English & Literature Studies
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From  The Literature of the Streets and the Shaping of NewsFrom: The Triumph of Narrative |
In this chapter, Fulford examines how urban legends and folk tales shape our world and public consciousness. | Robert Fulford | 32 | 1999 | $3.20 Add |
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From  The Little Dumb Foundling: Hans Christian Andersen’s Ugly Little DuckingsFrom: Disfigured |
Chapter 5 focuses on the work of Hans Christian Andersen, exploring topics including “The Little Mermaid”, Andersen’s own disability, Andersen’s book "The … | Amanda Leduc | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
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From  The Long Ladder of Shame |
In this chapter, the author suggests that people like her – a trans Chicana sex worker who is chronically homeless – are terrorized by America’s obsession with pathogenic medicine. | C.L. Severson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  The Lost LambFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her experiences tending sheep in the mountains of Laqiya, where she found freedom from the strict social codes imposed by her mother, Ummi. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From  "The Love of Lies" 1989From: The Quebec Anthology |
The present story, "L’amour du mensonge," translated by David Homel as "The Love of Lies," was first published in XYZ in 1989 and is part of a second collection of … | Claude-Emmanuelle Yance | 5 | 1997 | $0.30 Add |
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From The Lunch BoxFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj recounts childhood mornings in the Bedouin village of Laqiya, where daily life revolves around milking sheep and rigid gender roles. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From "The Mass of Florent Letourneau" 1930From: The Quebec Anthology |
The story included here, "La messe de Florent Létourneau," translated by Sheila Fischman, is a fine example of Dantin’s classical mind. It first appeared in the periodical … | Louis Dantin | 11 | 1997 | $0.66 Add |
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From The MassacreFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj recounts the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in Hebron, carried out by Baruch Goldstein, and the fierce protests that followed in the Bedouin village of Laqiya. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
 The Matryoshka MemoirsA Story of Ukrainian Forced Labour, The Leica Camera Factory, and Nazi Resistance. |
Irina Nikifortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced laborer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp … | Sasha Colby | 252 | 2023 | View |
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From The Mobile LibraryFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses a community education project in the Naqab desert, where a cohort of young people from Bedouin villages built a mobile library for the unrecognized … | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The mystery in MexicoFrom: Inside SNC-Lavalin |
In this chapter, Stevenson examines the November 2011 arrest of Cynthia Vanier in Mexico, where she faced charges of plotting to smuggle Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libya’s deposed dictator, into … | Larry Stevenson | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  The Only Time Gay Asians Led the Pride ParadeFrom: Any Other Way |
Alan Li reflects on when, on June 27, 1982, over twenty gay Asians led the Toronto Pride parade through Chinatown. | Alan Li | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Origins of the Before Columbus FoundationFrom: Blind Persistence |
In this chapter, Desmangles traces how artistic communities in 1960s New York and 1970s California inspired and organized the Before Columbus Foundation. | Justin Desmangles | 16 | 2025 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Parking LotFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry reflects on the concept of moral injury,the lack of emotional training and support for crime reporters, and how her life has been impacted by years of exposure to violence … | Tamara Cherry | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
The Quebec Anthology1830-1990 |
The Quebec Anthology: 1830-1990 provides a complete overview of the Quebec short story from its beginnings to the 1990s and offers a unique opportunity for English readers to discover the essence … | Matt Cohen; Wayne Grady | 427 | 1997 | View |
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From  The Quest for Acceptance and Legitimization in the Literary PeripheryBanned Books and Pulp Fiction |
Translators and writers of the sex guides used didactic reasoning: they described their work as fulfilling a “mission,” their duty as teaching and educating (regardless of what the … | Nitsa Ben-Ari | 53 | 2006 | $5.83 Add |
