-tote-able digital edition are interviews, essays, poetry, and reviews that cover all the staples of summer—beach houses, amusement parks, surfing, road trips, honeymoons, failed Gen X sodas,...
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In this landmark collection, Patricia Hampl and Elaine Tyler May have gathered fourteen original essays from award-winning memoirists and historians. They are all storytellers, wrestling with a fascinating gray area where memory intersects with history and where the necessities of narrative collide with mundane facts. and whether the record emerges from archival sources or from personal memory, these writers show how to make the leap to telling a good story—while also telling us...
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From 21A, the one-man show that launched a career and a whole new perspective on riding the bus, to a sneak peek at the new Minnesota Public Radio–sponsored Gulliver Unraveled, On Stage with Kevin Kling gives readers a behind-the-curtain view of one of Minnesota's most popular storytellers.<br /><br />This collectible volume contains the full text of three of Kevin Kling's stage pieces—21A, Ice Fishing, and Scarecrow on Fire—as well as excerpts...
| Автор | Kevin Kling |
This anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry celebrates the rich diversity of writing by Native American women today. Editors Heid E. Erdrich and Laura Tohe have gathered stories from across the nation that celebrate, record, and explore Native American women's roles in community. The result is a rich tapestry that contains work by established writers along with emerging and first-time authors. Contributors include Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, Diane Glancy, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Allison...
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Erotische Kurzgeschichten die lustvoll darstellen wie es zu zweit oder auch in Gruppen zugehen kann. Auf ungefähr 20 Seiten werden erotische Träume ausgelebt und dem Leser oder der Leserin detailgetreu geschildert. Der Titel des Buches ist hier Programm.
| Автор | Annett Lesall |
Appeals to both specialists and general interest readers Includes essays on texts and authors commonly taught in university literature courses Essays on early film will be of interest to scholars and students of cinema Tynianov's cultural theory is widely applicable and will be of interest to scholars and students of literature, arts, culture and media The introductory essay offers thorough and insightful historical context for Tynianov’s work and for the cultural history of the USSR in...
| Автор | Yuri Tynianov |
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is one of Vladimir Nabokov’s most autobiographical novels and it has often been observed that Sebastian’s passionate affair with the femme fatale Nina Rechnoy is a dramatized extension of Nabokov’s infatuation with Irina Guadanini. In this book it is shown that the novel also conceals another, secluded, love affair Sebastian had with a man, which reflects the main episode in the life of Nabokov’s brother Sergey. By pursuing many biographical and literary...
| Автор | Gerard de Vries |
