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  • Contemporary Fictions
    Judie Newman
    What does it mean to be contemporary? To write contemporary fiction? In this major collection of twenty-five essays Newman interrogates the value of the concept of “the contemporary” as a cultural and literary category, exploring novels and short fiction by American and postcolonial writers, including Marilynne Robinson, John Updike, Saul Bellow, Grace Paley, Nadine Gordimer, J...
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    132,28 €

  • The Foreign Connection
    Jamie McKendrick
    The word ‘foreign’ has gathered hostile associations but its Latin root – foris: a door – is close to the spirit of these writings which explore openings and connections across and within artforms, eras, cultures and languages. McKendrick traces a series of dynamic, often unexpected refigurations of idea, image and structure from Gaius Valerius Catullus to Valerio Magrelli, fro...
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    132,52 €

  • Brute Meaning
    David Trotter
    The essays collected in this volume trace the evolution over a period of thirty years of a critical approach resembling what would now be described as the ‘new materialism’. These essays insist that literature and film are never more vital than in their enactment of the ‘brute meaning’ Maurice Merleau-Ponty once found in the work of Paul Cézanne: the crude sense we make, as cre...
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    132,32 €

  • A Picture is a Purely Decorative Thing - Essays and Excerpts on The Arts
    Oscar Wilde
    “A Picture is a Purely Decorative Thing” is a brand new collection of essays and excerpts on the subject of The Arts written by Oscar Wilde. Contents include: “The Artist”, “The English Renaissance of Art”, “An Exposure of Naturalism”, “Sculpture at The Arts and Crafts”, “House Decoration”, “The Poetry of Archæology”, “The Art of Archæology”, “Art and the Handicraftsman”, “Mr. ...
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    22,53 €

  • Pagan Papers
    Kenneth Grahame
    Before the publication of The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame’s reputation was quite different. He was known both as a writer of delicately observed essays on childhood, and as an exquisite stylist, whose essays on adult subjects were pithy and distinctive exercises in wit. Pagan Papers was the collection with which he established his name in 1893.In The Romance of the Rai...
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    15,33 €

  • Awakening Starseeds
    Mike Pestano / Radhaa Nilia
    Welcome to the first and original Awakening Starseeds book series ever put out in the world. We realized that it’s time to come together with other Starseeds to journey into this historical time we are living in. From this age of darkness (Kali Yuga) we are entering the age of truth and light (Satya Yuga). As we watch the crumbling of the old paradigm, we can choose to be fearf...
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    18,73 €

  • The Ochre Hand - A LIfe Lived
    Don Erdek
    The ochre hand was imprinted by an unknown individual upon an ancient cave wall ages ago. This book was written by an individual in a modern age. The common factor is both individuals lived a real-life in vastly different times. If you were to gaze upon an ochre hand on a cave wall, you may wonder who that individual was, what was his life like, when did he live? You would be u...
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    14,89 €

  • Sheltered
    In this collection of visual and literary art, a selection of South Carolina Midlands-area artists both process and respond to the personal, social, and artistic challenges they faced during the mandatory quarantine resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic which began in the spring of 2020. From poignant to clever, these artists express the many and varied ways in which humanity an...
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    27,55 €

  • Hope of the Crow
    Katherine Schneider
    When is the last time you’ve read an honest, funny book about occupying aging and living with disabilities? Katherine Schneider provides seven years of snap shots of the life of a grass-roots elder activist working, loving, playing, and praying with disabilities included. Half the people over sixty-five will develop a disability. 2020 is the thirtieth anniversary of the America...
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    31,75 €

  • The Study of Imagination - Essays on Fairy Tales, Folk-Lore and Mythology
    Various
    “The Study of Imagination” is a brand new collection of classic essays written by various authors on the subject of fairy tales, mythology, and folk-Lore. Contents include: “Fairy Tales, by G. K. Chesterton”, “The Fantastic Imagination, by George Macdonald”, “The Worth of Fairy Tales, by Laura F. Kready”, “Storyology, by Benjamin Taylor”, “A Harvest of Irish Folk-Lore, by John ...
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    22,57 €

  • The Fantastic Imagination
    George MacDonald
    “The Fantastic Imagination” is a 1893 essay by Scottish writer George MacDonald (1824–1905). A pioneer of fantasy literature, MacDonald was the mentor of Lewis Carroll and influenced the work of many other notable writers including J. M. Barrie, Mark Twain, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien. This fascinating essay concentrates on writing and imagination, offering expert insight...
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    17,62 €

  • The Rules of Poetry - Essays on Poetic Theory as Told by the Greats
    Various
    “The Rules of Poetry” is a brand new collection of classic essays on the subject of poetics written by various seminal poets, including D. H. Lawrence, H. P. Lovecraft, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others. Offering expert insights into the theory of poetry by some of the field’s most famous contributors, this volume is not to be missed by avid readers and writers of poetry alike. ...
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    25,36 €

  • Hours From the Night - A Collection of Nocturnal Essays
    Various
    “Hours From the Night” is a fantastic collection of classic essays by a variety of famous writers all connected through a common theme: night time. Including essays from such prolific writers as Charles Dickens and Andrew Lang, this collection will appeal to night owls and literature lovers with a penchant for the nocturnal. Contents include: “Night Walks, by Charles Dickens”, ...
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    22,47 €

  • One Green Field - And Other Essays on the Appreciation of Nature
    Various
    “One Green Field” contains a collection of essays on nature and its appreciation by a variety of notable authors including John Burroughs, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and more. Contents include: “Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, “Walking, by Henry David Thoreau”, “Reading the Book of Nature, by John Burroughs”, “A Geologist’s Winter Walk, by John Muir”, “On the...
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    25,10 €

  • Beethoven - Biographies and Appreciations
    Various
    This volume contains a collection of biographical sketches of Beethoven written by various authors. Contents include: “Beethoven, by Maurice Baring”, “Ludwig Van Beethoven, by Elbert Hubbard”, “Ludwig Van Beethoven, by Harriette Brower”, “Beethoven, by George T. Ferris”, “On Hearing A Symphony Of Beethoven, by Edna St. Vincent Millay”, “Ludwig Van Beethoven, by Kathrine Lois Sc...
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    23,50 €

  • Beethoven - His Symphonies Critically Discussed
    Various
    This volume contains a collection of classic essays by various authors that explore and analyse Beethoven’s most notable compositions. Contents include: “Beethoven, by Lawrence Gilman”, “Beethoven, by Arthur Johnstone”, “A Sketch of Beethoven - A Lecture, by Thomas Hanly Ball”, “On Hearing A Symphony Of Beethoven, by Edna St. Vincent Millay”, etc. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–182...
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    23,55 €

  • Night and Moonlight
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    “Night and Moonlight” is an 1863 essay by American essayist Henry David Thoreau that explores the moon and its place in literary tradition. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American poet, philosopher, and essayist most famous for his book “Walden” and his essay 'Civil Disobedience', which advocated disobedience against unjust governments and influenced such notable figure...
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    17,71 €

  • Lessons from Hogwarts
    Before she was a renowned children’s author, J.K. Rowling was an educator. Her bestselling series, Harry Potter, places education at the forefront, focusing not only on Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s adventures but also on their magical education. This multi-author collection shines a light on the central role of education within the Harry Potter series, exploring the pedagogi...
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    57,52 €

  • And Other Essays
    Michael Cohen
    In this essay collection, Michael Cohen presents the odd idea of the suicide note as a writing project that can be critiqued like any other, describes encounters with illegal border crossers in south Texas, and ponders the sudden popularity of books about atheism. Books are a frequent subject here, and Cohen makes an argument for The Maltese Falcon as the Great American Novel, ...
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    26,86 €

  • Cairn
    Cameron Miller
    Readers looking for an engaging and spiritual journey will find comfort in CAIRN: POEMS AND ESSAYS. After decades of reading and ogling poetry, Miller made room among the novels, newspaper columns, and preaching to hone poems amidst the wild beauty of northernmost Vermont and the pastoral beauty of the Finger Lakes. The elements of nature are this poet’s paint but he also paddl...
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    19,23 €

  • Bacon’s Essays And Wisdom Of The Ancients
    Francis Bacon
    Bacon’s Essays And Wisdom Of The Ancients: With A Biographical Notice By A. Spiers Preface By B. Montagu, And Notes By Different WritersThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setti...
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    15,88 €

  • The Los Angeles Review No. 23
    Kate Gale
    Issue 23 features work from Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Oliver de la Paz, Pete Hsu, and more. ...
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    17,73 €

  • The Burden
    Rochelle Riley
    The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery is a plea to America to understand what life post-slavery remains like for many African Americans, who are descended from people whose unpaid labor built this land, but have had to spend the last century and a half carrying the dual burden of fighting racial injustice and rising above the lowered expectations and ...
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    22,17 €

  • Late Victorian Orientalism
    Eleonora Sasso
    Late Victorian Orientalism is a work of scholarly research pushing forward disciplines into new areas of enquiry. This collection of essays tries to redefine the task of interpreting the East in the nineteenth century taking as a starting point Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978) in order to investigate the visual, fantasised, and imperialist representations of the East as well as...
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    180,24 €

  • Musings ...
    Dr. Debadutta
    This, for want of a better word, is an accidental book. It is more like a collection of thoughts on various topics – right from religion and philosophy to downright random and goofy ones. All these, a result of loneliness and the never-ending nights in dingy hotels and spacious circuit houses all over India during the course of a 20 year (and counting) long career in public hea...
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    13,89 €

  • Being Besides Myself
    Camelia Elias
    This is a book of photographs and fragments. As a spell and as a talisman. In other words, a grimoire. Gelatin silver prints developed in the darkroom prompt reflections on sensuality and magic. It’s not only about what you hear, taste, smell, see, and touch. It’s about how you do it. But there’s no instruction. Who can teach others how to sense the world? The only thing you ca...
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    38,64 €

  • Dissenting Opinions
    Michael Sexton
    The term “dissenting opinions” is normally used in the law to describe the judgments of those members of appellate courts who take a different view in a particular case from their colleagues who form the majority and effectively decide the question before the court. I have used it, however, in relation to this collection of articles and book reviews published over several decad...
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    35,39 €

  • An Unexpected Journal
    Alicia Pollard / Cherish Nelson / Zak Schmoll
    Venturing to Worlds UnknownScience fiction writers are our modern seers of sorts. Creating worlds that are not our own, they inspire us to look beyond and imagine "what if?" The summer edition of An Unexpected Journal explores the impact these world builders have had on our culture. From the classic science fiction book The First Men in the Moon to modern sci-fi favorites from ...
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    20,96 €

  • Lovecraft’s Guide to Writing;A Collection of Essays
    H. P. Lovecraft / HPLovecraft
    'Lovecraft’s Guide to Writing' is a fantastic collection of essays by H. P. Lovecraft on the subject of writing poetry, literature and supernatural horror fiction. Within these essays, Lovecraft explores the origins and traditions of the genre in Britain, America and beyond with special reference to the most notable movements, themes, motifs, techniques, and writers past and pr...
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    22,57 €

  • Supernatural Horror in Literature;And Notes on Writing Weird Fiction
    H. P. Lovecraft / HPLovecraft
    Two of Lovecraft’s best essays on the subject of supernatural horror fiction and how to write it. Within these essays, Lovecraft explores the origins and traditions of the genre in Britain, America and beyond with special reference to the most notable movements, themes, motifs, techniques, and writers past and present. A unique little book highly recommended for readers and wri...
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    18,02 €


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