nami - Essays 1

While the fiction of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand is extremely popular and enduring, little has been written on it so far. This book consists of essays, most of which are new, by top Rand scholars ……続きを見る

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What do we really know about the Aryan migration theory and why is that debate so hot? Why did the people of Khajuraho carve erotic scenes on their temple walls? What did the monks at Nalanda eat fo……続きを見る

«Este livro centra-se na concepção de cursos ministrados em regime de e-learning e a distância, interessando também às pessoas que fazem formação presencial com uso de recursos electrónicos, ou seja……続きを見る

Martín Amis es, como John Updike, el más destacado novelista-y-crítico de su generación. Con un ingenio afilado como una cuchilla de afeitar y juicios inimitables, desmenuza aquí, siempre amenísimo,……続きを見る

Martin Amis publicó su primer artículo sobre los atentados del 11 de septiembre de 2001 pocos días después de que tuvieran lugar. Pero ha seguido merodeando alrededor de aquel día en ensayos posteri……続きを見る

Presents essays by leading short-story writers on their favorite American short stories and why they like them. It will send readers to the library or bookstore to read - or re-read - the stories se……続きを見る

On the assumption that John Updike was correct when he asserted, in a 1978 letter to Joyce Carol Oates, that "Nobody can read like a writer," Why I Like This Story presents brief essays by forty-eig……続きを見る

London's Overthrow is a potent polemic describing the capital in a time of austerity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Award-winning author and essayist China Miéville cuts through the h……続きを見る

Leer hiere como una daga o una flecha que entra en el corazón. Los libros son peligrosos si se leen con la intensidad a la que se vive y la protagonista de este ensayo lo hace de manera voraz, hasta……続きを見る

Suomen sotahistorian synkkä luku. Toisen maailmansodan vuosina 1941–1944 Suomi miehitti suurta osaa Neuvosto-Karjalaa, Aunusta, Syväriä, Petroskoita, Äänisniemeä – alueita, jotka eivät koskaan ollee……続きを見る

Una historia personal de amor y placer UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE 2021 SEGÚN GQ «Pues me he leído este libro casi del tirón, a pesar de que mi cishomosexualidad no me convertía en target predilect……続きを見る

‘प्राचीन भारत भूमि को भारतवर्ष के नाम से जाना जाता था। उस समय दो परिवारों के बीच एक झगड़ा शुरू हुआ, जो धीरे-धीरे रक्तपात में बदल गया। कुरु वंश के चचेरे भाइयों के बीच लड़ा गया यह भयानक युद्ध अब भारत ……続きを見る

At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by America. As an adult he has approached that confusing country from many arresting angles, ……続きを見る

From Alan Bennett's Baffled at a Bookcase, to Lucy Mangan's Library Rules, famous writers tell us all about how libraries are used and why they're important. Tom Holland writes about libraries in th……続きを見る

**NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection, Martin Amis, "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation” (TIME), takes on James Joyce and Elvis ……続きを見る

In this first book-length study of Ayn Rand's anti-utopia Anthem, essays explore the historical, literary, and philosophical themes presiding in this novella written in opposition to the totalitaria……続きを見る

'Perdi-me nos caminhos certos e nos caminhos errados. Perdi-me. Perdi-me por amor. Amei tantas pessoas na minha vida e, apesar de umas tantas desilusões, continuo a amar com a mesma força e a mesma ……続きを見る

Verses is an honest point of view that anyone one honest could and do identify with. In its effort to appeal, It spans a wide array of thought provoking ideas and is said to have eloquence that make……続きを見る

A collection of frank poetry that strike home as pertinent and straight from the heart. This book must be viewed as personal in point of view and open to examination. As you delve into the cracks of……続きを見る

**From one of the world’s greatest modern writers: collected here is some of Martin Amis's best nonfiction work from over two decades, ranging from politics and sports to celebrity, America, and lit……続きを見る

________________ 'This anthology will help turn your intellectual understanding of oppression into an emotional one' - New Statesman 'Thanks for being who you are and for giving us such exposure to ……続きを見る

'Remarkable' Robert Macfarlane 'Gorgeous' Amy Liptrot 'Urgent and nourishing' Jessica J. Lee Nina Mingya Powles first learned to swim in Borneo – where her mother was born and her grandfather studie……続きを見る

To understand the scale of what faces us and how it ramifies through every corner of our lives is to marvel at our inaction. Why aren't we holding emergency meetings in every city, town and village ……続きを見る

Ovo je najintimnija knjiga Jasmine Mihajlović u kojoj se intrigantno okrenula humoru, tananom hororu, zabavnoj esejistici. Naslov koji knjiga nosi predstavlja, pre svega, otklon od sveta (ljudi), s ……続きを見る

Sul crinale tra l’infanzia e tutto ciò che viene dopo si apre una terra di mezzo, dove strani esseri, non più bambini e non ancora adolescenti, si apprestano a una grande trasformazione. Sono i muta……続きを見る