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The artistic collaboration of photographer Bettina Rheims and writerart critic Serge Bramly began in 1991 with Chambre Close which SchirmerMosel is publishing for the first time It lives off the stimulating contrast between text and images The cultivated literary tone of Monsieur Xs fictional confessions is set against photographs that speak a far clearer language Bettina Rheims has a command of this language which tells of female eroticism and exhibitionism as no one else does
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The artistic collaboration of photographer Bettina Rheims and writerart critic Serge Bramly began in 1991 with Chambre Close which SchirmerMosel is publishing for the first time It lives off the stimulating contrast between text and images The cultivated literary tone of Monsieur Xs fictional confessions is set against photographs that speak a far clearer language Bettina Rheims has a command of this language which tells of female eroticism and exhibitionism as no one else does
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27x22 cm 143 S OKart Name auf Vorsatz sehr gut erhalten Aufgrund der EPRRegelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen Bulgarien Finnland Frankreich Griechenland Luxemburg Österreich Polen Rumänien Schweden Slowakei Spanien
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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text Not indexed Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book without typos from the publisher 1891 Not illustrated Excerpt XIV THE POLE It was near the close of day that a travelling caleche coming from Eome was seen approaching at full gallop towards Mola di Gaeta The road leading to the inn is rocky and narrow on one side is an orange grove extending to the sea on the other an old Eoman wall overgrown hy blossoming shrubs enormous aloes floating tangles of vines and a thousand species of parasite plants peculiar to the South Scarcely had the caleche entered this defile when the careless postillion drove one of the wheels over a protruding ledge of rock and overturned it and in the next moment a crowd of people came running to the spot Not one of them however thought of relieving the traveller within the fallen vehicle but with violent gestures and loud outcries began to examine what damage the caleche had sustained and what profit they might derive from it The wheelwright declared every wheel was shattered the carpenter that the shafts were splintered whilst the blacksmith passing and repassing under the carriage tugged at every clamp and screw and nail with all the violence necessary to ensure himself a handsome job The traveller it contained having quietly disengaged himself from various cloaks books and maps now slowly descended and for a moment the busy crowd forgot their restlessness to gaze upon the noble figure of the stranger He seemed to be scarcely twoandtwenty In stature he was tall and his form was moulded in such perfect proportions that it presented a rare combination of youthful lightness and manly strength His countenance had you taken from it its deep thoughtfulness and its expression of calm intrepid bravery might have belonged to the most lovely woman so transparently blooming was his complexion so regular h
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Set in the Napa Valley at the turn of the century this novel beautifully evokes the characters love of the land and the rhythms of life lived close to the earth and its seasons Spirited Alda Pendle is the daughter of a viticulturist who has taught her his craft When he dies leaving her without property her skills make her indispensable to the solitary owner of one of the old vineyards in the valley The novel provides a vivid history of winemaking in California to the Prohibition era
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Science fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship Many sf novelists and filmmakers are leftists Others examine explicit or implicit Marxist concerns As a genre sf is ideally suited to critiquing the present through its explorations of the social and political possibilities of the future This is the first collection to combine analyses of sf literature and films within a broader overview of Marxist theorisations of and critical perspectives on the genre This is an accessible and lively introduction for anyone studying the politics of sf covering a rich variety of examples from Weimar cinema to mainstream Hollywood films and novelists from Jules Verne and HG Wells to Kim Stanley Robinson Ken MacLeod and Charles Stross
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Fake Ancient Chinese history turns into a propaganda vehicle for China Following in the steps of Issac Newton and NASA research of earthmoon mechanics by late astrophysicist Robert Newton the mathematicians of Moscow University Dr Fomenko and Dr Nosovsky had a close look at allegedly ancient and irrefutable China and found no lessThe history of China up until the XV century AD is in fact a copy of alleged histories of Rome and Byzantium Historical chronicles were transplanted to China by the Jesuits in the XVIXVII century AD Mathematicians Dr Fomenko and Dr Nosovsky refute thata China is exceptionally ancientb China has invented silk paper powder printing logarithms astronomy httpsevilempirebloghistoryfictionorsciencechronologyvol5httpsevilempireblog
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Detective Fiction and the Ghost Story is a lively series of case studies celebrating the close relationship between detective fiction and the ghost story It features many of the most famous authors from both genres including Conan Doyle Agatha Christie M R James and Tony Hillerman
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A digital copy of Contemporary Hispanic Crime Fiction by Glen S Close Download is immediately available upon purchase
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New Space Opera is a recent subgenre within science fiction that displays a canny engagement with contemporary cultural politics in the age of globalization This book offers close readings of the evolving canon of the genre to show how its complex political allegories can be seen as a response to the powerful contemporary ideology of neoliberalism and its championing of freemarket ideas A timely look at a branch of science fiction that is deeply engaged with the problems of the present even as it casts its eye to far futures Science Fiction New Space Opera and Neoliberal Globalism offers readers and scholars alike a chance to appreciate a thriving area of popular literature nbsp
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This original and incisive study of the fiction of Jean Rhys Jamaica Kincaid and Toni Morrison uses cutting edge cultural and literary theory to examine the knotted motherdaughter relations that form the thematic basis of the texts examined Using both close reading and contextualization the analyses are focused through issues of race and contemporary theorizing of whiteness and trauma Remarkably eloquent scholarly and thoughtprovoking this book contributes strongly to the broad fields of literary criticism feminist theory and whiteness studies
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Caribbean Women Writers is a collection of scholarly articles on the fiction of selected Caribbean women writers from Antigua Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica and Trinidad It includes not only close critical analysis of texts by Erna Brodber Dionne Brand Zee Edgell Jamaica Kincaid Paule Marshall Pauline Melville Jean Rhys and Olive Senior but also personal statements from the writers Merle Collins Beryl Gilroy Vernella Fuller and Velma Pollard
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Published in 1929 this classic socialsciencefiction novel is a tale of the future in which we are now living the angry rise of the Third World supported by communism and desperately resisted by capitalist countriesnbspThe story closes in what is now the faintly distant past 1941 when at the novels dramatic climax North America wins a great sea battle in the Caribbean defeating the worldconquering hordes of the Mongol Karakhan the Red Napoleon which have invaded Canada and penetrated the Eastern seaboard of the United StatesnbspGibbonss prophetic view includes the beginning of the Second World War with a lightning thrust into Poland the unification of China worldwide depression and the astonishing prediction of the rise of the Third World and the conflict over white supremacynbspIn a brilliant Afterword to this new edition John Gardner notes that time has proven Gibbons right that this is a book to bring aboveground into light it is he states a landmark that slipped by unnoticed
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Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends As pillars of their closeknit community the MacAvoys Kapenashes Drakes and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors and especially to each other But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns their loss nothing can prepare the MacAvoys closest friends for what will be revealedOnce again Hilderbrand masterfully weaves an intense tale of love and loyalty set against the backdrop of endless summer island life
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on The Routledge Concise History of sold at 28.91 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The term science fiction has an established common usage but close examination reveals that writers fans editors scholars and publishers often use this word in different ways for different reasons Exploring how science fiction has emerged through competing versions and the struggle to define its limits this Concise History provides an accessible and clear overview of the development of the genre traces the separation of sf from a broader fantastic literature and the simultaneous formation of neighbouring genres such as fantasy and horror shows the relationship between magazine and paperback traditions in sf publishing is organised by theme and presented chronologically uses text boxes throughout to highlight key works in sf traditions including dystopian apocalyptic and evolutionary fiction includes a short overview and bulletpointed conclusion for each chapter Discussing the place of key works and looking forward to the future of the genre this book is the ideal starting point both for students and all those seeking a better understanding of science fiction
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Contemporary visions of the future have been shaped by hopes and fears about the effects of human technology and global capitalism on the natural world In an era of climate change mass extinction and oil shortage such visions have become increasingly catastrophic even apocalyptic Exploring the close relationship between science fiction ecology and environmentalism the essays in Green Planets consider how science fiction writers have been working through this crisis Beginning with H G Wells and passing through major twentiethcentury writers like Ursula K Le Guin Stanislaw Lem and Thomas Disch to contemporary authors like Margaret Atwood China Miéville and Paolo Bacigalupias well as recent blockbuster films like Avatar and District 9the essays in Green Planets consider the important place for science fiction in a culture that now seems to have a very uncertain future The book includes an extended interview with Kim Stanley Robinson and an annotated list for further exploration of ecological SF and related works of fiction nonfiction films television comics childrens cartoons anime video games music and more Contributors include Christina Alt Brent Bellamy Sabine Höhler Adeline JohnsPutra Melody Jue Rob Latham Andrew Milner Timothy Morton Eric C Otto Michael Page Christopher Palmer Gib Prettyman Elzette Steenkamp Imre Szeman
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A collection of stories and novels from findesiècle France that celebrate decline decay and devianceIn France at the end of the nineteenth century progress and material prosperity coincided with widespread alarm about disease and decay The obsessions of our own culture as the twentieth century came to a close resonate strikingly with those of the last findesiècle crime pollution sexually transmitted diseases gender confusion moral depravity alcoholism and tobacco and drug use were topics of popular discussion then as nowThe Decadent Reader is a collection of novels and stories from findesiècle France that celebrate decline aestheticize decay and take pleasure in perversity By embracing the marginal the unhealthy and the deviant the decadent writers attacked bourgeois life which they perceived to be the chief enemy of art Barbey dAurevilly JorisKarl Huysmans Jean Lorrain Guy de Maupassant Villiers de lIsleAdam Catulle Mendès Rachilde Jean Moréas Octave Mirbeau Joséphin Péladan and Remy de Gourmont looted the riches of their culture for their own purposes In an age of medicine they borrowed its occult mysteries rather than its positivism From its social Darwinism they found their monsters sadists murderers transvestites fetishists prostitutes nymphomaniacs and hysterics And they reveled in them completely upending the conventions of romance and sentimentality The Decadent Reader which includes critical essays on all of the authors many novels and stories that have never before appeared in English and familiar works set in a new context offers a compelling portrait of findesiècle France
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This book offers a close critical reading of all of Dostoevskys major fiction Included are analyses of Poor Folk The Double Netochka Nezvanova The House of the Dead The Insulted and the Injured The Notes from the Underground Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Possessed The Adolescent The Dream of the Ridiculous Man and The Brothers Karamazov The treatment is analytical and critical
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