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Die Studie untersucht, wie literarische Texte ihren fiktionalen oder nichtfiktionalen Status im Peritext signalisieren, markieren und problematisieren. In der komparatistischen Analyse von Beispielen (vor allem des 18. und 20. Jahrhunderts) zeigt sich: Ob "wahre Geschichte" oder "Ähnlichkeiten zur Realität sind rein zufällig" ¿ in beiden Fällen verhandeln Peritexte immer auch akute Probleme des jeweils zeitgenössischen Verständnisses von Fiktion.

The study explores the surprising affinity of two seemingly remote phenomena: of literature and weather. In three contrasting cultural formations ¿ Shakespeare¿s early modern age, Goethe¿s enlightened society and Zoläs Second Empire ¿ the weather emerges as an important model for the self-reflection of literature and its creative reinventions as a medium in different epistemic and social circumstances.

This book studies insubordination using Germanic data. On a descriptive level, it distinguishes a wide number of (previously undescribed) types of complement and conditional insubordination in English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Icelandic. On a theoretical level, these data are used to investigate the boundaries of insubordination, and the degree to which insubordination is a constructionally and semantically unified phenomenon.

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Volume Two includes The Colar Boys adventures of The Four Prophets, Five Alive, and The Men from Palla. Continued from Volume One, Larrytam and Aron aid and rescue enslaved Colar and earth humans from the mining planet known as Habronsan. Myra Song, the Florek inter trader, once again enters the picture and works with the two free Colar, as Larrytam and Aron work to free their people. Aron's kidnapping in Five Alive results in a dangerous m...

Mark Twain once said, "Every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody, you have to slip around behind if you want to see it." ("The Refuge of Derelicts" 1905). This insight into human nature proves to be the driving force behind Detective Sam Chitto's pursuit of justice in The Horned Owl, the third book in the Sam Chitto mystery series. Two Choctaw tribal council members pull Chitto into an unauthorized investigation to prove ...

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This fascinating collection of short stories is a unique blend of science fiction, action, and historical fiction.In Night Clouds you will experience: One isolated man's survival attempt while he awaits the terrifying arrival of otherworldly visitors.Firsthand battlefield accounts with some strange occurrences in both WW II and the Revolutionary War.A tiger hunt in India that goes very wrong.An awkward and dangerous stay in an underground bunk...

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My mom always said it was just something about the way he moved. The same swagger Archie Valentine wore in the ring when he took his opponents down followed him like a halo everywhere he went. But make no mistake about it-he was no angel. He was like a drug. My mother was his addict.I never understood it...how love could make you blind and convince you to drink the poison. Not until I met Memphis Delaney. At first, it was the familiar form. He...

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A poetic journey through a child's dreamworld, "Giants in the Clouds" takes its reader on a nighttime adventure in which friendly giants climb down from great castles in the sky to romp and roam the farmlands and get up to all manner of mischievous tricks while the rest of the house sleeps peacefully in their beds.

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Panchali was deeply in love with her writer husband Parimal Ghosh. It was a love marriage with a life full of love and happiness ahead of them. For Panchali, who lovingly calls Parimal as 'Prem', life begins and ends with Prem. Then an unbelievable tragic incident happens and Panchali dies. The story doesn't end there. The most astonishing twist happens in Parimal's broken-hearted life when Panchali returns to this world from the back door, de...

This book is a masterpiece by Mr. Joginder Singh (IPS), Former Director of CBI, who is also an eminent author and motivator. Hailing from a poor farmer's family, he scaled the pinnacle of success through sheer motivation and hard work. The saga of his success is worth emulating for any young aspirant to achieve his desired goal and be successful in life. Excellent suggestions with suitable examples have been cited in this book which will guide...

This high power motivational book on "Everything About Leadership" has all the secrets required to develop as a visionary leader. It will enable the reader to inspire others and develop more leaders. It will also enable you to? Learn the keys to revolutionary and exponential growth ? Encourage talent to increase engagement and loyalty ? Double your success by developing trust in relationships ? Be an outperformer by managing tough times ? Be a...

The practice of Yoga is now being widely embraced by the West in an endless range of evolving formats, particularly with added movement components. It is therefore very timely that Osho with his razor-sharp insight, respect, and compassion for the individual, brings a wider understanding of the potential benefits of Yoga for contemporary people in these talks on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Patanjali lived around 400BC and although Yoga was a...

It is well known fact that the truest wisdom is a resolute determination and you might have heard the legend of an old man who dared to dream to build a path, tearing apart the mountains. The rocksteady determination of the aged even puts God in wonder and forced him to help the old man to achieve his 'impossible' dream. It is an inevitable fact that for achieving big needs it is must to dream bigger. Any dream doesn't become reality through m...

What Inspired to write this novel: This novel is based on certain incidences those went into my heart and occupied my mind. Nature provides everything for life can also be destroyer. Such calamity created by Tsunami left many in different modes of life. One such life corroborated with incidences that, how with firm determination based on intuition could help her survive, is the main theme of this novel. The present tale unfolds the struggle of...