Granta 150

Author : Sigrid Rausing
Publisher : Granta
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781909889316

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Granta 150 by Sigrid Rausing Pdf

'There must be ways to organise the world with language.' From 'Binyavanga' by Pwaangulongii Dauod The English language is like London, a cluster of myriad villages, each with its own atmosphere and particular cadences. This issue - our 150th - celebrates language, showcasing some of the most inventive writers of fiction today. Sidik Fofana 'The Young Entrepreneurs of Miss Bristol's Front Porch' Amy Leach 'How to Count Like a Pro' Mazen Maarouf 'The Story of Anya' Carmen Maria Machado 'The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror' Tommi Parrish 'An Instrument of Pure Motion' Che Yeun 'Yena' Photographer Michael Collins chronicles his mother's life following a series of strokes, Oliver Bullough investigates the invention of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, Andrew O'Hagan visits Carolyn, Neal Cassady's widow. Plus: Pwaangulongii Dauod's eulogy for the late Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina. Poetry: Jack Underwood and Jay G. Ying Photography: Noriko Hayashi, and Ian Willms introduced by Adam Foulds

Author : Russil Durrant,Jo Thakker
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 076192342X

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Substance Use and Abuse by Russil Durrant,Jo Thakker Pdf

Substance use and abuse are two of the more frequent psychological problems clinicians encounter, both in isolation and in the context of other disorders. Mainstream approaches focus on the biological and psychological factors underpinning drug abuse, but to fully appreciate the issue, we also need to attend to the social, historical, and cultural variables that provide a contextual base.

Author : Peter P. Jacobi
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0253211115

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The Magazine Article by Peter P. Jacobi Pdf

"... this is surely one of the more thoughtful books on magazine journalism. Highly recommended." --Library Journal "An excellent how-to, guaranteed to satisfy requests from would-be authors." --Booklist "... provides writers with hundreds of ideas to help stimulate their creative approach to magazine article writing." --WRITERS' Journal "All kinds of writers will want to keep this volume on their handiest reference shelf." --Arts Indiana "For any aspiring magazine writer, or even a practiced one, this book is a treasury of inspiration and solid, eye-opening instruction." --Herald-Times "More than just another writer's guide to marketing an article, or coming up with salable ideas, [the book] is actually an idea promoter in that it illustrates the basic principles of good magazine article writing, uses examples from well-known publications, and offers strategies for leading into an involving piece." --The Midwest Book Review In this indispensable text, veteran journalist Peter Jacobi offers students hundreds of ideas to help them become more creative in their approach to thinking, planning, and writing magazine articles. Packed with useful advice and top-notch examples, this book takes a practical, hands-on approach to help beginning writers turn everyday subjects into compelling features.

Author : Mazen Maarouf
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781846276699

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Jokes for the Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf Pdf

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2019 A brilliant collection of fictions in the vein of Roald Dahl, Etgar Keret and Amy Hempel. These are stories of what the world looks like from a child's pure but sometimes vengeful or muddled perspective. These are stories of life in a war zone, life peppered by surreal mistakes, tragic accidents and painful encounters. These are stories of fantasist matadors, lost limbs and perplexed voyeurs. This is a collection about sex, death and the all-important skill of making life into a joke. These are unexpected stories by a very fresh voice. These stories are unforgettable.

Author : Peter Raby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781139828390

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The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter by Peter Raby Pdf

Harold Pinter was one of the world's leading and most controversial writers, and his impact and influence continues to grow. This Companion examines the wide range of Pinter's work - his writing for theatre, radio, television and screen, and also his highly successful work as a director and actor. Substantially updated and revised, this second edition covers the many developments in Pinter's career since the publication of the first edition, including his Nobel Prize for Literature win in 2005, his appearance in Samuel Beckett's play Krapp's Last Tape and recent productions of his plays. Containing essays written by both academics and leading practitioners, the volume places Pinter's writing within the critical and theatrical context of his time and considers its reception worldwide. Including three new essays, new production photographs, five updated and revised chapters and an extended chronology, the Companion provides fresh perspectives on Pinter's work.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451831498

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Republic of Palau by International Monetary Fund Pdf

This paper examines recent economic developments in the Republic of Palau. Palau has made a modest recovery in 2000 and 2001. Real GDP growth has been about 1 percent in 2000 and 2001, after the recession brought about by the Asian crisis reached its trough of negative 51⁄2 percent growth in 1999. This recovery was mainly owing to grant-financed large infrastructure projects. However, the outlook on tourism, Palau’s major industry, remains weak owing to the events on September 11, and the expected El Nino, which also threaten the development of tourism-related private sector projects.

Author : B. Finney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230207073

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English Fiction Since 1984 by B. Finney Pdf

This book focuses on representative novels by eleven key English novelists who have broken from the realist novel of the post Second World War period. They have reacted to the Thatcherite revolution that thrust Britain into the modern world of multi-national capitalism by giving unusual fictional shape to the impact of global events and culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : English newspapers
ISBN : UOM:39015067278039

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Willing's Press Guide by Anonim Pdf

Coverage of publications outside the UK and in non-English languages expands steadily until, in 1991, it occupies enough of the Guide to require publication in parts.

Author : Greg Milner
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 1429957158

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Perfecting Sound Forever by Greg Milner Pdf

In 1915, Thomas Edison proclaimed that he could record a live performance and reproduce it perfectly, shocking audiences who found themselves unable to tell whether what they were hearing was an Edison Diamond Disc or a flesh-and-blood musician. Today, the equation is reversed. Whereas Edison proposed that a real performance could be rebuilt with absolute perfection, Pro Tools and digital samplers now allow musicians and engineers to create the illusion of performances that never were. In between lies a century of sonic exploration into the balance between the real and the represented. Tracing the contours of this history, Greg Milner takes us through the major breakthroughs and glorious failures in the art and science of recording. An American soldier monitoring Nazi radio transmissions stumbles onto the open yet revolutionary secret of magnetic tape. Japanese and Dutch researchers build a first-generation digital audio format and watch as their "compact disc" is marketed by the music industry as the second coming of Edison yet derided as heretical by analog loyalists. The music world becomes addicted to volume in the nineties and fights a self-defeating "loudness war" to get its fix. From Les Paul to Phil Spector to King Tubby, from vinyl to pirated CDs to iPods, Milner's Perfecting Sound Forever pulls apart musical history to answer a crucial question: Should a recording document reality as faithfully as possible, or should it improve upon or somehow transcend the music it records? The answers he uncovers will change the very way we think about music.

Author : Jenny Erpenbeck
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811219310

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Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck Pdf

A bestseller in Germany, Visitation has established Jenny Erpenbeck as one of Europe’s most significant contemporary authors. A forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside Berlin lies at the heart of this darkly sensual, elegiac novel. Encompassing over one hundred years of German history, from the nineteenth century to the Weimar Republic, from World War II to the Socialist German Democratic Republic, and finally reunification and its aftermath, Visitation offers the life stories of twelve individuals who seek to make their home in this one magical little house. The novel breaks into the everyday life of the house and shimmers through it, while relating the passions and fates of its inhabitants. Elegant and poetic, Visitation forms a literary mosaic of the last century, tearing open wounds and offering moments of reconciliation, with its drama and its exquisite evocation of a landscape no political upheaval can truly change.

Author : Alvin Sullivan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : English literature
ISBN : UOM:39015034321920

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British Literary Magazines: The Victorian and Edwardian Age, 1837-1913 by Alvin Sullivan Pdf

Author : New York (N.Y.). Board of Elections
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Voting registers
ISBN : NYPL:33433093303240

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Transcript of Enrollment Books by New York (N.Y.). Board of Elections Pdf

Author : Misha Glenny
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770892743

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The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2012 by Misha Glenny Pdf

From the bestselling author of McMafia and DarkMarket comes this unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century which gives readers the essential historical background to more than one hundred years of events in this war-torn area. No other book covers the entire region, or offers such profound insights into the roots of Balkan violence, or explains so vividly the origins of modern Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania. Now updated to include the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, the capture of all indicted war criminals from the Yugoslav wars and each state's quest for legitimacy in the European Union, The Balkans explores the often catastrophic relationship between the Balkans and the Great Powers, raising some disturbing questions about Western intervention.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literature
ISBN : UVA:X004001587

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CR. The Centennial Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Geherin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786489688

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The Dragon Tattoo and Its Long Tail by David Geherin Pdf

The enormous popularity of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy has raised awareness of other contemporary European authors of crime fiction. As a result, several of these novelists now reach a receptive American audience, eager for fresh perspectives in the genre. This critical text offers an introduction to current European crime writing by exploring ten of the best new crime nd mystery authors from Sweden (Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell), Norway (Karin Fossum and Jo Nesbo), Iceland (Arnaldur Indridason), Italy (Andrea Camilleri), France (Fred Vargas), Scotland (Denise Mina and Philip Kerr), and Ireland (Ken Bruen), who are reshaping the landscape of the modern crime novel. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.