Literature
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For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds: EssaysLiterary Nonfiction. Essays. A blend of literary criticism and memoir, Jennifer Moxley's FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, DO NOT DESTROY THE BIRDS recounts a life spent in the company of birds and poems, intimately attuned to the mysteries of singing. These essays trace the...
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A Sense of Tales Untold: Exploring the Edges of Tolkien's Literary CanvasExploring the uncanny perception of depth in Tolkien's writing and world-building A Sense of Tales Untoldexamines the margins of J. R. R. Tolkien's work: the frames, edges, allusions, and borders between story and un-story and the spaces between vast ages and miniscule time periods....
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DOS Soledades: Un Diálogo Sobre La Novela En América Latina / DOS Soledades: A D Ialogue about the Latin American Novel«En este libro hay más lecciones valiosas sobre el oficio de novelista que en cualquier facultad de literatura. Juan Gabriel Vásquez. En septiembre de 1967, unos jóvenes Gabriel García Márquez y Mario Vargas Llosa se reunieron en Lima para hablar de literatura latinoamericana. El...
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The Magic in Your MindMany people have locked themselves in prisons of their own making that have made them unsuccessful. The Magic in Your Mind teaches the magic by which men become free and begin to grow into the image they are meant to be. A man changes...
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Principia DiscordiaDiscordianism, based on worship of Eris, the Greek goddess of Chaos and confusion (among other things), was invented by Kerry W. Thornley aka Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst and Greg Hill Malaclypse the Younger. Principia Discordia was written by Hill, and includes material by Thornley, Robert...
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Jane Austen, Early and LateA reexamination of Austen's unpublished writings that uncovers their continuity with her celebrated novels--and that challenges distinctions between her "early" and "late" work Jane Austen's six novels, published toward the end of her short life, represent a body of work that is as brilliant...
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En Las Montañas de la Locura: Y Otros RelatosEn la monta as de la locura is a classic story of an expedition of the Antarctic and the discovering of a cave that harbors secrets and horrors unknown to humanity. H. P. Lovecraft fue uno de los grandes innovadores del relato fant stico...
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Phantom of the OperaThe Phantom of the Opera (1910) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. Originally serialized in Le Galois, the novel was inspired by legends revolving around the Paris Opera from the early nineteenth century. Originally a journalist, Leroux turned to fiction after reading...
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Venus in FursVenus in Furs (1870) is a novella by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Intended as an installment in his Legacy of Cain cycle, Venus in Furs has far surpassed the author's other works in cementing his reputation. The work, which inspired Kraft-Ebing to define...
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Death Comes for the ArchbishopOne afternoon in the autumn of 1851 a solitary horseman, followed by a pack-mule, was pushing through an arid stretch of country somewhere in central New Mexico. He had lost his way, and was trying to get back to the trail, with only his...
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Arsène Lupin, Caballero Ladrón/ Arsène Lupin Gentleman BurglarARSÈNE LUPIN, CABALLERO LADRÓN. LAS HISTORIAS EN LAS QUE SE BASA LA NUEVA SERIE DE TELEVISIÓN DE NETFLIX. LA SAGA LITERERARIA EN LA QUE SE INSPIRA LUPIN.DESCUBRE LAS HISTORIAS QUE CAMBIARON LA VIDA DE ASSANE, EL HÉROE DE LA EXIT0SA SERIE DE NETFLIX DIRIGIDA...
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The Cambridge Companion to Early American LiteratureThis Companion covers American literary history from European colonization to the early republic. It provides a succinct introduction to the major themes and concepts in the field of early American literature, including new world migration, indigenous encounters, religious and secular histories, and the emergence...
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The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories (Monster, She Wrote)Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) was a prolific author of some 150 books and counted Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, and Graham Greene among her many admirers. Her most enduring work is her tales of the ghostly and supernatural, her favorites of which she collected in...
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Freeman's: ChangeFeaturing thrilling new work from Lauren Groff, Ocean Vuong, Rickey Laurentiis, and more, the latest installment of the acclaimed literary journal Freeman's explores the hope and pain of the ever-changing present The Covid-19 pandemic forced many of us to reimagine our homes, work, relationships,...
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Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women's Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-First CenturyAn uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by the civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author When Mary Ann Shadd Cary--the first Black woman publisher in North America--declared, "break every yoke . . . let the oppressed go free" to...
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The Natural Food of Man2021 Reprint of the 1912 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is Carrington's attempt to prove from comparative anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and hygiene, that the original, best and natural diet of man is fruit and...
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Black Voices on BritainA compelling anthology of Black voices from England, America, Africa and the Caribbean, from people who lived, worked, campaigned and travelled in Britain from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized...
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Poems for New ParentsA beautiful gift anthology of classic poetry which captures the excitement and joy of a new arrival in the family. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat...
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44 Letters to Gustav Meyrink: English TranslationGustav Meyrink (1868 -1932) visited Alois Mailander several times between 1892 and 1905 and tested Mailander's mystical path. The letters published here report details from Meyrink's lifeperiod in Prague, of which one could get little information so far, and speak of the dynamism that...
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Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race, and EmpireA wide-ranging, controversial collection of critical essays on the political mania plaguing the West by one of the most important public intellectuals of our time. In America and in England, faltering economies at home and failed wars abroad have generated a political and intellectual...
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