S A Burgess: 5 books

This here is a novel laced with diabolical deeds, heroic intentions and unbelievable events. Festooned with dastardly characters, the plot reeks of misadventures and daring exploits and contains so many twists and turns that you will be left gasping for breath as you try to keep up. Egged on by his...

A menacing evil, vile and lethal, has come to manifest beneath the opulent towers of glorious Asim-dar. Tasked with what appears to be the simple quest of taking the life of an unscrupulous nobleman, Quillan, the Lion of Vashtan, soon finds his straight-forward mission far from the easy undertaking...

A travesty. A violation. An ecstasy. A disappointment. An instant. A lie. A theft. A rite of passage. Whatever you call it, there's only one first time. A.S. King, Melvin Burgess, Keith Gray, Patrick Ness, Anne Fine, Sophie McKenzie, Bali Rai, Jenny Valentine, Mary Hooper, and Andrew Smith....

20 stories of magic and technology Almost everyone carries a smartphone these days. They sit in pockets and on tables. They sleep on headboards and are the first things their owners check in the morning. They’ve edged out more mundane equipment like calendars and MP3 players. They...

This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...