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Robert Frost: Speaking on Campus: Excerpts from His Talks, 1949-1962
ISBN: 9780393071238 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gathered by Edward Connery Lathem, editor ofThe Poetry of Robert Frost, and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David M. Shribman, Robert Frost: Speaking on Campus reveals Frost in the setting of both classroom and lecture hall, where he inspired thousands.
Gathered by Edward Connery Lathem, editor ofThe Poetry of Robert Frost, and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David M. Shribman...
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The Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson
ISBN: 9780393974072 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The editor has selected Jefferson's most important published textsA Summary View of the Rights of British America, the Declaration of Independence, and Notes on the State of Virginia--along with An Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family and his Message to Congress on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In addition, more than one hundred of Jefferson's letters (1760-1826) have been judiciously selected from his rich body of correspondence, allowing readers to see Jefferson as a person as well as a public figure. All...
The editor has selected Jefferson's most important published textsA Summary View of the Rights of British America, the Declaration of Ind...
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The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology
ISBN: 9780415537070 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology brings together a wide variety of important writings from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, including short fiction, poetry, public addresses, memoirs, and essays, accompanied by detailed annotations and concise introductions. Now in a thoroughly revised second edition, this slimmer volume has been revamped to: * Emphasize a diversity of perspectives on the war * Showcase more women writers * Expand the number of Southern voices * Feature more soldiers' testimony * Provide greater historical context. With selections from Louisa...
The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology brings together a wide variety of important writings from the Civil War and Reconstruction...
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377,08 |
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American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s
ISBN: 9780415778183 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s fully updates Vincent B. Leitch's classic book, American Literary Criticism from the 30s to the 80s following the development of the American academy right up to the present day. Updated throughout and with a brand new chapter, this second edition:
American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s fully updates Vincent B. Leitch's classic book, American Literary Criticism from the 30s t... |
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Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
ISBN: 9780486275635 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Philosopher, naturalist, poet and rugged individualist, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) has inspired generations of readers to think for themselves, to follow the dictates of their own conscience and to make an art of their lives. This representative sampling of his thought includes five of his most frequently cited and read essays: -Civil Disobedience, - his most powerful and influential political essay, exalts the law of conscience over civil law. -Life without Principle- distills the essence of Thoreau's philosophy of self-reliance and individualism. -Slavery in Massachusetts- is a searing...
Philosopher, naturalist, poet and rugged individualist, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) has inspired generations of readers to think for themselves, t...
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The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
ISBN: 9780486489230 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Familiarity breeds contempt and children." "It takes a heap of sense to write good nonsense." "Never tell a lie except for practice."
This attractive gift edition of the renowned American humorist's epigrams and witticisms features hundreds of eminently quotable quips. Discover Twain's views on life, love, history, culture, travel, and other topics with these pithy aphorisms from his fiction, essays, letters, and autobiography. " "Familiarity breeds contempt and children." "It takes a heap of sense to write good nonsense." "Never tell a lie except for practice."
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The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907-1922
ISBN: 9780521897334 / Angielski / Twarda / 431 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the first publication, in this edition, of all the surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), readers will for the first time be able to follow the thoughts, ideas and actions of one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century in his own words. This first volume encompasses his youth, his experience in World War I and his arrival in Paris. The letters reveal a more complex person than Hemingway's tough guy public persona would suggest: devoted son, affectionate brother, infatuated lover, adoring husband, spirited friend and disciplined writer. Unguarded and never...
With the first publication, in this edition, of all the surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), readers will for the first time be able to ...
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153,95 |
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Letters from an American Farmer and Other Essays
ISBN: 9780674051812 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Letters from an American Farmer was published in London in 1782, just as the idea of an "American" was becoming a reality. Those epistolary essays introduced the European public to America's landscape and customs and have since served as the iconic description of a then-new people. Dennis D. Moore's convenient, up-to-date reader's edition situates those twelve pieces from the 1782 Letters in the context of thirteen other essays representative of Crevecoeur's writings in English. The "American Farmer" of the title is Crevecoeur's fictional persona Farmer James, a bumpkin... Letters from an American Farmer was published in London in 1782, just as the idea of an "American" was becoming a reality. Those epistolary ... |
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The Complete Works of W. H. Auden, Volume IV: Prose: 1956-1962
ISBN: 9780691147550 / Angielski / Twarda / 1024 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fourth volume of W. H. Auden's prose provides a unique picture of this legendary writer's mind and art when he was at the height of his powers, from 1956 through 1962, including the years when he was Professor of Poetry at Oxford. The volume includes his best-known and most important prose collection, The Dyer's Hand, as well as scores of essays, reviews, and lectures on subjects ranging from J. R. R. Tolkien and Martin Luther to psychedelic drugs, cooking, and Homer. Much of the material has never been collected in book form, and some selections, such as the witty orations... This fourth volume of W. H. Auden's prose provides a unique picture of this legendary writer's mind and art when he was at the height of his powers... |
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Prose : The Centenary Edition
ISBN: 9780701186272 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume includes virtually all her published shorter prose pieces and a number of prose works not published until after her death. Here are her famous as well as her lesser-known stories, crucial memoirs, literary and travel essays, book reviews and her original draft of 'Brazil'.
This volume includes virtually all her published shorter prose pieces and a number of prose works not published until after her death. Here are her fa...
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Observations on the Real Rights of Women and Other Writings
ISBN: 9780803216150 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following in the path of her distinguished Puritan forebears, Hannah Mather Crocker used her skills as a writer primarily to persuade. Unlike those forebears, however, she did not begin her career as a published writer until well into middle age, after the death of her husband, Joseph Crocker, and after having raised ten children. The works collected here include previously unpublished poetry, drama, memoirs, sermons, and essays on American identity, education, and history, as well as the three texts published in her lifetime. This volume is named for her most famous work, Observations on...
Following in the path of her distinguished Puritan forebears, Hannah Mather Crocker used her skills as a writer primarily to persuade. Unlike those fo...
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Selections from Eliza Leslie
ISBN: 9780803232952 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Best known for her culinary and domestic guides and the award-winning short story Mrs. Washington Potts, Eliza Leslie deserves a much more prominent place in contemporary literary discussions of the nineteenth century. Her writing, known for its overtly moralistic and didactic tones though often presented with wit and humor also provides contemporary readers with a nuanced perspective for understanding the diversity among American women in Leslie s time.
Leslie s writing serves as a commentary on gender ideals and consumerism; presents complicated constructions of racial, national, and... Best known for her culinary and domestic guides and the award-winning short story Mrs. Washington Potts, Eliza Leslie deserves a much more prominent p...
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 1: Diary of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle
ISBN: 9780814720448 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books,... Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western th... |
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 2: Journal of Researches (Part One)
ISBN: 9780814720455 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books,... Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western th... |
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 3: Journal of Researches (Part Two)
ISBN: 9780814720462 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books,... Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western th... |
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 4: The Zoology of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle, Part I: Fossil Mammalia and Part II: Mammalia
ISBN: 9780814720479 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books,... Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western th... |
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 5: The Zoology of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle, Part III: Birds
ISBN: 9780814720486 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books,... Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western th... |
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 6: The Zoology of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle, Part IV: Fish and Part V: Reptiles
ISBN: 9780814720493 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books,... Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western th... |
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151,83 |
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 7: The Geology of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle, Part I: Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
ISBN: 9780814720509 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books,... Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western th... |
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151,83 |
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 8: The Geology of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle, Part II: Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands
ISBN: 9780814720516 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books,... Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western th... |
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151,83 |
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