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Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > From 1900

Granta, 37 - The Family (Paperback): Bill Burford Granta, 37 - The Family (Paperback)
Bill Burford
R539 R498 Discovery Miles 4 980 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 35 - The unbearable peace (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 35 - The unbearable peace (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R541 R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 33 - What went wrong? (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 33 - What went wrong? (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R547 R506 Discovery Miles 5 060 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 6 - A Literature for Politics (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 6 - A Literature for Politics (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R492 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R47 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 24 - Inside Intelligence (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 24 - Inside Intelligence (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R548 R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 32 - History (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 32 - History (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R547 R506 Discovery Miles 5 060 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 4 - Beyond the Crisis (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 4 - Beyond the Crisis (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R550 R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 2 - The Portage of San Cristobal of A.H. (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 2 - The Portage of San Cristobal of A.H. (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R532 R491 Discovery Miles 4 910 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 1 - New American Writing (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 1 - New American Writing (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R531 R491 Discovery Miles 4 910 Save R40 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 5 - The Modern Common Wind (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 5 - The Modern Common Wind (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R556 R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 3 - The End of the English Novel (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 3 - The End of the English Novel (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R492 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R47 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 27 - Death (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 27 - Death (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R492 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R47 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This edition of Granta has articles by Martha Gellhorn, Eleanor Roosevelt, Oliver Sacks, Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Raymond Chandler and Patrick Leigh Fermor. There are examples of letters to Chinese dissidents, letters to pop stars, hate letters, publishers' rejection letters to Elliot, Philip Larkin and Wittgenstein and Mandela's prison letters.

Granta, 23 - Home (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 23 - Home (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R548 R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 31 - The general (Paperback): Isabel Hilton Granta, 31 - The general (Paperback)
Isabel Hilton; Edited by Bill Buford
R492 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R47 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Best American Magazine Writing 2015 (Paperback): Sid Holt, The American Society of Magazine Editors The Best American Magazine Writing 2015 (Paperback)
Sid Holt, The American Society of Magazine Editors; Introduction by Evan Ratliff
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This year's Best American Magazine Writing features articles on politics, culture, sports, sex, race, celebrity, and more. Selections include Ta-Nehisi Coates's intensely debated "The Case For Reparations" (The Atlantic) and Monica Lewinsky's reflections on the public-humiliation complex and how the rules of the game have (and have not) changed (Vanity Fair). Amanda Hess recounts her chilling encounter with Internet sexual harassment (Pacific Standard) and John Jeremiah Sullivan shares his investigation into one of American music's greatest mysteries (New York Times Magazine). The anthology also presents Rebecca Traister's acerbic musings on gender politics (The New Republic) and Jerry Saltz's fearless art criticism (New York). James Verini reconstructs an eccentric love affair against the slow deterioration of Afghanistan in the twentieth century (The Atavist); Roger Angell offers affecting yet humorous reflections on life at ninety-three (The New Yorker); Tiffany Stanley recounts her poignant experience caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's (National Journal); and Jonathan Van Meter takes an entertaining look at fashion's obsession with being a social-media somebody (Vogue). Brian Phillips describes his surreal adventures in the world of Japanese ritual and culture (Grantland), and Emily Yoffe reveals the unforeseen casualties in the effort to address the college rape crisis (Slate). The collection concludes with a work of fiction by Donald Antrim, exploring the geography of loss. (The New Yorker).

Granta, 25 - The Murderee (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 25 - The Murderee (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R548 R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 18 - The snap revolution (Paperback): James Fenton Granta, 18 - The snap revolution (Paperback)
James Fenton; Edited by Bill Buford
R492 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R47 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Voetstoots (Afrikaans, Paperback): Annelie Botes Voetstoots (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Annelie Botes
R340 R314 Discovery Miles 3 140 Save R26 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Voetstoots is ’n bontgejasde keur uit sestien jaar van Annelie se koerantrubrieke. Die temas is so wyd soos die Heer se genade. Rakende aan die torings van Babel wat ons bou. ’n Kind wat doodgeskok word terwyl hulle jagentjies speel. ’n Begrafnisbrief uit Holland. ’n Boer wat sy plaashek vir oulaas sluit. Toentertyd se poskoets en handsentrale. Die boks langspeelplate in die gryse se waenhuis. Die smart om ’n kind te begrawe. ’n Glips met bensien in die tamatieslaai. ’n Sywurmhart wat sy in haar Bybel bêre. Mense sonder ’n woord van eer.

’n Eensame oom wie se hondjie op ’n sypaadjie doodgebyt is. ’n Lys van moets en moenies vir dames uit 1944. ’n Boks papsakwyn wat suur geword het.

Dis lag, huil, kwaadword, nostalgie, deernis, onbegrip en lewenswette saamgeryg in ’n kleurvolle lappieskombers. En Annelie is bedrewe met die rygnaald.

Journalismus Und OEffentlichkeit - Eine Profession Und Ihr Gesellschaftlicher Auftrag (German, Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Tobias... Journalismus Und OEffentlichkeit - Eine Profession Und Ihr Gesellschaftlicher Auftrag (German, Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Tobias Eberwein, Daniel Muller
R2,202 Discovery Miles 22 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

11 Was macht fur Pottker den Beruf Journalismus aus? Konstitutiv ist zunachst einmal, im Sinne der Berufsdefinition Max Webers, eine typische Spezifizierung, Spezialisierung und Kombination von Leistungen einer Person [ ], welche fur sie die Grundlage einer kontinuierlichen Versorgungs- und Erwerbschance ist (Weber 1972: 80). Mit anderen Worten: Journalisten sollen fur ihre spezielle Tatigkeit und die dafur erworbenen Kom- tenzen ein regelmassiges und zum Leben ausreichendes Einkommen erwarten (konnen). Daruber hinaus ist der Journalistenberuf mit einer ihm eigenen Aufgabe bewusst verm- det Pottker den systemtheoretisch konnotierten Funktionsbegriff verbunden: dem Herst- len von Offentlichkeit (vgl. u. a. Pottker 1999). Als Kernelement des journalistischen - rufsethos lasst sich damit ein Drang zum An-den-Tag-bringen beschreiben, der bereits in der Berufsbezeichnung Journalist erkennbar wird, in der das franzosische Nomen le jour (der Tag) enthalten ist: Journalisten bringen an den Tag, was nicht verschwiegen werden darf, damit ihre Rezipienten sich in der Gesellschaft, in der sie leben, zurechtfinden konnen. Aus der Offentlichkeitsaufgabe ergibt sich eine journalistische Grundpflicht zum P- lizieren, von der im Prinzip kein Gegenstand und kein Thema ausgenommen ist (ebd.: 221). Pottker vergleicht diese Grundnorm oft anschaulich mit ahnlichen bei Arzten, die menschliches Leben erhalten, oder Rechtsanwalten, die fur ihre Mandanten das rechtlich Mogliche herausholen sollen. Sollte es Grunde geben, die gegen eine Befolgung dieser Gebote sprechen, so mussen diese besonders stark ausgepragt sein. Nach dieser Argumen- tion ist das Nicht-Veroffentlichen von bestimmten Themen ein schwerer wiegender Verstoss gegen die journalistische Professionalitat als eine Verfalschung publizierter Informationen."

Always On - Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era (Hardcover): Rory Cellan-Jones Always On - Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era (Hardcover)
Rory Cellan-Jones
R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'Delightfully insightful and intensely readable [...] There is an energy and drama to Rory's writing which nonetheless leaves space for us, the reader, to make up our minds' - Stephen Fry We live at a time when billions have access to unbelievably powerful technology. The most extraordinary tool that has been invented in the last century, the smartphone, is forcing radical changes in the way we live and work - and unlike previous technologies it is in the hands of just about everyone. Coupled with the rise of social media, this has ushered in a new era of deeply personal technology, where individuals now have the ability to work, create and communicate on their own terms, rather than wait for permission from giant corporations or governments. At least that is the optimistic view. This book takes readers on an entertaining ride through this turbulent era, as related by an author with a ringside seat to the key moments of the technology revolution. We remember the excitement and wonder that came with the arrival of Apple's iPhone with all the promise it offered. We see tech empires rise and fall as these devices send shockwaves through every industry and leave the corporate titans of the analogue era floundering in their wake. We see that early utopianism about the potential of the mobile social revolution to transform society for the better fade, as criminals, bullies and predators poison the well of social media. And we hear from those at the forefront of the tech revolution, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Tim Berners-Lee, Martha Lane-Fox and Jimmy Wales, to gain their unique insights and predictions for what may be to come. Always On immerses the reader in the most important story of our times - the dramatic impact of hyperconnectivity, the smartphone and social media on everything from our democracy to our employment and our health. The final section of the book draws on the author's own personal experience with technology and medicine, considering how COVID-19 made us look again to computing in our battle to confront the greatest challenge of modern times.

Granta, 18 - The Snap Revolution (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 18 - The Snap Revolution (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R543 R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 16 - Science (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 16 - Science (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R543 R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 15 - The Fall of Saigon (Paperback): James Fenton Granta, 15 - The Fall of Saigon (Paperback)
James Fenton; Edited by Bill Buford
R551 R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 14 - Autobiography (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 14 - Autobiography (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R545 R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Granta, 13 - After the Revolution (Paperback): Bill Buford Granta, 13 - After the Revolution (Paperback)
Bill Buford
R547 R506 Discovery Miles 5 060 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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