Essays & Letters 31

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

This collection of original stories by today s finest women writers takes inspiration from the famous line in Charlotte Brontë s most beloved novel, Jane Eyre. A fixture in the literary canon, Charl……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

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

UN BRELAN D’EXCOMMUNIÉS     L’ENFANT TERRIBLE         I         II         III &n……続きを見る

'I seem to have banged on this year rather more than usual. I make no apology for that, nor am I nervous that it will it make a jot of difference. I shall still be thought to be kindly, cosy and ess……続きを見る

The extraordinary diary and memoir of just under one year in a woman’s life. Louise Arthur was diagnosed in February 1999 as terminally ill with a malignant brain tumour. It was inoperable. She was ……続きを見る

Extrait : "Ma chère épouse, la présente est pour te dire que j'ai quitté le service de monsieur le comte. C'est un homme quinteux qui ne pouvait me convenir, et je l'ai quitté sans regret, je peux d……続きを見る

Subordonner la politique à la morale, ー en d’autres termes, juger au point de vue de la moralité les desseins et les actes de la politique, ー tel est le but du positivisme envisagé comme philosoph……続きを見る

Je ne connais pas de sentiment plus embarrassant que l’admiration. Par la difficulté de s’exprimer convenablement, elle ressemble à l’amour. Où trouver des expressions assez fortement colorées, ou n……続きを見る

Extrait : "Nous allons, aux premiers pas de notre route, pénétrer dans cet antique sanctuaire dédié à la Reine des anges et des hommes, dans cette chapelle dont les nefs sont du XVe siècle, l'avant-……続きを見る