Showing results for "The Street" in Literary History & Criticism

The 92nd Street Y has gathered scholars and authorities to discuss the questions and issues raised in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. What are the implications for religion and private faith when talk about God moves into pop culture, and popular entertainment becomes a mode of education?

The Newbery Honor recipient best known for The Baby-Sitter's Club talks about inventing the life of a small town for her new series, Main Street. Three books and growing, the series follows two sisters who move to Camden Falls, Massachusetts, where their grandmother owns a sewing store. Martin wasn't sure she wanted to start another series until her editor told her it could be at least in part about sewing, one of her great passions in life.

Ken Follett uses his gift for storytelling to present a detailed account of the thriller's place in history and literature. Follett is the author of more than a dozen best-selling novels, including Eye of the Needle, The Pillars of the Earth, and Whiteout. He is also president of the Dyslexia Institute, a member of the National Literacy Trust, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Evan and Sasha take a queer magnifying glass to adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Stories all the way up to modern day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

『地図と拳』で直木賞を受賞、今注目を集める気鋭の小説家 小川哲。 リベラルアーツをコンセプトに、毎週日曜の朝にゲストを迎えた対談、 本の音声レビュー、シンポジウムやイベント等のレポートなど、 番組を通じ様々な気づきをお届けしていきます。

This is the official companion audio podcast to accompany the Street on the Word newsletter. Episodes may be expansions of existing newsletters or exclusive topics and content on their own, but we'll definitely talk about writing and creativity. And we'll definitely have a good time.

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Quakers have and continually help shape the definition of freedom by actively standing at the forefront of major reform movements in American history, including abolition, African-American history, women's rights, prison reform, making education and healthcare available to all, and temperance. Join Denis Long each month as he interviews educators and historians on how Quakers have made long-lasting impacts on history. Each episode explores the untold stories of Quakers, shedding new light on the Quaker history narrative.

Wir sind ein Comic-Shop aus Mannheim und reden mit euch über Comics, Mangas und das Shopleben. Manchmal landen hier unsere Video-Tonspuren aber wir produzieren auch rein für dieses Format.

Ejoq needs work. The tramp starship Grizzelda needs a gunner. But what starts as a last-minute personnel replacement soon turns into something far more, with a non-functional duty station, his predecessor's emotional fallout, and a deeply buried secret that will change the course of nations. Through a dark odyssey across a violent, frozen world, and a haze of lies and shadowy clues, Ejoq will face frenzied zealots, frightened elitists, and dangerous mercenaries on an unknown mission. Revolution, intrigue, and battles among the stars... Better take a deep breath!

Taucht mit uns in die Fälle des berühmten Sherlock Holmes und seines Freundes Dr. John H. Watson ein!

Stephen Crane's first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets has been called "the first dark flower of American Naturalism" for its distinctive elements of naturalistic fiction. The chief character, Maggie, descends into prostitution after being led astray by her lover. Rather than focusing on those that make up the very rich or middle class, the novel highlights the deplorable living conditions of the working class during the so-called Gilded Age in New York's Bowery.View our full collection of podcasts & audiobooks at: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: https://www.solgood.org/...

Boo Boisie is a patient in the Barmy Mental Asylum. Sure, the place is air conditioned and clean and the food is occasionally actually palatable, but Boo is not a happy camper. He is being haunted by many unanswered questions . Questions like: why can he not remember the reason for his incarceration? Or why was he given a roommate, Pullet, who acts like a chicken? Or why did they feel it necessary to paint the walls of the asylum with that damned green and white paint? Under the direction of his mental health director, Dr. Pernicious, Boo begins chronicling his thoughts in a daily diary to see...

"Viens petite fille dans mon Comic strip" chantait Gainsbourg avec autant de fausse innocence que quand il faisait chanter "Annie aime les sucettes" à France Gall. En guise de clin d’œil, Comics Street vous invite, vous les fans de rock, à partager chaque semaine les coups de cœur choisis par Thierry Bellefroid parmi les dizaines de titres qui déboulent en librairie. Perles et pépites à lire en écoutant... Classic 21, bien sûr! Comics Street, le mercredi à 13h45 dans Lunch Around The Clock.

Halloween Street es un podcast creado por la autora Sarah Serrano @rockerbookslloween. Encuéntrate cara a cara con brujas, cerberos, alienígenas, vampiros, hombres lobo, dioses del inframundo y demonios. Perfecto para un Halloween de muerte. Un conjunto de relatos e historias de terror, fantasía y ciencia ficción que forman parte de su proyecto DARKTE.

"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853, with the conclusion published in December 1853. It was reprinted in Melville's The Piazza Tales in 1856 with minor textual alterations. The work is said to have been inspired, in part, by Melville's reading of Emerson, and some have pointed to specific parallels to Emerson's essay, "The Transcendentalist." The story has been adapted twice: once in 1970, starring Paul Scofield, and again in 2001,...

In this penetrating study narrated by leading British voice artist Tanya S. Bartlett, Michael Norris tells the complete story behind Dickens' writing of the book. Norris dives deep into his topic to discover the altruistic angels and monetary demons which drove Dickens, the public debates and rancor which informed him, and the terrible childhood memories which both haunted and inspired him.

The podcast for fans of award-winning author T. G. Campbell’s Bow Street Society mystery novels. Every other month we will bring you a magazine show featuring character interviews, segments and about the times and places the books are set in, and interviews with people that have knowledge about about (or links with) events that will further your understanding of the era. Presented by T. G. Campbell and Richard A. Boxshall.

Discussion and digression on science fiction and fantasy with Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan.

A black creative podcast focused on analyzing art made by black people or through the lenses of black viewers. Produced in the WANM-FM 90.5 "The Flava Station" studios at Florida A&M University (FAMU) School of Journalism & Graphic Communication. Follow Us: @905TheFlava