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Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with anxiety, and unable to cope? Do you wish you could just tell panic attacks to get lost? Packed with tips, suggestions and quotes, this book will help give you the strength to let go of stress and LIVE LIFE TO THE FULL.
Packed with tips, suggestions and quotes, this book will help give you the strength to beat the what-ifs and worries and live a little more every day.
Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books is a comprehensive resource that builds bridges between the traditional focus and methodologies of literary studies and the actualities of modern and contemporary literature, including the realities of professional writing, the conventions and practicalities of the publishing world, and its connections between literary publishing and other media. Focusing on the relationship between modern literature and the publishing industry, the volume enables students and academics to extend the text-based framework of modules on contemporary writing into detailed expositions of the culture and industry which bring these texts into existence; it brings ec...
This is a timely, comprehensiveand thoroughly researched study of climate fiction from around the world,including novels, short stories, films and other formats. Informed by a sociologicalperspective, it will be an invaluable resource for students and scholarslooking to enter and expand the field of climate fiction studies.
Feeling confident to the core isn’t rocket science. It’s what happens when powerful thoughts and positive action ignite one another. Boost is your handy guidebook of simple steps to give you that added gusto. Whether you want inspiration on the go, or a little help each day to enliven your outlook, you’ll find plenty here to uplift you.
Do you ever wish you had more confidence in your abilities? Do you sometimes have negative thoughts, comparing yourself to others? Have you ever been afraid to speak up because you don’t think your opinion is valid? You are not alone, and there is a way to tackle your low self-esteem. Packed with tips, suggestions and quotes, this book will help give you the strength to turn negatives into positives and BECOME MORE CONFIDENT EVERY DAY.
Story Cities explore ways in which stories respond to, reflect and re-imagine the city. Explore new short fictions in multiple genres, guide book to the fictional city, all cities, any city: its markets, squares, parks, stations & ports; the streets, alleys, dead ends & the crossroads. Never identified, the city has a voice of its own.
Few terms have garnered more attention recently in the sciences, humanities, and public sphere than the Anthropocene, the proposed epoch in which a human “signature” appears in the lithostratigraphic record. Anthropocene Reading considers the implications of this concept for literary history and critical method. Entering into conversation with geologists and geographers, this volume reinterprets the cultural past in relation to the anthropogenic transformation of the Earth system while showcasing how literary analysis may help us conceptualize this geohistorical event. The contributors examine how a range of literary texts, from The Tempest to contemporary dystopian novels to the poetry ...
A hierarchical model of human societies’ relations with the natural world is at the root of today’s climate crisis; Narrating the Mesh contends that narrative form is instrumental in countering this ideology. Drawing inspiration from Timothy Morton’s concept of the "mesh" as a metaphor for the human-nonhuman relationship in the face of climate change, Marco Caracciolo investigates how narratives in genres such as the novel and the short story employ formal devices to effectively channel the entanglement of human communities and nonhuman phenomena. How can narrative undermine linearity in order to reject notions of unlimited technological progress and economic growth? What does it mean ...
Packed with tips, suggestions and quotes, this book will help give you the strength to beat the what-ifs and worries and live a little more every day.