Letters of Intent - Selected Essays (Ozick Cynthia (Author))(Pevná vazba)

Letters of Intent - Selected Essays (Ozick Cynthia (Author))(Pevná vazba)

A selection of essays by the acclaimed and beloved writer Cynthia Ozick, collected by David

Complete Works - Essays, Travel Journal, Letters (De Montaigne Michel)(Pevná vazba)

Describing his collection of Essays as 'a book consubstantial with its author', Montaigne identified both the power and the charm of a work which introduces us to one of the most attractive figures in European

Messiah of Stockholm (Ozick Cynthia (Author))(Paperback / softback)

A Brilliant novel... The Messiah of Stockholm is a worthy companion to Philip Roth's superb Prague Orgy... A complex and fascinating meditation on the nature of writing and the responsibilities of those who choose to create - or judge - tales. - Harold Bloom, New York

Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Selected from the Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Seneca's Letters from a Stoic are a set of 'essays in disguise' from one of the most insightful philosophers of the Silver Age of Roman literature. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Latin with an introduction by Robin Campbell.A

Serious Noticing - Selected Essays (Wood James)(Paperback / softback)

The selected essays of James Wood - our greatest living literary critic and author of How Fiction Works'James Wood is a close reader of

Selected Letters (Walpole Horace)(Pevná vazba)

Offers an extensive selection of author's letters, arranged by subject so that you can choose from themes including social life, the Court, politics, literature, and the evolution of his Gothic castle and art and book collections at Strawberry

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids (Smith Cynthia L.)(Pevná vazba)

Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride. Native families from Nations across the continent gather at the Dance

With You All the Way (Hand Cynthia)(Pevná vazba)

Bestselling author Cynthia Hand delivers a funny, awkward, and altogether honest coming-of-age story about one girl's attempt to make the most of a summer in paradise--perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Ada's life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a

Artists' Letters: Leonardo Da Vinci to David Hockney (Bird Michael)(Pevná vazba)

A treasure trove of carefully selected letters written by great artists, providing unique insight into their characters and a glimpse into their lives. Artists' Letters is a collection of intriguing, entertaining, moving, significant, surprising, witty and insightful correspondence from great

Open Letters : Selected Writings, 1965-1990 - Václav Havel

The twenty-five years' worth of essays, letters, interviews and reportage colected in this volume portay Vaclav Havel's evolution from a modestly known playwright with the courage to criticize a dicatorship to his becoming the president of Czechoslovakia

Autobiography and Selected Letters, Volume II: Letters 51-193 (Libanius)(Pevná vazba)

A professing pagan in an aggressively Christian empire, a friend of the emperor Julian and acquaintance of St. Basil, a potent spokesman for private and political causes--Libanius can tell us much about the tumultuous world of the fourth century. Born in Antioch to a wealthy family steeped in the

The Best American Essays 2020 (Aciman Andr)(Paperback)

A collection of the year's best essays selected by Andr Aciman, author of the worldwide bestseller Call Me by Your

Diaries and Selected Letters (Bulgakov Mikhail)(Paperback)

The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita - now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature - was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression did not only apply to his art: in 1926 his

Plague, Fall, Exile And The Kingdom And Selected Essays (Camus Albert)(Pevná vazba)

Autobiography and Selected Letters (Libanius)(Pevná vazba)

A professing pagan in an aggressively Christian empire, a friend of the emperor Julian and acquaintance of St. Basil, a potent spokesman for private and political causes--Libanius can tell us much about the tumultuous world of the fourth century. Born in Antioch to a wealthy family steeped in the

The Selected Letters of John Berryman (Berryman John)(Pevná vazba)

A wide-ranging, first-of-its-kind selection of Berryman's correspondence with friends, loved ones, writers, and editors, showcasing the turbulent, fascinating life and mind of one of America's major poets.The Selected Letters of John Berryman assembles for the first time the poet's voluminous

Translation and Cultural Identity: Selected Essays on Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication (Buesa-Gomez Carmen)(Pevná vazba)

Translation and Cultural Identity: Selected Essays on Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication tackles the complexity of the concepts mentioned in its title through seven essays, written by most highly regarded experts in the field of Translation Studies: Jose Lambert (Catholic University of

Interpreting Paul - Essays on the Apostle and his Letters (Wright NT)(Pevná vazba)

In-depth studies on Paul and his letters by the most influential New Testament interpreter of our

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Green John)(Pevná vazba)

Instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.'The perfect book for right now.'--People'The Anthropocene Reviewed is essential to the human conversation.'--Library Journal (starred review)The

On the Eve of the Future: Selected Writings on Film (Michelson Annette)(Pevná vazba)

The first collection of Annette Michelson's influential writings on film, with essays on work by Marcel Duchamp, Maya Deren, Hollis Frampton, Martha Rosler, and others.The celebrated critic and film scholar Annette Michelson saw the avant-garde filmmakers of the 1950s and 1960s as radically

Selected Letters, Volume 2 (Petrarca Francesco)(Pevná vazba)

Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive the cultural and moral excellence of ancient Greece and Rome. This two-volume set contains an ample, representative sample from his enormous and fascinating

Selected Letters, Volume 1 (Petrarca Francesco)(Pevná vazba)

Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive the cultural and moral excellence of ancient Greece and Rome. This two-volume set contains an ample, representative sample from his enormous and fascinating

Michelangelo's Sculpture: Selected Essays (Steinberg Leo)(Pevná vazba)

Leo Steinberg was one of the most original and daring art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretative risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures that ranged from old masters to contemporary art, he combined scholarly

Beautiful and Impossible Things: Selected Essays of Oscar Wilde (Wilde Oscar)(Pevná vazba)

This selection of Oscar Wilde's writings provides a fresh perspective on his character and thinking. Compiled from his lecture tours, newspaper articles, essays and epigrams, these pieces show that beneath the trademark wit, Wilde was a deeply humane and visionary writer, as challenging today as he