Bøger af Bill Johnston

A chapbook novella, this is a post apocalyptic, biblical, haunting, at times quite funny assault at our notions of self-sacrifice, religion, innocence, noir, the afterlife and the styles of writing itself known to all. It is a chapbook. It is a novella. It is a story. It is poetry. It is a portion of a play. It is transcribed fictitious events. Yet it's not quite any of these things entirely. It is one of a kind.

Although Witold Gombrowicz's unique, idiosyncratic writings include a three-volume Diary, this voluminous document offers few facts about his early life in Poland before his books were banned there and he went into voluntary exile. Polish Memories-a series of autobiographical sketches Gombrowicz composed for Radio Free Europe during his years in Argentina in the late 1950s-fills the gap in our knowledge. Written in a straightforward way without his famous linguistic inventions, the book presents an engaging account of Gombrowicz's childhood, youth, literary beginnings, and fellow writers in interwar Poland and reveals how these experiences and individuals shaped his seemingly outlandish concepts about the self, culture, art, and society. In addition, the book helps readers understand the numerous autobiographical allusions in his fiction and brings a new level of understanding and appreciation to his life and work.

This is a collection of poetry and short stories moving from the discussion of god to the zombie apocalypse, a compilation ranging from the struggles of a drunk in purgatory to the poetic exploration of the evolution of humanity. This book is written by one starving for anyone who has an appetite. There are many manners of hunger--not merely the ache in your belly that some know so well, while other so rarely feel... I speak of the many basic cravings of life: love, solitude, accomplishment, loss, gluttony and self deprivation This is one simple man's exploration of truth through a life time of a mixture of embracing spiritual fulfillment and the hollow emptiness of defeat. So I ask you now as you contemplate these words. Are you hungry?

One of the final novellas by the acclaimed French writer Jean Giono, Ennemonde is a fierce and jubilant portrait of a life intensely livedEnnemonde Girard: Obese. Toothless. Razor-sharp. Loving mother and murderous wife: a character like none other in literature. In telling us Ennemonde’s astounding story of undetected crimes, Jean Giono immerses us in the perverse and often lurid lifeways of the people of the High Country, where vengeance is an art form, hearts are superfluous, and only boldness and cunning such as Ennemonde’s can win the day. A gleeful, broad sardonic grin of a novel. "Roads move cautiously around the High Country..." So begins the story of Ennemonde, but also of her sons, daughters, neighbors, lovers, and enemies, and especially of the mountains that stand guard behind their home in the Camargue. This is a place of stark and terrifying beauty, where violence strikes suddenly, whether from the hand of a neighbor or from the sky itself. Giono captures every wrinkle, glare, and glance with wry delight, celebrating the uniquely tough people whose eyes sparkle with the cruel majesty of the landscape. Full of delectable detours and startling insights, Ennemonde will take you by the hand for an unforgettable tour of this master novelist's singular world.

This book offers a critical examination of the use of English Language Teaching as a platform for evangelical Christian mission work. It presents an in-depth study of a language school in Poland in which Bible-based curriculum was employed. The book looks in detail at a key question faced by TEFL in the 21st century.

This work examines the important roles that teachers play as moral agents of the classroom. Thorough analysis of the moral issues that educators face is given, as are practical strategies for actual classroom use.

This work offers a perspective on language teaching by placing moral issues - questions of values - at the core of what it is to be a teacher. It shows that all language teaching involves an interplay of deeply held views, but in each situation these values are played out in different ways.

Despite the increasing ubiquity of the term, the concept of the digital university remains diffuse and indeterminate. This book examines what the term 'digital university' should encapsulate and the resulting challenges, possibilities and implications that digital technology and practice brings to higher education.