Errant Destinations is a collection of nine literary chronicles in which contemporary Chilean- Jewish author Andrea Jeftanovic reflects on travel in its multiple variations, with reference to diverse fields of study, including references to cinema, literature, and the visual arts. This The interdisciplinary approach enhances the contemplation of ......
While sexual writing today is popular, it pales in comparison to the steamy and graphic, yet romantically inviting works authored during the 19th century. EROTIC TALES includes selections by such renowned authors as Emile Zola, Sir Richard Burton, Bram Stoker, Frank Harris, Charles Devereaux, and of course the inimitable Anonymous. A volume filled ......
Stories of Illness, Hope and Recovery from Diverse Voices
Eating disorders know no boundaries. They don't discriminate. Every story of living with an eating disorder is unique. Eating Disorders Don't Discriminate brings together thirty-one of them, each tackling the stereotypes and misconceptions about what eating disorders look like and who they impact. Athletes, activists, directors, models, health ......
E. B. White (1899-1985) is best known for his children's books, Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Columnist for The New Yorker for over half a century and co-author of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, White hit his stride as an American literary icon when he began publishing his "One Man's Meat" columns from his ......
This foray into the deeply serious and deeply funny world of life after 40 focuses primarily on scenes that depict the struggles of contemporary characters to come to terms with disappointment and obsolescence or to redeem their lives from the mistakes or miscalculations of their youth.
A lushly illustrated collection of Kerry Leishmans artwork as it appeared throughout newspaper publications such as the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age over several decades. Includes comments from famous and infamous columnists, as well as select quotes from the articles themselves. Gives a snapshot of the issues at large at the time.
Contemporary Legends, Folklore, and Human Sexuality
A collection of hundreds of sexually-themed stories and jokes from college students that tell us what they reveal about our sexual attitudes and show us how they have changed over time.
Women'S Tall Tales from the Crockett Almanacs, 1835-1856
The legendary feats of Davy Crockett, who could tree a ghost, ride his thirty-seven-foot-long alligator up Niagara Falls, and drink up the Mississippi River, are common knowledge to devotees of this nineteenth-century comic superhero. But what may come as a surprise to many is that the legendary frontiersman also served as the fictional narrator ......
