Tin House Magazine: Summer Reading 2013: Vol. 14, No. 4

Tin House Magazine: Summer Reading 2013: Vol. 14, No. 4
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Publisher : Tin House Books
Total Pages : 383
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ISBN-10 : 9780985786908
ISBN-13 : 0985786906
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Tin House Magazine: Summer Reading 2013: Vol. 14, No. 4 by : Win McCormack

Tin House is an award-winning literary magazine that publishes new writers as well as more established voices; essays as well as fiction, poetry, and interviews.

My New Roots

My New Roots
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Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Total Pages : 585
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ISBN-10 : 9780804185394
ISBN-13 : 0804185395
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis My New Roots by : Sarah Britton

At long last, Sarah Britton, called the “queen bee of the health blogs” by Bon Appétit, reveals 100 gorgeous, all-new plant-based recipes in her debut cookbook, inspired by her wildly popular blog. Every month, half a million readers—vegetarians, vegans, paleo followers, and gluten-free gourmets alike—flock to Sarah’s adaptable and accessible recipes that make powerfully healthy ingredients simply irresistible. My New Roots is the ultimate guide to revitalizing one’s health and palate, one delicious recipe at a time: no fad diets or gimmicks here. Whether readers are newcomers to natural foods or are already devotees, they will discover how easy it is to eat healthfully and happily when whole foods and plants are at the center of every plate.

Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit

Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9781644452714
ISBN-13 : 1644452715
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit by : Aisha Sabatini Sloan

Things That Are

Things That Are
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Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9781571318640
ISBN-13 : 157131864X
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Things That Are by : Amy Leach

Essays by a Whiting Award winner: “Like a descendant of Lewis Carroll and Emily Dickinson . . . one of the most exciting and original writers in America.” —Yiyun Li, author of Must I Go Things That Are takes jellyfish, fainting goats, and imperturbable caterpillars as just a few of its many inspirations. In a series of essays that progress from the tiniest earth dwellers to the most far-flung celestial bodies—considering the similarity of gods to donkeys, the inexorability of love and vines, the relations of exploding stars to exploding sea cucumbers—Amy Leach rekindles a vital communion with the wild world, dormant for far too long. Things That Are is not specifically of the animal, the human, or the phenomenal; it is a book of wonder, one the reader cannot help but leave with their perceptions both expanded and confounded in delightful ways. This debut collection comes from a writer whose accolades precede her: a Whiting Award, a Rona Jaffe Award, a Best American Essays selection, and a Pushcart Prize, all received before her first book-length publication. Things That Are marks the debut of an entirely new brand of nonfiction writer, in a mode like that of Ander Monson, John D’Agata, and Eula Biss, but a new sort of beast entirely its own. “Explores fantastical and curious subjects pertaining to natural phenomena . . . for those interested in looking at the natural world through the lens of a fairy tale, this is a bonbon of a book.” —Kirkus Reviews

Reeling Through Life

Reeling Through Life
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Publisher : Catapult
Total Pages : 237
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ISBN-10 : 9781619025141
ISBN-13 : 1619025140
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Reeling Through Life by : Tara Ison

Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies looks at how film shapes identity. Through ten cleverly constructed essays, Ison explores how a lifetime of movie-watching has, for better or worse, taught her how to navigate the world and how to grapple with issues of career, family, faith, illness, sex, and love. Cinema is a universal cultural experience, one that floods our senses with images and sounds, a powerful force that influences our perspective on the world around us. Ison discusses the universal aspects of film as she makes them personal, looking at how certain films across time shaped and molded who she has become. Drawing on a wide ranging catalog of films, both cult and classic, popular and art-house, Reeling Through Life examines how cinema shapes our views on how to make love, how to deal with mental illness, how to be Jewish, how to be a woman, how to be a drunk, and how to die with style. Rather than being a means of escape or object of mere entertainment, Ison posits that cinema is a more engaging form of art, a way to slip into other identities and inhabit other realities. A way to orient oneself into the world. Reeling Though Life is a compelling look at one popular art form and how it has influenced our identities in provocative and important ways.

A Space Apart

A Space Apart
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9780595343980
ISBN-13 : 0595343988
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis A Space Apart by : Meredith Sue Willis

Willis fleshes out with warmth and tenderness the complexities of family love, which not only defines commitment but deepens the need. An important new talent. -The Kirkus Reviews This is the story of a broken family trying to mend itself through three generations. It is a painful but essential process, and like all such repair jobs, it is only partly successful. Before it is over we come to know John and Vera and Mary Kay, as well as Vera's daughters, Lee and Tonie-to understand the wars they must declare and the peaces that they are able to proclaim within the state of being Scarlins. -The Philadelphia Inquirer Willis views the Scarlin family ties and loyalties, limits and tensions, with realism, sensitivity and precision. A noteworthy first novel. -Publisher's Weekly

It's Complicated

It's Complicated
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9780300166316
ISBN-13 : 0300166311
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis It's Complicated by : Danah Boyd

Surveys the online social habits of American teens and analyzes the role technology and social media plays in their lives, examining common misconceptions about such topics as identity, privacy, danger, and bullying.

The Truth About Forever

The Truth About Forever
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 422
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ISBN-10 : 9781440638503
ISBN-13 : 1440638500
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis The Truth About Forever by : Sarah Dessen

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All Expect the unexpected. Macy’s got her whole summer carefully planned. But her plans didn’t include a job at Wish Catering. And they certainly didn’t include Wes. But Macy soon discovers that the things you expect least are sometimes the things you need most. “Dessen gracefully balances comedy with tragedy and introduces a complex heroine worth getting to know.” —Publishers Weekly Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Books by Sarah Dessen: That Summer Someone Like You Keeping the Moon Dreamland This Lullaby The Truth About Forever Just Listen Lock and Key Along for the Ride What Happened to Goodbye The Moon and More Saint Anything Once and for All

The Werewolf Filmography

The Werewolf Filmography
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : 9780786479108
ISBN-13 : 0786479108
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Werewolf Filmography by : Bryan Senn

From the horrific to the heroic, cinematic werewolves are metaphors for our savage nature, symbolizing the secret, bestial side of humanity that hides beneath our civilized veneer. Examining acknowledged classics like The Wolf Man (1941) and The Howling (1981), as well as overlooked gems like Dog Soldiers (2011), this comprehensive filmography covers the highs and lows of the genre. Information is provided on production, cast and filmmakers, along with critical discussion of the tropes and underlying themes that make the werewolf a terrifying but fascinating figure.

Heavy Metal Pulp: The Bloodstained Man

Heavy Metal Pulp: The Bloodstained Man
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781429949040
ISBN-13 : 142994904X
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Heavy Metal Pulp: The Bloodstained Man by : Christopher Rowley

Presenting Heavy Metal Pulp, a new line of novels combining noir fiction with fantastic art featuring the theme, story lines, and graphic styles of Heavy Metal magazine. Following the explosive events of book one, Pleasure Model, Detective Rook Venner, Mistress Julia, and Plesur are on the run from the government troops trying to kill them and from a shadowy group that wants to capture Plesur alive for its own purposes. What secrets have been implanted in Plesur's head—and why are they worth killing for? Caught between these two powerful rivals, the trio hides out in the lawless New Jersey territory. Betrayed by gang members looking to collect the bounty on Plesur's head, the three are separated, and Rook and Mistress Julia find themselves in mortal danger. Julia, given as a prize to a gang member, finds herself in chains, but not without her own means of fighting back. Rook, forced to fight for his life in the gang's bloodthirsty gladiatorial games, must stay alive long enough to rescue Plesur, but time is running out. The Bloodstained Man is a fast-paced, adrenaline-filled ride through a future where pleasure has a price, and Plesur holds the key to a secret that could rock the country to its very core. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.