Lee Ryan: 52 books

A short short story that is a cross mix genre between fiction and poetry. It was written just for amusement, on my part, in using mainly auditory words and symbolism. If I have to chose what art style "O' Old Man River" is in I would say, Surrealism. Because the process by which it came...

A short short poem based off of one of my paintings that is title, "Twilight on The River Bend." The poem is a description of that painting, and therefore takes on the painting's title. Currently, this painting, “Twilight on The River Bend”, is for sale and listed on ebay. I am...

In a post-industrial world of energy scarcity, one man finds himself marooned on his island home. Once a major global hub for trade and finance, the island city now lies in decay, its remaining inhabitants cut off from the world and struggling for existence. Faced with dwindling prospects and with...

This is a short creativity essay, using fictional dialog/setting. The topic is about how cell phones evolved. However, the purpose was to incorporated creative fictional dialog into a non-fiction essay. I did that to make the essay more interesting to me. The reason the topic is about cell phones...

This is a Realistic Fiction, Romance, Tragedy, Dark Comedy, and little Supernatural elements to it. It has little bit of everything in it. Three lovers, one affair, and something happen.... Oh, NO!... What will spiral out of control?... One way to find out is by turning a page. The first chapter...

Kim trapped in a marriage that is rob of all sensational joys. Slowly she comes to term to what it is, but still believing they are in love. By no means does she discover what the true cause that muddle their marriage. Here we read about her awaking to the suspicion of her husband and partly realizing...

This piece is an inner interpretation of the author's feelings and is not the complete representation to what happen. It is reformed into a poetic tale by a feeling of a girl he came to like and unexpectedly found her to be a muse. A one sided requisite from his heart. Based on his true life events...

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...

Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Canada is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hike the Rockies, marvel at the Northern Lights, or indulge in cultural delights from Montreal's...

This groundbreaking volume explores the importance of economics and prosperity throughout Samuel Clemens’s writing and personal life. Mark Twain and Money: Language, Capital, and Culture focuses on an overlooked feature of the story of one of America’s most celebrated writers. Investigating...

In the throes of a convention full of geeks, Frog Jones told a story. That story is found in this book's foreword, but the key line from that story became the title of this anthology. The authors seized upon that line, much like an out-of-control bovine seizing its own halter, and stampeded into the...

Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more...

This volume culls scholarship on both what high literacy is and how it is developed. It embraces the call put forth by Langer and Applebee (2016) that high literacy must continue to be our aim and to see more research analyzing and identifying how teachers might promote literacy practices that promote...