Added by: dovesnake | Karma: 1384.51 | Fiction literature | 14 February 2009
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That is, it usually means those things. But when you're Princess Mia, nothing happens the way it's supposed to. For one thing, Grandmère seems determined to prove that boy (or Michael, as he is commonly known) isn't the right one for the crown princess of Genovia. And Mia isn't having much luck proving otherwise, since Michael has a history of being decidedly against any kind of exploitative commercialization (Valentine's Day, as it is commonly known). Boris can declare his love openly to Lilly, and even Kenny comes through with a paltry Whitman's Sampler. So why can't Michael give in to Cupid and tell Mia he loves her—preferably with something wrapped in red or pink and accompanied by roses—in time to prove he's Mia's true prince?
This book charts the major events of Stoker's life, which included friendships with many of the major figures of the age and a high public profile as manager of Henry Irving's Lyceum, and maps them onto the contours of his literary career. It offers sustained critical evaluation both of Dracula and also of Stoker's lesser-known works, which prove to yield much interest when reinserted into their original cultural contexts.
Are you a bit of a chairwarmer? Do you use the wins from a country
straight to get scudded on snakebite in a blind tiger? Do you ride the
waves on puddle or death drop?
Vice Slang gently eases you into
the language of gambling, drugs and alcohol, providing you with 3,000
words to establish yourself firmly in the world of corruption and
wickedness. All words are illustrated by a reference from a variety of
sources to prove their existence in alleys and dives throughout the
English speaking world. This entertaining book will give you hours of
reading pleasure.
Added by: seawavena | Karma: 158.09 | Fiction literature | 26 November 2007
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The efficiency of a book is like that of a man, in one important respect: its attitude toward its subject is the first source of its power. A book may be full of good ideas well expressed, but if its writer views his subject from the wrong angle even his excellent advice may prove to be ineffective. This book stands or falls by its authors' attitude toward its subject. If the best way to teach oneself or others to speak effectively in public is to fill the mind with rules, and to set up fixed standards for the interpretation of thought, the utterance of language, the making of gestures, and all the rest, then this book will be limited in value to such stray ideas throughout its pages as may prove helpful to the reader−−as an effort to enforce a group of principles it must be reckoned a failure, because it is then untrue.
