Selected Writings

One of the most important and controversial figures in the history of race relations in America and the world at large, Marcus Garvey was the first...

Reducere. A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus be...

A classic collection of critical essays, poems, and letters from one of the greatest minds of nineteenth-century America.

Reducere. Available for the first time in an English translation, this selection gives non-Francophone readers the chance to encounter the many incarnations ...

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 is the only general anthology of Ruskin's writing currently available.Growing status of Ruskin as a major Victorian writer; his centenary in 2...

John Ruskin was the most powerful and influential art critic and social commentator of the Victorian nineteenth century. A true polymath, he wrote ...

DescriptionA part of Harper Perennial's special "Resistance Library" highlighting classic works that illuminate the "Age of Trump" reissued for a t...

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

Reducere. "We continue to live within the intellectual shadow cast by Nietzsche." --New York Times Book Review Best known for his seminal works on religion, ...

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) developed a variety of identities as a writer: essayist, philosopher, critic of literature, drama and art, biographer, ...

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship. His ability to recognize the naturalness of this ph...

This book serves as an introduction to Newman's Anglican years, as a man and as a Christian, revealed through a selection of his prose.Publisher: C...

The first entirely new translation of Galileo's major writings for more than fifty years, this marvelous volume includes selections from all of his...

Hildegard, the "Sybil of the Rhine, " was a Benedictine nun and one of the most prolific and original women writers of the Middle Ages. Arranged th...

A sparkling and up-to-date new cover for one of Fontana Press's strongest-selling titles.

A gorgeous anthology of poetry, fiction and essays about friendship from your favorite classic authors.Editor(s): Michele Mendelssohn

A gorgeous anthology of poetry, fiction and essays about solitude from your favorite classic authors.Editor(s): Zachary Seager

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved c...

A gorgeous anthology of poetry, fiction and essays about food from your favorite classic authors.Editor(s): Annie Gray

Simplicity in forms of worship, opposition to violence, and the importance of compassionate living and thoughtful listening are hallmarks of the sp...

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 ...

Brave New World author Aldous Huxley on enlightenment and the ``ultimate reality.``In this anthology of twenty-six essays and other writings, Huxle...

Reducere. This new edition ofLabyrinths, the classic representative selection of Borges' writing edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby (in translations...

Reducere. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was an American sociologist, author, poet, and lecturer whose influential work and unorthodox lifestyle made h...

Arguably the most high profile political prisoner in Egypt, if not the Arab world, Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been in prison for most of the last seven...

Reducere. The Pope Emeritus is starting to speak again, and has decided to make available this collection of his homilies, most previously unpublished, in wh...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): E (Ed) GriffinNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 136 x 203 x 12Cover type: Pap...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: C. B. MacDonaldAuthor: George C. ThomasAuthor: Robert HunterMethods of Early Golf Architecture features selected writings f...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alister MacKenzieAuthor: H. S. ColtAuthor: A. W. TillinghastMethods of Early Golf Architecture features selected writings f...

Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): Arthu RimbaudTranslator: Mark PolizzottiNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Reducere. DescriptionJim Corbett, ace hunter and inimitable raconteur, was also a gifted observer, not just of the jungle but also of the people around him. ...

DescriptionSpread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking ...

Reducere. Always Believe in Love: Selected Writings of Elizabeth of the Trinity, Paperback

Reducere. Thomas More is perhaps most familiar to us from his courageous struggle with Henry VIII, unforgettably portrayed in Robert Bolt's classic, A Man fo...

Reducere. Kathy Acker pushed literary boundaries with a vigor and creative fire that made her one of America's preeminent experimental writers and her books ...

The key writings of the explorer and scientist, studying South and Central American history, denouncing slavery, and other ideas pioneering in cont...

Reducere. Having practiced zazen for more than half a century, Robert Aitken sits today as the senior American Roshi, a teacher of broad reputation and conse...

Anna Freud was one of the most creative and innovative thinkers in the history of psychoanalysis, whose pioneering work in child analysis and devel...

Discusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier.

``Revolutionary love, revolutionary memory and revolutionary analysis are at work in every page written by Mumia Abu-Jamal ... His writings are a w...

Reducere. This selection from over a dozen books covers the spirituality of the desert, Carretto's reflections on God, the church, prayer, engagement with th...

Reducere. 'People do not understand German, but I will not write for them in journalese ...' Karl Kraus (1874-1936) ranks as one the greatest twentieth-centu...

Reducere. DescriptionA collection of writings from the champion of Anarchism, Mikhail Bakunin. Includes "God and the State, " "Marxism, Freedom and the State...

Vickers present previously unpublished essays that offer new perspectives on the underlying nature of pan-Albanianism, its aspirations and the post...

Reducere. Here is an essential collection of essays and speeches from 1889 to 1933, long unavailable in the United States, on women's equality, labor, peace ...

The first book-length study of this influential artist's work, focusing on the participatory role of the human subject rather than the art object.M...

Reducere. C. L. R. James was one of the most influential Marxists of his generation. His important contributions ranged from the subjects of Black liberation...

Reducere. Edith Warner (1893-1951), who lived by the Rio Grande at the Otowi Switch in northern New Mexico, has become a legendary figure owing largely to he...

Reducere. DescriptionFor 30 years, the African National Congress, led by Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, was the core of opposition to the wh...

Reducere. This book looks back on forty years of writings from the Oakland-based Institute for Food and Development Policy, better known as Food First, on th...

Reducere. An absorbing look at the early beginnings of one of America's finest writers, The Mortgaged Heart is an important collection of Carson McCullers's ...

Feuerbach's departure from the traditional philosophy of Hegel opened the door for generations of radical philosophical thought. His philosophy has...

The list of translators for this volume is distinguished. Among them are Lionel Abel, L onie Adams, Malcolm Cowly, James Kirkup, C. Day Lewis, Jack...

Publisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationAuthor(s): Guillaume ApollinaireTranslator: Roger ShattuckNumber of pages: 284Publication date: 198...

Reducere. In the course of making nearly 400 films over the past 50 years, "Stan Brakhage" became synonymous with independent American filmmaking, particular...

Over the last sixty years many radicals have had their eyes opened by the writing of Maurice Brinton. The most prolific writer of the British Solid...

Over the course of his distinguished career, Robert Hughes wrote with brutal honesty about art, architecture, culture, religion--and himself. The S...

Description"She Shall Crush Thy Head" contains selected writings of St. Maximilian Kolbe, compiled and translated by Hilda Elfleda Brown. In additi...

Reducere. Longtime fans of Rich's writing will welcome this engaging and thoughtful biography of her life. There is also a wonderful section that includes ma...

Reducere. DescriptionHere in one volume are Mari Sandoz's reminiscences of life in the Sandhills country; a study of the two Sitting Bulls (the Hunkpapa and ...

Publisher: Presidio PressNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 1995Dimensions: 153 x 226 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Daniel Hugh...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Heinrich Von KleistNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 218 x 142 x 25Cover type: ...

In one sense, of course, all of Stuart Hall's writing was political, but this collection focuses on the essays he wrote throughout his life that di...

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...

Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitari...

Reducere. Thomas Berry (1914-2009) was a priest, a 'geologian, ' a historian of religions, and a philosopher. He was an early and significant Catholic voice ...

The first book to include Thomas Jefferson's writings and writings about him-from his era and ours.Publisher: WW Norton & CoAuthor(s): Thomas Jeffe...

Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart LtdAuthor(s): Doreen MasseyNumber of pages: 248Collection: Selected Writings SeriesPublication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

Reducere. An icon of transgender activism for three decades, Riki Wilchins is the author of four influential books on genderqueer, trans politics, and queer ...