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| Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 2013-07-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 178033916X |
The Western, though a singularly American art form, is one of the great genres of world literature with a truly global readership. It is also durable despite being often unfairly maligned. Ever since James Fenimore Cooper transformed frontier yarns into a distinct literary form, the Western has followed two paths: one populist - what Time magazine famously billed 'the American Morality Play' - capable of taking many points of view, from red to redneck, but always populist, with a sentimental attachment to the misfit; the other literary - eschewing heroism, debunking with unsettling candour many of the myths of the West. It can sometimes be difficult to draw a sure line between the two forms, but both are represented in this outstanding collection which includes stories by Rick Bass, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Larry McMurtry, Mari Sandoz, Christopher Tilghman, and Mark Twain, among many others.
| Author | : Ian Watson |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 757 |
| Release | : 2010-02-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1849014280 |
Every short story in this wonderfully varied collection has one thing in common: each features some alteration in history, some divergence from historical reality, which results in a world very different from the one we know today. As well as original stories specially commissioned from bestselling writers such as James Morrow, Stephen Baxter and Ken MacLeod, there are genre classics such as Kim Stanley Robinson's story of how World War II atomic bomber the Enola Gay, having crashed on a training flight, is replaced by the Lucky Strike with profoundly different consequences. Praise for the editors: 'Mr Watson wreaks havoc with what is accepted - and acceptable.' The Times 'One of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers.' New Scientist
| Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
| Publisher | : Robinson |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2012-03-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1780337000 |
Revised and expanded edition of Jon E. Lewis's ever-popular account of the American West. The book is at once a history and a compendium of western lore. It tells what life on the frontier was really like and gives a human portrait of the tough and sometimes violent way of life experienced by the early pioneers. The gunfighters and the cowboys, women, Indians and others, all have their part to play - and as well as the historical accounts there are intriguing anecdotes of everyday life on the plains, from how Montana cowboys warmed up their horses' bits, to the words of the Navajo medicine chants.
| Author | : Jim Driver |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 792 |
| Release | : 2010-04-29 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1849014612 |
Over 60 gripping accounts tracking the dark side of rock 'n' roll from the early days of the drugs-and-drink culture, and the birth of rock 'n' roll, through The Beatles, Stones, Sex Pistols, Madonna, Kurt Cobain and Oasis, to Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty and other stars of the current rock-music scene. From trashed hotel rooms to cars in swimming pools, all rock 'n' roll's excesses are here, including murder and sexual deviancy, surprising brushes with the law that the stars thought they'd kept quiet, early and tragic deaths, drug overdoses, robbery, mis-marriages and groupies by the truckload
| Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
| Publisher | : Constable |
| Total Pages | : 531 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Western stories |
| ISBN | : 9781854870896 |
| Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
| Publisher | : Robinson |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 2013-07-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 178033916X |
The Western, though a singularly American art form, is one of the great genres of world literature with a truly global readership. It is also durable despite being often unfairly maligned. Ever since James Fenimore Cooper transformed frontier yarns into a distinct literary form, the Western has followed two paths: one populist - what Time magazine famously billed 'the American Morality Play' - capable of taking many points of view, from red to redneck, but always populist, with a sentimental attachment to the misfit; the other literary - eschewing heroism, debunking with unsettling candour many of the myths of the West. It can sometimes be difficult to draw a sure line between the two forms, but both are represented in this outstanding collection which includes stories by Rick Bass, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Larry McMurtry, Mari Sandoz, Christopher Tilghman, and Mark Twain, among many others.
| Author | : Ilya |
| Publisher | : Carroll & Graf Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 572 |
| Release | : 2006-12-04 |
| Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
| ISBN | : |
Here comes the new breed! The first full-length anthology of best new manga, by the brightest young talents in the field. Bursting with energy and imagination, this collection features the most exciting new work by western manga-ka Japanese style comics being produced by western artists. Contributors include promising stars like Michiru Morikawa, winner of the Grand Prize of the International Manga and Anime Festival, Selina Dean and Asia Alfasi, as well as established names such as Andi Watson and Craig Conlan. Over 500 pages long, the anthology showcases more than fifteen new stories, complete and unabridged. Many expand on the limited popular conception of 'big-eyed' manga in original and unexpected ways — home-grown stories that speak directly to western audiences. The collection follows the format of the benchmark annual Mammoth anthologies of science fiction and horror, and includes a brief introduction to each contributor.
| Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
| Publisher | : Constable |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 1998-01-01 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : 9781854878885 |
| Author | : Geoff Tibbals |
| Publisher | : Running PressBook Pub |
| Total Pages | : 520 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 9780786718313 |
A compendium of 450 top-selected cartoons from around the world includes pieces by such artists as Peter Arno, Posy Simmonds, and Charles Addams and is thematically arranged under such headings as Sport, Sex, and the Long Arm of the Law, in a volume complemented by brief artist biographies. Original.
| Author | : Paul Gravett |
| Publisher | : Running Press Adult |
| Total Pages | : 510 |
| Release | : 2008-08-12 |
| Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
| ISBN | : |
Mammoth Books: From history to manga, true crime to sci-fi, these anthologies feature top-name contributors and award-winning editors.
