Author: Rajini Srikanth
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813529660
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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This anthology covers writings by Asian Americans in all genres, from the early twentieth century to the present. Some sixty authors of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, and Southeast Asian American origin are represented, with an equal split between male and female writers. The collection is divided into four sections-memoir, fiction, poetry, and drama-prefaced by an introductory essay from a well-known practitioner of that genre: Meena Alexander on memoir, Gary Pak on fiction, Eileen Tabios on poetry, and Roberta Uno on drama. The selections depict the complex realities and wide range of experiences of Asians in the United States. They illuminate the writers' creative responses to issues as diverse as resistance, aesthetics, biculturalism, sexuality, gender relations, racism, war, diaspora, and family.
Author: Carrie Vaughn
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538720701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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Kitty Norville isn't just a radio DJ, she's a werewolf and despite her best efforts, keeping that a secret is harder than you would expect in this bind-up of three complete books that are "fresh, hip, [and] fantastic" (L. A. Banks, author of the Vampire Huntress Legends series). KITTY AND THE MIDNIGHT HOUR: Kitty Norville is a midnight-shift DJ for a Denver radio station and a werewolf in the closet. Her new late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged is a raging success, but it's Kitty who can use some help. With one sexy werewolf-hunter and a few homicidal undead on her tail, Kitty may have bitten off more than she can chew. KITTY GOES TO WASHINGTON: Celebrity werewolf and late-night radio host Kitty Norville prefers to be heard and not seen, but when she's invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of the country's supernaturals, her face gets plastered all over national TV. Before long Kitty's inherited a brand-new set of friends and enemies. Kitty quickly learns that in this city of dirty politicians and backstabbing pundits, everyone's itching for a fight -- and she's about to be caught in the middle. KITTY TAKES A HOLIDAY: After getting caught turning into a wolf on national television, Kitty retreats to a mountain cabin to recover and write her memoirs. When werewolf hunter Cormac shows up with an injured Ben O'Farrell, Kitty's lawyer, slung over his shoulder, and a wolf-like creature with glowing red eyes starts sniffing around the cabin, Kitty wonders if any of them will get out of these woods alive...
Author: Michael Ojerinde Owens
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304584283
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Urban contemporary poetry is written to the rhythms of the African-American experience. From slavery era field songs to last Sunday's pulpit sermon, from the Blues to Hip-Hop, urban contemporary poetry has always been informed by black activist culture.
Author: Jennifer McKenzie
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460301137
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299
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As a TV blogger and celebrity reporter with her finger on the pulse of the entertainment world, Ava Christensen figures she's a shoo-in as cohost at Entertainment News Now. Wrong. The reason? Jake Durham. To add insult to injury, Ava has to spend a week with her Judas of a boss at the industry's A-list film festival. All right, so maybe she used to think the hotshot executive producer was a hunk, but that was before he passed her over for promotion. These days, Ava isn't ready to believe there's a tender, caring side to the guy. But Jake's surprising her in more ways than one, making Ava wonder what she really wants. Her dream job…or possibly her dream guy?
Author: Christine R. Yano
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822395886
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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In Pink Globalization, Christine R. Yano examines the creation and rise of Hello Kitty as a part of Japanese Cute-Cool culture. Yano argues that the international popularity of Hello Kitty is one aspect of what she calls pink globalization—the spread of goods and images labeled cute (kawaii) from Japan to other parts of the industrial world. The concept of pink globalization connects the expansion of Japanese companies to overseas markets, the enhanced distribution of Japanese products, and the rise of Japan's national cool as suggested by the spread of manga and anime. Yano analyzes the changing complex of relations and identities surrounding the global reach of Hello Kitty's cute culture, discussing the responses of both ardent fans and virulent detractors. Through interviews, Yano shows how consumers use this iconic cat to negotiate gender, nostalgia, and national identity. She demonstrates that pink globalization allows the foreign to become familiar as it brings together the intimacy of cute and the distance of cool. Hello Kitty and her entourage of marketers and consumers wink, giddily suggesting innocence, sexuality, irony, sophistication, and even sheer happiness. Yano reveals the edgy power in this wink and the ways it can overturn, or at least challenge, power structures.
Author: Dawn Davis
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039192122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
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As the summer of 1999 draws to a close, Charlotte and Henry are coming to terms with a week-long Tower Room adventure that had cast them back sixty years, to a Toronto poised on the brink of war, ostensibly to resolve the childhood trauma of Gwendolyn MacFarlane. Except nothing was resolved, only witnessed. In fact, before returning to their own time, Charlotte herself took part in the very events that would shape, in some small way, the flawed woman Gwendolyn grew up to be. Now the two friends are unexpectedly offered the opportunity to embark on a second trip – this one physical rather than temporal – accompanying Gwendolyn to London, England, where she will reconnect with Sarah, a former tutor and actress, who left Toronto with Gwendolyn’s older brother Charlie when he went overseas to join the RAF. There Gwendolyn will have the long-severed threads of her unhappy childhood within reach and be confronted with difficult truths about herself and the life she has lived. The question is whether she will recognize resolution for what it is and be able to stitch the torn aspects of her life back together again.
Author: Julia Marsden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439680158
Category : Courtesy
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Good manners are more than just do's and dont's-- they're a way of making the world a nicer place to live. Hello Kitty's Guide to Everything Nice is packed with info about being a polite person. From how to be a perfect houseguest to e-mail etiquette, your model manners will make Hello Kitty proud! -p.4 of cover.
Author: Kim Zarins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481465015
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
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In this contemporary retelling of The Canterbury Tales, a group of teens on a bus ride to Washington, DC, each tell a story—some fantastical, some realistic, some downright scandalous—in pursuit of the ultimate prize: a perfect score. Jeff boards the bus for the Civics class trip to Washington, DC, with a few things on his mind: -Six hours trapped with his classmates sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. -He somehow ended up sitting next to his ex-best friend, who he hasn’t spoken to in years. -He still feels guilty for the major part he played in pranking his teacher, and the trip’s chaperone, Mr. Bailey. -And his best friend Cannon, never one to be trusted and banned from the trip, has something “big” planned for DC. But Mr. Bailey has an idea to keep everyone in line: each person on the bus is going to have the chance to tell a story. It can be fact or fiction, realistic or fantastical, dark or funny or sad. It doesn’t matter. Each person gets a story, and whoever tells the best one will get an automatic A in the class. But in the middle of all the storytelling, with secrets and confessions coming out, Jeff only has one thing on his mind—can he live up to the super successful story published in the school newspaper weeks ago that convinced everyone that he was someone smart, someone special, and someone with something to say. In her debut novel, Kim Zarins breathes new life into Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in a fresh and contemporary retelling that explores the dark realities of high school, and the ordinary moments that bring us all together.
Author: Carrie Vaughn
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446511161
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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In this action-packed story of supernaturals, a werewolf talk show host for the supernaturally disadvantaged has bitten off way more than she can chew. Kitty Norville is a midnight-shift DJ for a Denver radio station. She's also a closeted werewolf. Her new late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged is a raging success, but it's Kitty who can use some help. With a sexy werewolf-hunter on her tail -- and a few homicidal undead following her every move -- Kitty's about to face the fight of her life.
Author: Victoria Anders
Publisher: Alt 19 Publications
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
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What if everything a sheltered girl's mother kept her from are the very things that could make her happy? My life is a carousel. I work at the local amusement park. I study even though it's summer. And I wonder why my mom doesn't love me. Then I wake up the next day and do it all again. The comforts of my merry-go-round world are left behind and I take a ride on the tallest roller coaster. Because of him. The private-school bad boy who storms into my life, stealing my first kiss and making my mind wander to impossible possibilities. But I know better than to get involved. There's no way a popular musician like Stone Maverick Avery could ever like a yawntastic girl like me. Even if he did, my mom would put an end to it in a heartbeat. Tragedy turns my life upside down, and secrets my mom's hidden from me come to light, pushing me to question everything I've ever believed. For some reason, Stone is with me every step of the way. It is possible there's more to him than designer sunglasses and a rock star attitude? Looks like I'm about to find out. My name is Kelsey. And this is my life. My Life as Kelsey is a laughable coming of age about firsts, family, and finding your place in the world of growing up. Read it today! "If you're looking for a fun, fast-paced, laughable but also kicks you in your feels kinda read, this book is for you." Goodreads Reviewer Victoria Anders' satisfying debut novel is laugh-out-loud, emotional, real, intense, and passionate; it's a positive story about being a teen.
