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  • Octavia E. Butler

    H is for Horse

    by Chi-ming Yang ...
    Series series My Reading
    An homage to the childhood genius of Black science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler. Bringing to view a selection of Butler's unpublished writings and drawings, this book traces her fascination with human-alien symbiosis to her early empathy with horses and other marginalized creatures. The figure of the horse, at once earthly and transcendent, represented the contradictions of freedom and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Performing China

    Virtue, Commerce, and Orientalism in Eighteenth-Century England, 1660–1760

    by Chi-ming Yang ...
    China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a model of economic and political strength, viewed by many as the greatest empire in the world. While the importance of China to eighteenth-century English consumer culture is well documented, less so is its influence on English values. Through a careful study of the literature, drama, philosophy, and material culture of the period, this book ... Read more

    $62.29 USD

  • 1650-1850

    Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era (Volume 27)

    by Samara Anne Cahill, Chris Barrett, Mita Choudhury, Matthew Goldmark, Jennifer L. Hargrave, Betty Joseph, Billie Lythberg, David Mazella, Su Fang Ng0, Felicity Nussbaum1, Daniel O'Quinn2, Elizabeth Sauer3, Ana Schwartz4, Brandie Siegfried5, Daniel Vitkus6, Lisa Walters7, Chi-ming Yang8, Andrew Black9, Erica Johnson Edwards0, James Hamby1, Stephanie Howard-Smith2, Anthony W. Lee3, Daniel Livesay4, Seow-Chin Ong5, Linda L. Reesman6, Gefen Bar-On Santor7, Jacqy Sharpe8 ...
    Series Book 27 - 1650-1850
    Rigorously inventive and revelatory in its adventurousness, 1650–1850 opens a forum for the discussion, investigation, and analysis of the full range of long-eighteenth-century writing, thinking, and artistry. Combining fresh considerations of prominent authors and artists with searches for overlooked or offbeat elements of the Enlightenment legacy, 1650–1850 delivers a comprehensive but richly ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

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    Octavia E. Butler

    H is for Horse

    by Chi-Ming Yang ...
    Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 2 min

    An homage to the childhood genius of Black science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler.The figure of the horse, at once earthly and transcendent, represented the contradictions of freedom and captivity that enabled young Octavia to develop her nuanced sense of voice and place. Drawing on previously unknown archival research, this volume illustrates how Butler's development as a writer was tied to her ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

    by Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy ...
    **Now a FX/Hulu Original Series from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Darren Aronofsky and starring Mallori Johnson and Micah Stock#1 New York Times BestsellerWinner of the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another MediumOctavia E. Butler’s bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format.**More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Reason of Things

    Living with Philosophy

    by Prof A.C. Grayling ...
    The follow-up to THE MEANING OF THINGS which continues A.C. Grayling's philosophical journey through lifeThe most important question we can ask ourselves is: what kind of life is the best? This is the same as asking: How does one give meaning to one's life? How can one justify one's existence and make it worthwhile?How does one make experience valuable, and keep growing and learning in the process ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Writing Fiction

    A Guide to Narrative Craft

    by Janet Burroway, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Ned Stuckey-French ...
    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    This updated edition of the classic, comprehensive guide to creative writing features new topics and writing prompts, contemporary examples, and more.A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Janet Burroway's Writing Fiction. This best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for decades it has helped ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Is History, Now?

    by Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Carr ...
    This groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who should be celebrated, and what rewritten, are questions that have been asked recently not just within the history world, but by all of us. Featuring a diverse mix of writers, both bestselling names and emerging voices, this is the history book we need NOW.WHAT ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014

    Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue

    by Christie Yant, Seanan McGuire, N.K. Jemisin ...
    Series series Lightspeed Magazine
    LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we present our special anniversary issue, Women Destroy Science Fiction! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Past Is a Foreign Country – Revisited

    by David Lowenthal ...
    The past remains essential - and inescapable. A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account of man's attitudes to his past, David Lowenthal revisits how we celebrate, expunge, contest and domesticate the past to serve present needs. He shows how nostalgia and heritage now pervade every facet of public and popular culture. History embraces nature and the cosmos as well as humanity. ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • How Reading Changed My Life

    by Anna Quindlen ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Anna Quindlen presents a “swift and compelling paean to the joys of books” (Booklist).“Like the columns she used to write for the New York Times, [How Reading Changed My Life] is tart, smart, full of quirky insights, lapidary, and a pleasure to read.”—Publishers Weekly“Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion. . . . Yet of all the many ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Fire in Fiction

    Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great

    by Donald Maass ...
    Discover the Difference Between a So-So Manuscript and a Novel Readers Can't ForgetWe've all read them: novels by our favorite authors that disappoint. Uninspired and lifeless, we wonder what happened. Was the author in a hurry? Did she have a bad year? Has he lost interest altogether?Something similar is true of a great many unpublished manuscripts. They are okay stories that never take flight. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD