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Carolina Christmas: Archibald Rutledge's Enduring Holiday Stories
ISBN: 9781570039546 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Carolina Christmas" is a vibrant collection of holiday tales, poems, and recipes from a prolific outdoor writer celebrating hearth and hunt in the South of yesteryear.
"Carolina Christmas" is a vibrant collection of holiday tales, poems, and recipes from a prolific outdoor writer celebrating hearth and hunt in the So...
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122,40 |
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Faulkner and Welty and the Southern Literary Tradition
ISBN: 9781604738537 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As one of the preeminent scholars of southern literature, Noel Polk has delivered lectures, written journal articles and essays, and discussed the rich legacy of the South's literary heritage around the world for over three decades. His work on William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Walker Percy, and other writers is incisive and groundbreaking. His essays in Faulkner and Welty and the Southern Literary Tradition maintain an abiding interest in Polk's major area of literary study: the relationship between the smaller units of construction in a literary work and the work's larger themes.... As one of the preeminent scholars of southern literature, Noel Polk has delivered lectures, written journal articles and essays, and discussed the ... |
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Larry Brown and the Blue-Collar South
ISBN: 9781604738605 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With contributions from Robert G. Barrier, Robert Beuka, Thomas Arvold Bjerre, Jean W. Cash, Robert Donahoo, Richard Gaughran, Gary Hawkins, Darlin' Neal, Keith Perry, Katherine Powell, John A. Staunton, and Jay Watson Larry Brown is noted for his subjects--rural life, poverty, war, and the working class--and his spare, gritty style. Brown's oeuvre spans several genres and includes acclaimed novels (Dirty Work, Joe, Father and Son, The Rabbit Factory, and A Miracle of Catfish), short story collections (Facing the Music, Big Bad Love),... With contributions from Robert G. Barrier, Robert Beuka, Thomas Arvold Bjerre, Jean W. Cash, Robert Donahoo, Richard Gaughran, Gary Hawkins, Darlin... |
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137,09 |
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The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession
ISBN: 9780307275905 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the bestselling author of The Lost City of Z comes this "gripping" (The Miami Herald) and "hilarious" (EW) collection of real-life mysteries about people whose obsessions propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances. Whether David Grann is investigating a mysterious murder, tracking a chameleon-like con artist, or hunting an elusive giant squid, he has proven to be one of the most gifted reporters and storytellers of his generation. In The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, Grann takes the reader around the world, revealing a gallery...
From the bestselling author of The Lost City of Z comes this "gripping" (The Miami Herald) and "hilarious" (EW) collect...
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69,36 |
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The fifth in the "Literary Cities" series, "Literary Houston" gathers together historical and contemporary writing about this Texas city that everyone loves to hate. The fifth in the "Literary Cities" series, "Literary Houston" gathers together historical and contemporary writing about this Texas city that every... |
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132,18 |
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The Lifetime Continues
ISBN: 9781440465635 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second in a series of writings by T.L. Daniel. It spans 30 years of writings containing many different aspects of life and many different feelings and philosophies. Some of the writings are from early on in life and had been previously "lost" while others are from a time more recently just before and after the author had open heart surgery. Many different feelings in life are covered in this passionately written book.
The second in a series of writings by T.L. Daniel. It spans 30 years of writings containing many different aspects of life and many different feelings...
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44,31 |
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Olden Times Revisited: W. L. Clayton's Pen Pictures
ISBN: 9781604738803 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -If I had the pen of a ready writer, - Clayton wrote, -enabling me to give a pen-picture of the appearance of the virgin forests in these olden times, covered with the upstretching trees, with occasional vines entwining them from top to bottom, loaded with wild grapes or luscious muscadines, and the plains and hillsides waving with beautiful wild flowers, it would read like a fairy tale.- Olden times take on a nostalgic glow in these -pen pictures- of early days in Northeast Mississippi. The chivalry, the tall tales, the Indian lore, the social customs, and the local characters portrayed... -If I had the pen of a ready writer, - Clayton wrote, -enabling me to give a pen-picture of the appearance of the virgin forests in these olden tim... |
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137,09 |
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Political Writings
ISBN: 9780252035852 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theodore Dreiser staked his reputation on fearless expression in his fiction, but he never was more outspoken than when writing about American politics, which he did prolifically. Although he is remembered primarily as a novelist, the majority of his twenty-seven books were nonfiction treatises.To Dreiser, everything was political. His sense for the hype and hypocrisies of politics took shape in reasoned but emphatic ruminations in his fiction and nonfiction on the hopes and disappointments of democracy, the temptations of nationalism and communism, the threat and trumpets of war, and the...
Theodore Dreiser staked his reputation on fearless expression in his fiction, but he never was more outspoken than when writing about American politic...
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210,60 |
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A Library of American Literature from Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: Literature of the Republic, Pt. 2, 1821-1834
ISBN: 9781144716682 / Angielski / Miękka / 594 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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129,27 |
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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 16
ISBN: 9781144791610 / Angielski / Miękka / 546 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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120,63 |
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Moon City Review 2010: An Annual of Poetry, Story, Art, and Criticism
ISBN: 9780913785300 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2010 volume of Moon City Review takes "speculative futures" as its special theme, emphasizing utopian, diastopic, sci-fi and fantasy literature and criticism. In addition, MCR 2010 includes original poetry by Jim Daniels, Jeannine Hall Gailey, and Alysse Hotz; fiction by Juned Subhan, Nancy Gold, Ted Chiles, and Pete Duval; criticism by Landis Duffett; and creative nonfiction by Julie Platt. The "Archival Treasures" section continues its exploration of Ozarks-born artist and creator of the Kewpie, Rose O'Neill. New to this volume is a translations section, which includes Hernan Mugoya's...
The 2010 volume of Moon City Review takes "speculative futures" as its special theme, emphasizing utopian, diastopic, sci-fi and fantasy literature an...
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63,62 |
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A Full Quiver: Stories From The Edge
ISBN: 9781453627280 / Angielski / Miękka / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author has spent a lifetime living on the edge of chaos to experience all that the journey has to offer. His travels have carried him across the globe to places like Africa, Cuba, Ecuador and Thailand, often while rubbing shoulders with some of the most unsavory individuals on the planet. In this book he draws upon some of those experiences to entertain you with tales that range from reality to fanciful penetrations of the surreal, spiritual, inspirational and bizarre. Some stories are real, some are imagined. Will you be able to tell which is which? A Country Cop Books publication.
The author has spent a lifetime living on the edge of chaos to experience all that the journey has to offer. His travels have carried him across the g...
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88,81 |
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Speaking for Howells: Charting the Dean's Career Through the Language of His Characters
ISBN: 9780761820130 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examines William Dean Howells's intense interest in language, particularly literary language, and it illustrates how his use of language can be studied to indicate the evolution of his career. Since his views on language were so extensive and his canon of works so large, this study focuses on Howells's use of literary dialect in a representative number of works to support the following thesis: Howells's career charted a circular path from romanticism to realism back to romanticism, and the changes that his career experienced can be examined through an analysis of his extensive...
This study examines William Dean Howells's intense interest in language, particularly literary language, and it illustrates how his use of language ca...
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367,33 |
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Places: An Essay Collection
ISBN: 9781448677832 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Places is about how physical environments are cytoplasms for personal growth and gender exploration. Part 1, based upon a myriad of personal experiences, contains essays about the solitary female just as she might be: sportswoman, social commentator, explorer, career advocate, dreamer, and passionate lover. Part 2 builds upon the themes of identity and love through poetry and literary essays with subthemes of location and generativity.
Places is about how physical environments are cytoplasms for personal growth and gender exploration. Part 1, based upon a myriad of personal experienc...
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52,40 |
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The Pushcart Prize XXXV: Best of the Small Presses 2011 Edition
ISBN: 9781888889598 / Angielski / Twarda / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In reviewing last year's edition, Donna Seaman ofBooklist commented: "A brimming, vibrant anthology-the perfect introduction to new writers and adventurous new work by established writers . . . extraordinary in its range of voices and subjects. Here is literature to have and to hold." The Pushcart Prize has been chosen for the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement recognition by the National Book Critics Circle and the Writers for Writers award from Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble.
In reviewing last year's edition, Donna Seaman ofBooklist commented: "A brimming, vibrant anthology-the perfect introduction to new writers a...
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Shadows of A Life: A Given Price
ISBN: 9781453691793 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Shadows of A Life series is about a journey. From the lonely writer, to being a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, to being an educator, a student, to relationships, to politics, to America's history, to being human. I hope with each volume to rattle your cage in some small way. That's what poetry is all about...stringing some type of emotion along a winding road. A Given Price travels the road of undiscovered truths. Why have Americans become so blind to what they have been given? Why have we forgotten the reason why this country was born? God has always been at the head of our ship....
The Shadows of A Life series is about a journey. From the lonely writer, to being a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, to being an educator, a stud...
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24,28 |
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'No Mentor But Myself': Jack London on Writing and Writers, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780804736350 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing-culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings-a significant amount of new material has been added.
For this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing-culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings-a significa...
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426,10 |
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Restoring Hope
ISBN: 9781609576387 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CELEBRATING THE HUMAN SPIRIT A dazzling duet in a parking lot at dawn, a pair of work gloves forgotten in a tree, a child's toy lost from a car window, an autograph book rescued from an antique store, the search for an estranged father ... these are among the engines that drive this diverse collection of short stories. Writing in a wide variety of voices, Constance Bovier entices the reader into the personal spheres of a host of captivating characters where relationships flourish, languish and strain to the breaking point, where men and women resist change, weather loss and wrestle with love...
CELEBRATING THE HUMAN SPIRIT A dazzling duet in a parking lot at dawn, a pair of work gloves forgotten in a tree, a child's toy lost from a car window...
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69,02 |
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Selected Critical Writings Vol 2
ISBN: 9780521094641 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Santayana (1863 1952) was one of the leading philosophers of his era. His range of interests was wide; in addition to books and essays on philosophical subjects, he wrote literary criticism of the first rank, cultural criticism that remained fresh and valid up to the time of this book's publication in 1968, and autobiographical works which reveal a man of great charm with a deep interest and affection for his acquaintances. This two volume selection of Santayana's writing is exceptionally comprehensive; the editor has been careful to provide passages which adequately illustrate...
George Santayana (1863 1952) was one of the leading philosophers of his era. His range of interests was wide; in addition to books and essays on philo...
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The Raven: The Selected Poems of Edgar Allan Poe - Special Collector's Edition
ISBN: 9780970677341 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Raven: The Selected Poems of Edgar Allan Poe - Special Collector's Edition 60 Poems - Includes Edgar Allan Poe Chronology and Biography Featuring: The Raven - The Conqueror Worm - Lenore - Tamerlane - A Dream within a Dream - Annabel Lee + 54 More Favorite Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Here finally collected in one compact volume are the very best selected poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Chosen by Poe scholars the world over, this award winning collection of the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe is sure to become a literary classic. All the favorites are featured in this Special Collectors Edition: including...
The Raven: The Selected Poems of Edgar Allan Poe - Special Collector's Edition 60 Poems - Includes Edgar Allan Poe Chronology and Biography Featuring:...
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97,95 |
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