Essays & Letters 31

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Spanning his entire life, The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder is a comprehensive and fascinating collection of the great American writer’s correspondence. The author of such classics as Our Town……続きを見る

Sharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters. Charles Bukowski’s stories, poems, and novels h……続きを見る

Originally edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth, and revised and updated by Martha White. With a foreword by John Updike. These letters are, of course, beautifully written but above all personal, precise,……続きを見る

“A poignant, nostalgic collection of literary criticism by one of America’s premier authors.” ーKirkus Reviews In Rough Country is a sterling collection of literary essays, reviews, and criticism fr……続きを見る

A unique and invaluable collection of the young Sylvia Plath’s drawings from important and formative years in her life: 1955-1957 Sylvia Plath: Drawings is a portfolio of pen-and-ink illustrations c……続きを見る

"Found poems are to their poet what no-fault insurance is to beneficiaries: payoffs waiting to happen where everyone wins and no one is blamed. Dillard culls about 40 such happy accidents from sourc……続きを見る

A companion to On Writing and On Cats: A raw and tender poetry collection that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with al……続きを見る

Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks brings together for the first time Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making, two volumes that explore the fascinating contents of her 73 notebooks. This ……続きを見る

Voici les pensées d’une femme, d’une reine ; je suis tenté de dire d’une vraie femme, d’une véritable reine, tant la grâce et la plénitude  du sentiment attest……続きを見る

Avez-vous dit Senghorisme? Que me soit permis cet audacieux postulat, qui avec le temps s’imposera peut-être comme un constat. Le «senghorisme» est à la Francophonie ce que le marxisme est à l’écono……続きを見る

An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topicsーfrom art and artists to dreams, myths, and memoriesーobserved in #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman’s probing, amu……続きを見る

Edited by Abel Debritto, the definitive collection of American poetry from an influential writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, and acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark on……続きを見る

**THE ESSENTIAL & IRREVERENT BOOK FROM AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN, AUTHOR OF JOE LYCETT'S ART HOLE AND STAR OF JOE LYCETT'S GOT YOUR BACK AND LAST ONE LAUGHING****** Also seen on Taskmaster, Great Briti……続きを見る

This fascinating study examines Samuel Richardson's letters as important works of authorial self-fashioning. It analyses the development of his epistolary style; the links between his own letter-wri……続きを見る

Seneca's Letters to Lucilius are a rich source of information about ancient Stoicism, an influential work for early modern philosophers, and a fascinating philosophical document in their own right. ……続きを見る

Max Brod prägte den Begriff Prager Kreis für die Treffen mit seinen Schriftstellerkollegen und -freunden Oskar Baum, Felix Weltsch und Franz Kafka - später kam noch Ludwig Winder dazu. In seinem Eri……続きを見る

This early work by Ring Lardner was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Treat 'Em Rough' is a selection of short stories written in letter for……続きを見る

Unquestionably one of the greatest novelists of his time, Graham Greene had always guarded his privacy, remaining aloof, mysterious and unpredictable. Nonetheless, he took the surprising step of all……続きを見る

Ten Lies and Ten Truths (Second Edition) is a compilation of intriguing short stories, each exploring one of the foundational lies in American life today from an intelligent Christian worldview. The……続きを見る

As it happens with other early-Modern corpora, the descriptive texts from 16th-century encounters of the Portuguese colonizers in Brazil are well-known for their strangeness. In them we find referen……続きを見る

"...Kalmış' üç-beş arkadaşla bir şeyler yapmaya çalışıyorum yalnızca, adımlarını dikkatle atmak zorundayım, yazmaklardan başka bir kurtuluş yolu olmadığını nasıl biliyorum öyle oluyor. Sen iki son m……続きを見る

'Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works' is an elegant edition boasting the entire Poe catalog. It features works from the famous gothic American writer. His works span the years from 1827 to his……続きを見る

As a member of the Chinese government's Historiographical Bureau in Peking, as well as a former barrister and British consul in Foochow, E.T.C. Werner published "Myths and Legends of China" to eluci……続きを見る

Walt Whitman is known for his beautiful, floral poetry but here are collected some of the poems inspired by his time working a s a nurse during the American Civil War. 続きを見る

American Walt Whitman formed a close friendship with English writer Anne Gilchrist. Here are collected their correspondence. 続きを見る

Plaisirs vicieux, est un essai de l'écrivain russe Léon Tolstoï (1828 – 1910). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise ……続きを見る

Popular western writer Zane Grey was a literary celebrity during his lifetime and the center of a huge enterprise based on his writing, which included books, magazine serials, film and stage version……続きを見る

In this poignant and personal history of one of America’s oldest theaters, Leslie Stainton captures the story not just of an extraordinary building but of a nation’s tumultuous struggle to invent it……続きを見る

Late summer 1977: two identical robotic spacecraft launch from Cape Canaveral. Their divergent paths through the solar system take them past gas giants, icy moons, asteroid belts, and eventually int……続きを見る