A Bull: 11 books

Commonly referred to collectively as the anni di piombo -- years of lead -- the 1970s have been seen as a parenthesis in Italian history, which was dominated by political violence and terrorism. The seventeen essays in this wide-ranging collection adopt different scholarly perspectives to challenge...

Robert Banner has led an extraordinarily mediocre life. At the age of 46 he thought things should be more comfortable. A good job, a nice house in the suburbs, 2.3 kids,a beautiful wife and maybe a faithful dog to round it all out. No, this wasn’t Roberts’s life. While his wife was beautiful at...

"A Happy Birthday" by Will Shetterly "Before the Paint Is Dry" by Kara Dalkey "The Rat's Alley Shuffle" by Charles de Lint "Dry Well" by Nathan A Bucklin, with lyrics by Alison Bucklin "Choice of the Black Goddess" by Gene Wolfe "The Ballad of...

Twenty-three noir stories of crime and desperation. Featuring, Michael Bracken Kenneth Gwin, Michael Chandos, Warren Bull, Peter H. Denton, JoAnne Lucas, Karen Gough, J.J. Lamb, Craig Faustus Buck, Patricia Dusenbury, Herschel Cozine, Diane A. Hadoc, Wenda Morrone, Jan Christensen, Ross Baxter,...

Scholars consider sound and its concepts, taking as their premise the idea that popular culture can be analyzed in an innovative way through sound. The wide-ranging texts in this book take as their premise the idea that sound is a subject through which popular culture can be analyzed in an...

Twenty-one short stories - sometimes satirical, sometimes, frightening, and mostly humorous, imagining of life under President Donald Trump!

"Portrait of Vengeance" by Kara Dalkey "The Skin and Knife Game" by Lee Barwood and Charles de Lint "Strings Attached" by Nathan A. Bucklin "The Tale of the Stuffed Levar" by Jane Yolen "An Act of Love" by Steven Brust, Gregory Frost, and Megan Lindholm "Spells...

There is no doubt about the importance of assessment: it defines what students regard as important, how they spend their time and how they come to see themselves - it is a necessary part of helping them to learn. This text provides background research on different aspects of assessment. Its purpose...

Teaching Young Adult Literature Today introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. More importantly, literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great...

The threat of violence concerns most people most profoundly. It has long been a topic of intensive academic, practical and political debate. In recent years the workplace has emerged as a recognized site of violence, threat and menace and this book will make a significant contribution to the growing...

Patrizia Pallaro's second volume of essays on Authentic Movement, eight years after her first, is a tour de force. It is indeed "an extraordinary array of papers", as Pallaro puts it, and an immensely rich, moving and highly readable sweep through the landscapes of Authentic Movement, "this...