Lina: 259 books
by Lina Rather
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2019
The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita captain their living ship into the reaches of space in Lina Rather's debut novella, Sisters of the Vast Black.
Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with crucifixes and iron faith. Now,...
EMPTY STAGES, CROWDED FLATS. PERFORMATIVITY AS CURATORIAL STRATEGY.
Performing Urgencies 4
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
During its impressive career over the last decades the term 'performative' has been attributed with many parallel meanings in the humanities, philosophy, arts, or economics. Empty Stages, Crowded Flats additionally applies the notion of the performative to the context of curating with the aim to unfold...
Illegal, Alien, or Immigrant
The Politics of Immigration Reform
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2008
While the United States cherishes its identity as a nation of immigrants, the country’s immigration policies are historically characterized by cycles of openness and xenophobia. Outbursts of anti-immigrant sentiment among political leaders and in the broader public are fueled by a debate over who...
Eco-Beautiful
The Ultimate Guide to Natural Beauty and Wellness
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
The eco-friendly and organic segment of the personal care market is the fastest growing in North American cosmetics—increasing by 30 percent every year! For the millions of women who seek a more natural, holistic beauty regimen, as well as those with sensitive or problem skin, this gorgeous, full-color...
Los Angeles's Best Dive Bars
Drinking and Diving in the City of Angels
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Los Angeles might be the capital of conspicuous consumption, but the other cliché about La La Land”-that it’s a cultural wasteland-couldn’t be further from the truth. For every Extreme Makeover-Club Edition” (in which would-be impresarios continually swankify their establishments in a...
Thrive
The Single Life as God Intended
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Tired of feeling sorry for yourself? Sick of answering the same old questions about why you still haven’t found your perfect match?
Despite what many people think, singleness is not a disease. It’s not the lesser option. Singleness is God’s gift to you today.
In Thrive, Lina AbuJamra...
Image Politics in the Middle East
The Role of the Visual in Political Struggle
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Politics in the Middle East is now 'seen' and the image is playing a central part in processes of political struggle. This is the first book in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics in the region - and particularly with the politics of the image, its...
Arduous Tasks
Primo Levi, Translation and the Transmission of Holocaust Testimony
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2009
One of twentieth-century Italy's greatest thinkers, Primo Levi (1919-1987) started reflecting on the Holocaust almost immediately after his return home from the year he survived in Auschwitz. Levi's powerful Holocaust testimonials reveal his preoccupation with processes of translation, in the form...
The American Girl's Handy Book
Turn-of-the-Century Classic of Crafts and Activities
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
For good old-fashioned fun, nothing beats this 1887 gem! Truly a "handy" book, it shows girls how to make their own amusements, with illustrated explanations that range from hobbies such as needlework and painting to suggestions for planning picnics and playing games. Hundreds of simple...
Choreomania
Dance and Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
When political protest is read as epidemic madness, religious ecstasy as nervous disease, and angular dance moves as dark and uncouth, the 'disorder' being described is choreomania. At once a catchall term to denote spontaneous gestures and the unruly movements of crowds, 'choreomania' emerged in...
by Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard.
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
On The Trail by Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard..
by Lina Wolff
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
At a run-down brothel in Caudal, Spain, the prostitutes are collecting stray dogs. Each is named after a famous male writer: Dante, Chaucer, Bret Easton Ellis. When a john is cruel, the dogs are fed rotten meat. To the east, in Barcelona, an unflappable teenage girl is endeavouring to trace the peculiarities...
by Ethel Lina White
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
The First Time He Died is a mysterious novel written by Ethel Lina White. Charlie Baxter was successful among women and rather easily managed the money, which he inherited. However, the money began to run out. And he decided to insure himself and fake his death. The most interesting thing happens after his „"death"”.
by Ethel Lina White
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
Ethel Lina White is a lover of intriguing stories. One of these is „Put Out the Light”. This is a terrible, exciting story of love, disappointment and jealousy, bred in a gloomy house on a hill. Florence Pye read in the cards, „Death to an old woman. Her prophesy came true, silently and violently...