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Don Juan
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 4.99In his satiric poem Don Juan , Lord Byron refigures the legend as a man easily seduced by women, rather than as a dangerous womanizer. When the first two cantos were anonymously published in 1819, they were criticized for being immoral. They were also immensely popular. Byron only completed 16 cantos, leaving the 17th unwritten when he died in 1824.... more...
Performing Africa
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 31.95The jali --a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers--is a charismatic but contradictory figure. He is at once the repository of his people's history, the voice of contemporary political authority, the inspiration for African American dreams of an African homeland, and the chief entertainment for the burgeoning transnational... more...
Talks on Talking
The Floating Press 1916; US$ 5.99Effective spoken communication is a fine art. Brush up your speaking skills with this timeless treatise on talking from Yale public speaking instructor Grenville Kleiser. Brimming with practical tips on how to get your point across, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to be a better communicator. more...
Metaphor and Writing
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 76.00Explains how metaphors, metonymies, and other figures interact to tell us what writing is and what it should do. more...
What I Learned When I Almost Died
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 23.00What do you learn when your brain goes pop? Chris Licht had always been ambitious. When he was only nine years old, he tracked down an NBC correspondent while on vacation to solicit advice for a career in television. At eleven, he began filming himself as he delivered the news. And by the time he was thirty-five, he landed his dream job: a fast-paced,... more...
The Myth of Theory
Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 30.00What is critical theory, and to what extent can it claim to exist as a free-standing entity independent of the object of enquiry? more...
Radiance
Destiny Image, Inc. 2011; US$ 14.99"…His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand…" (Habakkuk 3:4 NASB) Too many Christians assume that all will be fine when they "die and go to Heaven." But author and pastor Randy Dean, a modern-day firebrand for the Lord, aggressively refuses to settle for that way of thinking and living.... more...
Geocriticism
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Here, Bertrand Westphal provides a theoretical foundation and a critical exploration of geocriticism, an interdisciplinary approach to understanding literature in relation to space and place. Drawing on diverse thinkers, Westphal argues that a geocritical approach enables novel ways of seeing literary texts and conducting literary studies. more...
Voices of the Other
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95This book offers a variety of approaches to children's literature from a postcolonial perspective that includes discussions of cultural appropriation, race theory, pedagogy as a colonialist activity, and multiculturalism. The eighteen essays divide into three sections: Theory, Colonialism, Postcolonialism. The first section sets the theoretical framework... more...
The Parameters of Postmodernism
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 63.95This ground-breaking work draws upon the authors interviews with leading postmodern artists, including Baudrillard, Beckett, Cage and Glass. It offers a challenging and positive view of postmodern culture. more...









