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The writings of twentieth-century author Jack Finney are classic contributions to the genres of science fiction and suspense thrillers in American literature. Two of Finney's novels, ""The Body Snatchers"" and ""Good Neighbor Sam"", became the basis of...

This casebook gathers together the most important critical responses to Richard Wright's autobiography. It includes a 1945 interview with Richard Wright, contemporary reviews of Black Boy written by W.E.B. Du Bois, Lionel Trilling, Mary McCarthy, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814254318Author James PhelanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980711127Author Greg TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Daily Grail PublishingPublisher Daily Grail PublishingWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)...

This edition of the collected poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar includes 60 poems not included in the previous - and now out of print - ""Complete Poems"". 16 of these were found in manuscript form. Paul Laurence Dunbar's work achieved wide recognition in...

Offering a fascinating examination of the explosion of black television programming in the 1980s and 1990s, this book provides, for the first time ever, an interpretation of black TV based in both journalism and critical theory. Locating a persistent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880014656Author WH AudenFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint ECCO PressPublisher ECCO PressWeight(grams) 113g

The legacies of the Civil War and Reconstruction remain a central part of American life a century and a half later. Drawing together leading scholars in literary studies and history, this volume offers accessible treatments of major authors and genres of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814214138Author Isiah Lavender IIIFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

This volume collects the most important writings by Mark Twain in which he used biblical settings, themes and figures. Featuring Twain's singular portrayals of God, Adam, Eve, Satan, Methuselah, Shem, St. Peter and others, the writings stand among...

This book is the first full-length study of Douglas Coupland, one of the twenty-first century's most innovative and influential novelists. The study explores the prolific first decade and a half of Coupland's career, from Generation X: Tales for an...

H.D. called By Avon River "the first book that really made me happy." In this annotated edition, Lara Vetter argues that the volume represented a turning point in H.D.'s career, a major shift from lyric poetry to the experimental forms of writing that...

This study offers a critical examination of the work of Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Mexican-American brothers whose graphic novels are highly influential. The Hernandez brothers started in the alt-comics scene, where their 'Love and Rockets' series...

John Donne discussed as an original religious thinker, drawing on his extant sermons for evidence of his personal theology. John Donne is here treated as an original religious thinker; the evidence for the distinguishing features of his theology is...

How and why Fitzgerald's novel, initially called a failure, has come to be considered a masterwork of American literature and part of the fabric of the culture. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is widely seen as the quintessential "great American novel,"...

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird remains one of the most enduring works of southern fiction ever written. Although a literary phenomenon - tens of millions of copies have sold worldwide - there is surprisingly little...

This book examines representations of war throughout American literary history, providing a firm grounding in established criticism and opening up new lines of inquiry. Readers will find accessible yet sophisticated essays that lay out key questions and...

"Augustine's edition of The Mystery is a model of editorial excellence and an immense contribution to H.D. scholarship, crucial to an understanding of the poet's creative processes and central themes. Every reader of modernist literature will want...

The Emotional Life of the Great Depression documents how Americans responded emotionally to the crisis of the Great Depression. Unlike most books about the 1930s, which focus almost exclusively on the despair of the American people during the decade,...

Within the Circle is the first anthology to present the entire spectrum of twentieth-century African American literary and cultural criticism. It begins with the Harlem Renaissance, continues through civil rights, the Black Arts Movement, and on into...

-- Library JournalThe first history of America's major literary form offers new views of our literary history and a sophisticated examination of areas of fiction that have only recently begun to receive attention.Book InformationISBN 9780231073608Author...

What is it about certain books that makes them bestsellers? Why do some of these books remain popular for centuries, and others fade gently into obscurity? And why is it that when scholars do turn their attention to bestsellers, they seem only to be...

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel of such profound power that it has affected the lives of readers and left and indelible mark on American culture. This rich collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the essence of...

During the last six years of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald was an Esquire author. Between 1934 and 1940, Fitzgerald sold some forty-five pieces of writing to the magazine - fiction, nonfiction, and personal essays. This volume of the Cambridge Edition...

Career brings together individuals' paths through life, learning and work. It describes how people interface with social institutions including the education system, employers, civil society and the state. Because our careers are socially and culturally...

There is no shortage of urgent, complex problems that mathematics education can and should engage with. Pandemics, forest fires, pollution, Black Lives Matter protests, and fake news all involve mathematics, are matters of life and death, have a clear...

Now, more than ever, high quality relationships between teachers and learners are critical to deep meaningful learning and to the learner's long-term success. Transcendent Teacher Learner Relationships: The Way of the Shamanic Teacher (Second Edition)...

In this book, 14 scholars from Belgium, Canada, Mozambique, Portugal, the US, and the UK examine the long-term cultural and social environment of sex definition in different continents. The study of medieval and early modern Portugal shows limited rights...

What does the best teacher education program look like? How should we look at the area of attracting the best teachers at teacher education program and at the schools? How should we look at the area of recruitment into teacher education at different...

This compilation explores the significance of religion for the controversies stirred up by populist politics in European and American contexts, engaging Jewish, Christian, and Islamic political thought. Moving beyond essentialist definitions of religion,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645060529Author Michael HodgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Seventh Street BooksPublisher Prometheus BooksWeight(grams) 229g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620923092Format PaperbackImprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams) 599g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781465203007Author Festus E ObiakorFormat PaperbackImprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847346056Author Sir J Kaye and Col MallesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788189995249Format PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524936341Author Ronald C. ArnettFormat PaperbackImprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456771157Author Sukumar ChatterjeeFormat PaperbackImprint Authorhouse UKPublisher Authorhouse UKWeight(grams) 313g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842399392Format PaperbackImprint Alligator BooksPublisher Alligator BooksWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 140mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783825721Author Paula FlanaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Chipmunka PublishingPublisher Chipmunka PublishingWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777633851Author Elizabeth MenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Elizabeth MenziePublisher Elizabeth MenzieWeight(grams) 133g