How the Bicycle Shone
Author: Gillian Allnutt
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'How the Bicycle Shone' includes a selection of poems from a number of Gillian Allnutt's published works.
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The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Author: Monique Roffey
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-04-26
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1101514051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA beautifully written, unforgettable novel of a troubled marriage, set against the lush landscape and political turmoil of Trinidad—by the award-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch and Passiontide Monique Roffey's Orange Prize-shortlisted novel is a gripping portrait of postcolonialism that stands among great works by Caribbean writers like Jamaica Kincaid and Andrea Levy. When George and Sabine Harwood arrive in Trinidad from England, George is immediately seduced by the beguiling island, while Sabine feels isolated, heat-fatigued, and ill-at-ease. As they adapt to new circumstances, their marriage endures for better or worse, despite growing political unrest and racial tensions that affect their daily lives. But when George finds a cache of letters that Sabine has hidden from him, the discovery sets off a devastating series of consequences as other secrets begin to emerge.
Wells
Author: Jenna Butler
Publisher: University of Alberta
Published: 2015-05-01
Total Pages: 71
ISBN-13: 0888645252
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Natives and Settlers provides a beginning to what should be (and should have been) a continuing, respectful discussion.” —Blanca Schorcht, Associate Professor, University of Northern British Columbia. Is Canada truly postcolonial? Burdened by a past that remains ‘refracted’ in its understanding and treatment of Native peoples, this collection reinterprets treaty making and land claims from Aboriginal perspectives. These five essays not only provide fresh insights to the interpretations of treaties and treaty-making processes, but also examine land claims still under negotiation. Natives and Settlers reclaims the vitality of Aboriginal laws and paradigms in Canada, a country new to decolonization.
The Mangan Inheritance
Author: Brian Moore
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2011-08-09
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1590174488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNot so long ago James Mangan was a brilliant young poet. These days, however, he toils as a journalist and shivers in the shadow of his glamorous movie-star wife. And now she has left him for her lover. Adrift and depressed, Jamie takes refuge with his father, in whose house he turns up a 19th-century daguerreotype bearing the initials “J.M.” and depicting a man who, as it happens, is Jamie’s spitting image. Could this be the only existing photograph of his purported ancestor, the legendarily dissolute Irish poet James Clarence Mangan? Obsessed by this strange resemblance—and aided by an unexpected financial windfall—Jamie heads to Ireland thinking at last to discover that elusive entity: himself. Instead, in the dreary coastal village of Drishane, he meets the Mangans: derelict Eileen, sullen Dinny, drunken (and shrunken) Conor, and the sexy and very available Kathleen. They know something, for sure—something to do with Jamie, and something they don’t want him to find out. The Mangan Inheritance is melodrama at its most inventive and suggestive, an inquiry into the problem of identity and the nature of ancestry that beguiles the reader with dark deeds, wild humor, and weird goings-on, on its way towards a shocking and terrifying—and utterly satisfying—conclusion.
Stories for Seven-Year-Olds
Author: Enid Blyton
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 2024-07-18
Total Pages: 62
ISBN-13: 1444977652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of short stories perfect for children aged seven from the world's best loved storyteller! This exiting collection is brimming with adventure and magic! From a pixie painting flowers to the moon falling out of the sky, there's something for everyone in these short stories from Enid Blyton, the world's favourite storyteller. These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom. Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers. *** Enid Blyton® and Enid Blyton's signature are registered trade marks of Hodder & Stoughton Limited. No trade mark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trade mark and copyright owner.
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Author: Dinah Birch
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2009-09-24
Total Pages: 2022
ISBN-13: 0191030848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers of English literature. It provides unrivalled coverage of all aspects of English literature - from writers, their works, and the historical and cultural context in which they wrote, to critics, literary theory, and allusions. For the seventh edition, the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the needs and concerns of today's students and general readers. Over 1,000 new entries have been added, ranging from new writers - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Patrick Marber, David Mitchell, Arundhati Roy - to increased coverage of writers and literary movements from around the world. Coverage of American literature has been substantially increased, with new entries on writers such as Cormac McCarthy and Amy Tan and on movements and publications. Contextual and historical coverage has also been expanded, with new entries on European history and culture, post-colonial literature, as well as writers and literary movements from around the world that have influenced English literature. The Companion has always been a quick and dependable source of reference for students, and the new edition confirms its pre-eminent role as the go-to resource of first choice. All entries have been reviewed, and details of new works, biographies, and criticism have been brought right up to date. So also has coverage of the themes, approaches and concepts encountered by students today, from terms to articles on literary theory and theorists. There is increased coverage of writers from around the world, as well as from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and of contextual topics, including film and television, music, and art. Cross-referencing has been thoroughly updated, with stronger linking from writers to thematic and conceptual entries. Meanwhile coverage of popular genres such as children's literature, science fiction, biography, reportage, crime fiction, fantasy or travel literature has been increased substantially, with new entries on writers from Philip Pullman to Anne Frank and from Anais Nin to Douglas Adams. The seventh edition of this classic Companion - now under the editorship of Dinah Birch, assisted by a team of 28 distinguished associate editors, and over 150 contributors - ensures that it retains its status as the most authoritative, informative, and accessible guide to literature available.
The Last Dinosaur
Author: Manuel Tristante
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
Published: 2017-06-19
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1547505656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the author of "Harlequin" and "Beneath the Rainbow" comes a magical story about the extinction of the dinosaurs! Author's note: "The dinosaurs weren't extinguished by a meteorite. A new theory suggests that everything was caused by earthquakes." Synopsis: "Dinosaurs were not extinguished by a meteorite". What Emilius did not know when he read the news in the newspaper was that his life would turn a hundred and eighty degrees. Refusing to accept the new scientific theory that blames earthquakes for the extinction of dinosaurs, he will be involved in a great adventure. While it began as a terrific day of digging with the DFSC (Dinosaur Fossil Search Company) will end in punishment that will have him fleeing in the middle of the night, seeing the new theory differently, and running to protect a surprising discovery. He will have the help of his teacher Conchi, his friends and his own father to get involved in a media world with scientists and the press. What will you find between its pages? 1 Paleontology, archeology and dinosaurs. 2 Strong values such as the importance of family, love, friendship or fear itself. 3 Past and present. 4 A story of overcoming, familiar and close, and new theories. What Readers Say: "A novel that will take you back in time without leaving the place where you are, making you dream and live adventures with an endearing and surprising story", Claudia Aragón García Writer and Administrator of the Printed Letter Eaters Reading Club on Facebook "An endearing adventure story that deals, in a very subtle and elegant way, with the importance of friendship and family." blog Mundo Gamusino "A fresh, entertaining story, with agile writing in which you will live together with Emilio his adventures and misadventures with archeology. Emilio and his friends are some guys who really live paleontology
Owls Do Cry
Author: Janet Frame
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 2016-11-21
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 1619028697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in New Zealand in 1957, Owls Do Cry, was Janet Frame's second book and the first of her thirteen novels. Now approaching its 60th anniversary, it is securely a landmark in Frame's catalog and indeed a landmark of modernist literature. The novel spans twenty years in the Withers family, tracing Daphne's coming of age into a post–war New Zealand too narrow to know what to make of her. She is deemed mad, institutionalized, and made to undergo a risky lobotomy. Margaret Drabble calls Owls Do Cry "a song of survival"—it is Daphne's song of survival but also the author's: Frame was herself misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and scheduled for brain surgery. She was famously saved only when she won New Zealand's premier fiction prize. Frame was among the first major writers of the twentieth century to confront life in mental institutions and Owls Do Cry is important for this perspective. But it is equally valuable for its poetry, its incisive satire, and its acute social observations. A sensitively rendered portrait of childhood and adolescence and a testament to the power of imagination, this early novel is a first–rate example of Frame's powerful, lyric, and original prose.
Granta 115
Author: John Freeman
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 2011-05-19
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1905881525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen in the twenty-first century - from Kent to Accra - still live in a world in which the balance of power remains tipped towards men. This bold, political issue of Granta will explore this dynamic from a wide variety of literary genres and perspectives. Rachel Cusk provides a startlingly honest account of a marriage, its breakdown, and the aftermath; Caroline Moorehead gives voice to women who took part in the French Resistance--and were sent to Nazi death camps for their involvement. Urvashi Butalia writes of a male-to-female transsexual in India, who discovers all the obstacles of her adopted sex; A.S. Byatt lays bare the sexism of 1960s academia. The issue features new fiction from Edwidge Danticat, Julie Otsuka, Louise Erdrich and Jeanette Winterson. In 'Night Thoughts', Helen Simpson hilariously sends up all the sacred pieties of the male provider. 'The Sex Lives of African Girls', introduces an astonishing new voice, Taiye Selasi, who spins a haunting story about the way adult sexuality can be imposed upon the young. With award-winning reportage, memoir and fiction, over the years Granta has illuminated the most complex issues of modern life through the refractory light of literature. 'The F Word' will continue this tradition by addressing a theme many readers know has never lost its urgency.
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Author: Dinah Birch
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2013-05-30
Total Pages: 973
ISBN-13: 0191036749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 new and revised A to Z entries give unrivalled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and plot summaries. Discursive feature entries supply a wealth of information about important genres in literature. For this fourth edition, the dictionary has been fully revised and updated to include expanded coverage of postcolonial, African, black British, and children's literature, as well as improved representation in the areas of science fiction, biography, travel literature, women's writing, gay and lesbian writing, and American literature. The appendices listing literary prize winners, including the Nobel, Man Booker, and Pulitzer prizes, have all been updated and there is also a timeline, chronicling the development of English literature from c. 1000 to the present day. Many entries feature recommended web links, which are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website. Written originally by a team of more than 140 distinguished authors and extensively updated for this new edition, this book provides an essential point of reference for English students, teachers, and all other readers of literature in English.
