The Beats: A Literary History, Hardcover - Steven Belletto

Reducere. Kerouac. Ginsberg. Burroughs. These are the most famous names of the Beat Generation, but in fact they were only the front line of a much more wide...

The first comprehensive study to explore the role of esoteric, occult, alchemical, shamanistic, mystical and magical traditions in the work of majo...

This book will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates, and faculty who work across Victorian Studies and twentieth-century literature. A comprehen...

Failure and the American Writer: A Literary History - Gavin Jones

Reducere. "Andy and the Beats" is a story of hope and encouragement in the face of adversity. The goal is to teach kids the importance of being patient and p...

Reducere. This book offers a comprehensive literary history of New Orleans. It will be of great interest to graduates and scholars working on American Southe...

Publisher: Shambhala Publications IncAuthor(s): Robert InchaustiNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2018Dimensions: 141 x 216 x 14Cover type: Pap...

When is hope a good thing, and when is it not? Adam Potkay creatively explores the cases for and against hope in literature, from antiquity to the ...

Drawing on a range of popular Gothic and Victorian novels, poems and short stories, this book provides the first full length study of representatio...

This ground-breaking book, now in paperback, is the first comprehensive history of horror fiction to take readers from the first Gothic novel in 17...

The fascinating story of how premodern Anatolia's multireligious intersection of cultures shaped its literary languages and poetic masterpiecesPubl...

Since the invasion and colonization of Puerto Rico in 1898, all Puerto Ricans are both American citizens and colonial subjects by birth according t...

Writers' relationships with their surroundings are seldom straightforward. While some, like Jane Austen and Thomas Mann, wrote novels set where the...

From the longest-running, most influential book review in America, here is its best, funniest, strangest, and most memorable coverage over the past...

One of France's most famous historians compares two exemplars of political and military leadership to make the unfashionable case that individuals,...

Reducere. In Plain Sight explores how the poetry of nineteenth-century American women that was once so visible within American culture could have, with the e...

So shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampage that broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903, that one historian remarked that ...

After a series of victories through Mississippi early in the spring of 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee had reached the criti...

Reducere. DescriptionBaruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also one of the most radical and controversial...

Reducere. This pioneering volume explores the long-neglected history of social rights, from the Middle Ages to the present. It debunks the myth that social r...

Reducere. Conrad beats the Virus!Conrad the Cat has already won a National Award for saving the American Liberty Bell from sinking to the bottom of the Delaw...

Reducere. DescriptionA hypnotizing work of historical fiction that stars 1920s magician Charles the Great, a young master performer whose skill as an illusio...

This text shows you how to reconnect with your spirit, how to hear your call and how to cross the threshold and start your hero's journey to self d...

Reducere. Among the most enduring themes in American history is the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. A pervasive narrative in e...

DescriptionTop interior designer Steven Gambrel's luxe aspirational cloth-bound tome showcases his latest home interiors. Using a classical approac...

Reducere. Sir Steven Runciman tells the story of the First Bulgarian Empire as only he can. Few other historians before or since have been able to tell such ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn September 1863, Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans drives into Georgia flanking Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg out of Chattanooga. Bragg...

Reducere. DescriptionThe commander of the three-hundred-wagon Union supply train never expected a large ragtag group of Texans and Native Americans to attack...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Steven A. FrankIllustration(s): 55 b/w illus.Number of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

Reducere. It has often been said that humanity's history is a fabrication, littered with lies and omissions, but this has never been conclusively proven, unt...

As featured in The New York Times Magazine, and on an upcoming PBS documentary series: the surprising and important story of how humans gained what...

Reducere. DescriptionCould Things Get Any Weirder in Wells, Maine?Working at her mother's hole-in-the-wall bookstore, Annie's Book Stop, 17-year-old Keegan h...

Reducere. The recent revolution in Egypt has shaken the Arab world to its roots. The most populous Arab country and the historical center of Arab intellectua...

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 ...

Reducere. Hundreds of photos, including many never published before with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II Compares the Sherman to other t...

Reducere. DescriptionDead drops, cyphers, and invisible ink are all part of a mystery that even spymaster George Washington would love.Sam, Derek, and Caitli...

Reducere. During antebellum wars the Regular Army preserved the peace, suppressed the Indians, and bore the brunt of the fighting. The Civil War, however, br...

Reducere. The battle of Kursk, fought in the summer of 1943, involved six thousand German and Soviet armored vehicles, making it the biggest tank battle of a...

Reducere. DescriptionIts place directly opposite San Francisco Bay from one of the world's most visited cities has left Oakland to struggle against compariso...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Steven ParissienThe Life of the Automobile is the first comprehensive world history of the car.The automobile has arguably ...

Reducere. Torchlight flickers on the elegant marble walls. The sound of a mob echoes in the street. The year is 52 B.C. and the naked body of Publius Clodius...

Reducere. Murrells Inlet is a paradise for those who love the outdoors, lying between the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Waccamaw River on the west. It i...

Shamrock, the Calf That Beats the Odds is a wonderful true story about a little calf and the girl who refused to give up on her. Shamrock is born w...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Basilio SerranoMusicians from Puerto Rico played a substantial role in the development of jazz during the early years of th...

The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century - Steven Runciman

DescriptionBold Venture tells the nearly forgotten story of the American airmen who flew perilous combat missions over Hong Kong during the Second ...

There is so much more to the Vietnam War than just the war itself. The Vietnam War was a complicated mixture of events and characters that eventual...