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by Simon Gikandi
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste--the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics--existed as separate and unequal domains, unrelated in the spheres of social life. But to the contrary, Slavery and the Culture of Taste demonstrates that...
by Simon Shepherd, Mick Wallis
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2004
What is implied when we refer to the study of performing arts as 'drama', 'theatre' or 'performance'? Each term identifies a different tradition of thought and offers different possibilities to the student or practitioner. This book examines the history and use of the terms and investigates the different...
by Simon Winchester, Sean Condon, Don George
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Humorous tales of travel and misadventure.
Lonely Planet knows that some of life's funniest experiences happen on the road. Whether they take the form of unexpected detours, unintended adventures, unidentifiable dinners or unforgettable...
Things Merely Are
Philosophy in the Poetry of Wallace Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2005
This book is an invitation to read poetry. Simon Critchley argues that poetry enlarges life with a range of observation, power of expression and attention to language that eclipses any other medium. In a rich engagement with the poetry of Wallace Stevens, Critchley reveals that poetry also contains...
The Tejano Diaspora
Mexican Americanism and Ethnic Politics in Texas and Wisconsin
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Each spring during the 1960s and 1970s, a quarter million farm workers left Texas to travel across the nation, from the Midwest to California, to harvest America's agricultural products. During this migration of people, labor, and ideas, Tejanos established settlements in nearly all the places they...
by Simon Van Booy
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
“Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy’s stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking.” -Los Angeles Times
In his critically-acclaimed debut collection of short stories, The Secret Lives of People in Love, Simon...
Snow Falls and Then Disappears
A short story from The Secret Lives of People in Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In...
by Simon Van Booy
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Award-winning author Simon Van Booy introduces readers to a magical, whimsical world, perfect for fans of Circus Mirandus and Serafina and the Black Cloak.
When twelve-year-old Gertie Milk washes up on the island of Skuldark, she finds that all of her memories are gone. Home to helpful Slug...
As Much Below as Up Above
A short story from The Secret Lives of People in Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In...
by Simon Van Booy
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
In award-winning author Simon Van Booy's fantastical sequel to Gertie Milk and the Keeper of Lost Things, Gertie, Kolt, and Robot Rabbit Boy continue their adventures returning missing objects throughout history while trying to find out what happened to the imprisoned Keepers of Lost Things.
Ever...
French Artist Killed in Sunday's Earthquake
A short story from The Secret Lives of People in Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In...
Some Bloom in Darkness
A short story from The Secret Lives of People in Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In...
Not the Same Shoes
A short story from The Secret Lives of People in Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In...
Distant Ships
A short story from The Secret Lives of People in Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In...