Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings

Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) launched a fascination with drug use and abuse that has continued from his day to ...

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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is a powerful nineteenth-century autobiography tracing Thomas De Quincey's journey of addiction, introduced b...

De Quincey's investigation of his attachment to opium and how it connected with dreams and childhood, supported with extra material.

In the early 1980s, Brian O'Dea was operating a $100 million a year, 120-man drug smuggling business, and had developed a terrifying cocaine addict...

Spanning the 1960s-1980s, this science-fiction-themed second volume of our complete Guido Crepax library features, in addition to adventuress Valen...

Reducere. DescriptionA collection of writings on the subject of character and virtue from Islamic and other sources. Arranged thematically (Humility, Courage...

Hermann Hesse's voyage to the East Indies, recorded in journal entries and other writings translated into English for the first time, describes the...

This is the 45th Annniversary Edition of The Decline of an English Village. Throughout his life, Robin has observed dramatic changes in the way peo...

Reducere. DescriptionSoaring images, rhythmic language, and wry humor come together in these three narrative poems that explore travel from an African Americ...

Reducere. These thought-provoking teachings from respected Native American leaders and thinkers provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the ...

This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national cha...

Reducere. Groucho Marx was a comic genius who starred on stage and in film, radio, and television. But he was also a gifted writer - the author of a play, tw...

David Nunan's dynamic learner-centered teaching style has informed and inspired countless TESOL educators around the world. In this fresh, straight...

Mad Dogs & The Englishman. Confessions of a Loon - David English

The immigration man read my deportation order, looked at it and handed it back to me. Not only is it the last instalment of a unique and unorthodox...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): A. N. WilsonIllustration(s): 20 black and white photographs throughout bookNumber of pages: 320Publi...

Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental writers', A Sentimental Journey (1768) has outlasted its many imitators bec...

Reducere. Includes a preface by Butts' biographer Nathalie Blondel. In the newly reissued classic first novel of modernist English writer Mary Butts, a drama...

The twelfth Earl of Shaftesbury shows readers around his ancestral fifteenth century home, drawing attention to the highs, lows, techniques and inn...

A new edition of thetimeless business classic featured on Mad Men as fresh and relevant now as the day it was written"We admire people who work har...

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Reducere. A comprehensive and insightful compilation of Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography and other essays which offers an in-depth look into the life of...

With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity , " for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are ...

DescriptionThomas Paine is most famous for writing Common Sense, a pamphlet distributed during the American Revolution advocating for colonial Amer...

The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edi...

Reducere. Together in one place, this is a collection of most important works of Bhagat Singh, the Indian communist revolutionary who was executed by the Bri...

Reducere. Together in one place, this is a collection of most important works of Bhagat Singh, the Indian communist revolutionary who was executed by the Bri...

Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Malcolm AndrewsIllustration(s): 64 color plates, 65 halftonesNumber of pages: 356Publication date: 2021Dimensio...

A multifaceted career-spanning collection from famed activist and journalist David Harris David Harris is a reporter, a clear-eyed idealist, an Ame...

DescriptionPoetry. Fiction. Translated by Simon Schuchat and Ainsley Morse. With nearly 300 pages of prose and poetry, SOVIET TEXTS is the first re...

Franklin's writings span a long and distinguished career of literary, scientific, and political inquiry--the work of a man whose life lasted for ne...

Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an im...

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin. He is considered the foremost prose satirist in the English language, which stemmed from his critici...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James Allen"As a Man Thinketh" has long since been regarded as a classic. This short accessible work elucidates the power o...

'To open a book by David Jones is to walk in the ley lines of his dreaming, a dreaming offered to believer and non-believer alike.

Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution; his R...

Reducere. DescriptionIn its precise and beautiful language, and in that of the other writings of the Sage, which are included in this volume, is presented hi...