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  • The Silver Domino
    Marie Corelli
    Author Marie Corelli’s brilliant commentary on the personal and professional politics of the literary community full of colorful characters fueled by fame, criticism and competition. It’s a bold and insightful depiction of nineteenth century publishing.At the time of publication, Marie Corelli was an established writer who had been criticized for her style and subject matter. I...
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    17,83 €

  • What’s Wrong with the World
    G. K. Chesterson / G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterson
    G.K. Chesterton delivers insightful commentary on modern behavior and social practices influenced by big business, gender roles, government and other notable figures throughout his lifetime. The book is inspired by his own personal beliefs regarding faith, family and the working man.What’s Wrong with the World is a critical analysis of various topics covered by acclaimed writer...
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    18,51 €

  • The Road
    Jack London
    During the catastrophic economic depression of the 1890s, young Jack London found himself in the same situation as many others-homeless and unemployed. After a failed American investment and crop failure, the nation found itself in a panic. As London recounts these times, he tells stories of hopping on freight trains, consequently being forcefully removed. While living as a hob...
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    17,06 €

  • Intentions
    Oscar Wilde
    Intentions consists of multiple essays in which Wilde combats the popular argument that art must adhere to a moral standard and serve a benevolent purpose. It’s a direct contrast to longstanding tradition in contemporary literature.Oscar Wilde delivers four irreverent essays that criticize the norm and celebrate the unexpected. Intentions features four of his works: 'The Decay ...
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    17,83 €

  • The Secret World. John Le Carre’s Books & Films
    Jorge Pinto Mazal
    Following the experience of comparing a novel and its film adaptation, I made a list of my favorite movies based on Le Carré’s books. I decided to select my personal preferences and write a short text about the links between literature and film. I never intended to write an academic essay. The book contains brief reviews of Le Carré’s books and their film adaptations. It includ...
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    12,63 €

  • Readings Prosaic and Poetic
    Food For The Heart And MindCollected over many years, this thoughtfully curated treasury of readings reaches out across multiple cultures and traditions. Open it on almost any page and you will find something to inspire you. It is awash with masterpieces of the writer’s craft.This literary gem is artfully organized under twelve headings which is itself a poem of a kind, and rea...
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    64,24 €

  • Concrete and Culture
    Robby Porter
    After a year of homeschooling prompted him to consider how much he actually knew and how he’d learned it, Robby Porter-builder, solar-panel-installer, ski-trail-groomer, woodworker, hydroelectric engineer, and philosopher-decided to write down everything he’d learned that he thought was worth knowing, and the result was this collection of essays both humorous and astute. Porter...
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    14,45 €

  • William Shakespeare
    Víctor Hugo
    William Shakespeare (1864) is an experimental biography by Victor Hugo. Written while the poet was living in exile on the island of Guernsey, William Shakespeare was doomed to fail at its conception. Condemned by critics who expected Hugo to focus on the works of the Elizabethan playwright, William Shakespeare is in reality a sweeping biography of literature itself, a touching ...
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    14,30 €

  • Waiting For A Visa
    Dr. B. R. Ambedkar / DrBRAmbedkar
    Waiting For A VisaThis 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-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools t...
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    7,71 €

  • Hidden in the Tall Grass
    Johnny Carrol Sain
    Inspired by the words of Thoreau, Leopold, Abbey, and others exploring the intimate connections between people, place, and nature, Johnny Carrol Sain offers thoughtful commentary on the culture, wild places, and wild things of his home. ...
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    14,93 €

  • The Outside in View of Uncommon Bostonian
    Yvonne Christian
    The Outside In View of Uncommon Bostonian: What an Autistic Black Woman Sees is the creative non-fiction book that shows the writings and art of Yvonne Christian, a Black woman who was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome in 2002. A few years after her diagnosis, she became a volunteer blogger of a daily newspaper that often published her posts in their printed editions. Unfortun...
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    6,32 €

  • The Great American Novel
    Émile Zola
    The Experimental Novel (1880) is an essay by French author Émile Zola. Written at the height of his career as a leading proponent of Naturalism, The Experimental Novel serves to illuminate the author’s approach to the practice and purpose of writing while advocating for a revolution of style among artists of his era. Read as a reaction against Romanticism, The Experimental Nove...
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    6,83 €

  • Lewis Nkosi. The Black Psychiatrist
    'Much has happened to me that is worth narrating, worth celebrating, in spite of the regrets and sorrows of exile. My life began under Apartheid until I attained the age of 22, and then subsequently lived in many places and societies, in Central Africa, Britain, the United States, Poland, and during a brief sojourn, in France and, finally, in Switzerland.' - Lewis Nkosi in ’Mem...
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    101,93 €

  • My Choice of Words
    Peter James Russell
    'A beautiful collection of thoughts, views and biographical notes... 'goodreads.com 'Original, thoughtful, honest and often very funny...' Guy Chambers 'Nakedly honest and warmly generous... 'goodreads.com  ...
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    25,11 €

  • The Road
    Jack London
    During the catastrophic economic depression of the 1890s, young Jack London found himself in the same situation as many others-homeless and unemployed. After a failed American investment and crop failure, the nation found itself in a panic. As London recounts these times, he tells stories of hopping on freight trains, consequently being forcefully removed. While living as a hob...
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    9,12 €

  • COVID Chronicles
    David Blow
    The COVID-19 pandemic has robbed college students of countless sacred, rite-of-passage experiences long taken for granted, a blow compounded by this country’s political upheaval. 'COVID Chronicles' started as a blog assignment in a Media Writing class and became a raw, gripping look at the impact of the pandemic on young adults - written in their own words as they navigated the...
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    13,33 €

  • Essays
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays and poems on the transcendental movement in the United States became some of the most important literary pieces in American History. In this culmination of essays, Emerson takes the reader through different forms of philosophies that attempt to explain the world and man’s purpose within it.Heavily vested in the philosophy of transcendentalism, thoug...
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    19,32 €

  • Ideas of Good and Evil
    William Butler Yeats
    Ideas of Good and Evil (1903) is a collection of wide-ranging essays by Irish poet W.B. Yeats. Writing on such subjects as the art of poetry, politics, and the occult, Yeats proves himself to be not only a master of verse and drama, but an immensely talented essayist and thorough scholar.'What is ’Popular Poetry’?' reflects on a changing Irish literary landscape which has, over...
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    17,83 €

  • Collected Essays
    Arthur Porges
    The first of two volumes of essays written by Arthur Porges, an author known for his short fiction. ...
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    19,67 €

  • I Kill People For A Living
    Kathy Lynn Emerson
    In this unique compilation of 115 essays written between 2011 and 2021, Kathy Lynn Emerson, author of over sixty traditionally-published books in a variety of genres and under several names, writes about everything from how to conquer the sagging middle of a work-in-progress to the adoption of  her current cat-in-residence. Other topics highlight eccentricities—her own, a few f...
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    13,82 €

  • Random Musings
    Sunil Gudur
    About the Author:Sunil Gudur, a first-time author, has with this maiden attempt fulfilled a promise made to himself-of writing a book. A corporate professional with over thirty-three years of varied experience across multiple industries, places, profiles, functions, and positions, Sunil has drawn inspiration partly from his professional experiences as well his penchant to scrib...
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    8,79 €

  • From Odessa With Love
    Vladislav Davidzon
    'Born in Tashkent, raised in Moscow and New York City, an editor in Odessa, a correspondent in Paris, there seems nowhere Davidzon hasn’t been, no one he hasn’t met. The result is a distinctive voice and eye, an eclectic mix of the cultural critic, the political analyst and the liberal cosmopolitan, evident from the first page of this delightful book' - Mark Galeotti, Universit...
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    140,65 €

  • Why I Write - And Other Essays on Literature
    George Orwell
    A fantastic collection of George Orwell’s essays on politics, literature, travel, and more, this volume features the best examples of the author’s non-fiction work. This volume collates Orwell’s highly regarded essays on a variety of subjects, including socio-political commentary as well as literary reviews and criticism. Featuring influential works such as ’A Hanging’ and ’Sh...
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    26,46 €

  • The Best of Orwell - A Collection of Essays
    George Orwell
    Collected in this volume are the finest essays by George Orwell, one of the greatest British writers of the twentieth century, spanning a diverse range of topics from writing and literature to travel and politics. Known for having strong opinions on the subject of literature, many of the best examples of Orwell’s reviews, criticisms, and writings on language are featured in th...
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    29,52 €

  • Politics Vs. Literature and Politics and the English Language
    George Orwell
    Introducing this new edition of George Orwell’s critical essays on politics and literature, this volume features both ’Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver’s Travels’ and ’Politics and the English Language’. First published in 1946, both the essays featured in this volume were written by Orwell on the topics of politics and literature. In ’Politics vs. Literatu...
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    15,55 €

  • Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
    Jerome K Jerome / Jerome K. Jerome
    Featuring twelve simple yet profound essays, Jerome K. Jerome’s Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a humorous and clever collection. Each essay is crafted around a timeless and relatable issue, such as the unfortunately common inability to make decisions. On the Art of Making Up One’s Mind observes this to be a common practice. Beginning with the story of a young woman who ...
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    9,82 €

  • Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
    Jerome K Jerome / Jerome K. Jerome
    At a young age, author Jerome K. Jerome found a hobby that he was extremely skilled at, and very passionate about-idleness. He was thrilled at the amount of time he could waste doing nothing, frustrating those around him. However, when Jerome falls ill and is ordered to bedrest, this hobby is tested. Then, he learns that doing nothing is only fun when you have other commitmen...
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    9,12 €

  • The Silver Domino
    Marie Corelli
    Author Marie Corelli’s brilliant commentary on the personal and professional politics of the literary community full of colorful characters fueled by fame, criticism and competition. It’s a bold and insightful depiction of nineteenth century publishing.At the time of publication, Marie Corelli was an established writer who had been criticized for her style and subject matter. I...
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    9,88 €

  • The Collected Essays of Virginia Woolf
    Virginia Woolf
    Virginia Woolf’s haunting writing, her succinct insights into feminist, artistic, historical, political issues, and her revolutionary experiments with points of view and stream-of-consciousness altered the course of literature.Here is a collection of twenty-nine of Virginia Woolf’s essays. Widely considered one of the finest essayists of the 20th Century, she is also considered...
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    9,64 €

  • What’s Wrong with the World
    G K Chesterson / G. K. Chesterton
    G.K. Chesterton delivers insightful commentary on modern behavior and social practices influenced by big business, gender roles, government and other notable figures throughout his lifetime. The book is inspired by his own personal beliefs regarding faith, family and the working man.What’s Wrong with the World is a critical analysis of various topics covered by acclaimed writer...
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    10,57 €


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