wired - Essays 4

Rick Barton's first collection of nonfiction contends with an impressive range of cultural and political issues. These award winning essays display a keen and perceptive critical eye trained always ……続きを見る

One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year From the author of Either/Or and The Idiot, Elif Batuman’s The Possessed presents the true but unlikely stories of lives devotedーAbsurdly! Melancholica……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered what it feels like: to be stuck in a tornado? “[It] is exactly the feel of a freight train approachingーthat low, ever-louder howl and the shuddering ground.” to participate i……続きを見る

Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays……続きを見る

"The most honored discussion of American religion in mid-twentieth century times is Will Herberg's Protestant-Catholic-Jew. . . . [It] spoke precisely to the mid-century condition and speaks in stil……続きを見る

A dazzling collection of essays on how the best poems work, from the master poet and essayist “Poetry,” Jane Hirshfield has said, “is language that foments revolutions of being.” In ten eloquent and……続きを見る

The stories behind the stories of some of Hollywood's most iconic movies The magazine world 's monthly arbiter of culture, personality, and world affairs, Vanity Fair has always offered the definiti……続きを見る

Although he is best known for his luminous reports from the farthest-flung corners of the earth, Bruce Chatwin possessed a literary sensibility that reached beyond the travel narrative to span a wor……続きを見る

In any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies……続きを見る

Collected here are nineteen essays by Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau was one of America's best known and most influential writers. His work has helped shape the American Discourse and had a lasting ef……続きを見る

A new edition of William Carlos Williams’ loving and groundbreaking book about American history, with a new introduction by Rick Moody. Although admired by D. H. Lawrence, this modern classic went g……続きを見る

This is the seminannual Able Muse Review (Print Edition) - Winter 2014 issue, Number 18. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry, fiction, essays, art & photog……続きを見る

Pistis Sophia, o Libro del Salvatore, e' un testo scritto in lingua copta che da piu' parti si tende a farlo risalire alla seconda meta' del III secolo. Il manoscritto appare per la prima volta a Lo……続きを見る

作者无意中收藏了一支古董级别的雷明顿转轮手枪后，发现与电影《飘》（又译《乱世佳人》）中电影道具系同款。因此重新观影，获得新的角色关系感受。但电影为白瑞徳选用雷明顿，其实在美国南方枪械收藏界中颇有争议……続きを見る

First Published in 2002. Part of the G.Wilson Knight collection, the essays included in this volume constitute a fairly consistent record of his attempts over a period of some forty years to explore……続きを見る

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Contents The Rise of Historical Criticism The English Renaissance of Art House Decoration Art and the Handicraftman Lecture to Art Students London Models Poems in Prose 続きを見る

Three large book-length collections of essays in a single file, with links from the table of contents to each essay. Literary Friends and Acquaintances, Literature and Life, and My Literary Passions……続きを見る

"I taught undergraduates for forty-five years (the last thirty at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee), and for most of those years I spent as much time as possible outside.  I hunted ……続きを見る

"One of the plague sites was a group of stories I read in which bluestockings, i.e., educated women, were associated in some manner with witchcraft. The linkage was interesting, but contradictory. M……続きを見る

With 18 Full Color Photos! 'Walden' is one of the best-known non-fiction books ever written by an American. It details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his fri……続きを見る

The world of SF is introduced for a complex female character in the form of the maternal shape-shifter, Anyanwu. Butler’s depiction of womanhood through Anyanwu defamiliarizes the construction of wo……続きを見る

Thoughtful, poignant, and hilarious personal essays collected by the editors of Creative Nonfiction explore the meanings of Italian-American identity. In the twenty-one nonfiction narratives collect……続きを見る

Vous aimez les grands livres ? Vous manquez de temps ? Alors vous allez rire ! À 20 ans, nous nous sommes emparés de 75 chefs-d’œuvre de la littérature mondiale pour en extraire avec Twitter, la qui……続きを見る

This is a review of a morning workshop, called "Writers' Respite," that took place a conference in Madison, Wisconsin. New SF writers were brought face to face with experienced writers in order to h……続きを見る

John Galsworthy first published in 1897 with a collection of short stories entitled “The Four Winds”. For the next 7 years he published these and all works under his pen name John Sinjohn. It was ……続きを見る

Who invented the personal essay? That is hard to say. The ancient Roman philosopher and cynical power broker, Seneca? The 16th century French philosopher Montaigne certainly brought it to a peak of ……続きを見る

This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual books. This collecti……続きを見る

“The Wellsprings of Inspiration” is a more personal broadsheet of what creative writing means to me, and how it helps me satisfy some deep yearnings for creating beautiful things - written or otherw……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. - The Complete Collection: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Voyage, Roscoe, A Royal Poet, A Sunday in London ……続きを見る