Book Description
We are not entering a new era of fake news - we are finally facing up to the world we live in.
Author : Michael Peel
Publisher : Oneworld
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 2021-02-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781786078254
We are not entering a new era of fake news - we are finally facing up to the world we live in.
Author : Bernard Capes
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 29,95 MB
Release : 1915
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Glass
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 33,43 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0743227123
A rollicking, riveting tour de force that does for the media business what "Primary Colors" did for politics, and promises to be one of the most talked about and controversial books of the year.
Author : Philip Casey
Publisher : Emaker Editions
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 22,83 MB
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780992738457
In December 1989, Tess and Mungo spot each other while supporting The Parade of Innocence in Dublin. Their paths continue to cross, and eventually they meet in The Winding Stair Bookshop & Cafe overlooking the Liffey at the Ha'Penny Bridge, both of them wary of the other and troubled by guilt. Tess has separated from her husband and left her son behind. Mungo almost killed his son in a fire by dropping a cigarette while drunk. Reluctant to reveal her true self and circumstances, Tess concocts a former life in Berlin, and Mungo picks up on her strategem, inventing a life in Barcelona. Their tall tales fuel a love affair, allowing them, as their stories become more fantastic, to confront their guilt. As Eamonn Wall noted in The Review of Contemporary Fiction, '...the stories they tell of adventures in places they haven't visited (Tess's Germany and Mungo's Spain) form a fascinating double narrative, one which allows for deep insights into both of their lives.'
Author : Robin Hemley
Publisher : Longman
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 10,11 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"This survey of thought-provoking and noteworthy 'nonrealistic' and 'nonnarrative' short fiction will expand and enrich the scope of any short story or fiction-writing course. Students will think about the literature and fiction writing in a new light, while being exposed to a wide range of gender, ethnic, and stylistic diversity."--Page [4] of cover.
Author : Tori Telfer
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 48,55 MB
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0062956043
A thoroughly entertaining and darkly humorous roundup of history’s notorious but often forgotten female con artists and their bold, outrageous scams—by the acclaimed author of Lady Killers. From Elizabeth Holmes and Anna Delvey to Frank Abagnale and Charles Ponzi, audacious scams and charismatic scammers continue to intrigue us as a culture. As Tori Telfer reveals in Confident Women, the art of the con has a long and venerable tradition, and its female practitioners are some of the best—or worst. In the 1700s in Paris, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy scammed the royal jewelers out of a necklace made from six hundred and forty-seven diamonds by pretending she was best friends with Queen Marie Antoinette. In the mid-1800s, sisters Kate and Maggie Fox began pretending they could speak to spirits and accidentally started a religious movement that was soon crawling with female con artists. A gal calling herself Loreta Janeta Velasquez claimed to be a soldier and convinced people she worked for the Confederacy—or the Union, depending on who she was talking to. Meanwhile, Cassie Chadwick was forging paperwork and getting banks to loan her upwards of $40,000 by telling people she was Andrew Carnegie’s illegitimate daughter. In the 1900s, a 40something woman named Margaret Lydia Burton embezzled money all over the country and stole upwards of forty prized show dogs, while a few decades later, a teenager named Roxie Ann Rice scammed the entire NFL. And since the death of the Romanovs, women claiming to be Anastasia have been selling their stories to magazines. What about today? Spoiler alert: these “artists” are still conning. Confident Women asks the provocative question: Where does chutzpah intersect with a uniquely female pathology—and how were these notorious women able to so spectacularly dupe and swindle their victims?
Author : Derek Hill
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 23,42 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
Since the late 1990s, a subversive element has been at work within the staid confines of the Hollywood dream factory. This new breed of American film captures the angst of its characters and the times in which we live. This title analyses and traces the origins of the pivotal films and directors in this war on the mundane.
Author : Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
Publisher : UP Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 32,51 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9715425860
Has its close connections with academe enriched or diminished Philippine literature in English? Are there alternatives to academe as literary arbiters? How do contemporary Filipino women writers "perform" the modern wonder tale? These are some of the questions that Hidalgo asks in her latest book.
Author : John Crowley
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 2002
Category : American drama
ISBN : 9780941964555
For perhaps two decades, a small group of writers rooted in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror have been simuitaneously exploring and erasing the boundaries of those genres by creating fiction of remarkable depth and power. Their connections to the genres they have been radically redefining have, for many of these writers, limited the appreciation of their accomplishments to a specialized readership. For example, though John Crowley and Jonathan Carroll have massive underground reputations, and Peter Straub has written two books with Stephen King and other bestselling novels such as Ghost Story, Koko, and The Throat, many if not most readers of Conjunctions will be unfamiliar with their work. In this haunting and beautiful collection of tales, Crowley, Carroll, and Straub join Elizabeth Hand, China Mieville, M. John Harrison, Nell Gaiman, and Kelly Link to demonstrate precisely how science fiction, fantasy, and horror have been unobtrusively colonizing serious literature during the past twenty years. As an added bonus, science fiction and fantasy experts Gary K. Wolfe and John Clute offer a critical perspective and explain everything in sight. With original cover art by master cartoonist Gahan Wilson.
Author : Mur Lafferty
Publisher : Rock Point Gift & Stationery
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,57 MB
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1631063650
Writing talent isn't some superpower handed down from on high. It's a skill that requires hard work, practice, and focus in order to grow. Join author and podcaster Mur Lafferty as she outlines the steps necessary to become a better writer, including staying healthy, choosing writing materials that best suit you, and following your inner muse while ignoring your inner bully. She then provides you with engaging writing excercises that will help you practice your writing skills.--Publisher.