Black Aliveness, or a Poetics of Being (Quashie Kevin)(Paperback)

Black Aliveness, or a Poetics of Being (Quashie Kevin)(Paperback)

In Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being, Kevin Quashie imagines a Black world in which one encounters Black being as it is rather than only as it exists in the shadow of anti-Black violence. As such, he makes a case for Black aliveness even in the face of the persistence of death in Black life

The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture (Quashie Kevin)(Paperback)

African American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant. In The Sovereignty of Quiet, Kevin Quashie explores quiet as a different kind of expressiveness, one which characterizes a person's desires, ambitions, hungers, vulnerabilities, and fears. Quiet is a metaphor for

Spell (Bergland Brita)(Paperback)

In this new collection the poet asks: How do poems enter essence? Through poetics, or the absence of poetics? Through language or vapor? Through revelation or fear of heart? And how does writing inform? Through biography, place, the body, and language? 'To objectify the answers is to demean the

Poetics - with the Tractatus Coislinianus, reconstruction of Poetics II, and the fragments of the On Poets (Aristotle)(Paperback / softback)

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 1 (Yuma Midori)(Paperback)

Faced with the choice of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi decides to create a third option for herself Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather's ability to see spirits--and his massive debt to them Now she's been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to

The Importance of Being Earnest (Legend Classics) (Wilde Oscar)(Paperback)

The final comic or dramatic work from undisputed genius Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is his most enduring popular play and a must-read for any Wilde fan.A farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious person to escape burdensome

Black Enough - Stories of Being Young & Black in America(Paperback / softback)

Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being A Writer (Larimer Kevin)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive source of information, insight, and advice for creative

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 5 (Yuma Midori)(Paperback)

Faced with the choice of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi decides to create a third option for herself! Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather's ability to see spirits-and his massive debt to them! Now she's been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 6 (Yuma Midori)(Paperback)

Faced with the choice of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi decides to create a third option for herself!Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather's ability to see spirits-and his massive debt to them! Now she's been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 4 (Yuma Midori)(Paperback)

Faced with the choice of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi decides to create a third option for herself Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather's ability to see spirits--and his massive debt to them Now she's been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 3 (Yuma Midori)(Paperback)

Faced with the choice of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi creates a third option for herself Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather's ability to see spirits--and his massive debt to them Now she's been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to make good

Phantom Tales of the Night, Vol. 6 (Matsuri)(Paperback)

Some days, I feel less like being me and more like being she...The troubled masses, human or otherwise, are always welcome at Murakumo Inn. Payment is accepted in only one form-your most alluring secrets. And on this dark, rainy night, Butterfly is hosting none other than... Kyouko?All are invited

Irony and Sarcasm (Kreuz Roger)(Paperback)

A biography of two troublesome words.Isn't it ironic? Or is it? Never mind, I'm just being sarcastic (or am I?). Irony and sarcasm are two of the most misused, misapplied, and misunderstood words in our conversational lexicon. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series,

10 Secrets of Entrepreneurs - How to stop being just an employee (Smith Keith Cameron)(Paperback / softback)

How to transform yourself from an unsuccessful or ordinary employees into a successful or extraordinary

The Environmental Imagination: Technics and Poetics of the Architectural Environment (Hawkes Dean)(Paperback)

The Environmental Imagination explores the relationship between tectonics and poetics in environmental design in architecture. Working thematically and chronologically from the eighteenth century to the present day, this book redefines the historiography of environmental design by looking beyond

The Early Finn Cycle (Murray Kevin)(Paperback)

The Finn (or Fenian) Cycle (fianaigecht) is classified by modern scholarship as one of four medieval Irish literary cycles along with the Ulster Cycle, the Cycle of Historical Tales (or Cycles of the Kings) and the Mythological Cycle. It is primarily composed of material dealing with the legendary

The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club (McNeil Gil)(Paperback)

For every woman who has ever dreamed of starting over, or being a better mother, or just knitting a really nice scarf . . . When her husband dies in a car crash -- not long after announcing he wants a divorce -- Jo Mackenzie packs up her two rowdy boys and moves from London to a dilapidated villa

Duchamp Is My Lawyer: The Polemics, Pragmatics, and Poetics of Ubuweb (Goldsmith Kenneth)(Paperback)

Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms (Fry Hannah)(Paperback)

When it comes to artificial intelligence, we either hear of a paradise on earth or of our imminent extinction. It's time we stand face-to-digital-face with the true powers and limitations of the algorithms that already automate important decisions in healthcare, transportation, crime, and commerce

Unexpected Joy of Being Single (Gray Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

Single in your late twenties or, hold the phone, in your thirties or beyond? Oh hi You're in the right place. Over a third of us are now single. With the single camp growing at ten times the rate of the actual population, it is now the norm to be single well into our thirties - the average

Stardust (Willis Jeanne)(Paperback / softback)

One little girl dreams of being a star. But whether it's finding Mum's lost wedding ring or winning the fancy-dress prize, her big sister always shines brighter. Yet for her grandad she is a star and, as he dries her eyes and they both gaze up at the night sky, he tells a story, the story of the

Running the Show: The Essential Guide to Being a First Assistant Director (Gill Liz)(Paperback)

Whether it's a crew of two hundred shooting a cast of thousands on horseback, or a crew of twelve filming one person in a room, each and every successful movie production requires a strong First Assistant Director (AD) at its helm. In this new and updated edition, veteran First AD Liz Gill walks

Set in Stone (Carey Kevin)(Paperback)

In Set in Stone, Kevin Carey's poems tell stories as dreams, as memories, as rituals, or ceremonies. Carey writes poetry for the everyperson, poetry that deals with memory, loss, and nostalgia in an accessible and honest way. These poems tell stories about growing up and growing older, about loss