Argues that the late Kim Jong Il guided his regime through a paranoid, race-based nationalism with roots in Japanese fascist thought, in an account originally presented to the U.S. State Department.
"A gripping account of how we went from burning books to bombs on buses. The Rushdie Affair has shaped all our lives. This book shows us how."--Hanif Kureishi. "A thorough and highly readable history of the politics of the Rushdie affair and an important intervention in the cur…
Malik was a freelance journalist working in northern England when the fatwa was declared against Salman Rushdie for his novel, The Satanic Verses. The book was publically burned in England and several of its translators were beaten or murdered. Thirty-seven people were killed wh…
""A gripping account of how we went from burning books to bombs on buses. The Rushdie Affair has shaped all our lives. This book shows us how."--Hanif Kureishi. "A thorough and highly readable history of the politics of the Rushdie affair and an important intervention in the cu…
Malik was a freelance journalist working in northern England when the fatwa was declared against Salman Rushdie for his novel, The Satanic Verses. The book was publically burned in England and several of its translators were beaten or murdered. Thirty-seven people were killed wh…
Malik was a freelance journalist working in northern England when the fatwa was declared against Salman Rushdie for his novel, The Satanic Verses. The book was publically burned in England and several of its translators were beaten or murdered. Thirty-seven people were killed wh…
The rise and fall of handwriting.
"Steeped in the Palmer Method of handwriting she learned in Catholic school, Kitty Burns Florey is a self-confessed "penmanship nut" who loves the act of taking pen to paper. So when she discovered that some schools today forego handwriting drills in favor of teaching something …
"Steeped in the Palmer Method of handwriting she learned in Catholic school, Kitty Burns Florey is a self-confessed "penmanship nut" who loves the act of taking pen to paper. So when she discovered that some schools today forego handwriting drills in favor of teaching something …
Reveals the secrets of manual pencil sharpening in a humorous manifesto.
A hilarious guide to the lost art of artisanal pencil sharpening " ... I am so thrilled David Rees is picking up the reins of the forgotten art of manual graphite-encased-in-wood point-crafting. I love my pencil!" 'AMY SEDARIS "You may think that sharpening a pencil is easy, but…
Reveals the secrets of manual pencil sharpening in a humorous manifesto.
" ... Contains everything from polite words to crass words, from p-c words to Shakespeare's words, from food and wine words to jazz and drug words"--Publisher description.
First published in Germany in 1932, Fallada's documentary novel is a portrait of Germany during its period of economic and political breakdown prior to the advent of Hitler.