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Yagoda offers an in-depth look at the importance of a writer's individual style or "voice, " based on interviews with more than 40 outstanding contemporary writers. He points out, for instance, that Elmore Leonard and Toni Morrison avoid adverbs, while Christopher Hitchens uses them.

A study of South Asian Americans which views both their identity and that of America as constructed transnationally between the U.S. and India.

An early autobiography of a transvestite, first published in 1918. Earl Lind (also known as Ralph Werther and Jennie June) is also the author of The Female Impersonators, first published in 1922.

Originally published in 1922, this was a sequel to the Autobiography of an Androgyne and an account of some of the author's experiences during his six years' career as an instinctive female-impersonator in New York's underworld. It also includes the life stories of his androgyne associates and an outline of his subsequently acquired knowledge of kindred phenomena of human character and psychology.

Elise is a name that has inspired artists of all types, from music to epic novels. She is an unforgettable face, a haunting voice in the dark, a woman old as time. Carmilla Jones, an occult author, finds herself pulled into a fascinating story of lust, immortality, witchcraft, and a dark underworld that she never knew existed. Elise is what every woman strives to be and what every man desires. She is the ultimate legend, and this is her story.

Fantasy has become an increasingly popular genre of children's literature in recent years, Quests and Kingdoms provides a basis from which an adult unfamiliar with the genre of children's fantasy literature may explore it. Quests is an historical survey for the interested general reader, which will be of great practical value to library and education professionals as well. Though the aim is to give adults concerned with bringing children (or t...

Presents research from a group of scholars who have been active in studying multinational teams in a global context. This book focuses on culture and other intra-group factors that affect the effective functioning of multinational teams. It also examines the effect of technology and other external influences on team processes and outcomes.

The Love Scrolls is a non-sequential rhyming epic series, and The Unsearchable Title, its next work is a love story for the ages, one that might just define our age. One man of faith shall be caught between two worlds, one in which he has given his heart and one in which he has given his soul and he soon will be torn between them. Seeing the signs that foretell the end of the world, a prelude to the rapture, he finds himself in a race for time...

So why am I here?" That's when she said the one word that I did not what to hear. WOMEN! The word resounded so hard it was as if someone dropped a ton of bricks in a library. 'Mr. Stevens, you are here because of the women in your life!" Now I was" scared"!" In a bizarre turn of events, Andre Stevens finds himself in purgatory. While watching his funeral, his advocate, Charlene Whitman, confronts him about his womanizing ways.Several women fro...

Trapped in an insane asylum the narrator reveals his saga of misadventures. Time is irrelevant as he ponders his predicament. A straight jacket encompasses his naked body but not his mind when trading barbs with the psychiatrist who attempts to subdue the murderous patient.One day a beautiful nurse accompanies the doctor on his monthly visit. She not only stirs the patient's libido but she brings back a flood of memories when he recognizes thi...

Trapped in an insane asylum the narrator reveals his saga of misadventures. Time is irrelevant as he ponders his predicament. A straight jacket encompasses his naked body but not his mind when trading barbs with the psychiatrist who attempts to subdue the murderous patient.One day a beautiful nurse accompanies the doctor on his monthly visit. She not only stirs the patient's libido but she brings back a flood of memories when he recognizes thi...

Race and racism are interconnected historically and in the modern world. This connection is related to changing social, political, and economic conditions that impact how we think of others and ourselves. The main focus of this book is the examination of these connections. It is argued that while both race and racism are social constructions, the justification for racism changed as the definition and attributes of races were modified to corres...

Selected Poems of Isabella Andreini comprises an extensive historical and analytical introduction, followed by 100 poems given in their original Italian, with facing-page verse translations. It will be a welcome addition to classroom literature in comparative literatures, women's studies, and Italian studies. It is the first modern publication of a significant body of Andreini's poems in English translation.

Graves' integration of science and objective analysis with popular biological assumptions of race makes this an enlightening and provocative work."-BooklistDOES RACE AS WE KNOW IT REALLY EXIST?Preeminent evolutionary biologist Joseph Graves proves once and for all that it doesn't. Through accessible and compelling language, he makes the provocative argument that science cannot account for the radical categories used to classify people, and deb...

The facilitator's task of opening up discussion, getting ideas into the open and setting broad future direction is essential if a group is to reach consensus on a particular outcome and it is now one of the key techniques used in meetings and workshops. Facilitation Made Easy provides a practical introduction to the essential skills needed and will help readers develop a facilitation style that is unbiased and enables control without being ove...

A contract for a Middle-Eastern style family honor killing follows a daring Arab career woman and her Finnish lover from Northern California to Central Asia and back in this thriller.

This book describes the boom of 1998 and 1999. What a great time for all the American people. Next we move on to the recession of 2003 caused by the Federal Reserve Board raising interest rates to stop what they called "irrational exuberance." What financial suffering the Federal Reserve Board has caused. A brief history of the Federal Reserve Board is next. Chapter IV lists all the problems the Fed has caused, and there are many including the...

This book describes the boom of 1998 and 1999. What a great time for all the American people. Next we move on to the recession of 2003 caused by the Federal Reserve Board raising interest rates to stop what they called "irrational exuberance." What financial suffering the Federal Reserve Board has caused. A brief history of the Federal Reserve Board is next. Chapter IV lists all the problems the Fed has caused, and there are many including the...

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The Korean War was the first pitched battle between the communist forces and a coalition of the United Nations. While it was not the last such war in Asia, it did stem the tide in East Asia and permitted South Korea to prosper while North Korea decayed. Dictionary entries summarize the significance of the persons, places, organizations, military operations, battles, weaponry, and other elements of the war.