This book encourages further conversation on the expanding circle in World Englishes, offering a detailed look at ‘China English’ through the academic writing of Chinese students at a British university.The volume seeks to blur the simplistic binary of ‘Chinglish’, a broad term often understood to encompass grammatical or lexical errors or seemingly ‘unnatural’ expressions, and ‘China English’, which the authors articulate here as its own variety, as evidenced in language use marke...

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

The British Media Industries offers an accessible introduction to how the media in Britain operates and the impact that recent political, economic, and technological developments have had on the nature of media industries today.Split into two parts, this book starts by exploring approaches to understanding contemporary media industries through political, economic, and technological terms. The second part delves further into issues and practices relating to individual media...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERLOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERTHE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLEREine Anthologie mit 34 brandneuen Kurzgeschichten basierend auf Stephen Kings Meisterwerk, dem Nr. 1 New-York-Times-Bestseller THE STAND!Seit seiner Erstveröffentlichung im Jahr 1978 gilt THE STAND als Stephen Ki...

Gray Love narrates stories about the most common themes – searching for and (perhaps) finding love. Forty-five men and women between ages 60 and 94 from diverse backgrounds talk about dating, starting or ending a relationship, embracing life alone or enjoying a partnered one. The longing for connection as old age encroaches is palpable here, with more and more senior singles searching online. Those who find new partners explore issues that most relationships encounter at any age, ...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

The diabolical schemes of Dr Phibes escalate to fiendishly greater heights as the clock ticks towards a new millennium! Murders are one thing, museums quite another, but together they might just hold the clues to mysteries older than time to prevent the unfathomable conjuring of dark magic in this twilight age. For Dr. Anton Phibes, this is all about love and he will do anything to see his dreams come true… Absolutely anything!

Des sacrifices, des rêves impossibles et le prédateur ultime…Paul Grove aime deux choses plus que tout au monde : sa fille, Trisha, et explorer les montagnes et les forêts du Wyoming. Il ferait tout pour la première, et l’autre le défini. Après la disparition de Trisha et de ses amies, les traces qu’ils trouvent ne suivent aucune logique, les indices abandonnés ne ressemblent à rien de ce qu’il a déjà vu. Lorsque sa fille revient, avec un guerrier d’un autre monde, Paul réalise qu’...

1900 - 1939 Science Fiction 3 - 13 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories by Jack London, H. P. Lovecraft, EE Doc Smith, Clark Ashton Smith, Paul Ernst and many moreTravel by Wire by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Machine Stops by E. M. ForsterBeyond Annihilation by Henry KuttnerThe Coming of the Ice by G. Peyton WertenbakerOld Crompton’s Secret by Harl VincentMaster Of The Asteroid by Clark Ashton SmithThe Unnamable by H. P. Lo...

Slice of Lonely is a collection of delicate 60 second short stories. Each story is narrated by a different actor creating a thoughtful and immersive tapestry of storytelling.