Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned early the power of the written word and the importance of speaking her mind. Her passion for words is the heartbeat of this collection of essays

Communion: The Female Search for Love (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American culture with the critically acclaimed bestseller All About Love: New Visions. She continued her national dialogue with the bestselling Salvation: Black People and Love. Now hooks culminates her

Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today. In a series of short, accessible, and enlightening essays, hooks explores the confounding and sometimes

Pets at the Party - A Pet Club Story (Hooks Gwendolyn)(Paperback / softback)

D.H. Lawrence: A Biography (Meyers Jeffrey)(Paperback)

This examination of the life and work of writer Lawrence by prolific biographer Meyers looks at Lawrence's tempestuous marriage and the intersections between his fiction (Lady Chatterly's Lover, Women in Love, Sons and Lovers) and the life that inspired

Ain't I a Woman (hooks bell)(Paperback / softback)

A provocative and inspiring book on the culture and politics of black women's

Southern Steam Days Remembered (Derrick Kevin)(Paperback)

A nostalgic look back at the days of Steam in the Southern

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

After reading Teaching to Transgress I am once again struck by bell hooks's never-ending, unquiet intellectual energy, an energy that makes her radical and loving. -- Paulo FreireIn Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks--writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual--writes about a new kind of

Becoming a Writer (Brande Dorothea)(Paperback)

A reissue of a classic work published in 1934 on writing and the creative process, Becoming a Writer recaptures the excitement of Dorothea Brande's creative writing classroom of the 1920s. Decades before brain research 'discovered' the role of the right and left brain in all human endeavor,

Academic Scientists at Work (Boss Jeremy)(Paperback)

Academic Scientists at Work guides the scientist on the journey from the end of a postdoctoral career to the point of promotion to Associate Professor.This book focuses on the three aspects of promotion in an academic setting: Scholarship, Teaching, and Service. Valuable advice is provided on the

Salvation: Black People and Love (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

'A manual for fixing our culture...In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process.'--Black Issues Book ReviewNew York Times bestselling author, acclaimed visionary and cultural critic bell

Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore bell hooks' electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no punches. As hooks

Feminism is for Everybody - Passionate Politics (hooks bell)(Paperback / softback)

A concise argument for the enduring importance of the feminist movement today by one of the world's leading feminist

The Falling Away: Spiritual Departure or Physical Rapture?: A Second Look at 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (Woods Andy)(Paperback)

Fort Dunlop Remembered (Jukes Chris)(Paperback / softback)

This book, compiled by a former employee, is a look back at the history of Fort Dunlop through the recollections and memories of many other members of its workforce. What emerges is a very family orientated company which played a huge part in the lives of many people who worked there or lived

Ghost Writer (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

When talented young writer Nathan Zuckerman makes his pilgrimage to sit at the feet of his hero, the reclusive master of American Literature,

My Documents (Zambra Alejandro)(Paperback / softback)

My Documents is the latest work from Alejandro Zambra, the award-winning Chilean writer whose first novel was heralded as the dawn of a new era in Chilean literature. My Documents is unflinchingly human and essential evidence of a sublimely talented writer working at the height of his

Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

What are the conditions needed for our nation to bridge cultural and racial divides? By writing beyond race, noted cultural critic bell hooks models the constructive ways scholars, activists, and readers can challenge and change systems of domination.In the spirit of previous classics like Outlaw

Kurdish Odyssey (Mirawdeli Kamal)(Paperback)

This is the first collection of the work of poet and writer Kamal Mirawdeli. It represents a powerful example of Kurdish poetry, which remains unfairly under-represented in world literature.This is poignant, engaging and illuminating poetry. Each poem is unique and well-structured, with an

Mrs. Murakami's Garden (Bellatin Mario)(Paperback)

The latest work in English by renowned Peruvian-Mexican cult writer Mario Bellatin, a short, allegorical novel that questions truth, art, language, and the split between East and

All about Love: New Visions (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' 'Love Song to the Nation' trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love,

Spy of the First Person (Shepard Sam)(Paperback)

The final work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, actor, and musician, drawn from his transformative last days In searing, beautiful prose, Sam Shepard's extraordinary narrative leaps off the page with its immediacy and power. It tells in a brilliant braid of voices the story of an unnamed

The People of the Abyss (London Jack)(Paperback)

The People of the Abyss (1903) is a work of nonfiction by American writer Jack London. Written after the author spent three months living in London's poverty-stricken East End, The People of the Abyss bears witness to the difficulties faced by hundreds and thousands of people every day in one of

Wisdom at Work - The Making of a Modern Elder (Conley Chip)(Paperback / softback)