How has the Internet changed literary culture?2nd Place, N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature by The Electronic Literature OrganizationReports of the book’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Books are flourishing in the Internet era—widely discussed and reviewed in online readers’ forums and publicized through book trailers and author blog tours. But over the past twenty-five years, digital media platforms have undeniably tran...

More than any other academic discipline, literary studies is the creation of print culture. How then can it thrive in the digital era? Early 1990s predictions of the book's imminent demise presented a simplistic either/or choice between the legacy of moribund print and triumphalist digital technology. Yet we have grown to experience the two media as complexly interdependent and even complementary. Clearly, digital does not kill print. But literary studies in the digital era cannot simply r...

Introduction to Contemporary Print Culture examines the role of the book in the modern world. It considers the book’s deeply intertwined relationships with other media through ownership structures, copyright and adaptation, the constantly shifting roles of authors, publishers and readers in the digital ecosystem and the merging of print and digital technologies in contemporary understandings of the book object.Divided into three parts, the book first introduces students to various ...

Adaptation constitutes the driving force of contemporary culture, with stories adapted across an array of media formats. However, adaptation studies has been concerned almost exclusively with textual analysis, in particular with compare-and-contrast studies of individual novel and film pairings. This has left almost completely unexamined crucial questions of how adaptations come to be made, what are the industries with the greatest stake in making them, and who the decision-makers are in t...

Despite Disney’s carefully crafted image of family friendliness, Gothic elements are pervasive in all of Disney’s productions, ranging from its theme parks to its films and television programs. The contributors to Disney Gothic reveal that the Gothic, in fact, serves as the unacknowledged motor of the Disney machine. Exploring representations of villains, ghosts, and monsters, this book sheds important new light on the role these Gothic elements play throughout the Disney universe...

10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER, with the preface read by Matthew Syed'Will transform your entire perspective' THE TIMES'A stirring call to revolutionise how we think about success' DANIEL PINK, author of DRIVE'Brilliant' JAMES DYSONWhat is the secret to success? Black Box Thinking.Ten years on from its original...

'AN INSPIRATIONAL MANIFESTO' - Annie Grace'SIMON IS FABULOUS - YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE AND EVERYTHING TO GAIN!' - Clare PooleyDo you feel trapped by alcohol?Do you find yourself thinking about drinking too often?Do you put alcohol ahead of the most important things in your life?If so - here's some good news. You can quit drinking, and it's n...

A look at how to overcome common difficulties and maintain a loving relationship with an AS partner.Although having Asperger Syndrome (AS) can make romantic relations difficult, having a fulfilling relationship with an Asperger man is certainly not impossible. A woman in love with a man with AS may interpret his difficulties with communication and socialization as a lack of interest in the relationship. He may vacillate between being gentle and caring to seeming cold and distant. S...

This new edition of a popular guide to improving your mental agility will help you improve your performance at work and sharpen your thinking skills in all areas.Based on the latest scientific findings and including up-to-date coverage of how meditative skills such as mindfulness can enhance your brain power, this book gives you everything you need to get a mental edge.It challenges you to think on your feet with hundreds of puzzles, quizzes and problem-solving games, while...

'Praise be to the Lord, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.'Exodus 18:10-11Exodus is one of the greatest rescue stories ever told. Recording the people of Israel's dramatic escape from slavery in Egypt, it paves the way for the ultimate act of redemption in Christ.

'A masterclass in understanding' ANNIE GRACE, author of This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness and Change Your LifeA recovery and growth handbook for anyone who feels empty - but doesn't know why.Ten questions to ask yourself, right now:* Do you have a sense that something is wrong, but you don't know what it is?* Do you have a feeling that you are hollow inside, that you a...

Le témoignage rare et poignant d'un jeune "béret vert" durant la guerre d'Algérie.Le 22 février 1960, à l'âge de dix-neuf ans, Simon Murray pousse les portes du fort de Vincennes pour s'engager dans la Légion étrangère. L'Aventure commence : l'embarquement à Marseille, l'arrivée en Algérie, à Sidi bel-Abbès, les longs mois d'instruction, l'affectation au 2e régiment étranger de parachutistes, la guerre et la traque des fellaghas de la frontière marocaine à la frontière tunisienne, ...