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Storm Beat: A Journalist Reports from the Oregon Coast

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Report copyright infringementby Lori Tobias (Author)Journalist Lori Tobias arrived on the Oregon coast in 2000. After freelancing from Newport for several years, she signed on with the Oregonian as a stringer covering the coast from Florence to Astoria; later she would be hired as a staff writer responsible for the entire coast--one person for more than three hundred miles. The job meant long hours, being called out for storms in the middle of the night in dangerous conditions, and driving hu...

Dispatches from the Republic of Letters: 50 Years of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Simon (Editor)"The centrifugal pull of great literature, as embodied by the work of these twenty-five writers, draws us into a fuller realization of our humanity." - Daniel Simon, editor-in-chief of World Literature Today For the last fifty years, The Neustadt Prize has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, second only to the Nobel. Poets, novelists, and playwrights from Gabriel Garcia Marquez to Czeslaw Milosz and Dubravka Ugre...

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Report copyright infringementby Dubravka Ugresic (Author), Ellen Elias-Bursac (Translator)A New York Times Editors' ChoiceThese essays are written on the skin of the times. Dubravka Ugresic, winner of the Neustadt International Prize and one of Europe's most influential writers, with biting humor and a multitude of cultural references--from La La Land and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, to tattoos and body modification, World Cup chants, and the preservation of Lenin's corpse--takes on the dr...

Sophocles: Oedipus the King: A New Verse Translation

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Report copyright infringementby David Kovacs (Author)Oedipus the King is the best-known play we have from the pen of Sophocles and was recognized as a masterpiece in Aristotle's Poetics, which cites the play more often than any other as an example of how to write tragedy. The principal character is the king of a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, who consults Apollo at Delphi and is told that the plague will end only when those who killed the previous king, Laius, are found and punished. He...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Cappello (Author)"[Cappello's] excellent new book-length essay, Lecture... at once defends the lecture and calls for holistic and creative improvements to the form."--The AtlanticIn twenty-first century America, there is so much that holds or demands our attention without requiring it. Imagine the lecture as a radical opening.Mary Cappello's Lecture is a song for the forgotten art of the lecture. Brimming with energy and erudition, it is an attempt to rest...

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Report copyright infringementby Linda Hogan (Author)Winner of the (Inaugural) 2022 National Book Foundation Science + Literature Award From a celebrated Chickasaw writer, a spiritual meditation, in prose and poetry, on our relationship to the animal world, in an illustrated gift package. Concerned that human lives and the natural world are too often defined by people who are separated from the land and its inhabitants, Indigenous writer and environmentalist Linda Hogan depicts her own intense...

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Report copyright infringementby Albert Camus (Author)The Nobel Prize winner's most influential and enduring personal writings, newly curated and introduced by acclaimed Camus scholar Alice Kaplan. Albert Camus (1913-1960) is unsurpassed among writers for a body of work that animates the wonder and absurdity of existence. Personal Writings brings together, for the first time, thematically-linked essays from across Camus's writing career that reflect the scope and depth of his interior life. Gr...

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Lippman (Author)New York Times bestsellingauthor Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recentessays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, herrelationships with her parents, friendship, and other topics that will resonatewith a large audience. Her voice is wryand relatable, her takes often surprising.Meet the Woman Behindthe Books...In this collection of new and previously published essays, New York Times best...

Excerpts from the 1971 Journal of Rosemary Mayer

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Report copyright infringementby Rosemary Mayer (Artist), Marie Warsh (Editor), Marie Warsh (Introduction by)An intimate account of everyday life and art in 1970s New York from a pioneering feminist artistRosemary Mayer (1943-2014) produced a vast body of work that includes sculptures, outdoor installations, drawings, illustrations, artist's books, lyrical essays and art criticism. In 1971 she began to focus on the use of fabric as a primary medium for sculpture and to participate in a feminis...

Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners

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Report copyright infringementby Olly Richards (Author)An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for adult and young adult learners. "Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Lea...

Short Stories in Arabic for Intermediate Learners

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A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South

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Report copyright infringementby Cinelle Barnes (Editor)A New York Times Books New & Noteworthy book - A Most-Anticipated Book from BookPage, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Paperback Paris - Glowing reviews and features in Garden & Gun, CNN Philippines, Chapter16, Kirkus Reviews, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and more This fierce collection celebrates the incredible diversity in the contemporary South by featuring essays by twenty-one of the finest young writers of color living an...

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Guinness (Author)An O, The Oprah Magazine LGBTQ Book "Changing the Literary Landscape"A gorgeouslyillustrated collection of essays written by today's queer heroes--featuringcontributions from Elton John, Tan France, Gus Kenworthy, Paris Lees, RussellTovey, Munroe Bergdorf, and many others. The Queer Bible is acelebration of LGBTQ+ history and culture, edited by model, performer, and GQcontributing editor Jack Guinness.Ourqueer heroes write about theirs.In2...

Popular Culture: A Broadview Topics Reader

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Buzzard (Editor), Don Lepan (Editor), Nora Ruddock (Editor)This thematic reader offers more than thirty nonfiction pieces on aspects of popular culture. Number of Pages: 304 Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.9 x 6.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 02, 2019

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Bozio (Author)Thinking Through Place on the Early Modern English Stage argues that environment and embodied thought continually shaped one another in the performance of early modern English drama. It demonstrates this, first, by establishing how characters think through their surroundings --not only how they orient themselves within unfamiliar or otherwise strange locations, but also how their environs function as the scaffolding for perception, memory, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Robinson (Author), Diana Kormos Buchwald (Afterword by)An authoritative and richly illustrated biography--published on the centenary of Einstein's general theory of relativity "The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility ... The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle." --Albert Einstein, 1936 Albert Einstein's universal appeal is only partially explained by his brilliant work in physics, as Andrew Robinson demonstrates in this authorit...

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Report copyright infringementby Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Author), Seiji M. Lippit (Foreword by), Howard Hibbett (Introduction by)"Clear-eyed glimpses of human behavior in the extremities of poverty, stupidity, greed, vanity... Story-telling of an unconventional sort, with most of the substance beneath the shining, enameled surface." --The New York Times Book Review Widely acknowledged as "the father of the Japanese short story," Ryunosuke Akutagawa remains one of the most influential Japanese wr...

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Report copyright infringementby Geta Bretescu (Artist), Marian Ivan (Introduction by)Exploring themes of bodiliness, self and family in mediums such as paper, video and photography for more than 40 years, Romanian artist Geta Bratescu (1926-2018) has recently been the subject of much critical attention in the US and in Europe, representing Romania at the 2017 Venice Biennale and being the subject of recent features in the New York Times and the Brooklyn Rail. Game of Forms focuses on Bratescu...

Five Women Who Loved Love: Amorous Tales from 17th-Century Japan

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Report copyright infringementby Ihara Saikaku (Author), Wm Theodore de Bary (Translator)"Five charming novellas ... which have astonishing freshness, color, and warmth."-- The New Yorker First published in 1686, this collection of five novellas by Ihara Saikaku was an immediate bestseller in the bawdy world of Genroku Japan. The book's popularity has only increased with age, making it a literary classic like Boccaccio's Decameron, or the works of Rabelais. Each of the five stories follows a d...

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Report copyright infringementby Jindrich Styrsky (Author), Karel Teige (Introduction by), Jed Slast (Translator)Published posthumously as Dreams, Styrský's dream journal spanning the interwar years comprises prose, sketches, collages, and paintings. The present volume includes the complete series based on Styrský's layout for its publication, his sole volume of poetry (also published posthumously), as well as a selection of his essays, lectures, manifestos, and other text fragments. This edi...

Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women

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Report copyright infringementby Sandra Guzman (Author)"Full of heart and wisdom, Daughters of Latin America sheds a brilliant light on Latine and Caribbean women writers across time, space, languages, and genres."--World Literature TodaySpanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling literary anthology of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world--from warrior poet Audre Lorde to novelist Edwidge Danticat and performer and author Elizabeth Aceved...

NKJV, Pew Bible, Hardcover, Burgundy, Red Letter Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Nelson (Author)The Thomas Nelson NKJV Pew Bible has long been a trusted and durable Bible for use in churches and various worship settings. This edition is published in large NKJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at any size.Make sure the Bible they find at their seat is something truly special. With the popular New King James Version set in Thomas Nelson's beautiful, new custom NKJV font, the N...

Remarkable Diaries: The World's Greatest Diaries, Journals, Notebooks, & Letters

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Report copyright infringementby DK (Author)Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Bringing together historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks, Remarkable Diaries provides an intimate insight into the lives and thoughts of some of the most interesting people of the last two thousand years. Discover what it was like to build a pyramid,...

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Report copyright infringementby Sun Tzu (Author), James Clavell (Editor)The words held within these pages, written over two and a half thousand years ago, ring just as true today as they did in fifth century BC China. Bestselling author and master storyteller James Clavell (Shōgun) brought The Art of War to greater prominence in the West in the 1980s and showed how the book's instruction was applicable on a smaller scale and could be used for personal betterment. Clavell's wonderfully evocati...

Nrsv, Catholic Bible, Journal Edition, Leathersoft, Brown, Comfort Print: Holy Bible

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Report copyright infringementby Catholic Bible Press (Author)The full Catholic canon with wide margins allow for plenty of journaling and note-taking space making this a perfect Bible to study and engage with Scripture.Pope Francis has said of the Bible, "Take it, carry it with you and read it every day: It is Jesus himself speaking to you in it!"*The beautifully designed journal edition of the Catholic Bible is perfect for anyone who wants to interact more deeply with the Scriptures through ...

The Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh: The Epic Tale of Brotherhood, Bravery and Rebellion in Imperial China

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Report copyright infringementby Shi Naian (Author), J. H. Jackson (Translator)"[The Water Margin] is a great pageant of China. I think it is one of the most magnificent pageants ever made of any people." --Pearl S. Buck The Water Margin is an epic tale set in 12th century Imperial China, and is one of the earliest and greatest masterpieces of Chinese fiction. Weaving together historical details and memorable characters, it tells the exciting story of a rebellion against tyranny set amidst the...

Step Into the Circle: Writers in Modern Appalachia

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Greene (Editor), Trent Thomson (Editor)In this beautiful book of photographs and short essays, some of Appalachia's best-known writers profile each other and the place they call home. Edited by Bloodroot novelist Amy Greene and her husband Trent Thomson, this book also features Wendell Berry, Lee Smith, Crystal Wilkinson, Ron Rash, Wiley Cash, Silas House, Jason Kyle Howard, Adriana Trigiani, and others. Part photo book, part essay collection, and all prais...

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Report copyright infringementby Marguerite Duras (Author), Olivia Baes (Translator), Emma Ramadan (Translator)A career-spanning collection of Marguerite Duras's genre-bending essays that Kirkus calls "a luminous, erudite exploration of the self and art." In her nonfiction as well as her fiction, Marguerite Duras's curiosity was endless, her intellect voracious. Within a single essay she might roam from Flaubert to the "scattering of desire" to the Holocaust; within the body of her essays ove...

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Paperback L.A. Book 1: A Casual Anthology: Clothes, Coffee, Crushes, Crimes

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Report copyright infringementby Susan Latempa (Editor), Robert Landau (Photographer)Paperback LA is a surprising and witty collection of some of the best writing ever about Los Angeles. More than a dozen major selections include new work and fresh discoveries: a radio broadcast, a ballad, a magazine article, excerpts from prizewinning novels and memoirs. These pieces are punctuated by perceptive photo essays, a quotable lineup of one-liners, and other quick hits. In the company of a virtuosic...

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Report copyright infringementby Lynn Breedlove (Author)45 Thought Crimes conveys a lineage of resistance and places the reader squarely in the driver's seat of their own destiny. During the Reagan and Bush years, author Lynn Breedlove tried to ignore the political climate to focus on his own self destruction. When that didn't work, he got sober and committed his life to art. After publishing his first two books and spending a career on tour, life took an unexpected turn. Breedlove spent the n...

What Future: The Year's Best Ideas to Reclaim, Reanimate & Reinvent Our Future

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Report copyright infringementby Torie Bosch (Editor), Roy Scranton (Editor)One of The Smithsonian Magazine's Best Science Books of the YearThe future is here and, frankly, it sucks. Without doubt, our culture is at a crossroads. Political strife and economic crises are byproducts of a larger looming challenge, one in which we will have to ask ourselves what constitutes a meaningful life. We must do the hard work of imagining a different kind of reality for ourselves. It's work that anticipate...