Lists the best accomodations in the Pacific Northwest and includes itineraries, and multiple subject listings

Best Places to Stay in the Pacific Northwest

Travel

McFarlane, Marilyn

Shaw, Bruce

United States

Chapters Pub Ltd

Describes bed-and-breakfasts, small hotels, and village inns

Best Places to Stay in the Mid-Atlantic States

Nadel, Dana C.

Steinriede, Kent

Houghton/Mifflin

Describes island getaways, city stops, hunting and fishing retreats, and eclectic finds in the region

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Timblin, Carol

Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their resonance for readers (and listeners) remain consistent to the present. This work argues that they were essential sources of amusement and instruction--and were also often profoundly unsettling. Such authors in the realm of the animal fable as Tolkien, Freud, Voltaire, Bakhtin, Cordwainer Smith, Karel Capek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed.

The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 20)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

McFarland

This book is an appreciation of selected authors who make extensive use of humor in English detective/crime fiction. Works using humor as an amelioration of the serious have their heyday in the Golden Age of crime writing but they belong also to a long tradition. There is an identifiable lineage of humorous writing in crime fiction that ranges from mild wit to outright farce, burlesque, even slapstick. A mix of entertainment with instruction is a tradition in English letters. English crime fiction writers of the era circa 1913 to 1940 were raised in the mainstream literary tradition but turned their skills to detective fiction. And they are the humorists of the genre. This book is not an exhaustive study but an introduction into the best produced by the most capable and enjoyable authors. What the humorists seek is to surprise the reader by overturning their expectations using a repertoire of stylistic conceits and motifs (recurring incidents, devices, references). Humor has a liberating effect but is concerned too with "comic contrast" through ugliness and caricature. In crime fiction one effect is intellectual pleasure at solving (or attempting to solve) a puzzle. Another is entertainment but with serious undertones.

Jolly Good Detecting: Humor in English Crime Fiction of the Golden Age

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

McFarland Company

The life story of Joan Martin is that of a fierce Aboriginal woman who fought for the rights of her community and her autobiography also tells of the Aboriginal experience in general since World War II. Born in the country town of Morawa, Western Australia, in 1941, Martin led an exciting and adventurous life filled with great challenges—including her efforts to avoid Native Welfare, so as not to be shipped to a mission, and her later very public battle with Homeswest for the right to live in peace in her own home. Joan played a central part in the native title claim of the Widi, which unfortunately proved unsuccessful. Her stories reveal the interconnected themes of family, teaching bush lore to her children, and celebrating the Widi culture through her art, as well as tales of conflicts with mining companies and white bureaucracies. Both artist and activist, Martin was a significant figure in Western Australian history and politics and this book captures both her unique life story and that of the Widi people since white settlement.

Joan Martin (Yarrna): A Widi Woman

Biographies & Memoirs

Martin, Joan

Community & Culture

Aboriginal Studies Press

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Tree, Christina

Harvard Common Press

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