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Report copyright infringementby Theodore Waddell (Author)The West has a storytelling history, and everyone has a story. This is artist Theodore Waddell's""an illustrated mosey through the landscape, livestock, and colorful characters that made up his life as a cattleman in a remote part of Central Montana. The essays that compose this memoir have much in common with his art. They are frank, evocative sketches that deftly combine the abstract and the literal to effectively communicat...

Last Loosening: A Handbook for the Con Artist & Those Aspiring to Become One

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Report copyright infringementby Walter Serner (Author), Mark Kanak (Translator)A cofounder of Dada and its enfant terrible, Walter Serner, whose demeanor has been called "a dance on the rim of a volcano," was a brilliant observer of society. His Last Loosening: A Dada Manifesto was penned in 1918 and published in 1920. Slightly revised later as he became disgusted with Dada, it forms the first part of this volume, its philosophical foundation. It presents a playful "moral codex" to subvert th...

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Report copyright infringementby U. R. Ananthamurthy (Author), S. R. Ramakrishna (Editor)U.R. Ananthamurthy (1932-2014), author of Samskara and such other contemporary Indian classics, wrote in Kannada. Born in the heart of the Western Ghats, he grew up in an atmosphere steeped in Vedic thought. Suragi is his autobiographical work where he recounts how he grappled with questions of religion and secularism, orthodoxy and modernity, authoritarianism, and democracy. Drawing from Indian thought, h...

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Report copyright infringementby Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (Author), Teresa Heffernan (Editor), Daniel O'Quinn (Editor) A pioneering woman traveler's impressions of Turkey are collected with a wealth of contemporary historical documents in this edition. Back Jacket In 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's husband Edward Montagu was appointed British ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire. Montagu accompanied her husband to Turkey and wrote an extraordinary series of letters that rec...

Virginia Woolf: Inspiring Quotes from an Original Feminist Icon

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Report copyright infringementby Virginia Woolf (Author)The first and collection of Virginia Woolf's most inspirational quotes. 'No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.' Over 100 words of wisdom from the inimitable Virginia Woolf on love, literature, feminism, food, work, ageing, authenticity, nature, truth, happiness and everything in between, carefully selected and curated from Woolf's timeless novels, essays and speeches. A celebration of one of the world's ...

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

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Report copyright infringementby Toni Morrison (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Here is the Nobel Prize winner in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades that "speaks to today's social and political moment as directly as this morning's headlines" (NPR). These pages give us her searing prayer for the dead of 9/11, her Nobel lecture on the power of language, her searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., her heart-wrenching eulogy for Ja...

In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton

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Report copyright infringementby G. K. Chesterton (Author)G.K. Chesterton was a master essayist. But reading his essays is not just an exercise in studying a literary form at its finest, it is an encounter with timeless truths that jump off the page as fresh and powerful as the day they were written. The only problem with Chesterton's essays is that there are too many of them. Over five thousand! For most GKC readers it is not even possible to know where to start or how to begin to approach th...

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Hardy (Author)In "The Mayor of Casterbridge" by Thomas Hardy, the reader is swept into the tumultuous world of Michael Henchard, a man whose rise to power and subsequent downfall form the heart of this gripping tale. Set against the backdrop of rural England, Hardy masterfully weaves a narrative of ambition, betrayal, and redemption. As Henchard grapples with the consequences of his impulsive actions, the novel delves into themes of fate, forgiveness, an...

FDR on Democracy: The Greatest Speeches and Writings of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Report copyright infringementby Harvey J. Kaye (Author)From One of the Greatest Leaders in American History, a Collection of the Words and Writings that Inspired a Generation of Americans to Become the Greatest Generation In just under three decades of public life, Franklin Delano Roosevelt rose to become one of the greatest orators and leaders in American history. As the longest-serving US president, he guided the nation through two of the greatest challenges of the twentieth century--the G...

Granta 149: Europe: Strangers in the Land: Europe: Strangers in the Land

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Report copyright infringementby Sigrid Rausing (Editor)Published in book form four times a year, Granta is respected around the world for its mix of outstanding new fiction, poetry, reportage, memoir, photography and art.Granta 149: New Europe includes essays by Elif Shafak, UKON, Andrew Miller, Will Atkins, Lara Feigel, Katherine Angel, Michael Hofmann, Joseph Koerner, Tom McCarthy and many more. It harks back to the 1989 issue of the same name, themed around the response to the fall of the ...

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Report copyright infringementby J. S. Fletcher (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important...

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author)Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Timon of Athens", featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. Timon, an Athenian known for his vast generosity, depletes his entire fortune in the name of friendship. Facing the consequences of his own naivety, Timon finds himself at a loss when his wealth and friendship is unreturned by those he once lavished. Con...

Le Roi S'amuse!: A Tragedy, In Five Acts

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Report copyright infringementby Victor Hugo (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important en...

Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History

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Report copyright infringementby Mary M. Burke (Author)Figures from the Scots-Irish Andrew Jackson to the Caribbean-Irish Rihanna, as well as literature, film, caricature, and beauty discourse, convey how the Irish racially transformed multiple times: in the slave-holding Caribbean, on America's frontiers and antebellum plantations, and along its eastern seaboard. This cultural history of race and centuries of Irishness in the Americas examines the forcibly transported Irish, the eighteenth-ce...

Communion Tokens of the Established Church of Scotland: Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries

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Report copyright infringementby Alexander J. S. Brook (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is im...

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Report copyright infringementby Tracy Daugherty (Author)With Let Us Build Us a City Tracy Daugherty considers the principles of literary art in a series of essays that focus on the nature of artistic vision and the creative individual's relationship to the world. The book reads like a master class on writing as practice, while performing a deep reading of art and life and looking to discern why liberal education matters so much to our society. At its core, Let Us Build Us a City is a work of ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Sedaris (Author)David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as...

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Report copyright infringementby C. S. Lewis (Author)A repackaged edition of the revered author's collection of personal letters--a curated selection of the best of his correspondence with family, friends, and fans--and a short biography by his brother Warren Lewis.Letters of C. S. Lewis reveals the most intimate beliefs of the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), John W. de Gruchy (Introduction by), Victoria J. Barnett (Editor)Despite Dietrich Bonhoeffers earlier theological achievements and writings, it was his correspondence and notes from prison that electrified the postwar world six years after his death in 1945. The materials gathered and selected by his friend Eberhard Bethge in Letters and Papers from Prison not only brought Bonhoeffer to a wide and appreciative readership, especiall...

The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 4

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Report copyright infringementby Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author), Edward Waldo Emerson (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we...

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Report copyright infringementby Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois (he later lived for many years in the suburb of Oak Park), the fourth son of businessman and Civil War veteran Major George Tyler Burroughs (1833-1913) and his wife Mary Evaline (Zieger) Burroughs (1840-1920). His middle name is from his paternal grandmother, Mary Rice Burroughs (1802-ca. 1870). Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of t...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Gouveia (Editor), Thorstein Veblen (Author)The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899), by Thorstein Veblen, is a treatise on economics and a detailed, social critique of conspicuous consumption, as a function of social class and of consumerism, derived from the social stratification of people and the division of labour, which are the social institutions of the feudal period (9th - 15th centuries) that have continued to the ...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Paumier Jones (Editor), Judith Kitchen (Editor)In their previous collection Judith Kitchen and Mary Paumier Jones coined the term short for those creative nonfiction pieces -- literary rather than informational, and characteristically short -- that are attracting our finest writers. Now, with a more introspective focus, this new collection emphasizes the personal as a way of seeing the world, of expressing an interior life. It is intimate without being mau...

Practical Tunneling: Explaining In Detail The Setting Out Of The Works: ... As Exemplified By The Particulars Of Blechingley And Saltwood Tunnels

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Report copyright infringementby Frederick Walter Simms (Author), William Davis Haskoll (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe...

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Report copyright infringementby Diana M. Raab (Editor), Phillip Lopate (Foreword by)A peek inside the writerly testing grounds of Sue Grafton, Kim Stafford, Maureen Stanton, and othersThis collection of essays by well-established professional writers explores how their notebooks serve as their studios and workshops--places to collect, to play, and to make new discoveries with language, passions, and curiosities. For these diverse writers, the journal also serves as an ideal forum to develop t...

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Report copyright infringementby David Harvey (Author)David Harvey is one of most famous Marxist intellectuals in the past half century, as well as one of the world's most cited social scientists. Beginning in the early 1970s with his trenchant and still-relevant book Social Justice and the City and through this day, Harvey has written numerous books and dozens of influential essays and articles on topics across issues in politics, culture, economics, and social justice. In The Ways of the Wor...

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

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Report copyright infringementby Larry Mitchell (Author), Ned Asta (Illustrator)"Part fairy tale, part radical manifesto, entirely unequaled." --The New York TimesA facsimile edition of the classic 1970s book with new essays and archival material. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, written by Larry Mitchell with illustrations by Ned Asta, takes place in a brutal empire in decline, where the faggots and their friends are surviving the ways and the world of men. Beloved by many s...

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Report copyright infringementby Olly Richards (Author)An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Dutch for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Map...

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Report copyright infringementby Plato (Author), Christopher Rowe (Translator)Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerotic love. This new translation is accompanied by an introduction, further reading, and full notes on the text and translation that discuss the structure of the dialogue and elucidate issues that might puzzle the modern re...

Primitive Secret Societies: A Study in Early Politics and Religion

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Report copyright infringementby Hutton Webster (Author)Webster's seminal work offers a wide-ranging and in-depth view of the structures, customs, ideas, and beliefs of global societies as they evolved during the time of primitive humanity, with specific regard to social hierarchy, its composition, and its associated rules. The level of specificity seems quote impressive, when one considers that this work was written during a time when world travel was a high-risk endeavor, and the availabilit...

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Report copyright infringementby J. Kent Borgaard (Author) Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.26 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: January 20, 2009

Dreadful Sorry: Essays on an American Nostalgia

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Niesslein (Author)Candid essays on personal and cultural American nostalgia, focusing on the author's working-class, Rust Belt family history. What does it mean to be nostalgic for the American past? The feeling has been co-opted by the far right ("Make America Great Again," after all, is a plea for the past), and associated with violent periods of our country's history when white supremacy was even more dominant than today. Can a liberal white woman s...