Alan Paton’s unpublished fiction (1922- 1934): an initial appraisal by D. Levey

“…This article considers selected issues in the early fiction of Alan Paton, which is in manuscript form: three novels or parts of novels namely, “Ship of Truth” (1922-1923), “Brother Death” (1930), “John Henry Dane” (1934b), the novel/novella “Secret for seven” (1934d), and the short stories “Little Barbee”, (1928?) …”
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Book review: ‘The Caged Mynah’: The Autobiography of Chandra Kiran Sonrexa (1920-2009) by Bangha, I

“…Most blame is poured on her elder brother and, later, on her husband for keeping her in the cage. …”

The Role of New Orleans Parish Prison in Joyce Carol Oates’s “Aiding and Abetting” by Tanya TROMBLE

“…Though no Oates story exclusively uses New Orleans as setting, the city does play an important role in the short story “Aiding and Abetting” (collected in I Am No One You Know, 2004). …”
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The Teacher-Student Relationship from a Gramscian Perspective by Rene Trentin Silveira

“…To do so, a Gramsci’s newspaper article published in 1915; some notes from the Prison Notebooks; and a letter to his brother Carlo, written in 1930, are used as references. …”
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Rage, Delusion and Abolitionism: Contemporary British Society in the Eyes of Peter Hitchens by Tomáš Jajtner

“…The paper starts with a discussion of his specific “anti-conversion” in the context of his generation from a Trotskyite to a Tory, then concentrates on the major issues of his critique: the slow decline of traditional British values since the 1960s, failure of British politics, problematic developments in relation to law and order, cultural revolution and, finally, his views on new atheism, so aptly represented by his recently deceased brother Christopher (1949-2011). The article concludes with a short discussion of the significance of the use of his ideas in teaching courses on British society since the 1960s. …”
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A novel variant in NSUN2 causes intellectual disability in a Chinese family by Qi Yang, Qiang Zhang, Zailong Qin, Shang Yi, Jingsi Luo

“…Abstract NSUN2-intellectual disability syndrome, also known as intellectual disability type 5 (MRT5), is an autosomal recessive disorder that is characterized by intellectual disability (ID), postnatal growth retardation, dysmorphic facies, microcephaly, short stature, developmental delay, language impairment and other congenital abnormalities. …”
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Sculpture from Zagreb, Medvedgrad and Čazma as Documents of glorious Times by Vjekoslav Jukić

“…Although this rise was cut short by the Tartar invasion of 1241-1242, the little traces that have survived, represent a totally new quality in the Croatian medieval culture. …”
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Hypertelorism in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1A from the common PMP22 duplication: A Case Report by Josef Finsterer

“…In a single family, the PMP22 tandem-duplication manifested as short stature, sensorimotor polyneuropathy, tremor, ataxia, sensorineural hearing-loss, and hypothyroidism in the 27 years-old index case, as mild facial dysmorphism, muscle cramps, tinnitus, intention tremor, bradydiadochokinesia, and sensorimotor polyneuropathy in the 31 year-old half-brother of the index-patient, and as sensorimotor polyneuropathy and foot deformityin the father of the two. …”
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Case Report: Homozygous DNAJC3 Mutation Causes Monogenic Diabetes Mellitus Associated With Pancreatic Atrophy by Saud Alwatban, Saud Alwatban, Haifa Alfaraidi, Haifa Alfaraidi, Haifa Alfaraidi, Abdulaziz Alosaimi, Abdulaziz Alosaimi, Iram Alluhaydan, Majid Alfadhel, Majid Alfadhel, Majid Alfadhel, Michel Polak, Angham Almutair, Angham Almutair, Angham Almutair

“…A 3-year-old boy presented with short stature and a thyroid nodule. Laboratory findings confirmed hypothyroidism. …”
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A visitor in your house? Letters about non/normative family lives from sisters becoming mothers by Marieke Vandecasteele

“…Marieke, an ethnographic filmmaker, created a short film about her eldest brother which fuelled her PhD about non-normative family lives. …”
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A Romanian 19th century document from the Vidin region by Annemarie Sorescu-Marinković

“…Though very short, it reveals several important facts about the Romanian-speaking population in Ottoman Bulgaria and its origin, the language used in communication and writing, family relations, etc. …”
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John Cournos - Fedor Sologub’s Translator into English and the Role Played by Zinaida Vengerova by Marilyn Schwinn Smith, Elena V. Yushkova

“…Politically, the British government prioritized the promotion of brotherly feeling between the two allies and a positive opinion of Russia. …”
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Reprises textuelles dans The Dew Breaker d’Edwidge Danticat by Corinne Duboin

“…Seven of the nine chapters were previously published as separate short stories and have been rearranged to form a novel. …”
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Some Questions on the Beidi Huns by Borbala Obrusanszky

“…Because of a fierce battle among crown princes of the Huns, the great Hunnic Empire was divided into two parts in 53 BC, when two brother, Huhanye [呼韓邪] and Zhizhi [郅支] fought for the throne of the Huns. …”
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Il passato tra condanna della memoria e desiderio di riconciliazione by Grazzini, Serena

“…Following the pathway marked out by Treichel, critics and scholars have put forward mainly thematic readings of the short novel Der Verlorene (1998), duly foregrounding nevertheless its historical and autobiographical underpinning. …”
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Il cantore nel mare by Frassetto, Anna

“… After his journey in Italy, Paul Heyse (1830-1914) wrote Ein Jahr in Italien (1853) and several short stories. Among them he composed Die Einsamen (1857). …”
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“Exquisite cadaver” according to Stanisław Lem and Andrzej Wajda by Ostrowska Elżbieta

“…The article examines Andrzej Wajda’s Roly Poly (Przekładaniec, 1968), a 35-minute film made for Polish public television, that is an expanded version of Stanisław Lem’s short grotesque play Do You Exist Mister Johns? (Czy Pan istnieje Panie Johns?) …”
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Muhammad ibn Knasa al-Asadi: his life, his poetry, remaining texts in the writing of his book Al-Anwar by Mohammed Mustafa

“…And the little of his poetry that we have collected is nothing but fragments - for the most part - in which he appears short-lived. <br />And more than that, his three classifications are missing, but only minor quotes from one of them. …”
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Civil religious dynamics in José Craveirinha's aesthetisised nationalism by Samuel J Ngale

“…Jose Craveirinha is known to be the godfather of poets and short story writers in Mozambique, a towering figure in the literary world who, in life, dreamed of and projected an image of a just and modern southeast African nation at the end of twentieth century. …”
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Shahrzadâs Storytelling in Succession of Thousand and One Nightsâ Tales by h Ghodrati, m Hosaini

“…Even at the end of the stories and in her short speech with Shahriar, Shahrzad intelligently adopts a treatment behavior which exactly conforms to the principles of psychology.…”
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