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Bourdieu and Literature
Speller, John R.W.Open Book PublishersBourdieu and Literature is a wide-ranging, rigorous and accessible introduction to the relationship between Pierre Bourdieu's work and literary studies. It provides a comprehensive...
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Caper-Sauce : A Volume of Chit-Chat about Men, Women, and Things
Fern, FannyDuke Classics 2015This charming collection brings together dozens of popular newspaper columns written by acclaimed essayist Sara Willis (pen name Fanny Fern). On topics ranging from marriage to fri...
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Censorship Now!!
Svenonius, Ian F.Akashic Books, Ltd. 2015An uproarious new essay collection from Washington, DC's, infamous cult music hero and satirist. "While putting a copy of this book on your nightstand would be a sign of good taste...
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Cicero, On Pompey's Command (De Imperio), 27-49: Latin Text, Study Aids with Vocabulary, Commentary, and Translation
Gildenhard, Ingo; Hodgson, LouiseOpen Book PublishersIn republican times, one of Rome's deadliest enemies was King Mithridates of Pontus. In 66 BCE, after decades of inconclusive struggle, the tribune Manilius proposed a bill that wo...
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The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre
Goyet, FlorenceOpen Book PublishersThe ability to construct a nuanced narrative or complex character in the constrained form of the short story has sometimes been seen as the ultimate test of an author's creativity....
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The Collected Schizophrenias : Essays
Wang, Esmé WeijunGraywolf Press 2019Powerful, affecting essays on mental illness, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and a Whiting Award An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness o...
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The Collector : Essays on Books, Newspapers, Pictures, Inns, Authors, Doctors, Holidays, Actors, Preachers
Tuckerman, Henry T.Duke Classics 2015Some of American essayist Henry Tuckerman's finest work is brought together in the eclectic volume The Collector. Topics run the gamut from a well-researched history of oldest Lond...
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The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy
Galsworthy, JohnThe Floating Press 2016British novelist John Galsworthy is regarded as a literary figure of key importance because his work reflects the transition from the strict social mores of the Victorian era to th...
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A Concordance to Biblical Gothic
Snaedal, MagnusIceland University PressIncludes all Gothic texts in Biblical Gothic, and the Gothic calendar and the Deeds from Naples and Arezzo. Complete with Introduction, Texts and Concordance.
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Cornelius Nepos, Life of Hannibal: Latin Text, Notes, Maps, Illustrations and Vocabulary
Mulligan, BretOpen Book PublishersTrebia. Trasimene. Cannae. With three stunning victories, Hannibal humbled Rome and nearly shattered its empire. Even today Hannibal's brilliant, if ultimately unsuccessful, campai...
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The Cost of Living : Living Autobiography 2
Levy, DeborahPenguin Books Ltd 2018A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020Following on from the critically acclaimed Things I Don't Want to Know, discover the powerful second...
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Courage
Barrie, J. M.Duke Classics 2014Though he achieved literary acclaim as a dramatist, most notably with the timeless children's classic Peter Pan, author J. M. Barrie tackled many subjects over the course of his ca...
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Creatures of the Night : In Search of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves and Demons
Reece, Gregory L.Bloomsbury Publishing 2012Vampires and werewolves; phantoms and phantasms: looming out of the fog leaps the menacing spectre of the lycanthrope, ghoul or blood-crazed zombie. Intrigued by some of the most s...
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Crime Fiction
Scaggs, JohnTaylor & Francis Group 2005 1. utgåvaCrime Fiction provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from a variety of novels, short stories, films and tel...
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Crying in the Bathroom : A Memoir
Sánchez, Erika L.Penguin Publishing Group 2022“Equal parts pee-your-pants hilarity and break your heart poignancy- like the perfect brunch date you never want to end!"—America Ferrera, Emmy award-winning actress in Ugly Betty...
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Cyber-bullying : issues and solutuions for the school, the classroom and the home
Shariff, ShaheenTaylor&Francis 2008 -
David Bowie in Darkness : A Study of 1. Outside and the Late Career
Greco, Nicholas P.McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2015As an artist, David Bowie was widely considered a "chameleon," shedding one persona to create another and thus staying popular, relevant and compelling. In reality, Bowie was able...
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De Profundis
Wilde, OscarAnncona MediaDe Profundis is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and charts his spiritual development. ...
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Dead Girls : Essays on Surviving an American Obsession
Bolin, AliceHarperCollins 2018"[A] deliciously dry, moody essay collection" about America's obsession with violence against women is "a lyrical meditation" (Carina Chocano, New York Times Book Review). In this...