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Hope and Languish
An uplifting book of poems, Hope and Languish takes us on an emotional journey from the first news of the pandemic, through isolation, and finally to a place of hope. Day blends into daythe setting sunannounces the nightand right in betweenlet the bell ringlet each one raise their curtainslean out the windowstep onto the balconyand shout out rebelliouslywe will meet again Within two weeks of moving to Santa Monica lockdowns began and riots broke out. Having never lived in California before, forced isolation in a beachside studio provided Chenelle Bremont time for reflection and poetry.
Illusions of Empire
Illusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands, examining the ways in which Mexico's North overlapped with the U.S. Southwest in the context of diplomacy, politics, economics, and military operations during the Civil War era. William S. Kiser examines a fascinating series of events in which a disparate group of historical actors vied for power and control along the U.S.-Mexico border: from Union and Confederate generals and presidents, to Indigenous groups, diplomatic officials, bandits, and revolutionaries, to a Mexican president, a Mexican monarch, and a French king. Their unconventional approaches to foreign relations demonstrate the complex ways that indivi...
Experimental Structures
Collection of project designs from Professor Peter Land's research based studios at the College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology
Abraham Lincoln and Mexico
This is a book which is long overdue and one that treats Lincoln as an international figure, not merely an American one. It examines events leading to the US invasion of Mexico, Lincoln's opposition to it in the Congress, his support of Mexico as President during and after the US Civil War, and the impact of the Mexican-American War nationally and internationally. It also includes documents from archives in the USA and Mexico.
The Book of Scenes for Acting Practice
The Book of Scenes for Acting Practice provides a variety of styles, characters, and types of drama to sharpen students' acting skills. The scenes range from Sophocles and Shakespeare to O'Neill and Ionesco, and were selected for variety and ease of presentation.
The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language
Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguistics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of English. Including a useful mixture of theory, research and practice, this will be of use to advanced students of education, English and applied linguistics, for courses on teaching second languages, critical pedagogy, comparative education and world Englishes. It will also be of interest to students of postcolonial literature and international relations.
The Far East and Australasia 2003
A unique survey of each country in the region. It includes an extensive collection of facts, statistics, analysis and directory information in one accessible volume.
Characters in Action
The twelve chapters of this book provide a complete survey of every step in play writing from the germination of an idea to its complete development into a theatrical production. The author covers the basics of writing for theatre, creating characters in conflict, plots and subplots, structure and dialogue and winning an audience. This book is ideally suited to be a basic text on the art of play writing.
The Genesis of the French Revolution
This book, first published in 2004, offers an interesting synthesis of the long- and short-term causes of the French Revolution.
Missionalia
Contains abstracts of missiological contributions, book reviews, and articles.
