Chilly Scenes of Winter

Chilly Scenes of Winter
Author: Ann Beattie
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2011-05-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307790754

This is the story of a love-smitten Charles; his friend Sam, the Phi Beta Kappa and former coat salesman; and Charles' mother, who spends a lot of time in the bathtub feeling depressed.

Comparative Poetics

Comparative Poetics
Author: Earl Roy Miner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1990-10-23
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780691014906

"Comparative literature," Earl Miner writes, "clearly involves something more than comparing two great German poets, and something different from a Chinese studying French literature or a Russian studying Italian literature." But what would a true intercultural poetics be? This work proposes various ways to "study something other than what are, all things considered, the short and simple annals of one cultural parish at one historic moment." The first developed account of theories of literature from an intercultural standpoint, the book shows that an "originative" or "foundational" poetics develops in cultures with explicit poetics when critics define the nature and conditions of literature in terms of the then most esteemed genredrama, lyric, or narrative. Earl Miner demonstrates that these definitions and inferences from them constitute useful bases for comparative poetics.

Little Mother

Little Mother
Author: Cristina Ali Farah
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2011
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0253222966

When civil war erupts in Somalia, cousins Domenica Axad and Barni are separated and forced to flee the country. Barni manages to eke out a living in Rome, where she works as an obstetrician. Domenica wanders Europe in a painful attempt to reunite her broken family and come to terms with her past. After ten years, the two women reunite. When Domenica gives birth to a son, Barni, also known as Little Mother, is at her side. Together with the new baby, Domenica and Barni find their Somali roots and start to heal the pain they have suffered in war and exile. This powerful yet tender novel underscores the strength of women, family, and community, and draws on the tenacious yearning for a homeland that has been denied.

Libro Da Colorare per Adulti - Uccelli e Fiori Farfalle - Animali, Uccelli e Farfalle - Riccio

Libro Da Colorare per Adulti - Uccelli e Fiori Farfalle - Animali, Uccelli e Farfalle - Riccio
Author: Donna Viscusi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2021-01-20
Genre:
ISBN:

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Hot Stone Massage: A Three-Dimensional Approach, Enhanced Edition

Hot Stone Massage: A Three-Dimensional Approach, Enhanced Edition
Author: Leslie Bruder
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2022-11-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1284289842

Hot Stone Massage: A Three-Dimensional Approach, by Leslie Bruder, is a user-friendly, easy-to-follow manual designed to teach professional massage therapists how to give a safe, effective, and artful hot stone massage. The book covers every aspect of administering a hot stone massage including the many types of stones along with their geological origin, equipment and accessories needed, room set up, benefits and precautions, diseases and conditions to avoid, physiological effects of heat and cold, effective stone temperatures, diagrams for stone placement, creative massage techniques, and a novel system for optimal stone management and flow. The book's centerpiece is a unique three-dimensional approach to hot stone massage, which involves working on both sides of the body at once, removing stones from beneath clients without their involvement, and transitioning seamlessly from one body part to another.

Death in the Air

Death in the Air
Author: Shane Peacock
Publisher: Tundra Books
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0887769284

After the harrowing experience of losing his mother while solving a brutal murder in London’s East End, young Sherlock Holmes commits himself to fighting crime … and is soon involved in another case. While visiting his father at the magnificent Crystal Palace, Sherlock stops to watch a remarkable and dangerous trapeze performance high above, framed by the stunning glass ceiling of the legendary building. Suddenly, the troupe’s star is dropping, screaming and flailing, toward the floor. He lands with a sickening thud just a few feet away, and rolls up almost onto the boy’s boots. Unconscious and bleeding profusely, his body is grotesquely twisted. In the mayhem that follows, Sherlock notices something that no one else sees — something is amiss with the trapeze bar! He knows that foul play is afoot. What he doesn’t know is that his discovery will put him on a frightening, twisted trail that leads to an entire gang of notorious criminals. Wrapped in the fascinating world of Victorian entertainment, its dangerous performances, and London’s dark underworld, Death in the Air raises The Boy Sherlock Holmes to a whole new level. Be sure not to miss Eye of the Crow, The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case.