Author : Kat Davidson
Publisher : Kate Harper
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 43,3 MB
Release : 2011-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 146590557X
Jayne Ellis is worried. Her beautiful sister Fleur is besotted with a playboy, neglecting her studies and ruining her future. Which is why Jayne decides to approach Dante Fiorelli, the boy's rich and powerful uncle. Dante will help, but he wants Jayne involved. But dealing with the dark and delicious Dante is hard. Especially when he decides little Jayne might merit her own, intimate exploration. - 50760 words.
Author : Courtland Lewis
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,88 MB
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0812699092
More Doctor Who and Philosophy is a completely new collection of chapters, additional to Doctor Who and Philosophy (2010) by the same editors. Since that first Doctor Who and Philosophy, much has happened in the Whoniverse: a new and controversial regeneration of the Doctor, multiple new companions, a few creepy new enemies of both the Doctor and planet Earth. And the show’s fiftieth anniversary! We’ve learned some astounding new things from the ever-developing story: that the Doctor’s number one rule is to lie, that he claims to have forgotten his role in the mass extermination of the Time Lords and the Daleks, that the Daleks do have a concept of divine beauty (divine hatred, of course), and that Daleks may become insane (didn’t we assume they already were?) Oh, and the cult of the Doctor keeps growing worldwide, with more cultish fans in the US, more and bigger Who conventions, more viewers of all ages, and more serious treatment by scholars from many disciplines. New questions have been raised and new questioners have come along, so there are plenty of new topics for philosophical scrutiny. Is the “impossible” girl really impossible? Is there anything wrong with an inter-species lesbian relationship (the kids weren’t quite ready for that in 1963, but no one blinks an eye in 2015)? Can it really be right for the Doctor to lie and to selectively forget? We even have two authors who have figured out how to build a TARDIS—instructions included! (Wait, there’s a catch, no . . . ?) And then there’s that old question that just won’t go away: why does the Doctor always regenerate as a male, and is that ever going to change? An added feature of this awesome new volume is that the editors have reached out to insiders of Who fandom, people who run hugely successful Who conventions, play in Who-inspired bands, and run wildly popular podcasts and websites, to share their privileged insights into why the Doctor is so philosophically deep. No more spoilers. It’s time for the truly thoughtful travelers in both time and space to rev up the TARDIS once more. . . . Allons-y, Alonzo!
Author : Ethel Johnston Phelps
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1558614265
The third volume in this beautifully illustrated anthology features traditional tales of heroic women from China to Canada and beyond. Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics and presents them with original artwork by designer and illustrator Suki Boynton. Volume three in the series, Sea Girl features an introduction by Daniel Jose Older, the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Saints. In legends from China, Finland, India, Canada, and more, brave heroines encounter monstrous rivers and ogres' nests while outsmarting desperate sharks and hungry tigers. They courageously save families and villages—and, most importantly, they always choose their own fate.
Author : Katrina J. Daroff
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,93 MB
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1663253412
What if this is not who you were meant to be? As the princess of Volentia, Cat always knew certain things about who she was and what was expected of her, but when shadow assassins start infiltrating the palace, targeting her, everything about Cat’s carefully constructed world comes crumbling down around her. The people she loves most are keeping secrets from her. The biggest of them all is who she really is. Magic has been extinct for hundreds of years. Thomas knows this to be true. Or, he thought it was true until one night he is thrown from his horse while escaping an arranged marriage. He starts having visions of a girl and a danger lurking in the shadows. He knows she needs his help, but first he needs help finding her. Help that comes from an unlikely source. Perhaps the world is more magical than he ever believed was possible.
Author : David Scott Diffrient
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 33,2 MB
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0815650698
Bringing together seventeen original essays by scholars from around the world, Screwball Television offers a variety of international perspectives on Gilmore Girls. Adored by fans and celebrated by critics for its sophisticated wordplay and compelling portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship, this contemporary American TV program finally gets its due as a cultural production unlike any other, one that is beholden to Hollywood’s screwball comedies of the 1930s, steeped in intertextual references, and framed as a "kinder, gentler kind of cult television series" in this tightly focused yet wide-ranging collection. This volume makes a significant contribution to television studies, genre studies, and women’s studies. Screwball Television seeks to bring Gilmore Girls more fully into academic discourse not only as a topic worthy of critical scrutiny but also as an infinitely rewarding text capable of stimulating the imagination of students beyond the classroom.
Author : Gillian I. Leitch
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476689539
Throughout the long running BBC series Doctor Who, the Doctor has rarely been alone, traveling with both female and male "companions." The companion is essential to Doctor Who because he or she is a stand-in for the audience, providing information about the Doctor's ongoing adventures. With the casting of a female actor in the role of the Doctor in 2018, one criticism of the series was finally resolved. After the shift in gender identity, the role of the Doctor and the companion also shifted--or has it? The continued focus on romantic relations between the TARDIS occupants has led to complaints from both male and female fans, reiterating and reinforcing myriad criticisms about the portrayal of the female companions. Essays in this book consider how gender is presented in Doctor Who and how certain female companions have been able to break out of the gendered roles usually assigned to them through the classic and new series.
Author : Exley, Duncan
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,45 MB
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1447348338
Why is it getting harder to secure a job that matches our qualifications, buy a home of our own and achieve financial stability? Underprivileged people have always faced barriers, but people from middle-income families are increasingly more likely to slide down the social scale than climb up. Duncan Exley, former Director of the Equality Trust, draws on expert research and real life experiences – including from an actor, a politician, a billionaire entrepreneur and a surgeon – to issue a wake-up call to break through segregated opportunity. He offers a manifesto to reboot our prospects and benefit all.
Author : Kent Puckett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1009206656
An intellectual history and aesthetic theory of democratic elections, this book offers a critical alternative to the 'myth of rigging.'
Author : Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
Publisher : Sahitya Akademi
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Short stories, Telugu
ISBN : 9788126019304
The Collection Of Post-Independence Telugu Short Stories Reflects All The Major Trends And Thematic Concerns Of The Telugu Short Stories Of The Post-Independence Period. The Telugu Short Story Right From Its Inception In 1910 Has Demonstrated Its Serious Engagement With Social Issues And Is Imbued With A Strong Sense Of Social Awareness And Responsivenes. The Post-Independence Telugu Short Story Continued This Tradition In Terms Of Its Thematic Preoccupations. The Selection Comes From Different Regions Of Andhra Pradesh: Andhra (Coastal Districts), Rayalaseema And Telangana And Record With Rare Sensitivity The Specificities Of The Sub-Cultures Of These Regions. The Stories Trace The Impact Of All The Important Socio-Political Movements That Have Swept Across The Telugu Land In The Post-Independence Era: Socialism, Communism, Feminism, Civil Right Movement And The Dalit Movement. The Lives Of Telugu People, Urban And Rural Upper Middle Class, Middle Class And The Downtrodden, Professionals And BeggarsýAre Represented In A Rich Mosaic Of Differences.
Author : Justin Cronin
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 38,80 MB
Release : 2010-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345516869
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls “a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.” NOW A FOX TV SERIES! NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Esquire • U.S. News & World Report • NPR/On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BookPage • Library Journal “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.” An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy—abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape—but he can’t stop society’s collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world. Look for the entire Passage trilogy: THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS Praise for The Passage “[A] blockbuster.”—The New York Times Book Review “Mythic storytelling.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Magnificent . . . Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. . . . The Passage can stand proudly next to Stephen King’s apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand, but a closer match would be Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: a story about human beings trying to generate new hope in a world from which all hope has long since been burnt.”—Time “The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.”—The Dallas Morning News “Addictive.”—Men’s Journal “Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”—Parade
