Reflections on Exile and Other Essays

Reducere. With their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have transformed the field of literary studies. This long-...

A compilation of 35 years' worth of critical essays from one of the boldest and most articulate cultural theorists of our time

Reducere. In these fourteen essays Andre Aciman, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced...

Reducere. About the AuthorJ. F. Riordan has worked in opera, in the classroom, and in philanthropy, but her first love is writing. She is the author of four ...

Collected here in a single volume for the first time, On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, and The Subjection o...

Reducere. In this thoughtful collection of interviews and essays, Michael White extends upon his explorations of the narrative metaphor in therapy. Thorough ...

Reducere. William Shakespeare, thief and genius. "Borrowing" other people's stories, he used his unparalleled way with words to craft those stories into time...

Reducere. Williams tackles a host of controversial subjects in this collection of nineteen impassioned essays dealing mostly with humanity's abuses of the na...

Reducere. Can man decree a thing and have it come to pass? Most decidedly he can Man has always decreed that which has appeared in his world and is today dec...

Reducere. Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke offers three intimate, eloquent meditations that map a self-reflexive journey from Alaska to the Austria of his chi...

Amid the 18th century's golden generation that included his companions Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson and Edward Gibbon, Burke's controversial mixture ...

Reducere. Designed to inspire students to think differently about the much-feared assignment of essay writing, this collection of imaginative, rule-breaking,...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Law is an 1850 book by Fr d ric Bastiat. It was written at Mugron two years after the third French Revolution and a few months befor...

Reducere. In this collection of essays Willie Morris explores the subject of "home" and what it means to Americans. Morris takes the reader on a chronologica...

The Fun Stuff and Other Essays - James Wood

Reducere. From Cory Kruse, author of the critically acclaimed A Dream of Darkness, comes an incisive collection that will delight, inspire, devastate, and up...

Publisher: EverymanAuthor(s): Albert CamusNumber of pages: 704Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 213 x 138 x 36Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farme...

Reducere. The idea of this book is that language is too interesting to be enjoyed exclusively by linguists.This is undoubtedly unfair to linguists--not peopl...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizTranslator: Daniel GarberNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 1991Dimensio...

The idea of this book is that language is too interesting to be enjoyed exclusively by linguists.This is undoubtedly unfair to linguists--not peopl...

Contributor(s): Author: Rosemary PardoeIntroduction by: David SuttonTHE GHOSTLY WORK OF M. R. JAMESThe celebrated writer M. R. James (1862-1936) is...

Reducere. 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 ...

This volume, containing Mill's "On Liberty, " "Utilitarianism, " "Considerations of Representative Government, " and "The Subjection of Women, " dr...

Publisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): Jacques DerridaNumber of pages: 196Publication date: 1992Dimensions: 218 x 147 x 18Cover type: Hardba...

'it is only the cultivation of individuality which produces, or can produce, well developed human beings' Mill's four essays, 'On Liberty', 'Utilit...

Reducere. When he accepted the invitation to deliver The Jefferson Lecture--our nation's highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement--Wendell Be...

Reducere. Explore the treasures of The Frick Collection through the eyes of a diverse group of contemporary writers, artists and other cultural figures, from...

Reducere. Lithuanian born anarchist Emma Goldman emigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen. She first became attracted to anarchism following the ...

Reducere. Almost a generation before Washington, Henry, and Jefferson were even born, two Englishmen, concealing their identities with the honored ancient na...

Reducere. Exerting a profound influence upon such thinkers as Derrida, Lyotard, Blanchot, and Irigaray, Levinas's work bridges several major gaps in the evol...

Reducere. Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire, " along with other papers in this volume, laid the foundation of modern thermodynamics. Highly readable, "...