Alison: 1980 books

A collection of the handwritten and electronic correspondence of generations of Stanford students, Letters Home from Stanford recalls the common human experience of breaking out and trying to find our way as we observe the world around us and look over a shoulder toward home. From first letters...

Devising Theatre is a practical handbook that combines a critical analysis of contemporary devised theatre practice with descriptions of selected companies, and suggestions for any group devising theatre from scratch. It is the first book to propose a general theory of devised theatre. After identifying...

A major new urban history of the design and development of postwar San Francisco Designing San Francisco is the untold story of the formative postwar decades when U.S. cities took their modern shape amid clashing visions of the future. In this pathbreaking and richly illustrated book, Alison...

This is the third edition of this popular book. Just a few years ago, you could upload your resume to one of the top jobs sites, click a few times to apply for some jobs, and consider your job search well underway. Today, that isnt enough. The job market is becoming increasingly competitive. Hiring managers...

Everyone - from your mother to your boyfriend - is always telling you who you are and who you should be. But who are you, really, and who do you really want to be? New Graduate; Dollarless Diva; Worker Bee; Party Girl; Body-Conscious Babe; Chameleon; Crisis Chick; Ms. Independence; Wirl (half woman/half...

Pam's peaceful morning is interrupted by an unexpected visitor. Linda has been kicked out of her apartment and is carrying all her possessions in two bags, which are now sitting at Pam's front door. Linda is on her way to a new job and the bags are too heavy to carry, so she asks Pam to...

Just as authors create books, books create authors — and these essays by thirty-one writers for young people offer a fascinating glimpse at the books that inspired them the most. What if you could look inside your favorite authors’ heads and see the book that led them to become who they...

Winner of the 2015 FWSA Book Prize The body is a site of impassioned, fraught and complex debate in the West today. In one political moment, left-wingers, academics and feminists have defended powerful men accused of sex crimes, positioned topless pictures in the tabloids as empowering, and...

Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Algeria's independence, Polygraphies is significant and timely in its focus on autobiographical writings by seven of the most prominent francophone women writers from Algeria today, including Maïssa Bey, Hélène Cixous, Assia Djebar, and Malika Mokeddem....

Rachel is home on college break and finally gets to see her boyfriend, Kevin.  She is on the way to surprise him when she gets in a car accident with his father.  She has caused a lot of damage to his prized antique car and doesn't have any insurance. Rachel thinks that everything...

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. This month, we have original fiction from Alison Littlewood ("Wolves and Witches and...

This book could have an alternative sub-title - 'What They Wish They'd Known, Before They Set Off' because when Ali and Mike Kingston left the UK in their first motorhome, with the intention of living in it full-time they didn't have any of the information in this book. They just chucked what they...

Jenna is approached by a mysterious woman in a limo and offered a huge sum of money. All she has to do is become a sex toy to a couple of billionaire brothers. Will she accept the cash to become a plaything? This steamy story is almost 7000 words, and contains blowjobs, group sex, and exhibitionist behavior!  

Alice is a mild mannered office drone who moonlights as a stripper.  It has never interfered with her day job until now. She is in the middle of a bachelor party and sees her boss, Jeff.  Alice is done the show when Jeff catches her and says it will not change their work relationship. ...