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  • How to Read a Japanese Poem

    by Steven D. Carter ...
    How to Read a Japanese Poem offers a comprehensive approach to making sense of traditional Japanese poetry of all genres and periods. Steven D. Carter explains to Anglophone students the methods of composition and literary interpretation used by Japanese poets, scholars, and critics from ancient times to the present, and adds commentary that will assist the modern reader.How to Read a Japanese ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Gloaming Meadows

    What Roams In The Gloam?

    by Steven Carter ...
    The Gloaming Meadows, What Roams in the Gloam? is about the adventures of the night critters that come out and about in the late afternoon near sunset, just before the evening fades into night, and the sun is almost no longer bright.While the daytime critter's day is just about to come to an end, the nighttime critters' lingering into the dim afternoon starts to begin. From dark mountains, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • I Was Howard Hughes

    by Steven Carter ...
    Part Great Gatsby, part This Is Spinal Tap, Steven Carter's hilarious debut paints a fictional portrait of a biographer, his notorious subject, and the illusions we hold about fame and fortune.Howard Hughes embodied the American dream: envied by powerful men, desired by beautiful women, Hughes lived his life larger than all who surrounded him and yet died an emaciated recluse. All of which makes ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Model-Driven DevOps

    Increasing agility and security in your physical network through DevOps

    by Steven Carter, Jason King, Mike Younkers, Josh Lothian ...
    Develop Network Infrastructure More Rapidly, and Operate It More EffectivelyUsing model-driven DevOps and the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) paradigm, teams can develop and operate network infrastructure more quickly, consistently, and securely--growing agility, getting to market sooner, and delivering more value. Now, two leading practitioners walk you step by step through successfully implementing ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • After Aesop

    Improvisations on Aesop's Fables

    by Steven Carter ...
    In After Aesop: Improvisations on Aesop's Fables, Steven Carter adds parody to his wide-ranging repertoire of literary genres. Aesop, perhaps the world's best-known author, produced hundreds of fables that have been re-told countless times, but rarely parodied on a one-to-one basis. By turns hilarious, poignant, and profound, the more than 200 entries in After Aesop are certain to instruct and ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Collected Aphorisms

    2008-2018

    by Steven Carter ...
    Collected aphorisms of Montaigne Medal wining US author Steven Carter ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Columbia Anthology of Japanese Essays

    Zuihitsu from the Tenth to the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Steven D. Carter ...
    A court lady of the Heian era, an early modern philologist, a novelist of the Meiji period, and a physicist at Tokyo University. What do they have in common, besides being Japanese? They all wrote zuihitsu—a uniquely Japanese literary genre encompassing features of the nonfiction or personal essay and miscellaneous musings. For sheer range of subject matter and breadth of perspective, the zuihitsu ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Little House of Oxymorons

    with commentaries

    by Steven Carter ...
    Eschewing old clunkers like "military intelligence" and "student-athlete," this volume features well over 200 fresh and original oxymorons with commentaries-all with a satirical twist. As a satire, Little House of Oxymorons complements Steven Carter's The New Devil's Dictionary, a two-volume "sequel" to Ambrose Bierce's notorious The Devil's Dictionary of a century ago.Cover image: Allison O ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • New Aphorisms & Reflections

    Third Series

    by Steven Carter ...
    New Aphorisms & Reflections: Third Series, the sixth volume in a sequence which began with 222: Aphorisms & Reflections, features more than 450 entries, some of which are autobiographical. Like its predecessors, New Aphorisms & Reflections includes a sampling of "meetings of the minds"-dialogues between the author and aphorists and thinkers of the past.Cover image: Allison O'Donnell, Mostly ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Men Who Can't Love

    How to Recognize a Commitmentphobic Man Before He Breaks Your Heart

    by Steven Carter, Henderson State University, Julia Sokol ...
    This is the classic relationship book that started them all, now available in paperback. It informs women of the warning signs of commitmentphobia, and explains how to avoid heartbreak. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Haiku Before Haiku

    From the Renga Masters to Basho

    by Steven D. Carter ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    While the rise of the charmingly simple, brilliantly evocative haiku is often associated with the seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, the form had already flourished for more than four hundred years before Basho even began to write. These early poems, known as hokku, are identical to haiku in syllable count and structure but function differently as a genre. Whereas each haiku is its ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Fate Betrayal

    by Steven J. Carter ...
    In a world of werewolves and pack politics, Lily Kim endures a year of torture before escaping, only to face rejection from her destined mate. But Lily isn't one to give up easily. With a mysterious past and an uncertain future, she navigates a dangerous landscape of love, loyalty, and survival. Will her mate's initial rejection lead to a deeper connection, or will their story end in tragedy? What ... Read more

    $9.99 USD