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“There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story. Nothing can stop it. Nothing can defeat it.” So begins the scholar and literary critic Peter Brooks’s reckoning with today’s flourishing cult of story.
Forty years after publishing his seminal...
Before The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the earliest myths and legends of Middle-earth and Valinor were laid down in The Book of Lost Tales, written by J.R.R. Tolkien between 1916 and 1920, and compiled by Christopher Tolkien for publication in 1983.
This second part of The Book of Lost Tales includes the tale of Beren and Lúthien, Túrin and the Dragon,
...The third volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.
This, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth, gives us a priviledged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien’s world – those of Turien and Luthien. The first of the poems is the
...Create the next very hungry caterpillar, big red dog, or cat in the hat with a hand from this trusted guide
In Writing Children’s Books For Dummies, you’ll learn what to write between “Once upon a time . . .” and “The End” as you dive into chapters about getting started writing, how to build great characters, and how to design a dramatic plot. On top of the technical writing advice, you’ll discover how talented illustrators
...With monumental changes in the last two decades, Taiwan is making itself anew. The process requires remapping not only the country's recent political past, but also its literary past. Taiwanese literature is now compelled to negotiate a path between residual high culture aspirations and the emergent reality of market domination in a relatively autonomous, increasingly professionalized field. This book argues that the concept of a field of cultural
...“Black women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wishes to be heard.” —Claudia Tate, from the introduction
Long out-of-print, Black Women Writers At Work is a vital contribution to Black literature in the 20th century. Through candid interviews with Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks.
Black on Black provides the first comprehensive analysis of the modern African American literary response to Africa, from W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk to Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Combining cutting-edge theory, extensive historical and archival research, and close readings of individual texts, Gruesser reveals the diversity of the African American response to Countee Cullen's question, "What is Africa to
...10) C Is for City
B is for bookstore
C is for city hall . . .
Calling all city slickers! With F for fire department, L for library, and S for salon, going from A to Z has never been more urban! Take an alphabetized tour around town and discover the plants, animals, and places that make the city so amazing!
Diez años de conversaciones sobre literatura en el bar de Lola.
«Hablar de libros en Twitter es como hacerlo con los amigos en la barra de un bar -dice Arturo Pérez-Reverte-. Si conversar sobre libros siempre es un acto de felicidad, que una red social sirva para esto la hace especialmente valiosa. Ahí vuelco con naturalidad toda una vida de lectura, y ahí comparto, con la misma naturalidad,
...Entre el ensayo y la narración, y escrito con un estilo ágil y claro, propone un modo de pensar a la contra de nuestros miedos.
El miedo es, según Lucrecio, el «aguijón invisible» que nos nubla la mente, nos roba el sueño, nos aparta del mundo y nos hace egoístas y crueles. No es extraño que tantos filósofos lo hayan visto como el principal obstáculo para alcanzar una buena vida buena, esto es, placentera
...13) Desear menos
Una ingeniosa, emocionante y personal colección de textos del aclamado autor de Bajo la misma estrella y Buscando a Alaska.
El Antropoceno es la era geológica actual, una época caracterizada por el profundo impacto que el ser humano está teniendo sobre el planeta. Con su especial sensibilidad para lo extraño, lo importante y lo sorprendente, John Green reúne en esta extraordinaria
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