The House with the Green Shutters

The House with the Green Shutters
Author: George Douglas Brown
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Set in mid-19th century Ayrshire, in the fictitious town of Barbie the novel The House with the Green Shutters (1901) describes the struggles of a proud and taciturn carrier, John Gourlay, against the spiteful comments and petty machinations of the envious and idle villagers of Barbie (the "bodies"). The sudden return after fifteen years' absence of the ambitious merchant, James Wilson, son of a mole-catcher, leads to commercial competition against which Gourlay has trouble responding.

Picture-Book Professors

Picture-Book Professors
Author: Melissa M. Terras
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2018-10-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781108438452

How is academia portrayed in children's literature? This Element ambitiously surveys fictional professors in texts marketed towards children. Professors are overwhelmingly white and male, tending to be elderly scientists who fall into three stereotypes: the vehicle to explain scientific facts, the baffled genius, and the evil madman. By the late twentieth century, the stereotype of the male, mad, muddlehead, called Professor SomethingDumb, is formed in humorous yet pejorative fashion. This Element provides a publishing history of the role of academics in children's literature, questioning the book culture which promotes the enforcement of stereotypes regarding intellectual expertise in children's media. The Element is also available, with additional material, as Open Access.

A Whiff O' the Doric

A Whiff O' the Doric
Author: George P. Dunbar
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781022038509

A Whiff o' the Doric is a collection of stories and poems by the Scottish author George P. Dunbar, first published in 1903. The book is written in the Doric dialect of North East Scotland, which adds a distinctive flavor to the tales of rural life and humor. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk in the Parish of Pyketillim

Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk in the Parish of Pyketillim
Author: William Alexander
Publisher: John Donald
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This novel tells of the struggle for democratic control which shattered the Kirk of Scotland in the great Disruption of 1843, and the parallel contest for control of the land between the lairds and capitalistic muckle farmers, cottars and small tenants who were seen as the last bastion of Scotland.

Cain

Cain
Author: James Byron Huggins
Publisher: WildBlue Press
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1947290800

An undead super soldier possessed by the devil aims to destroy the world in this thriller from the international bestselling author of Dark Visions. HE WAS THEIR DEADLIEST KILLER The late Roth Tiberius Cain, legendary CIA hit man, is gone, but not forgotten. A top-secret project code-named Genocide One has given him a chance to live again, and enough firepower to kill multitudes—and survive to kill another day. NOW HE IS THEIR GREATEST NIGHTMARE Grotesquely transformed, Cain has become the ultimate predator: a killing machine with the soul of a devil. And the only force that can stop him is a trio of flawed people: a soldier who lost his family and his soul to a terrorist’s bullets, a priest who has lost his faith to the power of sin, and the beautiful scientist who created Cain and then lost control of him. Now, in a ten-day countdown to Armageddon, all they have left to lose is the survival of the human race. A Book of the Month Club Main Selection Praise for Cain “An action-packed novel filled with combat, big explosions, chases, and suspenseful confrontations.”—SF Site

You'll Have Had Your Hole

You'll Have Had Your Hole
Author: Irvine Welsh
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2014-05-29
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1408148773

A play from the author of Trainspotting Within the sound-proofed walls of a disused recording studio, a score is being settled. Two inner city low-lifes take the law into their own hands to satisfy their craving for fun, fear and a freakish sense of justice. "You'll Have Had Your Hole" premièred at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and toured internationally - although it was banned in Belgium.

Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature: From Columba to the Union (until 1707)

Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature: From Columba to the Union (until 1707)
Author: Ian Brown
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2006-11-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0748628622

The History begins with the first full-scale critical consideration of Scotland's earliest literature, drawn from the diverse cultures and languages of its early peoples. The first volume covers the literature produced during the medieval and early modern period in Scotland, surveying the riches of Scottish work in Gaelic, Welsh, Old Norse, Old English and Old French, as well as in Latin and Scots. New scholarship is brought to bear, not only on imaginative literature, but also law, politics, theology and philosophy, all placed in the context of the evolution of Scotland's geography, history, languages and material cultures from our earliest times up to 1707.