The Art of Solitude

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

Reducere. One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buen...

In a time of social distancing and isolation, a meditation on the beauty of solitudePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Stephen BatchelorIll...

Reducere. Honjok is the South Korean term for loners and for those who undertake activities alone. Living and being alone is a growing, global phenomenon fed...

Reducere. Paul Auster has earned international praise for the imaginative power of his many novels, including The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, The Music of...

Reducere. Gabriel Garc a M rquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude seemed destined for obscurity upon its publication in 1967. The little-known author, s...

Referencing ancient Buddhist scripts and cultural touchstones such as Into The Wild, the art of Edward Hopper, and the work of Charlie Chaplin, Sar...

From the bestselling author of Mindfulness: 25 Ways to Live in the Moment through Art, comes a new, beautifully illustrated guide to happiness. Dra...

Draws together international experts from the fields of psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, literature, art, social science, and philosophy. ...

Reducere. In his debut collection, James Morehead paints powerful images of life, love, and loss through the thoughtful selection and careful placement of wo...

Reducere. This is a guide for baby boomers who are about to retire from an all-consuming profession, and are concerned about what they are going to do next. ...

This is the life story of an artist, a professor, and an insightful military man. Carlin Kielcheski began his life in the deep woods of Wisconsin e...

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Reducere. The bestselling authors of "How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend" show how their strong connections with dogs and the natural world stem from the princ...

At once profound, spiritual, and witty, Master of the Three Ways is a remarkable work about human nature, the essence of life, and how to live simp...

Reducere. DescriptionWe grant men a right to solitude. Why can't we do the same for women? Born into a wealthy family in northern England and sent to boardin...

"I write because there are things I can't sing. There are ways of writing that can't be sung. I write because I watch, " says Jeb Loy Nichols, an i...

Reducere. Truthful, sensuous, and intellectually relentless, the poems in The Curious Thing are compelling meditations on love, art making, solitude, female ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gaston BachelardTranslator: Joni Caldwell"This book further-cements his thematic contention that the imagination is a flame...

The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalized ...

Reducere. DescriptionLost on Purpose is a universe of portals, a collection that offers the rare invitation to be both observer and intimate, taking in the r...

Reducere. The road has been a central motif in the work of Robert Adams (born 1937) since the beginnings of his life as a photographer in the late 1960s. 27 ...

Reducere. To the 4 a.m. Light is a collection of poetry that revels in the gifts of language and sound. Beautifully descriptive, these poems honor the simple...

Reducere. A "Los Angeles Times" Favorite Book of the Year for 2005. Gregory Rabassa's influence as a translator is tremendous. His translations of Gabriel Ga...

Reducere. To Love and Be Loved is a spirited challenge to a culture obsessed with romance and intimacy but dangerously ignorant of the full range of human lo...

Reducere. In a tower on the New Zealand sea lives Kerewin Holmes, part Maori, part European, an artist estranged from her art, a woman in exile from her fami...

A Turtle's Guide to Introversion is a delightful illustrated gift book that celebrates the wonderful qualities of introverts through the everyday a...

Reducere. From a city of smokestacks to a city of culture, technology, and trees, Pittsburgh's revitalized city parks, abundant state parks, tranquil state f...

Sharp, succinct storytelling and breathtaking prose combine in this new novel by the author of the New York Times editor's pick, Ties. Imagine a du...

Reducere. THE CLASSIC ONE-VOLUME INTRODUCTION TO IRELAND'S RICH FOLKLORE: WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS'S MAGICAL SELECTION OF TRADITIONAL IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES ...

[An] illuminating memoir. --Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York TimesThe story of a composer's life in the Alaskan wilderness and a meditatio...

Reducere. "Coomer is clearly an author of serious talent." The Washington Post Book WorldInhabiting an island off the coast of Maine left to her by her great...

Reducere. Where Silence Reigns, a sampling from his essays, notebooks, and letters, shows Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), the pre-eminent modern poet of soli...

Reducere. From the mountains of Virginia comes a spiritually enlightening and captivating tale of survival and trust. Native American Emerson Coffee is the l...

Reducere. When reclusive, millionaire artist Robert Indiana died in 2018, he left behind dark rumors and scandal, as well as an estate embroiled in lawsuits ...

Reducere. Fabio Terranova is a brilliant dancer. Young, handsome, and enormously talented he is desperate to leave his little hometown in the mountains of ce...

Reducere. Yang Wan-Li (1127-1206) is one of China's "four masters of Southern Sung poetry." These poems were written at what could be seen as a low point in ...

Reducere. Western painter Maynard Dixon once pronounced "Arizona" "the magic name of a land bright and mysterious, of sun and sand, of tragedy and stark ende...

Reducere. Song Title Time 1. The Mock Marriage, Z. 605/2: 'Twas within a furlong' 2: 54 2. Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583/2: 'Music for a while' 5: 54 3. Co...