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Great journalism relies on a narrative arc to engage and inform the reader. Stories Can Save Us looks at how the best reporters and writers craft narrative literary journalism. Journalist Matt Tulli……続きを見る

The portrayal of nature in the genre of fantasy fiction, from the Middle Ages to more modern times, has been conditioned by the diverging social, political and historical contexts. This book seeks t……続きを見る

Two Years Behind the Plow describes one small group of Peace Corps volunteer's efforts to engage farmers in the Green Revolution. Between 1969 and 1971 the author lived in a small village located in……続きを見る

The long-awaited literary biography of the supreme "poets' poet" John Clare (1793-1864) is the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully o……続きを見る

Diese als wissenschaftliche Arbeit eingereichten Untersuchungen über Hedwig (von Friedländer-) Abel (1870–1930) stellen die erste ausführliche Beschäftigung mit einem Teil des umfangreichen Korpus a……続きを見る

Diese als wissenschaftliche Arbeit eingereichten Untersuchungen über Hedwig (von Friedländer-) Abel stellen die aktuelle Grundlage für jede Forschung zur ersten Wiener Musikkritikerin dar. Sie fasse……続きを見る

The authorized and sweeping biography of one of America’s most complex, influential, and enduring poets In the extraordinary generation of American poets who came of age in the middle of the twentie……続きを見る

**“Engrossing, highly original . . . Franzen finds in...Kraus a model of how to provoke readers while at the same time getting them to do some work.” ー**The New York Times Book Review A hundred yea……続きを見る

Passionate, independent-minded nonfiction from the international bestselling author of ‘The Corrections’. Jonathan Franzen's ‘Freedom’ was the literary sensation of 2010, whilst ‘The Corrections’ wa……続きを見る

An illuminating and authoritative study of the 20th-century English poet and children’s writer’s life and work. Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. H……続きを見る

In "The Journal to Stella," Jonathan Swift presents an intimate correspondence through a series of letters penned to his beloved friend, Esther Johnson, whom he affectionately called Stella. This wo……続きを見る

The candid and far-reaching interview with the public intellectual and author of Illness as Metaphor, conducted in 1978 Paris and New York. Over the summer and fall of 1978, Susan Sontag engaged in ……続きを見る

Acclaimed writers, family, friends, and more pay homage to the celebrated Southern author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini. New York Times–bestselling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspi……続きを見る

“An interesting and at times surprising account of Churchill's tastes as a reader…many of [these] nuggets will be new even to Churchill junkies.”ー*TheWall Street Journal*** This strikingly original……続きを見る

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author discusses his early days as a writer and the creation of his beloved psychologist and sleuth. In 1985, clinical child psychologist Alex Delaware made his deb……続きを見る

This collection of writing, undertaken for love and for money, is largely about books, writers and travel. It is an engrossing and candid exploration of what it means to make a living from words. Jo……続きを見る

'A beautiful, compelling memoir . . . This, Raban's final work, is a gorgeous achievement" – Ian McEwan On 11 June 2011, three days short of his sixty-ninth birthday, Jonathan Raban suffered a strok……続きを見る

In a volume he describes as "a series of covert and not-so-covert autobiographical pieces," Jonathan Lethem explores the nature of cultural obsessionーfrom western films and comic books, to the musi……続きを見る

The new book of articles and opinion from Jonathan Franzen, author of ‘Freedom’ and ‘The Corrections’. Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Freedom’ was the runaway most-discussed novel of 2010, an ambitious and sea……続きを見る

In his heyday, during the 1960s and early 1970s, B. S. Johnson was one of the best-known young novelists in Britain. A passionate advocate for the avant-garde in both literature and film, he became ……続きを見る

Perhaps all of Jonathan Ames’ problems–and the genesis of this hilarious book–can be traced back to the late onset of his puberty. After all it can’t be easy to be sixteen with a hairless “undisting……続きを見る

‘What distinguished Clare is an unspectacular joy and a love for the inexorable one-thing-after-anotherness of the world’ Seamus Heaney John Clare (1793-1864) was a great Romantic poet, with a name ……続きを見る

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A poignant memoir of love, trauma, and recovery after a life-changing stroke, twinned to a powerful account of his father's experience in World War II, by a winn……続きを見る

Irish creator, minister and comedian Jonathan Swift grew up orphan. Under the consideration of his uncle, he got a four year certification from Trinity College and afterward functioned as a legislat……続きを見る

Irish creator, minister and comedian Jonathan Swift grew up orphan. Under the consideration of his uncle, he got a four year certification from Trinity College and afterward functioned as a legislat……続きを見る

Irish creator, minister and comedian Jonathan Swift grew up orphan. Under the consideration of his uncle, he got a four year certification from Trinity College and afterward functioned as a legislat……続きを見る

Irish creator, minister and comedian Jonathan Swift grew up orphan. Under the consideration of his uncle, he got a four year certification from Trinity College and afterward functioned as a legislat……続きを見る

Irish creator, minister and comedian Jonathan Swift grew up orphan. Under the consideration of his uncle, he got a four year certification from Trinity College and afterward functioned as a legislat……続きを見る

Memoirs of an Icelandic Bookworm is only partly a memoir. More than half the volume consists of Icelandic folktales, many of which have never been translated into English before. These tales are uni……続きを見る

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Elizabeth Bishop has been described as the 'best-loved' poet in English of the second half of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introducti……続きを見る