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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

"A poignant, nostalgic collection of literary criticism by one of America's premier authors."--Kirkus Reviews In Rough Country is a sterling collection of essays, reviews, and criticism from Joyce Carol Oates that focuses on a wide array of books and...

At turns humorous, irreverent, poignant and tender, The Book of Dads brings together twenty well-known and beloved writers on the subject of fatherhood, offering fathers--or anyone who has been or loved a parent--unrivaled insights into the complexity of...

"Storytellers' True Stories of Triumph" unveils the remarkable journeys of real-life individuals: those who braved life-threatening illnesses, tread the complex paths of infertility, broke free from toxic relationships, and overcame societal barriers to...

All We Have Loved offers an intimate glimpse into a woman's life spent in Western North Carolina. Expressing a reverence for family, place, and friendship, the personal essays in All We Have Loved are a testament to the importance of preserving memories...

This edition consists of the following literary work of art: Amrita Pritam's ""Empty Space"", Gwendolyn Brooks' ""The Mother"", Judith Wright's ""Woman to Man"", Anne Sexton's ""Her Kind"", Chapter two of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, Toni...

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Fanny Burney is an English author of novels and plays. Her book "Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World" is one of her works. The narrative follows Evelina, the main heroine, as she negotiates the difficulties and social...

Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the most well-known poets of the Romantic period, published a collection of essays titled "A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays" in 1818. Several notable articles that provide deep insights on the nature and function of...

The "Letters of Pliny" are a compilation of the younger Pliny's, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, private letters. Roman author, attorney, and magistrate Pliny flourished in the first century AD. His writings include insightful accounts of a variety of...

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El Chacho, escrito por Eduardo Gutiérrez, es una crónica sobre la vida de Ángel Vicente "El Chacho" Peñaloza, una figura significativa de la historia argentina del siglo XIX. Peñaloza, conocido como el "último caudillo de la montonera de los Llanos", fue...

Friedrich Schiller: Über naive und sentimentalische DichtungEntstanden 1794-1795, Erstdruck in 3 Teilen in: Die Horen (Tübingen), 1./2. Jg., 1795/96.Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors.Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth.Berlin 2016.Textgrundlage...

Erich Mühsam: Die Lyrik. 152 GedichteInhaltsverzeichnisErster Teil: VerseGebrauchsanweisung für LiterarhistorikerDichter und VagabundWeltschmerz und LiebeBeschauliche WeisheitGleichnisseBalladenKriegFanaleHaftRequiemNeuausgabe mit einer Biographie des...

Erich Mühsam: Kleine Prosa 1898-1928InhaltsverzeichnisZweiter Teil: ProsaSelbstbiographiePeter HilleBrevier für MenschenKindliche FragenDie HamsterDie AffenschandeDer sechzigste GeburtstagDas LebensprogrammLetzte GedankenDas GutachtenAnekdotenNeuausgabe...

Erich Mühsam: Unpolitische Erinnerungen. Namen und MenschenErstdruck in loser Folge in der Vossischen Zeitung, Berlin, von September 1927 bis April 1929.InhaltsverzeichnisUnpolitische ErinnerungenSoll man Memoiren schreibenLatente TalenteBohemeNamen und...

Gestern habe ich meine Frau verlassen, um mich umzubringen. Ich habe meine Sachen gepackt und bin losgefahren. Sie hat mein Verhalten nicht verstanden. Ich habe es ihr auch nicht erklärt. Bin einfach abgehauen. Und das nach neun Jahren glücklicher und...

Franz Servaes: Jahr der Wandlung. Goethes Schicksalswende 1775Erstdruck: Vieweg: Braunschweig, 1935 mit der Widmung: Der Jugendspenderin und hilfreichen Gefährtin Tilly in unauslöschlicher Dankbarkeit und Liebe zum GedächtnisNeuausgabe.Herausgegeben von...

Die Protagonisten in den Geschichten von Manuela Bößel seien - so sagt sie - Wesen, die an ihre Tür geklopft und so lange keine Ruhe gegeben hätten, bis sie ihnen ein Daheim in Texten und Illustrationen verschaffte.Die blühende Fantasie der Verfasserin...

Während Jürgen QuASSONI sich in seinen ersten beiden Büchern in erster Linie mit der regionalen Politik in Hagen, was Städtebau, Kultur und natürlich viel Lokalkolorit beinhaltete, beschäftigte - beschreibt er in diesem, seinem dritten Buch eher lustige...

Il s'agit du cinquième titre de la collection Archipel de l'Association des professeurs des littératures acadienne et québécoise de l'Atlantique. Précédées de deux textes inédits des écrivaines Marguerite Andersen et Lise Tremblay, qui évoquent la place...

Tout ce que vous allez lire dans cet ouvrage est une synthèse aussi concise que possible de www.sens-de-la-vie.com, une vaste réflexion holistique qui souhaite inspirer une réelle alternative pour des hommes libres. Il s'agit simplement de mettre en...

Life throws curve balls and none of us really play baseball. Susan Duty -- former teacher, single mother, recovering drunk, and general mess -- delves into the adventures of living an unplanned life and the pressures and pleasures of being imperfect...

Is it possible for an experience of literature to be an experience of life? Can we think of words as existing in three dimensions, as things we move through, in much the same way that we move through the world? And how can we account for their effects...

Metaphors and Climax explores the artistic forays of the late Ogonna Agu (Ph.D.), Nigerian writer, critic, actor, director, painter and Associate Professor of drama and theatre. In 19 exciting essays, this book captures the creative canvas of Agu as...

When in his seventieth year Roy Fisher published Interviews Through Time (2000), he added a Selected Prose, which meant in effect three pieces: 'Antebiography', 'Roy Fisher on Roy Fisher' and 'Talks for Words'. The enlarged second edition of Interviews...

"Books differ from all other propaganda media... because one single book can significantly change the reader's attitude and action to an extent unmatched by the impact of any other single medium... this is, of course, not true of all books at all times...

This is the seminannual Able Muse Review (Print Edition) - Winter 2017 issue, Number 24. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry, fiction, essays, art & photography, and book reviews that have become synonymous with...

"Halfway There: Lessons at Midlife is a collection of stories that are meant to help readers make sense of their own lives - whether they're at the midpoint or not."From an early age, Elizabeth C. Haynes faced hardships: abuse and trauma, tumultuous...

In Greek mythology, Lachesis (lack-eh-sis) allots each of us a length of thread to weave with as we will. This hybrid collection of short essays and screenplay explores the nature of friendship and our relationships with the people in our lives over time...

Are You Listening, God?This collection of Roger Marum's essays offers encouragement and hope even as it is fraught with the uncertainty and doubt of the author's spiritual journey. His quest...

"In The Slipstream of Time" is the 2023 winner of the Fezziwig Prize for word-slinging, according to Felix Fezziwig, Chairman and sole member of the Committee to Figure Stuff Out. The Fezziwig Prize carries no monetary award, nor does it confer much...

"The best education," the admissions brochure declared, "is the confrontation of two first-class minds." Attracted by that vision-and the prospect of a college education in the Florida sun with no grades or required classes-dozens of carefully selected...