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| Author | : Various |
| Publisher | : MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2015-01-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9674154779 |
How is KL's oldest cinema still in business?Can you make a living from hunting ghosts?Where do migrant workers go for a taste of home?In this collection of articles from online magazine POSKOD.MY, you'll find the answers to these mysteries and more. Get off the beaten path and rediscover the city with those who know it best. From makcik traders to hip-hop stars, cosplay fans to urban farmers, meet the people who are the beating heart of the city. After reading these funny, surprising, strange and often moving stories, you'll never see KL in the same light again.
| Author | : Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Publisher | : Other Press, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2019-05-21 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 1590519981 |
Now in paperback, a collection of the legendary filmmaker's short fiction and nonfiction from 1950 to 1966, in which we see the machinations of the creative mind in post-World War II Rome. In a portrait of the city at once poignant and intimate, we find artistic witness to the customs, dialect, squalor, and beauty of the ancient imperial capital that has succumbed to modern warfare, marginalization, and mass culture. The sketches portray the impoverished masses that Pasolini calls "the sub-proletariat," those who live under Third World conditions and for whom simple pleasures, such as a blue sweater in a storefront window, are completely out of reach. Pasolini's art develops throughout the works collected here, from his early lyricism to tragicomic outlines for screenplays, and finally to the maturation of his Neo-realism in eight chronicles on the shantytowns of Rome. The pieces in this collection were all published in Italian journals and newspapers, and then later edited by Walter Siti in the original Italian edition.
| Author | : Martin Preib |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2010-04-15 |
| Genre | : True Crime |
| ISBN | : 0226679810 |
Martin Preib is an officer in the Chicago Police Department—a beat cop whose first assignment as a rookie policeman was working on the wagon that picks up the dead. Inspired by Preib’s daily life on the job, The Wagon and Other Stories from the City chronicles the outer and inner lives of both a Chicago cop and the city itself. The book follows Preib as he transports body bags, forges an unlikely connection with his female partner, trains a younger officer, and finds himself among people long forgotten—or rendered invisible—by the rest of society. Preib recounts how he navigates the tenuous labyrinths of race and class in the urban metropolis, such as a domestic disturbance call involving a gang member and his abused girlfriend or a run-in with a group of drunk yuppies. As he encounters the real and imagined geographies of Chicago, the city reveals itself to be not just a backdrop, but a central force in his narrative of life and death. Preib’s accounts, all told in his breathtaking prose, come alive in ways that readers will long remember.
| Author | : Ry Cooder |
| Publisher | : City Lights Books |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2011-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0872865193 |
Available Now: World-famous musician Ry Cooder publishes his first collection of stories.
| Author | : M. J. Rose |
| Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2020-10-27 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1250241332 |
One City. One Movement. A World of Stories. Stories from Suffragette City is a collection of short stories that all take place on a single day: October 23, 1915. It’s the day when tens of thousands of women marched up Fifth Avenue, demanding the right to vote in New York City. Thirteen of today's bestselling authors have taken this moment as inspiration to raise the voices of history and breathe fresh life into their struggles and triumphs. The characters depicted here, some well-known, others unfamiliar, each inspire and reinvigorate the power of democracy. We follow a young woman who is swept up in the protests when all she expected was to come sell her apples in the city. We see Alva Vanderbilt as her white-gloved sensibility is transformed over the course of the single fateful day. Ida B. Wells battles for racial justice in the women's suffrage movement so that every woman's voice can be heard. Each story stands on its own, but together Stories From Suffragette City becomes a symphony, painting a portrait of a country looking for a fight and ever restless for progress and equality. With an introduction by Kristin Hannah and stories from: Lisa Wingate M.J. Rose Steve Berry Paula McLain Katherine J. Chen Christina Baker Kline Jamie Ford Dolen Perkins-Valdez Megan Chance Alyson Richman Chris Bohjalian and Fiona Davis
| Author | : Christian McKay Heidicker |
| Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2019-07-30 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1250181437 |
A 2020 Newbery Honor Recipient! Christian McKay Heidicker, author of the Thieves of Weirdwood trilogy, draws inspiration from Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe for his debut middle-grade novel, a thrilling portrait of survival and an unforgettable tale of friendship. "Clever and harrowing." —The Wall Street Journal "Into the finest tradition of storytelling steps Christian McKay Heidicker with these highly original, bone-chilling, and ultimately heart-warming stories. All that’s needed is a blazing campfire and a delicious plate of peaches and centipedes.” —Kathi Appelt, Newbery Award honoree and National Book Award finalist The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No fox kit is safe. When Mia and Uly are separated from their litters, they discover a dangerous world full of monsters. In order to find a den to call home, they must venture through field and forest, facing unspeakable things that dwell in the darkness: a zombie who hungers for their flesh, a witch who tries to steal their skins, a ghost who hunts them through the snow . . . and other things too scary to mention. Featuring eight interconnected stories and sixteen hauntingly beautiful illustrations, Scary Stories for Young Foxes contains the kinds of adventures and thrills you love to listen to beside a campfire in the dark of night. Fans of Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Auxier, and R. L. Stine have found their next favorite book. A Booklist 2019 Editors' Choice Selection
| Author | : Rosamund Davies |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2019-06-13 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781909208827 |
Story Cities explore ways in which stories respond to, reflect and re-imagine the city. Explore new short fictions in multiple genres, guide book to the fictional city, all cities, any city: its markets, squares, parks, stations & ports; the streets, alleys, dead ends & the crossroads. Never identified, the city has a voice of its own.
| Author | : New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Education |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 1904 |
| Genre | : Children's literature |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Edward P. Jones |
| Publisher | : Amistad Press |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780060566289 |
Set in the nation's capital, a collection of stories about African Americans living in Washington, D.C., introduces characters who struggle daily with loss--of family, of friends, of memories, and of themselves. Repritn. 15,000 first printing.
| Author | : Ursula Bielski |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467139653 |
"At the close of the nineteenth century, Chicago offered the world a glimpse of humanity's most breathtaking possibilities and its most jaw-dropping horrors. Even as the White City emerged from the ashes of the Great Fire, serial killers like H.H. Holmes stalked the sparkling new boulevards and tragic accidents plagued the factories, slums and railroads that powered the churn of industrial innovation. Demons, mesmerists and birds of ill omen preyed on the unwary from the shadows. Ship captains spoke to the dead, while undertakers discovered reanimated corpses no longer requiring services. From posh mansions built on massacre grounds to the drowned quarries of a forest preserve, Ursula Bielski follows the dark undercurrents beneath the electric lights of the World's Fair."--
