Literary essays

The definitive history of the marriage equality debate in the United States, praised by Library Journal as "beautifully and accessibly written.

For many years, Ana Maria Spagna has stayed put, mostly, in a small mountain valley at the head of a glacier-carved lake.

Broadening an overly narrow definition of Islamic journalism, Janet Steele examines day-to-day reporting practices of Muslim professionals, from conservative scripturalists to pluralist cosmopolitans, at five exemplary news organizations in Malaysia and Indonesia.

The nineteenth century was a period of peak popularity for travel to Latin America, where a new political independence was accompanied by loosened travel restrictions.

All of these selections in this volume were comosed between 1896 and 1905.

Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson's remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has established itself as a favorite among an unusually broad audience, including classicists, essayists, poets, and general readers.

This volume explores the construction of an ethics for news media that is global in reach and impact.

This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation - the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action.

In recent years we have witnessed a rising tension between the open architecture of the Internet and legal restrictions for online activities.

Modern Intellectual Property Law combines coverage of each intellectual property right granted for creations of the mind into a thoughtful, unified textbook.

This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political discourses, and identifies the key regulatory strategies and technologies that the ruling People Action Party (PAP) employs to regulate Singapore media and culture, and thus govern the thoughts and conduct of Singaporeans.

Providing practical and theoretical resources on media law and ethics for the United Kingdom and United States of America and referencing other legal jurisdictions such as France, Japan, India, China and Saudi Arabia, Comparative Media Law and Ethics is suitable for upper undergraduate and postgraduate study and for professionals in the media who need to work internationally.

Over the years, in a variety of venues, Lawrence Watt-Evans has turned his sharp, analytical, and slightly crazed mind to everything from weaponized poetry to why the Enterprise doesn't have seatbelts, and everyone from Jane Austen to Buffy Summers.

From A Long Long Way, his Booker shortlisted novel about the Irish soldiers who fought for Britain during the First World War to his Donal McCann starring hit play, The Steward of Christendom; from his first Costa Book of the Year winning novel The Secret Scripture to his second, Days Without End, a decade later, Sebastian Barry's writing career has been as long and varied as it has extraordinary.

Fran_ois Mauriac, winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in literature, is one of the most prominent Catholic novelists of the modern era, yet in the English speaking world he is known primarily for only one novel, 1927's ThZr_se Desqueyroux.

What is it like to live and write in Maine?

The 112th New York Infantry Regiment served 1,017 days during the Civil War, from 1862 to 1865.

The book analyzes the process by which the collective image of professional baseball was formed.

In 1923, William Lewis Judy purchased Dog World magazine for just over $1,000.

Daniel Coston's career in photography began accidentally.

In August 1777, Peter Gansevoort, Jr.

"e;Bearing aloft the flag of his country in the final charge"e; by Company A, 103rd New York Volunteers at the Battle of Antietam, Captain Henry Augustus Sand fell wounded.

This volume presents carefully selected, and annotated, articles about major-leaguers serving at home and overseas in the U.

The impact of cyberspace on newsprint journalism is at the core of this text.

Belgium in the First World War--the first country invaded, the longest occupied, and when the war finally ended, the first forgotten.

This is the first book to document the history of cigarette advertising on college and university campuses.

This is the first biography of journalist Robert Pierpoint, a contemporary of Edward R.

Over 14 seasons, television's Supernatural has developed a devoted following of both fans and scholars.

William Lloyd Garrison's life as an abolitionist and advocate for social change was dependent on his training as a printer.

Joseph Epstein takes on that most enchanting (and, alas, increasingly rare) of human gifts, charm.

Can a free press survive in an era of free content?

The Tale of the Heike is one of the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genji in quality and prestige.

Each of us experiences moments that shift the axis of our lives, nudging us into new perspectives and sometimes altering our course completely.

In what could be boldly called a new genre, Gerald Stern reflects with wit, pathos, rage, and tenderness, on 85 years of life.

New Contexts for Eighteenth-Century British Fiction is a collection of thirteen essays honoring Professor Jerry C.

The Grand Array is a stunning collection of 18 essays by widely published and highly acclaimed poet Pattiann Rogers.

Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte Fabeln in einem Band" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

From breastfeeding to swingers to underage sexting, the thinnest condom ever and sex work to the thrill of voyeurism and the story of X-rated Tijuana bibles, Best Sex Writing 2010 covers the latest, hottest topics from the world of sex.

Central to all post-Renaissance scholarship, textual studies continues to evolve, both in its techniques and methods as well as in the illumination it affords all other areas of modern knowledge.

Reverential, celebratory, antagonistic, and even erotic, this remarkable collection of essays interprets the Psalms as a collection of poetry.

United States historian William Pencak presents thirteen of his essays, written beginning in 1976.

Some marriages are made in heaven, and others, quite frankly, are not.

The "e;Declaration of Interdependence"e; -- both an enlightening creed and a passionate call to action -- was composed by David Suzuki and a team of activists and environmentalists in 1992, in recognition of the United Nations' Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

As part of the Samuel Johnson tercentenary commemoration, the University of Georgia Press published the first full scholarly edition of Sir John Hawkins's Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.

Roping a buffalo, running off cattle rustlers, sitting out a winter storm in a cave-adventures like these were all part of everyday life for the cowboy.

This exciting 2015 volume of Best Sex Writing features a number of significant bloggers and some of the most important stories of the past two years.

Applying to college can be one of the most stressful times in a student's life.

The Right Side of History tells the 100-year history of queer activism in a series of revealing close-ups, first-person accounts, and intimate snapshots of LGBT pioneers and radicals.

In Casting Quiet Waters, some of North Americas most respected literary writers take us on a fishing trip and use that as an opportunity to explore issues of the human condition.

Elinor Morton Wylie was born on September 7, 1885 in Somerville, New Jersey, An accomplished poet, novelist and essayist she was also know for her ethereal beauty and her scandalous lifestyle.