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Multi-Dimensional Life by Moyra Caldecott Multi-Dimensional Life by Moyra Caldecott Feb. 03, 2012 $5.99 69794 words Sample 20%
Moyra Caldecott reveals the many levels of her own life as a writer and the extraordinary events and experiences that have inspired her life and writing.
Deep Characterization by Bill Johnson Deep Characterization by Bill Johnson Dec. 20, 2011 $0.99 15017 words Sample 20%
Deep Characterization explores the difference between characters created to act out a story for an audience and characters created to act out a writer's internal dramas. A story written for an audience is a promise to take that audience on a story journey; a story written for the writer's own needs is a promise to transport him or her to the fulfillment of personal needs.
Chinese Novel Book Review: 小说《花落花开》读者网友书评集 by Hongyang（Canada）/ 红洋（加拿大） Chinese Novel Book Review: 小说《花落花开》读者网友书评集 by Hongyang（Canada）/ 红洋（加拿大） Oct. 17, 2011 Free! 9353 words Read a sample
这本书收集了国内读者及海外网友对二十万字长篇小说《花落花开》原名《花浓爱更浓》的评论、建议和跟贴。
Congress May Fool America, but they won't fool God! by C. Edward Miller Congress May Fool America, but they won't fool God! by C. Edward Miller Sep. 08, 2011 $2.99 5668 words Sample 1%
The Republican and Tea Party Congressmen seem to be interested only in personal gain--as they want "my way or the highway" on all issues presented to them in Congress. Could it be that the God of Israel is hardening their hearts along with the hearts of White America that is still full of hate for Black Americans after 400 years of Slavery?
Mr. B Speaks! by Katherine Woodbury Mr. B Speaks! by Katherine Woodbury June 03, 2011 Free! 34164 words Read a sample
Bodily yanked out of Samuel Richardson's "Pamela," the novel's hero, Mr. B, must defend himself before a panel of skeptical literary scholars and unfriendly critics. The redeemed rake of the first true English romance, Mr. B struggles to justify his provocative behavior. Will love conquer all in the 21st century as it did in the 18th?
Прочтение Light â„–2 by Prochtenie Прочтение Light â„–2 by Prochtenie May 10, 2011 $0.99 38150 words Sample 20%
Электронная версия журнала «Прочтение» — попытка сделать журнал нового типа: в виде электронной книги. При этом сохраняются некоторые особенности журнальной структуры.
Train Can't Bring Me Home by Andy Conway Train Can't Bring Me Home by Andy Conway May 04, 2011 $3.99 69388 words Sample 40%
In this postmodern campus romance, Dylan, a washed up American lecturer with a Tom Waits fixation, has an affair with vivacious teenage student Erzsi in a Hungarian campus town in 1993, their affair transforming everyone around them and turning the entire town into a magical place. A dizzying, intellectual, comic, erotic clash of discourses that mimics a host of literary styles.
Is It Real?: Postmodernist Fiction, Realism, and the Representation of Reality by Linda Darling Is It Real?: Postmodernist Fiction, Realism, and the Representation of Reality by Linda Darling March 20, 2011 $2.99 21300 words Sample 20%
This eloquent introduction to postmodernism explores how post-war British fiction reinvents and re-evaluates the literary conventions of Realism. By focusing on the modes postmodern Bristish novelists approach the relations between past and present, the elusiveness of history, and the distortions of memory, the author shows how Realism is extended to portray multiple realities.
Estudos de Literatura Portuguesa by José Barbosa Machado Estudos de Literatura Portuguesa by José Barbosa Machado May 13, 2010 $4.00 64431 words Sample 20%
A obra contém estudos sobre os escritores Raul Brandão, Vergílio Ferreira, José Cardoso Pires, José Saramago e João Aguiar.
Stein, Gender, Isolation, and Industrialism: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio by Duane Simolke Stein, Gender, Isolation, and Industrialism: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio by Duane Simolke Nov. 10, 2009 Free! 51001 words Read a sample
Dr. Duane Simolke examines Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, as it relates to Gertrude Stein, gender roles, failed communication, and the machine in the garden. Simolke also looks at Anderson's concerns about mechanization, loneliness, and the mistreatment of many people. Simolke also wrote The Acorn Stories, a story cycle in the tradition of Winesburg, Ohio.
Digital creativity. E-veda? by Georgy Stenkin Digital creativity. E-veda? by Georgy Stenkin May 20, 2009 $2.50 4514 words Sample 50%
Some articles for magazines about a condition of modern digital creativity (on the Internet)
The House of the Wolfings: The William Morris Book that Inspired J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings by Michael W. Perry The House of the Wolfings: The William Morris Book that Inspired J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings by Michael W. Perry Nov. 29, 2008 $0.99 91521 words Sample 50%
In a 1960 letter, J. R. R. Tolkien referred to The Lord of the Rings when he wrote, “The Dead Marshes and the approaches to the Morannon owe something to Northern France after the Battle of the Somme. They owe more to William Morris and his Huns and Romans, as in The House of the Wolfings or The Roots of the Mountains.” With a foreword and introduction, this is the text of that classic tale.