Author: Elizabeth Mason
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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The Old Library and Its Tales
Author: Elizabeth Mason
Publisher:
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Publisher:
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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The Lecturer's Tale
Author: James Hynes
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 142997575X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The author of Publish and Perish returns with a Faustian tale of the horrors of academe Nelson Humbolt is a visiting adjunct English lecturer at prestigious Midwest University, until he is unceremoniously fired one autumn morning. Minutes after the axe falls, his right index finger is severed in a freak accident. Doctors manage to reattach the finger, but when the bandages come off, Nelson realizes that he has acquired a strange power--he can force his will onto others with a touch of his finger. And so he obtains an extension on the lease of his university-owned townhouse and picks up two sections of freshman composition, saving his career from utter ruin. But soon these victories seem inconsequential, and Nelson's finger burns for even greater glory. Now the Midas of academia wonders if he can attain what every struggling assistant professor and visiting lecturer covets--tenure. A pitch-perfect blend of satire and horror, The Lecturer's Tale paints a gruesomely clever portrait of life in academia.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 142997575X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The author of Publish and Perish returns with a Faustian tale of the horrors of academe Nelson Humbolt is a visiting adjunct English lecturer at prestigious Midwest University, until he is unceremoniously fired one autumn morning. Minutes after the axe falls, his right index finger is severed in a freak accident. Doctors manage to reattach the finger, but when the bandages come off, Nelson realizes that he has acquired a strange power--he can force his will onto others with a touch of his finger. And so he obtains an extension on the lease of his university-owned townhouse and picks up two sections of freshman composition, saving his career from utter ruin. But soon these victories seem inconsequential, and Nelson's finger burns for even greater glory. Now the Midas of academia wonders if he can attain what every struggling assistant professor and visiting lecturer covets--tenure. A pitch-perfect blend of satire and horror, The Lecturer's Tale paints a gruesomely clever portrait of life in academia.
Minnie's Birthday, and Other Stories for Children
Author: Marietta (pseud. [i.e. Henriette Mary Bradley.])
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Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Languages : en
Pages : 146
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A Life's Search
Author: E. S. B. Sydney
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
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Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Languages : en
Pages : 892
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The Evening Meetings; Or, The Pastor Among the Boys of His Flock
Author: C. M. S.
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Charity at Home. A Tale
Author: Charity
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
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American Folktales: From the Collections of the Library of Congress
Author: Carl Lindahl
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317477227
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
This two-volume collection of folktales represents some of the finest examples of American oral tradition. Drawn from the largest archive of American folk culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, this set comprises magic tales, legends, jokes, tall tales and personal narratives, many of which have never been transcribed before, much less published, in a sweeping survey. Eminent folklorist and award-winning author Carl Lindahl selected and transcribed over 200 recording sessions - many from the 1920s and 1930s - that span the 20th century, including recent material drawn from the September 11 Project. Included in this varied collection are over 200 tales organized in chapters by storyteller, tale type or region, and representing diverse American cultures, from Appalachia and the Midwest to Native American and Latino traditions. Each chapter begins by discussing the storytellers and their oral traditions before presenting and introducing each tale, making this collection accessible to high school students, general readers or scholars.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317477227
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
This two-volume collection of folktales represents some of the finest examples of American oral tradition. Drawn from the largest archive of American folk culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, this set comprises magic tales, legends, jokes, tall tales and personal narratives, many of which have never been transcribed before, much less published, in a sweeping survey. Eminent folklorist and award-winning author Carl Lindahl selected and transcribed over 200 recording sessions - many from the 1920s and 1930s - that span the 20th century, including recent material drawn from the September 11 Project. Included in this varied collection are over 200 tales organized in chapters by storyteller, tale type or region, and representing diverse American cultures, from Appalachia and the Midwest to Native American and Latino traditions. Each chapter begins by discussing the storytellers and their oral traditions before presenting and introducing each tale, making this collection accessible to high school students, general readers or scholars.
Avice; Or, A Page from the History of Imperial Rome
Author: Eliza Fanny POLLARD
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Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 298
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The Children of the Chapel
Author: Mrs. Disney Leith
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
In the year 1559, ten-year-old Arthur Savile is impressed into the service of the Chapel Royal, where he is brutally mistreated but learns to survive by means of his wit and ingenuity.
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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In the year 1559, ten-year-old Arthur Savile is impressed into the service of the Chapel Royal, where he is brutally mistreated but learns to survive by means of his wit and ingenuity.