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  • The Miró Worm and the Mysteries of Writing
    Sven Birkerts
    One of America’s most honored and respected essayists, Sven Birkerts, returns with a riveting new collection. In The Miró Worm and the Mysteries of Writing, Birkerts reflects on fundamental questions every writer grapples with at one time or another: 'Ah, the old questions, the good questions, the questions that seem so very basic on the surface, but then you get caught in the ...
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    17,05 €

  • Memory Field
    Eric Tyler Benick
    In Memory Field, Benick recalls objects of consciousness as altered by the materials of space and time and examines the social and ontological imperatives of what it means to be a body at any given moment. A 'travelogue of forgetting' in the Proustian sense, Benick’s text embraces the impossibility of accurate remembering and concedes to the liminal overlap of fact and fiction....
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    13,82 €

  • Books and Persons
    Arnold Bennett
    Books and Persons by Arnold Bennett is a collection of essays and literary criticism originally published in the New Age magazine between 1908 and 1911. Bennett discusses contemporary literary trends, prominent authors of the time, and his own thoughts on writing and literature. This work offers insight into Bennett’s views on the literary world of the early 20th century, blend...
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    21,66 €

  • Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems Vol. 2
    Thomas Babington Macaulay
    Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) is a collection of essays and poems that reflect the author’s vast intellectual range and historical insight. In Volume 2, Macaulay continues to offer sharp analysis on historical, political, and literary topics, covering figures such as Machiavelli and Frederick the Great, as well ...
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    37,01 €

  • Earthwork Out Of Tuscany
    Maurice Hewlett
    In this beautifully written collection of essays, Maurice Hewlett reflects on the art, culture, and landscape of Tuscany, blending historical insight with personal observation. Through his vivid descriptions, he captures the essence of Italian life and Renaissance art, offering readers a rich and poetic appreciation of Tuscany’s enduring beauty. Hewlett’s elegant prose makes th...
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    18,42 €

  • Sense and Nonsense
    Claire Crowther
    'The thike, Claire Crowther’s imaginary creation, ’broods, plays, and is 'othered' by an uncaring society’. The poetry that appeals to Crowther, and for which she acts as such an eloquent advocate, often does the same. The essays of Sense and Nonsense are passionate acts of elective affinity, precise and careful homages to kindred spirits from Lorine Niedecker and Veronica Forr...
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    21,42 €

  • Brown Women Have Everything
    Sayantani Dasgupta
    As a child growing up in New Delhi, Sayantani Dasgupta wanted to go on adventures involving shipwrecks and treasure chests. Her parents wanted her to stay in school instead. She satisfied her curiosity by drawing maps, inventing languages with friends, and reading everything: English adventures, Russian folktales, Hindi comics, Bengali ghost stories.Brown Women Have Everything ...
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    127,30 €

  • The Susan Awards
    Jim Mahoney
    This book is a celebration of the writing talents of public high school seniors throughout the Muskingum Valley area over the past twenty years. This anthology represents the best of the best writing pieces from which all winners of the Susan Award received one thousand dollars each. It is also compiled to honor the memory of a budding talented writer, Susan Mahoney, whose life...
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    22,37 €

  • Points of Tangency
    Scott Russell Morris
    Within the pages of Points of Tangency, a sequence of brilliant personal essays, Scott Russell Morris, a closeted queer Mormon, tells the story of meeting and then marrying his now wife. His story, told with grace, compassion, and dexterity, forges the framework of a life lived, and lives living together, in our mysterious and dynamic present. ...
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    20,25 €

  • Jean-luc
    Sylvio Amadeo
    Henrique opened the door gently, everything was as it was before the fatal accident, only the silence in the apartment was frightening.He walked to the empty rooms; the small bedside table next to the large bed was covered in dust.How long has it been since the accident? ten days, twenty or more?” Henrique murmured, having lost track of time.Then, in his grandchildren s room, s...
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    16,12 €

  • Addison’s Essays
    Joseph Addison
    Joseph Addison, one of the most influential English essayists of the 18th century, is best known for his contributions to The Spectator and The Tatler. His essays cover a wide range of topics, from social manners and morality to politics, philosophy, and literary criticism. Addison’s prose is celebrated for its clarity, elegance, and wit, making complex ideas accessible to a br...
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    21,54 €

  • What Is It Like to be Alive?
    Chris Arthur
    In What is it Like to be Alive? Fourteen Attempts at an Answer, prize-winning essayist Chris Arthur looks into life’s mirror and offers an account of what can be seen in ordinary things. Each of the book’s fourteen essays is an exercise in seeing beyond the obvious, and finding hidden depth in the places and things we might otherwise take for granted. Arthur ranges over subject...
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    19,66 €

  • Call Me Zach Hively Because That Is My Name
    Zach Hively
    Few challenges are greater than navigating the world as a so-called adult. Yet Zach Hively does his best to evade them all. The perils of rental housing? Finding friendship as a hermit who rather dislikes people? Bears? There’s nothing he can’t talk his way through (or out of) in these short essays.Call Me Zach Hively Because That Is My Name assembles, if not the best, at leas...
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    15,83 €

  • Away From Home Anthology
    Away From Home is a print anthology of thrilling poetry and riveting prose about stepping outside your comfort zone and into the realization that other people live radically different lives. Edited by Frances Klein and Will Klein. ...
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    13,88 €

  • The American Crisis
    Thomas Paine
    This influential series of pamphlets, written by Thomas Paine during the American Revolutionary War, served as a powerful call to arms for the colonists. With his stirring prose, Paine sought to inspire the American people to persevere in their fight for independence from British rule. The essays address the challenges faced by the fledgling nation, rallying the spirit of resis...
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    15,46 €

  • Bentham
    John Stuart Mill
    There are two men, recently deceased, to whom their country is indebted not only for the greater part of the important ideas which have been thrown into circulation among its thinking men in their time, but for a revolution in its general modes of thought and investigation. These men are Jeremy Bentham and Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- the two great seminal minds of England in the...
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    10,25 €

  • Like You Never Had Wings
    Charlene Elsby / Joe Koch / Kyle Winkler
    In this collection, Joe Koch, Kyle Winkler, and Charlene Elsby examine the evolving landscapes of horror. Each essay highlights the cultural, philosophical, and emotional shifts shaping our universal anxieties. ...
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    11,01 €

  • Things You Never Knew Existed
    Josh Olsen
    a book of essays by Josh OlsenJosh Olsen’s third collection of nonfiction, Things You Never Knew Existed, was written during a period of transition, in a space of underemployment, familial challenges, and adult disillusionment, where trading cards, action figures, and pro wrestling aren’t mere reminders of a carefree youth, but function as lifelines to self-care. These essays r...
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    15,35 €

  • Alarms and Discursions
    G.K. Chesterton / G.KChesterton
    Alarms and Discursions is a vibrant collection of essays by G.K. Chesterton, filled with his signature wit, paradoxical insights, and sharp observations on a wide range of topics. From the mundane to the profound, Chesterton’s essays delve into everything from social issues to everyday curiosities, always with a sense of wonder and a deep appreciation for the absurdities of lif...
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    13,32 €

  • Concerning Cats
    Helen M. Winslow / Helen MWinslow
    Helen M. Winslow (1851-1938), a scholar, linguist , novelist and poet, wrote from an early age. Concerning Cats describes the lives and humans of a variety of actual felines. ...
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    17,43 €

  • Sleepless Nights Scribbling
    Arjun Unnikrishnan
    Sleepless Nights Scribbling is a collection of writings tracing the evolution of the writer over a decade. This book brings to the reader a refreshing look at stories and essays from the perspective of a millennial Indian facing the challenges of a changing nation. Politics, entertainment, human condition, sexuality, social taboos, customs, religion; various topics pertinent in...
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    15,76 €

  • Empty Pool
    Isabel Zapata
    Neither essays nor prose poems, the pieces in Empty Pool propose a new genre: the essay poem. Vivid and restless, Zapata’s mind ranges through motherhood, octopi, the Covid pandemic, photography, extinction, dogs, translation, birds, memory, recipes, reading aloud, and people who live as if they are 'contestants in a sinister gossiptransmission contest organized by some telecom...
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    18,04 €

  • Eclectic Essays, Poems, Prose & Quotes
    R. H. W. Dorsey
    Eclectic Essays, Poems, Prose & Quotes is a collection of both published and previously published content by R. H. W. Dorsey. The subjects on the pages of this offering are an eclectic mix of current events and topics that include miracles, racism, grief, and other subjects of interest. One of the essays, On Being a Grateful Soul, was put on a shortlist of essays by Fountain Ma...
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    5,67 €

  • Certain Personal Matters
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    H.G. Wells’ collection of humorous and witty essays, including such topics as 'Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte,' 'On the Choice of a Wife,' 'In a Literary Household,' 'The Language of Flowers,' 'The Book of Curses,' 'The Writing of Essays,' 'The Pleasure of Quarrelling,' 'How I Died,' and many more! ...
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    14,52 €

  • Growing Up in an Immigrant Household and Community
    Vicky Giouroukakis
    Although there are thousands of media sources that relate the trials and tribulations of immigrants coming to this country to pursue the American dream, there are few that document the experiences of children of immigrants who typically straddle two worlds: the world of their parents and the country in which they are born.Growing Up in an Immigrant Household: Essays by Descenda...
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    23,25 €

  • Bad Mothers and Other Miscreants
    Ann Bronston
    There are a million ways to screw up at mothering. One character in Ann Bronston’s hilarious, heartbreaking debut collection, Bad Mothers and Other Miscreants, silently inserts fuck into conversations with her young children. Another secretly wishes her troubled son dead. A third, fueled by religious mania, visits violence upon her own child. lf these maternal crimes sound grim...
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    13,10 €

  • Rabindranath and Gangadhar
    Manindra Kumar Meher / Malabika Patel
    This book is a comparative study between two great poets of the adjacent states. While studying and analyzing their works both in Bengali and Odia, the author never felt who is superior or inferior of the two, but how equally inspiring both the poets are by delving deep into their souls.  This book would be a great read for the common readers and great source of knowledge for t...
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    17,70 €

  • THE 1960’s
    Nancy Hoffman
    In sixty essays Nancy Hoffman gives you a glimpse of growing up in the sixties. A retired teacher of thirty-two years, Nancy shares her memories and insights of an iconic decade. After reading her words and enjoying the many retro photos, it is the hope of this author that you the reader, walk away with a positive feeling about this memorable time in history. Since her retireme...
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    16,59 €

  • The Necessity of Poetics
    Robert Sheppard
    The Necessity of Poetics marks the moves Robert Sheppard has made as a poet-critic around the notion of poetics in general, and the poetics of linguistically innovative poetry in particular, and his own poetics as an outcome of those. It traces those moves, but offers them to fellow poets, critics, and even to literary historians. It incites and ignites and invites readers to i...
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    22,22 €

  • Jagged Fiction - A Collection
    Valerie J Runyan
    JAGGED FICTION- A COLLECTION IS AN ARRAY OF NARRATIVES NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, IT IS FOR ADULTS WHO ENJOY DIVERSE INCLUSIVE FICTION WITH SHARP EDGES. ...
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    22,43 €


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