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Roland Barthes

By: Andrew James Stafford

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In this cogent, accessible biography, Andy Stafford offers a new picture of the man and his work, one that helps us to understand him even as it acknowledges the complexity presented by his restless interests and unorthodox career. Stafford argues that Barthes is best classified as a journalist, essayist, and critic, and he emphasizes the social preoccupations in his work—how Barthes continually worked to analyze the self and society, as well as the self in society. In doing so, Stafford paints a fascinating picture not just of Barthes, but of the entire intellectual scene of postwar France. As Barthes continues to find new readers today, this book will make the perfect introduction, even as it offers new avenues of thought for specialists.

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Reaktion Books

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1780235534

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9781780235530

Connections 500

Blackout; Eclipse; What Are They Like?; Bassett; I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here; Gargantua; Children of Killers; Take Away; It Snows; The Musicians; Citizenship; Bedbug

By: Snoo Wilson,Simon Armitage,Jackie Kay,Patrick Marber,Mark Ravenhill,Bryony Lavery,Frantic Assembly,Davey Anderson,James Graham,Katori Hall,Carl Grose,Stacey Gregg,Lucinda Coxon

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Connections 500

Blackout; Eclipse; What Are They Like?; Bassett; I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here; Gargantua; Children of Killers; Take Away; It Snows; The Musicians; Citizenship; Bedbug

By: Snoo Wilson,Simon Armitage,Jackie Kay,Patrick Marber,Mark Ravenhill,Bryony Lavery,Frantic Assembly,Davey Anderson,James Graham,Katori Hall,Carl Grose,Stacey Gregg,Lucinda Coxon

Drawing together the work of 12 leading playwrights, this National Theatre Connections anthology celebrates highlights from 21 years of the Connections festival with a retrospective selection of plays. Featuring work by some of the most prolific playwrights of the 20th and 21st centuries, and together in one volume, the anthology offers young performers between the ages of 13 and 19 an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study. Each play has been specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department over the years, with the young performer in mind. In 2016, these plays were then performed by approximately 500 schools and youth theatre companies across the UK and Ireland, in partnership with multiple professional partner regional theatres at which the works were showcased. The anthology contains all 12 of the play scripts; notes from the writer and director of each play, addressing the themes and ideas behind the play; and production notes and exercises for the drama groups. This year's anniversary anthology includes plays by Snoo Wilson, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt; Simon Armitage; Jackie Kay; Patrick Marber; Mark Ravenhill; Bryony Lavery & Frantic Assembly; Davey Anderson; James Graham; Katori Hall; Carl Grose; Stacey Gregg; and Lucinda Coxon.

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753

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474284140

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9781474284141

Excavating Stephen King

A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction

By: James Arthur Anderson

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Excavating Stephen King

A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction

By: James Arthur Anderson

Excavating Stephen King: A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction combines approaches from science and literary theory to examine the canon of Stephen King’s fiction work in a single critical study. James Arthur Anderson has devised the concept of Darwinist Hermeneutics as a critical tool to combine evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, biology, and literary Darwinism with other more conventional critical theory, including structuralism, narratology, semiotics, and linguistic analysis. Using this theory, Anderson examines King’s works in terms of archetypes and mythology, human universals, affective emotions, and the organization of story to create maximum suspense. This method brings new insights into King’s stories and broader implications for storytelling as a whole.

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259

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793628637

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9781793628633

Harlequin Historical January 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Bronwyn Scott,Sophia James,Margaret Moore

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Harlequin Historical January 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Bronwyn Scott,Sophia James,Margaret Moore

Harlequin® Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! This Harlequin® Historical bundle includes Playing the Rake's Game by Bronwyn Scott, Marriage Made in Money by Sophia James and Bride for a Knight by Margaret Moore. Look for six compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Historical!

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540

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Harlequin

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1460360915

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9781460360910

Mr. Lucky

A Novel of High Stakes

By: James Swain

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Mr. Lucky

A Novel of High Stakes

By: James Swain

Tony Valentine made his living and his name as a cop in Atlantic City–and is now known worldwide for his ability to spot the kinds of scams, grifts, and rip-offs that cost casinos billions every year. A man with a biting wit who drives a ’92 Honda, Tony is low-profile, old-school, and has seen it all–until he meets the luckiest man on earth. Ricky Smith was once a small-town loser. Then he went to Las Vegas, jumped out the window of a burning hotel, lived to tell the tale, and tore up the Strip on an incredible winning streak. Ricky didn’t just win at one slot machine or table game. He won at blackjack, roulette, and craps, and then beat the pants off the world’s greatest poker player. Tony knows that goofy, loudmouthed Ricky Smith–or anyone else, for that matter–couldn’t possibly be that fortunate. But when “Mr. Lucky” returns home to the little town of Slippery Rock, North Carolina, he keeps on winning everything from a horse race to a $50,000 lottery. Hired by a desperate casino, Tony starts to pry into Ricky’s past, his friends, and the strange little town that is benefiting from Ricky’s fame and fortune. Unfortunately for Tony, his cover is blown when he is forced to reveal a trick he has up his own sleeve: a pocket Glock he can shoot with laser-like precision. Suddenly, two men are dead, the cops are on Tony’s tail, and the investigation explodes in violence–putting the lives of Tony’s son and his young family in danger. For years, Tony’s son Gerry has dueled with his own criminal impulses. Now, the Ricky Smith case has lured Gerry through the gates of temptation and into a murderous confrontation with the Dixie Mafia. With Tony stuck on the slippery slope of Slippery Rock and Gerry fighting for his life, the Valentines are finding out just how bad good luck can get. Against a neon-tinted backdrop of adrenaline rushes, hard crashes, big money, and high-wire tension, the inimitable James Swain has set his best Tony Valentine novel yet: a funny, furious ride with an astounding array of crooks, marks, and one killer scam.

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418

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Ballantine Books

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0345475453

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9780345475459

The Knights Mourning

The Second Book in the Crusades Series

By: James Batchelor

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The Knights Mourning

The Second Book in the Crusades Series

By: James Batchelor

Building on the momentum of The Knights Dawning, The Knights Mourning watches the Dawnings continue to spin out of control as they face a full frontal assault from enemies on every side. Each brother will be forced to confront his demons as one by one each must choose between his own self-preservation and that of the family and realm.

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Pendant Publishing

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0984004475

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9780984004478

Hero Tales

By: James Baldwin

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Hero Tales

By: James Baldwin

Reproduction of the original: Hero Tales by James Baldwin

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102

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3734096383

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9783734096389

Judgment Day

By: James F. David

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Judgment Day

By: James F. David

Kingdom of Light; The Forces of Darkness Ira Breitling---Man of God; Manuel Crow---Lord of Darkness Even the universe is not big enough for the both of them . . . especially when Ira Breitling is handed a divine gift---an interstellar engine that can lift humanity into the heavens. Crow---awash in riches, commanding nations, supremely powerful---swears eternal vengeance on Breitling and his Fellowship of the Faithful . . . and on all humankind. The reign of Lucifer---prophesized as a thousand years of darkness---is about to begin. With the world falling fast under Crow's violent sway, Breitling's Fellowship---having only one choice---seizes their divine gift, their faster-than-light flight, and flees the earth. Their journey takes them beyond the distant stars to a perfect planet uncorrupted by Crow and his Kingdom of Darkness. But even as Manuel Crow razes and racks the Earth, Revelations' scourge is not yet sated. Crows eyes the heavens, fixed on the Faithful. Ira Breitling and the Fellowship must defend not only themselves but the soul of all humanity: A Kingdom of Light against the Forces of Darkness. Will the Fellowship prevail . . . or fall under Revelations' reign? Let the battle begin. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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730

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Forge Books

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1429911239

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9781429911238

A Very Minor Prophet

A Novel

By: James Bernard Frost

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A Very Minor Prophet

A Novel

By: James Bernard Frost

A Very Minor Prophet" is the story of how Barth Flynn, a barista swimming upstream against purposelessness in Portland, Oregon, becomes the faithful scribe of Joseph Patrick Booker. Booker is a dwarf preacher who serves Voodoo donuts, Stumptown coffee, and, while his congregation throws PBR cans at him, rants about George W. Bush during the height of the 2004 presidential election. BarthOCOs Portland is a world of bikes, zines, and cheap beer, but itOCOs also a confined world, full of the desperate search to find meaning. In this lonely setting, Barth passes time learning trivial details, like the dozens of Gaelic words for rain. During BarthOCOs quest for human connection, he meets the passionate Booker, who sees light in the gray world and strives to help people think and believe in something and to find connections with each other. BarthOCOs fascination with Booker becomes a friendship that comes to define his life, as he discovers himself, his city, and his budding feelings for an enigmatic bike messenger who helps distribute BookerOCOs gospel in the form of zines. "A Very Minor Prophet" is a comic novel, a gospel, an ode to great coffee, a story of great friendship, great love, and of a man waking up in Portland, Oregon, to realize his life and his story is just beginning.

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Hawthorne Books

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0983477558

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9780983477556

An Independent Man

Adventures of a Public Servant

By: James M. Jeffords

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An Independent Man

Adventures of a Public Servant

By: James M. Jeffords

In his first term as Vermont state senator, he supported welfare bills and environmental protection. As Vermont's attorney general, he helped draft and then implement some of the most important legislation in the nation - the bottle bill, ban on billboards, and land protection.".

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344

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Simon and Schuster

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074322843X

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9780743228435

World Literature-Student

Cultural Influences of Early to Contemporary Voices

By: James P. Stobaugh

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World Literature-Student

Cultural Influences of Early to Contemporary Voices

By: James P. Stobaugh

Enjoy beloved classics while developing vocabulary, reading, and critical thinking skills! Each literature book in the series is a one-year course Each chapter has five lessons with daily concept-building exercises, warm-up questions, and guided readings Easy-to-use with suggested reading schedules and daily calendar Equips students to think critically about philosophy and trends in culture, and articulate their views through writing A well-crafted presentation of whole-book or whole-work selections from the major genres of classic literature (prose, poetry, and drama), each course has 34 chapters representing 34 weeks of study, with an overview of narrative background material on the writers, their historical settings, and worldview. The rich curriculum’s content is infused with critical thinking skills, and an easy-to-use teacher’s guide outlines student objectives with each chapter, providing the answers to the assignments and weekly exercises. The final lesson of the week includes both the exam, covering insights on the week’s chapter, as well as essays developed through the course of that week’s study, chosen by the educator and student to personalize the coursework for the individual learner.

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500

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New Leaf Publishing Group

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161458270X

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9781614582700

Playing with Fire

European Terracotta Models, 1740-1840

By: James David Draper,Guilhem Scherf,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Playing with Fire

European Terracotta Models, 1740-1840

By: James David Draper,Guilhem Scherf,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

European sculptors of the Neoclassical period often modelled their works in clay before producing finished pieces in marble. This book offers a comprehensive overview of Neoclassical terracotta models by European artists, featuring the works of0. Pajou, Houdon, and Canova, among many others.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588390993

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9781588390998

Book's by James Roland

Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes

Connections 500

Connections 500

Excavating Stephen King

Excavating Stephen King

Harlequin Historical January 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2

Harlequin Historical January 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2

Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

The Knights Mourning

The Knights Mourning

Hero Tales

Hero Tales

Judgment Day

Judgment Day

A Very Minor Prophet

A Very Minor Prophet

An Independent Man

An Independent Man

World Literature-Student

World Literature-Student

Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

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