Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy, Paperback - Eric G. Wilson

Reducere. We are addicted to happiness. More than any other generation, Americans today believe in the power of positive thinking. But who says we're suppose...

Reducere. Why can't we look away?Whether we admit it or not, we're fascinated by evil. Dark fantasies, morbid curiosities, Schadenfreude: as conventional wis...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Misabel .Illustration(s): 0Number of pages: 42Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 126 x 202 x 14Cover...

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, ...

An in-depth look into the life of Romantic essayist Charles Lamb and the legacy of his workPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Eric G. Wilso...

Reducere. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptoms, prognostics, and several cures of it. In three partitions. With their ...

Reducere. 1. As Seen From Above 4: 40 2. In Praise Of Dreams 5: 21 3. One Goes There Alone 5: 06 4. Knot Of Place And Time 6: 22 5. If You Go Far Enough 0: 3...

Reducere. The author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums attacks the current fashion for empires and white men's burdens in this blistering collection of r...

In Praise of the Stepmother is a witty and subtle meditation on the mysterious nature of human happiness and the corrupting power of innocence

Reducere. Side A 1. As Seen From Above (4: 42) 2. In Praise Of Dreams (5: 21) 3. One Goes There Alone (5: 06) 4. Knot Of Place And Time (6: 22) 5. If You Go ...

Reducere. Winner of the Wandering Aengus Press Book Award, Tarn Wilson's memoir in essays In Praise of Inadequate Gifts explores the varied ways we process t...

The pleasures of car travel around rural Britain are considered by former prison psychiatrist and author of The Knife Went In Theodore Dalrymple, w...

Erasmus wrote In Praise of Folly, his masterpiece of ironic literature, in less than a week while en route to England from Italy to visit his good ...

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Devoted to a deceptively simple but original argument that copying is an essential part of being human, that the ability to copy is worthy of celeb...

How many times have you rehearsed what you were gonna say or cursed yourself for what you should have said?

Celtic's greatest ever player receives tributes from some of the biggest names in football in this anecdote-rich toast to the nine-time Scottish Le...

'Is there some adventure out there that we are not having, some vividness, some wild pleasure, that we are not experiencing in our responsible, pro...

Reducere. This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, ...

Reducere. With meticulous observation and the seductive skill of a great storyteller, Vargas Llosa lures the reader into the shadow of perversion that, littl...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jeff DeutschNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 206 x 139 x 20Cover type: Hardbac...

In Praise of Nahum Tate covers a wide range of reading experiences including poetry, short stories, reviews and politics. It features an eclectic p...

If we are to resist returning to the logic of clashing, violent particularisms and defend ourselves against fascist or fascistoid tendencies that a...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionIn Praise of Beer is a helpful guide for beer lovers looking to learn more about what they should look for with each sip of beer. In his...

Reducere. We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution sh...

A joyous must-have vegetable companion for the vegetarian or simply veg-forward: 'Alice Zaslavsky is a force of nature!' Nigella Lawson.

This book, whose original French edition achieved worldwide attention when its author died trying to save two children caught in a riptide, challen...

This book, whose original French edition achieved worldwide attention when its author died trying to save two children caught in a riptide, challen...

1980s Syria, our young narrator is living a secluded life behind the veil in the vast and perfumed house of her grandparents in Aleppo. Her three a...

What They Wrote is a collection of introductions, articles, and reviews by Jack Ketchum of various horror novels and collections. Included here are...