Author: George Saunders
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594489228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Contains a collection of short satirical works, including "The Red Bow," in which a town is consumed by pet-killing hysteria, and "Bohemians," in which two Eastern European widows attempt to fit into suburban America.
In Persuasion Nation
Author: George Saunders
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594489228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Contains a collection of short satirical works, including "The Red Bow," in which a town is consumed by pet-killing hysteria, and "Bohemians," in which two Eastern European widows attempt to fit into suburban America.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594489228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Contains a collection of short satirical works, including "The Red Bow," in which a town is consumed by pet-killing hysteria, and "Bohemians," in which two Eastern European widows attempt to fit into suburban America.
Scrappy Wonky Quilt Block Extravaganza
Author: Jason Bowlsby
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644034018
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Learn how to use scraps, odd cuts, and small fabric treasures in unexpected ways to create one-of-a-kind quilts. Create stunning contemporary abstractions of iconic quilt blocks! With no sewing experience needed, learn how to create stress-free wonky quilt projects with these templates and techniques as your guides. Step-by-step tutorials and detailed layout diagrams will show you how to create wonky quilts that include half-square blocks, curves, slash-and-insert strips, and many more! Working through each block style will develop your skills by levels until even the most complex blocks make sense and can be achieved with the bridging techniques of this book. Projects are beginner-friendly, allowing access to quilters of all skill levels. Explore 13 accessible and beginner-friendly projects to create iconic impressionistic quilt blocks Learn how to finish off different block styles with easy-to-follow techniques Discover a freeform version of your craft to create modern, impressionistic interpretations of traditional quilt blocks using scraps, odd cuts, and small treasures of fabric
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644034018
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Learn how to use scraps, odd cuts, and small fabric treasures in unexpected ways to create one-of-a-kind quilts. Create stunning contemporary abstractions of iconic quilt blocks! With no sewing experience needed, learn how to create stress-free wonky quilt projects with these templates and techniques as your guides. Step-by-step tutorials and detailed layout diagrams will show you how to create wonky quilts that include half-square blocks, curves, slash-and-insert strips, and many more! Working through each block style will develop your skills by levels until even the most complex blocks make sense and can be achieved with the bridging techniques of this book. Projects are beginner-friendly, allowing access to quilters of all skill levels. Explore 13 accessible and beginner-friendly projects to create iconic impressionistic quilt blocks Learn how to finish off different block styles with easy-to-follow techniques Discover a freeform version of your craft to create modern, impressionistic interpretations of traditional quilt blocks using scraps, odd cuts, and small treasures of fabric
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
Author: George Saunders
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0747585962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
From the highly acclaimed cult author of Pastoralia, comes a novella and short-story collection.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0747585962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
From the highly acclaimed cult author of Pastoralia, comes a novella and short-story collection.
By Land, By Sea
Author: William Hoffman
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807124604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
William Hoffman alternates enduing themes of land and sea by taking inhabitants mostly of Virginia’s inland and Chesapeake Bay regions and making them thoroughly his own in this superb collection of stories. The stories deal with the clash between old and new values, with ties to the land and the lure of the sea, with the struggle to maintain relationships–between parents and children, husbands and wives, community and individual. In “Fathers and Daughters,” a man fears that his pretty teenage daughter is throwing away her life by taking up with a handsome young man whose values are primitive and rapacious. In “Landfall,” an ailing, elderly couple makes a last trip. In their beloved sailboat, which has been like a vessel holding their marriage, the two cruise the New England coast to Canada, where the end of their journey is not what either foresaw. The protagonist of “Cuttings” is a bold, decorated veteran of Vietnam who has become softened by living in a metropolitan southern city. He is forced to show his bravery by facing a white oak that has died and needs felling to protect his beach cottage. In “Smoke,” a former convict, sickly and cynical, comes in poverty to live with his sister and her family, and by his courage restores the idea of honor in those whom he has caused to feel shame and anger. “Lover” is the haunting story of an aging businessman who seeks desperately to regain love and his youth through a relationship with an adolescent girl. An intellectually sophisticated minister, in “The Question of Rain,” is asked by member of his congregation to offer a special prayer day for rain when a drought scorches the countryside. He is reluctant to perform the service, to be tapped in the position of publicly asking for rain and putting himself and his God to the test. In “Patriot, a coal miner’s love of country makes him a true patriot, though the war he fights is not against a foreign enemy but against new, potentially destructive values. Hoffman’s skill as a craftsman is matched by the veracity of his eye and ear for poignant detail in these quietly powerful and always deeply moving stories.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807124604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
William Hoffman alternates enduing themes of land and sea by taking inhabitants mostly of Virginia’s inland and Chesapeake Bay regions and making them thoroughly his own in this superb collection of stories. The stories deal with the clash between old and new values, with ties to the land and the lure of the sea, with the struggle to maintain relationships–between parents and children, husbands and wives, community and individual. In “Fathers and Daughters,” a man fears that his pretty teenage daughter is throwing away her life by taking up with a handsome young man whose values are primitive and rapacious. In “Landfall,” an ailing, elderly couple makes a last trip. In their beloved sailboat, which has been like a vessel holding their marriage, the two cruise the New England coast to Canada, where the end of their journey is not what either foresaw. The protagonist of “Cuttings” is a bold, decorated veteran of Vietnam who has become softened by living in a metropolitan southern city. He is forced to show his bravery by facing a white oak that has died and needs felling to protect his beach cottage. In “Smoke,” a former convict, sickly and cynical, comes in poverty to live with his sister and her family, and by his courage restores the idea of honor in those whom he has caused to feel shame and anger. “Lover” is the haunting story of an aging businessman who seeks desperately to regain love and his youth through a relationship with an adolescent girl. An intellectually sophisticated minister, in “The Question of Rain,” is asked by member of his congregation to offer a special prayer day for rain when a drought scorches the countryside. He is reluctant to perform the service, to be tapped in the position of publicly asking for rain and putting himself and his God to the test. In “Patriot, a coal miner’s love of country makes him a true patriot, though the war he fights is not against a foreign enemy but against new, potentially destructive values. Hoffman’s skill as a craftsman is matched by the veracity of his eye and ear for poignant detail in these quietly powerful and always deeply moving stories.
The Amphora Project
Author: William Kotzwinkle
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 1555846661
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The World Fantasy Award–winning author of Doctor Rat offers “an entertaining trip through an exotic future” as the rich and powerful pursue immortality (Booklist). Deep in the bowels of Junk Moon, the finest scientists of Planet Immortal are nearing completion of Project Amphora, which aims to unlock the secret of life everlasting. The Project is run by the Consortium, twelve of the planet’s most influential movers and shakers, but they aren’t the only ones after immortality. Commander Jockey Oldcastle, a wise-cracking space pirate, has heard about the Amphora Project from a banished scientist who is convinced it will lead to the end of the world. Oldcastle sets off to find the project, only to find himself unraveling a strange mystery: It seems the Amphora Project is turning the citizens of Planet Immortal into crystal. As time runs out, it is up to Oldcastle, his botanist partner Link—and Link’s exotic, unlikely love interest—to stop an extradimensional enemy before their world is lost forever. The Amphora Project “twists along at breakneck pace”, combining elements of science fiction and fantasy while transcending the boundaries of both (Publishers Weekly). “Full of weird tech and plenty of heroics and adventure in the company of bizarre creatures.” —Booklist
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 1555846661
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The World Fantasy Award–winning author of Doctor Rat offers “an entertaining trip through an exotic future” as the rich and powerful pursue immortality (Booklist). Deep in the bowels of Junk Moon, the finest scientists of Planet Immortal are nearing completion of Project Amphora, which aims to unlock the secret of life everlasting. The Project is run by the Consortium, twelve of the planet’s most influential movers and shakers, but they aren’t the only ones after immortality. Commander Jockey Oldcastle, a wise-cracking space pirate, has heard about the Amphora Project from a banished scientist who is convinced it will lead to the end of the world. Oldcastle sets off to find the project, only to find himself unraveling a strange mystery: It seems the Amphora Project is turning the citizens of Planet Immortal into crystal. As time runs out, it is up to Oldcastle, his botanist partner Link—and Link’s exotic, unlikely love interest—to stop an extradimensional enemy before their world is lost forever. The Amphora Project “twists along at breakneck pace”, combining elements of science fiction and fantasy while transcending the boundaries of both (Publishers Weekly). “Full of weird tech and plenty of heroics and adventure in the company of bizarre creatures.” —Booklist
The New Yorker
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Quintessence
Author: Neal R. Roll
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493197649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 863
Book Description
In Quintessence Journal Three: Resolution, we swiftly find the Neo-Earth nemeses have gained the upper hand over our intrepid heroes including The Five young men, two time-traveling muses, an adorable telepathic quadrapet, a mighty horse, and two damsels in distress. Our heroes greatest nemesis, the evil Musical Oligarchy Thralldom, has invented a hideous musical weapon powered by the Master Reckoner, a giant thinking machine. This weapon, called the VOICE, will enslave the populace as zombies if the final component, the Diamond Stylus reaches completion. With this menace casting a long, deep shadow over the region, the fate of the entire Neo-Earth hinges on the five young men who remain unsure and untried in their own promised providences as the prophesied Five. With only a glimmer of their own potent musical power realized, the Five take on the Thralldoms hordes of Tagents who search the region to overcome them and murder their beloved mentors one by one. This, the final installment of the Quintessence Trilogy quickly unfolds and maintains a fast-paced and astounding chronicle right to the final, rewardingResolution.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493197649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 863
Book Description
In Quintessence Journal Three: Resolution, we swiftly find the Neo-Earth nemeses have gained the upper hand over our intrepid heroes including The Five young men, two time-traveling muses, an adorable telepathic quadrapet, a mighty horse, and two damsels in distress. Our heroes greatest nemesis, the evil Musical Oligarchy Thralldom, has invented a hideous musical weapon powered by the Master Reckoner, a giant thinking machine. This weapon, called the VOICE, will enslave the populace as zombies if the final component, the Diamond Stylus reaches completion. With this menace casting a long, deep shadow over the region, the fate of the entire Neo-Earth hinges on the five young men who remain unsure and untried in their own promised providences as the prophesied Five. With only a glimmer of their own potent musical power realized, the Five take on the Thralldoms hordes of Tagents who search the region to overcome them and murder their beloved mentors one by one. This, the final installment of the Quintessence Trilogy quickly unfolds and maintains a fast-paced and astounding chronicle right to the final, rewardingResolution.
Fairacres
Author: Gladys Poe Waters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Academic Irregularities
Author: Liz Morrish
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317201817
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This volume serves as a critical examination of the discourses at play in the higher education system and the ways in which these discourses underpin the transmission of neoliberal values in 21st century universities. Situated within a Critical Discourse Analysis-based framework, the book also draws upon other linguistic approaches, including corpus linguistics and appraisal analysis, to unpack the construction and development of the management style known as managerialism, emergent in the 1990s US and UK higher education systems, and the social dynamics and power relations embedded within the discourses at the heart of managerialism in today’s universities. Each chapter introduces a particular aspect of neoliberal discourse in higher education and uses these multiple linguistic approaches to analyze linguistic data in two case studies and demonstrate these principles at work. This multi-layered systematic linguistic framework allows for a nuanced exploration of neoliberal institutional discourse and its implications for academic labor, offering a critique of the managerial system in higher education but also a larger voice for alternative discursive narratives within the academic community. This important work is a key resource for students and scholars in applied linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, sociology, business and management studies, education, and cultural studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317201817
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This volume serves as a critical examination of the discourses at play in the higher education system and the ways in which these discourses underpin the transmission of neoliberal values in 21st century universities. Situated within a Critical Discourse Analysis-based framework, the book also draws upon other linguistic approaches, including corpus linguistics and appraisal analysis, to unpack the construction and development of the management style known as managerialism, emergent in the 1990s US and UK higher education systems, and the social dynamics and power relations embedded within the discourses at the heart of managerialism in today’s universities. Each chapter introduces a particular aspect of neoliberal discourse in higher education and uses these multiple linguistic approaches to analyze linguistic data in two case studies and demonstrate these principles at work. This multi-layered systematic linguistic framework allows for a nuanced exploration of neoliberal institutional discourse and its implications for academic labor, offering a critique of the managerial system in higher education but also a larger voice for alternative discursive narratives within the academic community. This important work is a key resource for students and scholars in applied linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, sociology, business and management studies, education, and cultural studies.
Lurkers
Author: Gremlin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557057973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557057973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description