Michael Samuel: 34 books
True Detective
Critical Essays on the HBO Series
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Throughout its limited run beginning in 2014, the HBO series True Detective has presented viewers with unique takes on the American crime drama on television, marked by literary and cinematic influences, heavyweight performances, and an experimental approach to the genre. At times celebrated and opposed,...
Ten Years after Katrina
Critical Perspectives of the Storm's Effect on American Culture and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This collection charts the effects of hurricane Katrina upon American cultural identity; it does not merely catalogue the trauma of the event but explores the ways that such an event functions in and on the literature that represents it. These essays raise new questions about the representative genres that structure our stories and the ways stories reflect and produce culture and identity.
Rediscovering Philo of Alexandria
A First Century Torah Commentator Volume I: Genesis
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
"Philo is one of the great thinkers of the ancient world, yet he no longer remains enigmatic to biblical interpreters. I enthusiastically recommend Rediscovering Philo of Alexandria." Dr. Marvin Wilson, Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies Gordon College, Wenham, MA "Philo...
Harvard Classics Volume 41
English Poetry 2: Collins To Fitzgerald
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
Fantastic Trains
An Anthology of Phantasmagorical Engines and Rail Riders
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2019
Book your ticket now for a trip to the future, the past, and the timeslips in between.
Through the eloquent prose and imaginings of eighteen tellers of tales, we are pleased to present to you a collection of stories-on-a-train that will transport you to tantalizing worlds that you simply cannot...
by Lord Byron, Golden Deer Classics, Christina Rossetti
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Robert Browning - Meeting At Night 8. E.Dickinson...
by William Shakespeare, Christina Rossetti, Walt Whitman
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2019
If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter or a poem speaks a thousand more... Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter or that of a poem. LIST OF POEMS: 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved...
Debugging Game History
A Critical Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.
Even as the field of game studies has flourished, critical historical studies of games have lagged behind other areas of research. Histories have generally been...
by Daniel Arthur Smith, Michael Patrick Hicks, S. Elliot Brandis
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2017
This issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of three sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories and one intimate poem - from four of todays top speculative fiction writers.
S. Elliot Brandis opens with a visit to airport security (what could be more chilling).
Award...
Running Wild
Based on the Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
For Lilly and her mother, going to Indonesia isn't just another holiday. It's an escape and a new start. But when Will takes a gentle ride along the beach on an elephant called Oona, calamity strikes. As a tsunami comes crashing towards them, Oona charges deep into the jungle, her young rider desperately...
Rediscovering Philo of Alexandria
A First Century Torah Commentator -- Volume IV: Numbers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Philo of Alexandria (20 BCE.--50 CE.) stood at the crossroads of ancient history. Philo was the first pioneer to integrate Judaic thought with the Stoic, Platonic, and Pythagorean philosophical traditions. This Alexandrian Jewish philosopher assembled the very first philosophical, ethical, psychological,...
New Horizons
A short story anthology by Jaffa Books
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
Featuring Michael Cana, Diana Cullen, Benjamin Harkin, Samuel Maguire, and Lisa Simon. A collection of short stories themed around new beginnings or looking back at missed chances. The first short story anthology from Jaffa Books, featuring just debuting writers.
by Michael F. Johnson, Lisa D. O'Steen, Dena F. Dincauze
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The southeastern United States has one of the richest records of early human settlement of any area of North America. This book provides the first state-by-state summary of Paleoindian and Early Archaic research from the region, together with an appraisal of models developed to interpret the data....
Macular Degeneration
A Complete Guide for Patients and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Written by renowned opthalmologist Michael Samuel, a retinal specialist, this text casts the spotlight on macular degeneration and dispels the myths surrounding this disease.