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Zedler - Zysset
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 321.00Schloßparktheater, an der Kom ¨odie u. am Plaza Berlin. 1935/36 am Theater in der Saarlandstraße, auch Filmschauspielerin. 1936 ging sie mit ihrem Ehemann Hans von Z. zunächst nach Wien u. im November des selben Jahres nach Moskau. more...
Poetry? Yuck!
Shell Education 2005; US$ 6.99Many students cringe at the thought of writing a poem. However, once they perform this script, they will realize that poetry can be both fun to read and write. The language arts connection is writing poetry. more...
Hand of Fire
University Press of Mississippi 2011; US$ 25.00Jack Kirby (1917-1994) is one of the most influential and popular artists in comics history. With Stan Lee, he created the Fantastic Four and defined the drawing and narrative style of Marvel Comics from the 1960s to the present day. Kirby is credited with creating or cocreating a number of Marvel's mainstay properties, among them the X-Men, the Hulk,... more...
Handbuch der Kunstzitate
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 419.00This handbook provides a documentation of art quotations in modern literary texts. An ?art quotation? is defined as a reference to a real art work, either by naming, description or allusion. Lexicon-like contributions present the individual ?galleries? of 250 German language authors. Exemplary text passages are specified, the corresponding art works... more...
101 Best Scenes Ever Written
Linden Publishing 2006; US$ 11.95Readers will delight at the best scenes ever written. They will find old favorites and savor scenes new to them. With each scene, Barnaby Conrad provides insights as to what the author wishes to accomplish with this passage and the literary devices he or she employs. Any avid reader will enjoy Conrad?s 101 Best Scenes Ever Written , but countless... more...
Writing the Lost Generation
University of Iowa Press 2010; US$ 29.95In Writing the Lost Generation, Craig Monk unlocks a series of neglected texts while reinvigorating our reading of more familiar ones. Well-known autobiographies by Malcolm Cowley, Ernest Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein are joined here by works from a variety of lesser-known, but still important, expatriate American writers, including Sylvia Beach, Alfred... more...
Erzähl mir (keine) Märchen!
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 14.13Hauptbeschreibung Siegfried Machts ganz eigener - pfiffiger - Beitrag zum Schatz der Geschichten, die den uralten und immer wieder neuen Fragen der Menschheit ihre Stimme leihen und Antworten suchen zwischen Himmel und Erde, zusammen mit allen, die nicht nur wahrnehmen, was sie begreifen können. Die Sammlung beginnt mit 14 Schöpfungsmärchen, häufig... more...
In Between
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 65.21Hauptbeschreibung Thanks to the recent »return to religion«, the holy has become a relevant issue in public debate, as is suggested by concepts such as »re-sacralization« and »re-enchantment«. Holy war and religiously motivated terrorist attacks, the fascination in popular culture for subjects such as the Holy Grail (as in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code),... more...
Welcome to the Motherhood
Plexus Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99Welcome to the Motherhood: Grime & Punishment celebrates the hilarity of modern family life and the daily battle of wits that is motherhood. Melissa Jarvisauthor of the popular "Family Album" column (appearing weekly in southern New Jersey’s Courier-Post and occasionally in other Gannett newspapers)offers a warm and funny look at... more...









