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Viktor Shklovskii (1893-1984) is best known as an inventor of Russian Formalism, the literary theorist responsible for ostranenie, defamiliarisation.

One woman's account of rising above bloodshed and tragedy, and realizing that Happiness is Calling You. What if death, despair, and violence were a daily part of your childhood? Could you overcome this daily struggle with fear and brutality and rise to embrace love and hope? Maureen Namirembe's story is an account of survival and perseverance in the face of extreme adversity and heartbreak. Maureen grew up in Uganda during that country's most ...

This volume contains six one-act plays. "Remember Me" involves a small boy kidnapped by a total stranger. "Don Quixote's Wife" undermines one of the crucial pillars of Western civilization. "Stuck" looks at a writer with writer's block, but who nevertheless has some potential characters for his next work. In "Waiting for Waiting for Godot to End" we view how an audience passes the time until an insufferably boring play finally ends. "The Etern...

A collection of three interweaving stories, each presenting a character whose obsessions and attachments become magnified through chance encounters, leading to unforeseen and ultimately catastrophic results. The bumping' of the title conveys something of these random processes. The themes include relationships with home and place, male preoccupation with mechanisms and systems, moral evasion, and the tyranny of random events.

This book is a collection of recipes that have been handed down from generation to generation in my family. After many years, I decided it was time to put them in print before they faded away forever. I hope you enjoy some of our family favorites. A few are made up, while others are our takes on some old favorites. Enjoy!!

Whether the names come from the First Nations peoples, the English and Spanish explorers who sailed along BC's coast, or the fur traders, gold prospectors and settlers, the stories behind the place names reveal much about the places themselves and the history of the province: - Babine Lake takes its name from the French word for large lip and refers to the former practice of the local First Nations people of inserting half-inch pieces of wood ...

How does the law deal with young offenders, and to what extend does the law protect and promote the rights of young people in conflict with the law? This title addresses these central issues and examines the legal response to the phenomenon of youth offending, and the contemporary forces that shape the law.

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Global' warming is a global problem. We already know that we need to start making better choices for the sake of our natural world. So why aren't we already saving the planet? This book follows one psychologist's mission to find some answers to this question.

The Roman de la Rose explicitly offers an 'art of love', while also repeatedly asserting that the experience of love is impossible to put into words.

A call for the extension of hybrid learning urges that it become not just a quick fix or a boon for the bottom line, but an educational mode that reenvisions quality teaching and learning for the 21st century.

Bagpipes and Blood is set in the Highlands of Scotland and is a sequel to the novel Ghosts in the Wood. Stuart Brodie and Ryan Jones have now formed an alliance. Ryan Jones is asked by D.I Ian Brady to come out of retirement to investigate a very mysterious case. The intrepid Ryan Jones with the help of Stuart Brodie sets about trying to solve the murders which took place fifty years ago. There are, however, sinister and very dangerous people ...

Many books have been written about the origins of Karate-Do and the legendary masters who caused its meteoric rise into what has become a worldwide sporting phenomenon. Karate is practiced by tens of millions in over seventy countries. Although most of its practitioners are children, the majority of books that have been written are for adults. The Little Bubishi tells the story of karate and the amazing tales of its legendary masters in ...

A strategy for the enantioselective synthesis of chiral short chain alcohols using biocatalysis is developed employing substrate and enzyme dependent in situ cofactor regeneration. Enzyme characterization shows strong dependence of activity on diverse reaction parameters. The obtained results are transferred to one-phase batch synthesis of®- and (S)-2-butanol where conversion and enantioselectivity are strongly dependend on reaction conditions...