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  • Surprised by Imperfection
    Shari Brand Ray
    In a culture that encourages and applauds the search for perfection in all its exterior manifestations, Surprised by Imperfection is a collection of essays and memoirs that reminds readers of the exquisite beauty in the dappled and imperfect aspects of the vast world, seeks out the sanctity of the ordinary in all its seasons, and invites us back to childhood’s grand sense of wo...
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    30,06 €

  • Shakings And Odd Bits
    Hilton Ward
    A collection of poems, yarns and thoughts, a mixed bag, a sack of shakings, bits and pieces of life collected, scrambled or jumbled into a book fitted with an index as if life were fitted so. Perhaps I should say, 'Here are a few samples and observations from my life to date.' Some sad, some true, some I hope will touch you. ...
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    14,14 €

  • The Ocean
    Warwick McFadyen
    A collection of short essays and poems written by journalist Warwick McFadyen on the subject of death, grief and loss in the first years after the death of his son in 2019, describing with heartbreaking acuity his emotional responses to everyday life and the ever-present nature of his family’s enormous loss. ...
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    24,47 €

  • The Common Reader
    Virginia Woolf
    A far cry from her wistful and introspective fiction, Woolf’s essays on literature read as lively, droll, and conversational. These essays focus on famous literary figures as well as the craft of fiction; written in confident but inviting prose designed specifically for what Woolf called the common reader, they interweave biography, wit, social commentary, and literary analysis...
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    17,56 €

  • The Common Reader
    Virginia Woolf
    A far cry from her wistful and introspective fiction, Woolf’s essays on literature read as lively, droll, and conversational. These essays focus on famous literary figures as well as the craft of fiction; written in confident but inviting prose designed specifically for what Woolf called the common reader, they interweave biography, wit, social commentary, and literary analysis...
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    28,18 €

  • Just One More Minute
    Cathy Hammond / Heckler
    Ever wondered what would it be like, if, one could practice homeopathy - with words being the medicine instead of that which a homeopath doctor prescribes to their patients? Micro tales brings out the essence of a story. So that, it is in its purest form. As an atomic representation it waits for those reading the tale to attach variant meanings, and moulds itself to heal the re...
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    25,60 €

  • Surprised by Imperfection
    Shari Brand Ray
    In a culture that encourages and applauds the search for perfection in all its exterior manifestations, Surprised by Imperfection is a collection of essays and memoirs that reminds readers of the exquisite beauty in the dappled and imperfect aspects of the vast world, seeks out the sanctity of the ordinary in all its seasons, and invites us back to childhood’s grand sense of wo...
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    20,65 €

  • Andromalius, Take Two
    Camelia Elias
    The focus of this book is Andromalius, the 72nd demon in the Goetia, and how he functions as a mirror of Lucifer himself. In the process of illustrating the Lucifer/Andromalius entanglement, Camelia Elias tells stories about how Andromalius fares when dispatched to perform over and above what the Goetia prescribes. Andromalius doesn’t merely deliver the mail, or ’find treasures...
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    37,12 €

  • Without Saints
    Christopher Locke
    WITHOUT SAINTS is a breathtaking journey to rediscover hope between the ruins: Poet Christopher Locke was baptized by Pentecostals, absolved by punk rock, and nearly consumed by narcotics. Like Denis Johnson’s propulsive Jesus’ Son, Without Saints is a brief, muscular ride into the heart of American desolation, and the love one finds waiting for them instead.'This slim volume...
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    24,84 €

  • Hidden Cargoes
    Chris Arthur
    In this collection, prize-winning Irish essayist Chris Arthur ranges over subjects as various as a girl’s ear, a vulture’s egg, the letters in a Scrabble game, a sprig of witch-hazel, and the chasms of complexity contained in an ordinary moment. Whether he’s writing about owls, leaves, a street in his hometown, the symbiotic interrelationships in the stomach of a termite, a sou...
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    16,85 €

  • Some Remarks
    Neal Stephenson
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    13,42 €

  • The Coazze Notebook
    Luigi Pirandello / Lisa Sarti
    'During his sojourn, the Maestro kept a notebook in which he recorded everything that caught his eye, from the natives’ peculiar manners and dialect to the fast-changing scenery on his walks along picturesque trails. These notes and impressions gave way to poems, illustrations, and storylines, all merging into a seemingly experimental text encompassing graphic art, fiction, and...
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    15,16 €

  • The Lectures, Essays and Literary Criticism of Virginia Woolf
    Virginia Woolf
    Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer. She is widely hailed as being among the most influential modernist authors of the 20th century and a pioneer of stream of consciousness narration. Woolf was a central figure in the feminist criticism movement of the 1970s, her works having inspired countless women to take up the cause. She suffered numerous nervous break...
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    27,29 €

  • The Collected Essays and Letters of Virginia Woolf
    Virginia Woolf
    This book contains a fantastic collection of Virginia Woolf’s best essays and letters on a range of subjects including feminism, war, the works of other writers, and more. Contents include: 'Virginia Woolf', 'Henry James: The Old Order', 'Henry James: Within the Rim', 'The Letters of Henry James', 'David Copperfield', 'Professions for Women', 'The Rev William Cole', 'A Letter t...
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    27,82 €

  • The Collected Essays of Virginia Woolf
    Virginia Woolf
    Hailed as being among the most influential modernist authors of the 20th century, Woolf was a central figure in the feminist criticism movement of the 1970s whose works inspired countless women to take up the cause. Primarily, Woolf communicated her ideas through her essays, the most famous being 'A Room of One’s Own' (1929) which explored social injustices and women’s lack of ...
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    41,24 €

  • The Common Reader - First Series
    Virginia Woolf
    'The Common Reader' is a collection of classic essays by Virginia Woolf, originally published in two parts in 1925 and 1935. As the title suggests, the essays are intended for the average reader and deal with a variety of literary topics presented in layman’s terms. The first series deals with various authors including Geoffrey Chaucer, Jane Austen, and Joseph Conrad, together ...
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    25,36 €

  • Storytellers’ True Stories About Love Vol 1
    Love is the undercurrent that drives much of what we say and do and makes our existence meaningful. This collection of thirty-three beautifully written stories captures love in its many forms-love of romantic partners, parents, children, friends, animals, and passionate interests.These stories will inspire, motivate, and entertain. In the name of love, our storytellers suspende...
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    13,98 €

  • The Story Is True, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
    Bruce Jackson
    Delves into the meaning of stories, their tellers, and those who experience them. ...
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    121,51 €

  • The Orwell Reader
    George Orwell
    Here is Orwell’s work in all its remarkable range and variety. The selections in this anthology show how Orwell developed as writer and as thinker; inevitably, too, they reflect and illuminate the history of the time of troubles in which he lived and worked. 'A magnificent tribute to the probity, consistency and insight of Orwell’s topical writings' (Alfred Kazin). Introduction...
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    14,65 €

  • Me, My Podium and I
    John James Cooper
    In this collection of eccentric essays, Cooper shares his unique views on a variety of topics related to the human condition. They are laced with a touch of humor in order to lighten up the rather dark essence of his subject matter. He is the first to admit that his writing has a target audience-introverts only. He strongly doubts that anyone with an extrovert’s DNA sequence wi...
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    10,33 €

  • A Pathway to an Ending
    Fred Madryga
    In a lifetime of diverse careers, Canadian Fred Madryga has worked as a logger, in an abattoir, as a roofing kettle, tin basher, a university lecturer and a psychologist in private psychological practice with sexual offenders. His literary essays demonstrate a keen eye for detail and insights into diverse personalities as well as a capacity for self-reflection and personal grow...
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    24,66 €

  • Awaken Your Inner Lion
    Tolu’ A. Akinyemi
    An object will remain in a state of inertia until acted upon by an external force. This is what ’Awaken Your Inner Lion’ is: it’s a call for us to rouse the lion within us; to stir from our state of passiveness and take the reins of our lives.In this poignant and reflective book, Tolu Akinyemi writes about vital touchpoints in life. It’s a book that gives clarity to those in se...
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    13,37 €

  • Faulkner and Mystery
    Annette Trefzer
    Contributions by Hosam Aboul-Ela, Susan V. Donaldson, Richard Godden, Michael Gorra, Lisa Hinrichsen, Donald M. Kartiganer, Sarah Mahurin, Sean McCann, Noel Polk, Esther Sánchez-Pardo, Annette Trefzer, Rachel Watson, and Philip Weinstein Faulkner and Mystery presents a wide spectrum of compelling arguments about the role and function of mystery in William Faulkner’s fiction. Tw...
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    42,79 €

  • Until the Red Swallows It All
    Mason Parker
    Sometimes sinister and sometimes playful, Mason Parker’s essays and vignettes attempt the nearly impossible task of capturing the true magnitude of our ecological situation. Until the Red Swallows It All tells stories of people formed by landscape and examines Oklahoma after the big fracking boom, a microcosm of something even more expansive than the open plains or seemingly en...
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    20,23 €

  • All Things Considered
    G. K. Chesterton
    Nobody wrote like G.K. Chesterton, who (as the book title indicates) took great joy in penning intelligent, thoughtful, and witty essays on all sorts of themes and things. Chesterton’s tendency to cover a vast, irregular range of essay topics began with his first book of prose, 'The Defendant,' which delightfully addressed a diversity of normally ho-hum subjects ranging from sk...
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    9,60 €

  • An Earnest Blackness
    Eugen Bacon
    In this debut collection of personal essays, Eugen Bacon offers critical perspectives on blackness, Afrofuturism, colonialism, historicity, and (mis)recognition as she explores the untapped possibilities of speculative fiction. Using a variety of analytic, narrative, and anecdotal techniques, Bacon shares her experiences as an African Australian woman, mother, and writer who oc...
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    26,62 €

  • Not that it Matters
    A. A. Milne
    Not that it Matters by A. A. Milne is a compilation of short stories and essays. A. A. Milne is widely known for his creation of Winnie-the-Pooh, but if you would like to see a different side of his creative mind this book is for you. 'We had another amusement as children, in which I suppose the modern child is no longer able to indulge. We used to wait until the tide was just ...
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    9,68 €

  • Empire Eternal
    Sinclair Jenkins
    'The men who founded these great civilizations are long gone, but their blood still lives within us. We are called to conquer. Our age, like every other age, is a war of all against all for the domination of space.' Throughout the 19th and through the early 20th centuries, the European Great Powers established direct control over the majority of the planet, and suzerainty over ...
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    29,26 €

  • Why We Fight
    Antelope Hill Publishing
    What is worth fighting for?What would motivate someone to sacrifice for something outside of themselves? What could inspire someone to bring the weight of the world’s most powerful institutions down upon themselves?Many great writers have given their answer to these questions. Now, Antelope Hill Publishing is giving the chance for a new generation to share what animates them to...
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    28,92 €

  • Critical Essays on William Faulkner
    Robert W Hamblin
    Critical Essays on William Faulkner compiles scholarship by noted Faulkner studies scholar Robert W. Hamblin. Ranging from 1980 to 2020, the twenty-one essays present a variety of approaches to Faulkner’s work. While acknowledging Faulkner as the quintessential southern writer--particularly in his treatment of race--the essays examine his work in relation to American and even i...
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    42,48 €


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