Bøger af Leslie Wilson

Berlin, 1948; teenage Freya's German-born father brings her to the nerve-centre of growing East-West tension. World War Three seems about to break out. In the devastated city, full of half-starved, traumatised people, Freya is haunted by memories of her dead English mother - killed in Berlin, she's been told, by a speeding car. But why does her father hate to speak about his wife, and why has her grandmother cut all the pictures of Freya's mother out of the family photograph album?

NEW WRITING is an anthology featuring some of the best poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama submitted to Americana at http: //www.americanpopularculture.com over the last several years, which includes the work published by Press Americana, Review Americana: A Creative Writing Journal, Hollywood Books International, and The Poetry Press. Other pieces appear here for the first time. Contributors include Alexandra Ashford, Peter Neil Carroll, Darren Demaree, William Doreski, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Howie Good, Richard Hoffman, William Hudson, Donald Levin, Mary MacGowan, Kelly Moffett, Rich Murphy, Jacqueline K. Powers, J.R. Solonche, Ann Walters, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Alan Davis, Roger Real Drouin, Katherine L. Holmes, Eleanor Swanson, Donald Dewey, Richard Thieme, Curtis Smith, David-Matthew Barnes, Timothy Braun, and Jason Visconti.

Vivian Fiori may seem like she has it all. A thriving career, the "nice" guy that loves her and an anonymous, successful dating blog that's changing the way women date in New York. Only glitch, she is falling for the wrong guy and when the public is itching to find out who the secret blogger of The Menhattan Project is, her world is about to come crumbling down around her. Her only saving grace, her best friends who aren't afraid to tell her the truth, no holds barred. Vivian Fiori, you are F@#!%D!

Americana: Readings in Popular Culture, Revised Edition, is a collection of essays examining American culture from 1900 to present. Dozens of scholars investigates five aspects of our society offering unique and original insights into "What We Hear," "What We Watch," "What We Read," "Where We Go," and "The American Identity."

12 Conversations with American Studies Scholars is a collection of interviews featuring some of the most influential professors in the field: Nancy Bentley, Ray B. Browne, Floyd Cheung, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Sam B. Girgus, William A. Gleason, M. Thomas Inge, Matthew Frye Jacobson, E. Ann Kaplan, George Lipsitz, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, and Peter C. Rollins.

Set in Germany in 1945, this is the story of a boy, Hanno, and a girl, Effi. Hanno is on the run, having just seen his twin brother killed. Effi is streetwise. She has learned the hard way that she must keep her secrets to herself - and she's even less keen to trust Hanno when she finds out he is a policeman's son. But there are far more dangerous people on the road, Russian soldiers, German deserters - and Major Otto, who likes to play games with people before he kills them.This new edition of an exceptional tale of courage, ingenuity, and the remarkable bonds formed during wartime will keep you gripped right up to the very last page.