The Lost Autobiography of Samuel Steward: Recollections of an Extraordinary Twentieth-Century Gay Life (Steward Samuel)(Paperback)

The Lost Autobiography of Samuel Steward: Recollections of an Extraordinary Twentieth-Century Gay Life (Steward Samuel)(Paperback)

On August 21, 1978, a year before his seventieth birthday, Samuel Steward (1909-93) sat down at his typewriter in Berkeley, California, and began to compose a remarkable autobiography. No one but his closest friends knew the many different identities he had performed during his life: as Samuel

Collected Poems in English and French (Beckett Samuel)(Paperback)

One of the most important playwrights and novelists of the twentieth century, Samuel Beckett was also an accomplished poet and translator. Collected Poems in English and French is a complete collection of all the poetry by the Nobel Prize-winning writer, including his poetry written originally in

Initiation (Haich Elisabeth)(Paperback)

An autobiography that connects the twentieth century European life of internationally beloved teacher Elisabeth Haich and her lucid memories of initiation into the hidden mystical teachings of the priesthood in ancient Egypt. It reveals her insights into the subtle workings of karma, reincarnation,

The Lost World Of British Communism - Samuel Raphael

The Lost World of British Communism is a vivid account of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Raphael Samuel, one of post-war Britain's most notable historians, draws on novels of the period and childhood recollections of London's East End, as well as memoirs and Party archives, to evoke the

The Mental Life of Modernism: Why Poetry, Painting, and Music Changed at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (Keyser Samuel Jay)(Pevná vazba)

An argument that Modernism is a cognitive phenomenon rather than a cultural one.At the beginning of the twentieth century, poetry, music, and painting all underwent a sea change. Poetry abandoned rhyme and meter; music ceased to be tonally centered; and painting no longer aimed at faithful

Life of Samuel Johnson (Boswell James)(Paperback / softback)

In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes, Johnson emerges as a sociable

Samuel Johnson: Selected Works (Johnson Samuel)(Pevná vazba)

An anthology of the essential and enduring works of Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson was eighteenth-century Britain's preeminent man of letters--moral and literary critic, biographer, lexicographer, and poet--and his influence endures to this day. This anthology, designed to make Johnson's essential

Against the Tide (Browne Noel)(Paperback)

The widely acclaimed autobiography of an iconic figure of twentieth century politics, who was synonymous with controversy and reform but is remembered with affection and

The Life of MR Richard Savage (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback)

An Autobiography (Stravinsky Igor)(Paperback)

An Autobiography chronicles the first half-century of Stravinsky's life, all the while offering his opinions and 'abhorrences.' A Parsifal performance at Bayreuth? 'At the end of a quarter of an hour I could bear no more.' Nijinsky? 'The poor boy knew nothing of music.' Spanish folk music? 'Endless

The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Pepys Samuel)(Paperback)

Richard Le Gallienne's elegant abridgment of the Diary captures the essential writings of Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), a remarkable man who witnessed the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666. Originally scribbled in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys's quotidian

Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam (Kepel Gilles)(Paperback)

The late twentieth century has witnessed the emergence of an unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon: Islamist political movements. Beginning in the early 1970s, militants revolted against the regimes in power throughout the Muslim world and exacerbated political conflicts everywhere. Their jihad,

Vsevolod Meyerhold (Pitches Jonathan)(Paperback)

Vsevolod Meyerhold considers the life and work of the extraordinary twentieth-century director and theatre-maker. This compact, well-illustrated volume includes: a biographical introduction to Meyerhold's life a clear explanation of his theoretical writings an analysis of his masterpiece

Samuel Van Hoogstraten's Introduction to the Academy of Painting; Or, the Visible World (Van Hoogstraten Samuel)(Paperback)

A unique seventeenth-century account of painting as it was practiced, taught, and discussed during a period of extraordinary artistic and intellectual ferment in the Netherlands. The only comprehensive work on painting written by a Dutch artist in the later seventeenth century, Samuel van

Samuel Palmer: Shadows on the Wall (Vaughan William)(Pevná vazba)

Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) was one of the leading British landscape painters of the 19th century. Inspired by his mentor, the artist and poet William Blake, Palmer brought a new spiritual intensity to his interpretation of nature, producing works of unprecedented boldness and fervency. Pre-eminent

The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989 (Beckett Samuel)(Paperback)

Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett was one of the most profoundly original writers of the 20th century. He gave expression to the anguish and isolation of the individual consciousness with a purity and minimalism that have altered the shape of world literature. A tremendously influential poet and

Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle Over Urban Gay Life Before Stonewall (Lvovsky Anna)(Paperback)

In the mid-twentieth century, gay life flourished in American cities even as the state repression of queer communities reached its peak. Liquor investigators infiltrated and shut down gay-friendly bars. Plainclothes decoys enticed men in parks and clubs. Vice officers surveilled public bathrooms

The Lives of the Poets: A Selection (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback)

Here is a substantial selection of Samuel Johnson's magisterial and unforgettable portraits of the lives of the English poets of the 17th and 18th centuries. Originally covering the lives of 52 poets, with the primary focus on Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope, Johnson's Lives was described by Thomas

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Coleridge Samuel Taylor)(Pevná vazba)

Provides an introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of the most important poets in our

Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded (Richardson Samuel)(Paperback)

One of the most spectacular successes of the flourishing literary marketplace of eighteenth-century London, Pamela also marked a defining moment in the emergence of the modern novel. In the words of one contemporary, it divided the world into two different Parties, Pamelists and Anti-pamelists,

Speak, Memory - An Autobiography Revisited (Nabokov Vladimir)(Paperback / softback)

An autobiography of Vladimir Nabokov. It presents recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers - on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in

First & Second Samuel- Everyman's Bible Commentary (Laney J. Carl)(Paperback)

The books of Samuel focus on the lives of three men: Samuel, Saul, and David. They are first seen as individuals rising in their respective careers. As time passes, their lives more frequently interact and become interwined with each other. J. Carl Laney covers these two books section by section,

Six Records of a Floating Life (Shen Fu)(Paperback)

Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. In this intimate memoir, Shen Fu recounts the domestic and romantic joys of his

Samuel Morris: The African Boy God Sent to Prepare an American University for Its Mission to the World (Baldwin Lindley)(Paperback)

The extraordinary story of the young African who came to be called 'The Apostle of Simple Faith.'While most missionary biographies detail the lives of Western missionaries, this is the story of the African missionary that God called to the United States when slavery and segregation were a way of