Signs of Life in the U.S.A.: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers
8 best books like Signs of Life in the U.S.A.: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers (Sonia Maasik): Turning Darkness Into Light, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table, The October Man, The Book of Margery Kempe, The Complete Romances of Chrétien de Troyes, The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film, Trident's Forge, Seven Wild Sisters
Turning Darkness Into Light
| Author | Marie Brennan |
| ISBN | 0765377616 |
As the renowned granddaughter of Isabella Camherst (Lady Trent, of the riveting and daring Draconic adventure memoirs) Audrey Camherst has always known she, too, would want to make her scholarly mark upon a chosen field of study.
When Lord Gleinheigh recruits Audrey to decipher a series...
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
| Author | Thomas Malory |
| ISBN | 0451528166 |
In a time when there were damsels in distress to save, and mythical dragons to slay, King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table were there to render justice in the face of any danger. From the incredible wizardry of Merlin to the undeniable passion of Sir Launcelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights...
| Author | Ben Aaronovitch |
| ISBN | 1473224314 |
Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany’s oldest city. So when a man is found dead with his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth.
Fortunately this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything.
Enter...
The Book of Margery Kempe
| Author | Margery Kempe |
| ISBN | 0393976394 |
The Book of Margery Kempe (c. 1436-8) is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. Known as the earliest autobiography written in the English language, Kempe's Book describes the dramatic transformation of its heroine from failed businesswoman and lustful young wife to devout...
| Author | Chrétien de Troyes |
| ISBN | 0253207878 |
This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other "knights and ladies" of Chretien de Troyes' famous romances.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Erec...
| Author | Michael Ondaatje |
| ISBN | 0375709827 |
The Conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through.
It was on the...
| Author | Patrick S. Tomlinson |
| ISBN | 0857664875 |
The Ark and her thirty-thousand survivors have reached Tau Ceti G and begun the long, arduous task of building their new colony by the sea. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Tau Ceti G's natives, the G'tel, are coming to grips with the sudden appearance of what many believe are their long-lost...
| Author | Charles de Lint |
| ISBN | 1931081336 |
Maybe I'm a bit like Sarah Jane Dillard in that I too "like to know the long history of a thing, not just where and what it might be now...(44-45)" because, having first read The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, I felt more connected to the tale of Seven Wild Sisters than its prequel/companion novel.
What...
