Dostoevsky: The Seeds of Revolt, 1821-1849 (Frank Joseph)(Paperback)

Dostoevsky: The Seeds of Revolt, 1821-1849 (Frank Joseph)(Paperback)

The term 'biography' seems insufficiently capacious to describe the singular achievement of Joseph Frank's five-volume study of the life of the great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. One critic, writing upon the publication of the final volume, casually tagged the series as the ultimate work on

Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865-1871 (Frank Joseph)(Paperback)

This volume, the fourth of five planned in Joseph Frank's widely acclaimed biography of Dostoevsky, covers the six most remarkably productive years in the novelist's entire career. It was in this short span of time that Dostoevsky produced three of his greatest novels--Crime and Punishment, The

Dostoevsky: The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865 (Frank Joseph)(Paperback)

The book description for the previously published 'Dostoevsky: The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865' is not yet

Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859 (Frank Joseph)(Paperback)

The description for this book, Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859, will be forthcoming.-- 'Kirkus

Lectures on Dostoevsky (Frank Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of the definitive biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky, never-before-published lectures that provide an accessible introduction to the Russian writer's major works Joseph Frank (1918-2013) was perhaps the most important Dostoevsky biographer, scholar, and critic of his time. His

Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time (Frank Joseph)(Paperback)

A magnificent one-volume abridgement of one of the greatest literary biographies of our time Joseph Frank's award-winning, five-volume Dostoevsky is widely recognized as the best biography of the writer in any language--and one of the greatest literary biographies of the past half-century. Now

Dostoevsky: The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871-1881 (Frank Joseph)(Paperback)

This fifth and final volume of Joseph Frank's justly celebrated literary and cultural biography of Dostoevsky renders with a rare intelligence and grace the last decade of the writer's life, the years in which he wrote A Raw Youth, Diary of a Writer, and his crowning triumph: The Brothers

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening (Goldstein Joseph)(Paperback)

The mind contains the seeds of its own awakening--seeds that we can cultivate to bring forth the fruits of a life lived consciously. With Mindfulness, Joseph Goldstein shares the wisdom of his four decades of teaching and practice in a book that will serve as a lifelong companion for anyone

Notes from a Dead House (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

In 1849, Dostoevsky was sentenced to four years at hard labor in a Siberian prison camp for participating in a socialist discussion group. The novel he wrote after his release, based on notes he smuggled out, not only brought him fame, but also founded the tradition of Russian prison writing

Anne Frank (Poole Josephine)(Paperback / softback)

This picture book biography tells the incredible story of Anne Frank for a younger audience. Anne Frank's diary telling the story of her years in hiding from the Nazis has affected millions of people. In the first half of the book we meet Anne as a small child growing up with her family in

Memoirs from the House of the Dead (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

In this almost documentary account of his own experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, the squalor and the degradation, in relentless detail. The inticate procedure whereby the men strip for the bath without removing their

Before Atlantis: 20 Million Years of Human and Pre-Human Cultures (Joseph Frank)(Paperback)

A comprehensive exploration of Earth's ancient past, the evolution of humanity, the rise of civilization, and the effects of global catastrophes - Explores biological evidence for the aquatic ape theory and 20-million-year-old evidence of pre-human cultures from which we are not descended - Traces

A History of France (Bergin Joseph)(Paperback)

Few modern countries can boast of such a lengthy history as France, a staple of European maps for the last millennium. This engaging narrative analyses French political, social and cultural history since 987, in a single volume. Through revolution, war and peace, it explores how the Frankland of

The Revolt of the Black Athlete: 50th Anniversary Edition (Edwards Harry)(Paperback)

The Revolt of the Black Athlete hit sport and society like an Ali combination. This Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Harry Edwards's classic of activist scholarship arrives even as a new generation engages with the issues he explored. Edwards's new introduction and afterword revisit the revolts by

Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us (Andras Joseph)(Paperback)

Lyrical and radical, a debut novel that created a sensation in France Winner of the Prix Goncourt, the most prestigious literary award in France A young revolutionary plants a bomb in a factory on the outskirts of Algiers during the Algerian War. The bomb is timed to explode after work hours, so no

Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche & Kafka (Hubben William)(Paperback)

How four of Europe's most mysterious and fascinating writers shaped the modern mind. Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kafka were all outsiders in their societies, unable to fit into the accepted nineteenth-century categories of theology, philosophy, or belles lettres. Instead, they saw

The Idiot (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

The Idiot (1868), written under the appalling personal circumstances Dostoevsky endured while travelling in Europe, not only reveals the author's acute artistic sense and penetrating psychological insight, but also affords his most powerful indictment of a Russia struggling to emulate contemporary

Revolt (Dupont-Monod Clara)(Pevná vazba)

The Kingdom of France, 1173. A remarkable queen rallies her sons against a tyrannical king - their

The House of the Dead (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

The House of the Dead recounts the story of Alexander Goryanchikov, a gentleman who is sent to a prison colony in Siberia for killing his wife. Largely ignored at first by his fellow inmates due to his noble blood, he gradually settles in and becomes an avid observer of the new world around him -

Summer of Blood - The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 (Jones Dan)(Paperback / softback)

Revolt and upheaval in medieval Britain by a brilliant new narrative historian, 'Summer of Blood' breaks new ground in its portrayal of the personalities and politics of the bloody days of June

Against the Romance of Community (Joseph Miranda)(Paperback)

The Battle of the White Mountain 1620 and the Bohemian Revolt, 1618-1622 (Spring Laurence)(Paperback)

The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (Campbell Joseph)(Paperback)

Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of the twentieth century, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers. This masterfully crafted book interweaves conversations between Campbell and some of the people he inspired, including poet Robert Bly, anthropologist Angeles Arrien,

The Daughter of Time (Tey Josephine)(Paperback)

'One of the best mysteries of all time' (The New York Times)--Josephine Tey recreates one of history's most famous--and vicious--crimes in her classic bestselling novel, a must read for connoisseurs of fiction, now with a new introduction by Robert Barnard. Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard,