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Study Guide for Book Clubs: The Secret History
Study Guides for Book Clubs, #4
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
No reading group should be without this companion guide to Donna Tartt’s literary thriller, The Secret History. A comprehensive guide to this contemporary classic, this discussion aid includes all the information you need to get your book club discussion up and running: useful literary context;...
Study Guide for Book Clubs: Pachinko
Study Guides for Book Clubs, #36
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2018
An essential tool for all reading groups – a detailed guide to Min Jin Lee's bestselling novel, Pachinko!
A comprehensive guide to Min Jin Lee's remarkable novel Pachinko, this discussion aid includes a wealth of information and resources: twenty-one thought-provoking discussion questions;...
Study Guide for Book Clubs: Educated
Study Guides for Book Clubs, #35
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2018
An essential tool for all reading groups - a detailed guide to Tara Westover's remarkable memoir, Educated.
A comprehensive guide to Tara Westover's bestselling memoir, Educated, this discussion aid includes a wealth of information and resources: twenty-six thought-provoking discussion questions;...
Lin Shu, Inc.
Translation and the Making of Modern Chinese Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
How could a writer who knew no foreign languages call himself a translator? How, too, did he become a major commercial success, churning out nearly two hundred translations over twenty years? Lin Shu, Inc. crosses the fields of literary studies, intellectual history, and print culture, offering new...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
The twelve essays in this edited collection examine the experience of reading, from the late medieval period to the twentieth century. Central to the theme of the book is the role of materiality: how the physical object – book, manuscript, libretto – affects the experience of the person reading it.
First 100 Words
for Bright Minds & Sharpening Skills - First 100 Words Toddler Eye-Catchy Photographs Awesome for Learning & Vocabulary
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
First 100 Words is absolutely fabulous for the purpose of inculcating new learning perspectives to the kids and toddlers with sheer ease and comfort. Our latest and fine quality First 100 Words Book comes with many premium quality enchanting images imprinted on it so that learning can process cannot...
by Daily Books
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain | Conversation Starters
A Brief Look Inside:
At fifteen, Ivy is responsible: responsible for everyone, that is - her elderly grandmother, mentally challenged sister, beautiful young nephew and herself. After the death of her parents Ivy is doing the best...
Fic
Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
What is fanfiction, and what is it not? Why does fanfiction matter? And what makes it so important to the future of literature?
Fic is a groundbreaking exploration of the history and culture of fan writing and what it means for the way we think about reading, writing, and authorship. It’s...
by Michael Cotsell
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
This study is intended both for first-time readers of The Sound and the Fury andsince it offers new scholarship and critical argument on Faulknerfor established critics and scholars. Chapter 1 provides some general context about Faulkner's life and work in the American South and 'Yoknapatawpha County',...
O leitor como metáfora
O viajante, a torre e a traça
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 13, 2017
"Tanto quanto se pode dizer, os seres humanos são a única espécie para a qual o mundo parece composto de histórias", escreve Alberto Manguel. Lemos o livro do mundo de muitas formas: podemos ser viajantes, avançando através de suas páginas como peregrinos que se dirigem para a iluminação....
by Tim Middleton
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
The popular yet complex work of Joseph Conrad has attracted much critical attention over the years, from the perspectives of postcolonial, modernist, cultural and gender studies. This guide to his compelling work presents:
an accessible introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of...
Metamedia
American Book Fictions and Literary Print Culture after Digitization
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Does literature need the book? With electronic texts and reading devices growing increasingly popular, the codex is no longer the default format of fiction. Yet as Alexander Starre shows in Metamedia, American literature has rediscovered the book as an artistic medium after the first e-book hype in...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
This is the first scholarly work to examine the cultural significance of the "talking book" since the invention of the phonograph in 1877, the earliest machine to enable the reproduction of the human voice. Recent advances in sound technology make this an opportune moment to reflect on the evolution...
Interactive Books
Playful Media before Pop-Ups
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Movable books are an innovative area of children’s publishing. Commonly equated with spectacular pop-ups, movable books have a little-known history as interactive, narrative media.Since they are hybrid artifacts consisting of words, images and movable components, they cross the borders between story,...