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The Opium Eaters: High Literature and the Art of AddictionWhen the brilliant Oxford drop-out and freelance journalist Thomas De Quincey published his seminal article Confessions of an English Opium Eater in 1821, he was following the old adage 'write about what you know'. Writing in coffee shops to avoid debt collectors, the 36-year-old...
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The London Spymaker: A Riveting WW2 Historical Saga of Espionage, Love & BetrayalInspired by a true story and featuring the last "resistance girl from the Swiss finishing school", 'The London Spymaker' weaves together espionage, betrayal, and passion against the backdrop of World War II, delivering a gripping tale of resilience and secrets.London, 1942Meet Anna Adams, the...
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Round and Round the Persian WheelAuthor: Maninder SinghPublisher: Rupa Publications IndiaPublished: 05/01/2024Pages: 218Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.50dISBN: 9789361560934
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War Babies: The Generation That Changed AmericaWar Babies: The Generation That Changed America examines the lives and careers of Americans born between 1939 and 1945. No one has written such a book about this generation. War Babies deals especially with musicians and composers like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Simon...
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The Highland Raven: A Gripping Scottish Family Saga from World War 2"Wow! This turned out to be one of the best WW2 books that I've read. Both male and female readers will definitely enjoy reading The Highland Raven." -Amazon ReviewerScotland, January 1940From troubled society girl to diehard SOE agent.Staying strong and picking up your life,...
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The Crystal Butterfly: A Gripping Dutch Resistance Saga of World War 2In the depths of wartime, love emerges as an unyielding force. Prepare for an unforgettable journey through heartbreak and courage in this gripping WW2 tale. Drawing inspiration from captivating classics like The Lost Girls of Paris and The Nightingale, this book will ensnare you...
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Mill City ScrumIn the flour milling city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a group of first-generation American teenagers team up to play football in the sandlots. They call themselves the Marines, and with no high school or college experience, they learn to dominate their opponents using the same...
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A Clearer SkyYorkshire, 1914. Mary Lennox thought her world didn't need to extend past her aunt's secret garden after finally finding a home with her cousin, Colin, and her uncle at Misselthwaite nearly six years ago. But when war breaks out in Europe, Mary realizes that...
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Arthur Curtiss James: Unsung Titan of the Gilded AgeArthur Curtiss James: Unsung Titan of the Gilded Age is about the extraordinary life and times of Arthur Curtis James, a relatively unknown railroad baron, prominent and intrepid yachtsman, generous philanthropist, avant garde socialite and secret philanderer, who was one of the ten richest...
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Arthur Symons: Poet, Critic, Vagabond'If I have been a vagabond, and have never been able to root myself in any one place in the world, it is because I have no early memories of any one sky or soil. It has freed me from many prejudices in giving...
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Paul Celan's Unfinished Poetics: Readings in the Sous-OeuvrePaul Celan (1920-1970) is perhaps the most widely read of modern German-language poets, and yet his reputation has been constructed on a small body of primary texts. Thomas C. Connolly seeks to destabilize canonical readings of Celan's work by exploring the sous-oeuvre, the marginalized...
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Disrupting Time: Industrial combat, espionage, and the downfall of a great American companyIn the fall of 1876, two Swiss spies conducted some of the most covert and consequential industrial espionage in history, changing the course of the global watch industry forever. Their story has remained secret for 146 years. Set during the Centennial Exhibition in 1876,...
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Law of Poetry: Studies in Hölderlin's PoeticsThe place of Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) in European literature is assured, and his significance for the development of German philosophy widely acknowledged. Here the focus is more specifically upon his poetics: a body of reflections on the nature of poetry and the meaning of...
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The Planned Destruction of America"I am here to tell you that the declining American standard of living has been PLANNED from the beginning...at the highest levels of American government -- a plan to fail, a plan to create insecurity and uncertainty, a plan to make the American people...
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The Language of Disease: Writing Syphilis in Nineteenth-Century FranceAuthor: Steven WilsonPublisher: LegendaPublished: 01/09/2023Pages: 158Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.34dISBN: 9781781885642This title is not returnable
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Thinking Cinema with ProustHow can Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu prompt us to re-imagine the cinema? Although no-one goes to the cinema in the novel, and its narrator is critical of a 'merely' cinematographic account of reality, the proposition of Thinking Cinema with Proust is...
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Reflections on violenceThis book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...
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Those Angry Days Lib/E: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941Author: Lynne OlsonPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 03/26/2013Binding Type: CDISBN: 9798200067411About the AuthorOlson, Lynne: - Before Lynne Olson began writing books full-time, she worked more than ten years as a journalist, including stints as Moscow correspondent for the Associated Press and White House correspondent for the...
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The Radicalism of the American Revolution Lib/EAuthor: Gordon S. WoodPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 03/28/2011Binding Type: CDISBN: 9798200096008About the AuthorWood, Gordon S.: - Gordon S. Wood, the Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University, received his A.B. from Tufts University and his Ph.D. from Harvard University....
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Two Sacks: One Family's Journey from Swiss/Germany to America in 1803 - 1805In 1803, the Ische family made a difficult decision. Members of three generations left their homeland in Canton Bern in Swiss/Germany and emigrated to America. It was a life-altering decision. They carried everything they owned in two sacks. Follow this family of nine, ranging...
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