Nabokov, Rushdie, and the Transnational Imagination. Novels of Exile and Alternate Worlds, Paperback - R. Trousdale

Using Vladimir Nabokov and Salman Rushdie's work, this study argues that transnational fiction refuses the simple oppositions of postcolonial theor...

Reducere. DescriptionInara Verzemnieks was raised by her Latvian grandparents in Washington State, among expatriates who scattered smuggled Latvian sand over...

The first three novels set in Ursula K. Le Guin's famed Hainish universe, together in one volume.

Best known for his 1979 film David, Peter Lilienthal was an unusual figure within postwar filmmaking circles. A child refugee from Nazi Germany who...

With the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqis abroad, hoping to return one day to a better Iraq, became uncertain exiles. Return to Ruin tells the human s...

A powerfully moving family memoir of loss, exile and self-concealment in Nazi Germany.Illustrations: 16pp b/w plates

The second in a series of tales about the clans of fearless Vikings and mystical Sirens who face each other in a neverending battle over their grea...

Focusing on the processes of accumulation, concentration, and centralisation of capital, Rubens Sawaya traces the transnationalisation of capital a...

The life and wisdom of the desert fathers and mothers is not only retained in historical volumes, but has been a constant presence throughout the d...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard C. WhiteLao Tzu said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." But the journey of imagination beg...

Reducere. Volume 59 in American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series The outpouring of Native American literature that followed the publication of N...

This unique collection of diaries and letters offers a vivid, personal account of the experiences of a Jewish couple living parallel lives - Else e...

In Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life, Eileen R. Campbell-Reed informs and inspires the practice of ministry through s...

Reducere. For two thousand years countless people around the world viewed reality through a Christian lens that endowed their lives with meaning, purpose, an...

Reducere. Scholars of religion have begun to explore horror and the monstrous, not only within the confines of the biblical text or the traditions of religio...

Reducere. Success in data science depends on the flexible and appropriate use of tools. That includes Python and R, two of the foundational programming langu...

This book demonstrates how Gothic literature experiments with and subverts Romantic medical debates to reassess the power of nonnormative bodies wi...

New Vintage Classics editions of four classic novels from the 'father of science fiction', H.G. Wells. With bright, bold and eye-catching cover des...

Reducere. From the back cover: 12 Lectures On The Creative Power of Imagination From The World's Greatest MysticFrom beginning to end, the Bible speaks only ...

Well's science fiction of the Martian invasion, told through the eyes of an ordinary man. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorfu...

Reducere. 1. 'Exile' Hurts, Jonas Quant Hurts, Quant 4: 17 2. 'Miracle' Hurts, Dan Grech-Marguerat 3: 44 3. 'Sandman' Hurts, Quant Hurts, Quant 3: 54 4. 'Bli...

Reducere. Saul Steinberg's inimitable drawings, paintings, and assemblages enriched the New Yorker, gallery and museum shows, and his own books for more than...

Reducere. What makes a distant oboe's wail beautiful? Why do some kinds of music lift us to ecstasy, but not others? How can music make sense to an ear and b...

One of the most important and influential invasion narratives ever written, The War of the Worlds (1897) describes the coming of the Martians, who ...

Reducere. Heroes and villains are not always on the opposite ends of the spectrum of good and evil. Sometimes, all that separates them is a fine line. The st...

Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Gerry ConwayIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 488Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 1...

Reducere. A lavishly illustrated look at the locales familiar to J. R. R. Tolkien, the creator of Middle-earthThis book takes you to the places that inspired...

Reducere. The star-spanning story of humanity's colonization of other planets, Ursula K. Le Guin's visionary Hainish novels and stories redrew the map of mod...

Reducere. Description** This 20, 000-word story is told in drabbles: each chapter consisting of only 100 words.** Sebastian Gilman meets a guy on a dance flo...

Publisher: FantagraphicsAuthor(s): R.O. BlechmanIllustration(s): 488 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 488Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Reducere. Living Magical Arts is founded upon the author's practical experience of the Western Magical Traditions, and contains specific teachings from withi...

Reducere. One of the most eclectic and distinctive writers currently working in comics, Grant Morrison (b. 1960) brings the auteurist sensibility of alternat...

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Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Evolving Threats and Responses to Integrated, Adaptive Solutions provides a ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Ethnobotany of the California Indians, revised, updated, expanded, from the First Edition (2003), is a compilation of 1, 343 plants ...