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This is a story that no one else could tell. It tells how Thomas Wolfe and Robert Raynolds happened to meet, how they became friends, and how their friendship grew, survived a crisis, and continued ……続きを見る

This volume will provide students with an introduction to the poetry and life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, one of the most popular poets of her day in Britain and America and who has become one of……続きを見る

»Ich entdeckte, dass man sich eine Welt erfinden muss, um zu etwas zu kommen, und dieser Vorgang hält bis heute an.« Peter Turrini hat das Theater zu seinem runden Geburtstag mit einem Stück beschen……続きを見る

John Steinbeck's first three books were published by firms that disappeared during The Great Depression. Publisher Pascal Covici read them and decided to publish Steinbeck; first with his own firm, ……続きを見る

In a hilariously charming domestic memoir, America’s celebrated master of terror turns to a different kind of fright: raising children. In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkne……続きを見る

John Griffith "Jack" London was born John Griffith Chaney on January 12th, 1876 in San Francisco. His father, William Chaney, was living with his mother Flora Wellman when she became pregnant. Cha……続きを見る

Example in this ebook   In the de Officiis we have, save for the latter Philippics, the great orator's last contribution to literature. The last, sad, troubled years of his busy life could no……続きを見る

With over 900 biographical entries, more than 600 novels synopsized, and a wealth of background material on the publishers, reviewers and readers of the age the Longman Companion to Victorian Fictio……続きを見る

Fletcherism has become a fact. A dozen years ago it was laughed at as the "chew-chew" cult; to-day the most famous men of Science endorse it and teach its principles. Scientific leaders at the world……続きを見る

For many people in the English-speaking world, Victor Hugo’s name immediately brings up his novels The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Misérables. Their enduring success has overshadowed his many ot……続きを見る

Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson, though he was not a medical doctor) was one of the shining lights of eighteenth century English literature.  He wrote poetry, stories, plays and……続きを見る

In 1993, Amira Aass, a young Israeli reporter, drove to Gaza to cover a story - and stayed, the first journalist to live in the grim Palestinian enclave so feared and despised by most Israelis that,……続きを見る

“The best education,” the New College admissions brochure declared, “is the active confrontation of two first-class minds.” Attracted by that visionーand the prospect of a college education in the F……続きを見る

“Elizabeth Ellis’s words jump off the page and into the secret part of your heart where you keep treasured memories and sacred feelings. She sings to you of her life and the lives of others with who……続きを見る

"The Man Who Was Dr. Seuss" is the first personal AND literary biography of Theodor Geisel, known world-wide for classic children's books such as "Green Eggs and Ham"; "How the Grinch Stole Christma……続きを見る

In the uproarious sequel to Life Among the Savages, the author of The Haunting of Hill House confronts the most vexing demons yet: her children In the long out-of-print sequel to Life Among the Sava……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Bekenntnisse eines Ichmenschen: Das Leben des Henri Brulard (Autobiografie + Tagebücher)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig ……続きを見る

The myriad of the living in all of their many forms, defunct, mutant, revenant or otherwise; traversing memory’s infinite field.Martin Edmond’s Barefoot Years is a memoir in which the author attempt……続きを見る

One book, 35 emerging writers. Love, creation, death, regret, discovery and terror, sirens, ghosts, monsters and humans. This is who we are. These are the stories we tell. SFU’s The Writer’s Studio ……続きを見る

Winner of the Arts Club of Washington Marfield Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection This "admiring and absorbing biography" (Deborah Solomon, The New York Times Book Review) ……続きを見る

L’Allemagne, avons-nous besoin de le dire ici ? nous a toujours été chère. S’il existe pour l’homme, en dehors du sol natal, une seconde patrie que l’âme et l’intelli……続きを見る

Das Rauschen des Wassers, die leuchtende Klarheit des Schnees, die herrlichen Düfte eines Juniabends, die geheimnisvollen Geräusche der Nacht … Die Schönheit der Welt ist unendlich - wenn man sich f……続きを見る

Example in this ebook THE LIFE AND INTIMATE MEMOIRS OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE BY THÉOPHILE GAUTIER I The first time that we met Baudelaire was towards the middle of the year 1849, at the Hôtel Pimodan, ……続きを見る

Ok…So they say everything happens for a reason. But try telling that to a young woman with a newly broken heart. It doesn't help. What possible purpose could a jerk of an ex-boyfriend serve in the g……続きを見る

Margaret Walker (1915–1998) has been described as “the most famous person nobody knows.” This is a shocking oversight of an award-winning poet, novelist, essayist, educator, and activist as well as ……続きを見る

Ba Jin, one of the main figures of twentieth century Chinese literature, died in Shanghai on the 17th of October 2005. He was also a survivor of the Chinese anarchist movement that disappeared with ……続きを見る

A deft survey of the literary achievements of an author cited by Harold Bloom as one of the most influential writers of our time Henry Veggian introduces readers to one of the most influential Ameri……続きを見る

Between 1905 and 1939 a conspicuously tall white man with a shock of red hair, dressed in a silk shirt and white linen trousers, could be seen on the streets of Onitsha, in Eastern Nigeria. How was ……続きを見る

'I was beginning to love my thief, a man I barely knew, but whom I had trusted and even liked, and who had taken my savings, amongst many other crimes.' A bravura piece of very personal reportage by……続きを見る

The letters between Eliot and his associates, family and friends - his correspondents range from the Archbishop of York and the American philosopher Paul Elmer More to the writers Virginia Woolf, He……続きを見る