Marshall: 1961 books

A wise visitor from the realm of paranormal fantasy speaks to us of metaphysical truth. Or is it fantasy?

“A study of primitive people which, for beauty of . . . style and concept, would be hard to match.” —The New York Times Book Review In the 1950s Elizabeth Marshall Thomas became one of the first Westerners to live with the Bushmen of the Kalahari desert in Botswana and South-West Africa....

The Dodoth—a tall, handsome people of the northern tip of Uganda—are a tribe in transition. They are proud, often cruel, warrior herdsmen whose oldest members live just as they did hundreds of years ago, but whose younger members sometimes learn to read and write and have brushed against the modern...

Libation Bearers is the 'middle' play in the only extant tragic trilogy to survive from antiquity, Aeschylus' Oresteia, first produced in 458 BCE. This introduction to the play will be useful for anyone reading it in Greek or in translation. Drawing on his wide experience teaching about performance...

Every word of this tale is true. It was told to me in sacred confidence, as the good people of Cobb County have locked-up the truth and until now, their dark and heinous secret has been hidden. For the record, they want their story told and I let them tell it in their own words. I am a reporter...

A new and smile-producing look at the parables of Jesus will banish the traditional stereotype of a gloomy Jesus. Jesus, the Master Teacher, used subtle humor in the parables to capture and hold the attention of his audience. He poked fun at hypocrisy with hyperbole, and used stories using everyday...

The Celebrity Persona Pandemic explores how the construction of a public persona is fetishized in contemporary culture. As social media has progressively led to a greater focus on the production of the self, so this book looks at the most visible versions of persona through figures such as Stephen Colbert,...

A refuge for outlaws at the close of the 1800s, the Arizona Territory was a wild, lawless land of greedy feuds, brutal killings and figures of enduring legend. These gunfighters included heroes as well as killers, and some were considered both. Bandit Pearl Hart committed one of the last recorded...

The Gutenberg Galaxy catapulted Marshall McLuhan to fame as a media theorist and, in time, a new media prognosticator. Fifty years after its initial publication, this landmark text is more significant than ever before. Readers will be amazed by McLuhan’s prescience, unmatched by anyone since,...

Is falling in love wonderful? Lots of songs say it is. But for me, falling in love was one disaster after another. Now, decades later, as I retell those stories, they seem funny, a slice of human comedy. At the time they didn’t seem very hilarious, but maybe some comedy, or even all comedy, is rooted...

When nature speaks he listens. When he speaks she listens, until she doesn't. In a huge world that hates us all, a mere young lad of innocence learns to unleash the artist within. But can he do it in time before its too late? Will he survive the adventures and dangerous obstacle that is to come? Mayhap...

Harlequin® Medical Romance brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama. This Harlequin Medical Romance box set includes: #818 HIS PREGNANT SLEEPING BEAUTY The Hollywood Hills Clinic by...

Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: FORTUNE'S JUNE BRIDE The Fortunes of Texas: Cowboy Country by Allison Leigh Galen Fortune...

Malky and Raymie are friends, of sorts - but when Malky gets lucky, Raymie gets jealous. A powerful short story with a pitch-black sense of humour from the author of Coffin Dodgers.