This long-awaited daily reader brings 365 selections from The Chronicles of Narnia to provide daily inspiration, solace and guidance, as well as a memorable reminder of the power of C.
The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship - and quarrel - between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism.
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a vibrant portrait of Ben Hecht, one of the most accomplished and prolific American screenwriters"Richly informative.
A follow up from the bestselling Self-Compassion, this book shows why it is more urgent than ever that women acknowledge their areas of suffering, celebrate their inner voice and challenge the male-orientated status quo.
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a vibrant portrait of Ben Hecht, one of the most accomplished and prolific American screenwriters"Richly informative.
The story of the group of extraordinary eighteenth-century writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernNamed one of the 10 Best Books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review • A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 • A Kirkus Best Book of 2019 “Damrosch brings the Club’s redoubtable personalities—the brilliant minds, the jousting wits, the tender camaraderie—to vivid life.
The definitive biography of Soviet Jewish dissident writer Vasily Grossman, called “gripping" and "fascinating" by William Taubman in the New York Times “[Popoff] tells Grossman’s story with sensitivity and a keen understanding of his world, drawing on little-known archival collections to produce what must be considered the definitive biography.
The first scholarly collection devoted to Shirley Graham Du Bois and her legacy as an artist and activistShirley Graham Du Bois centers her cultural, intellectual, and political significance as a Black radical woman during the twentieth century.
From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers.
Updike remains both a critical and popular success; however, because Updike asked that his personal letters not be published the only way that Updike scholars and fans can read more of the author's candid and insightful remarks is to revisit some of the many interviews he granted-most of which are difficult to locate or obtain.
A New Yorker, Time Out, NPR, Electric Lit and Publishers Weekly Book of the Year, and Lambda Literary Award Finalist A fabulously riveting hybrid memoir and queer history lesson The New York TimesIt s 1996, and Jeremy, a young American, has met the British boy of his dreams just as, amid a media frenzy, US Congress prepares the Defense of Marriage Act, denying same-sex couples rights including immigration.
This book encloses an interdisciplinary examination of Korean music’s evolution, contextual interactions, and global positioning from historical, sociocultural, and aesthetic perspectives.
This book encloses an interdisciplinary examination of Korean music’s evolution, contextual interactions, and global positioning from historical, sociocultural, and aesthetic perspectives.
Mit Band 92 liegt der Briefwechsel zwischen Karl May und seinem zu Lebzeiten wichtigsten Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld aus Freiburg im Breisgau komplett vor.
Este libro presenta una recomposicion de la biografia intelectual de quien ha sido considerado como uno de los maximos representantes de la intelectualidad afrocolombiana: Manuel Zapata Olivella.
En Sylvia Plath y Ted Hughes: genio y musa, Laura Freixas analiza la compleja relacion entre dos de las figuras mas influyentes de la poesia del siglo XX y cuestiona el relato cultural que ha presentado tradicionalmente a Hughes como genio y a Plath como musa tragica.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessings intellektuelle Unruhe erweist sich als Ausdruck einer philosophischen Existenzweise, die sein literarisches Schaffen durchdringt und anleitet.
An A-Z of Neglected Writers of the Anglophone Caribbean makes a major contribution to providing a fuller picture of the region's rich literary history.
Autobiografia es un libro en el que Alberto Enriquez Perea reune los escritos autobiograficos de Alfonso Reyes que habian aparecido dispersos en los veintiseis volumenes de sus Obras completas.
The name Marquis de Sade conjures images of scandal and perversion, but behind the excesses lies a profound thinker whose writings continue to provoke and challenge.
Veronica Ormachea emprende con Neruda y su laberinto pasional una nueva aventura, para la que no vislumbro un nombre que la defina mejor que el de bioficcion: una biografia con ribetes ficticios, que sin descuidar las referencias espaciales, temporales y vivenciales, confiere la parte del leon a lo que el titulo ya anuncia: un laberinto pasional, amoroso y erotico.
The Love Song of Andre P Brink is the first biography of this major South African novelist who, during his lifetime, was published in over 30 languages and ranked with the likes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Peter Carey and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Teitelboim, despliega en gloria y majestad su fina escritura para componer esta biografia del poeta Vicente Huidobro, es tambien una cronica literaria, politica y cultural dela epoca revolucionaria y vanguardista en Europa y America Latina.
Si bien el teatro producido en los colegios novohispanos de la Compania de Jesus tuvo finalidades esencialmente pedagogicas y doctrinarias, algunas obras se planearon para actos festivos circunstanciales de trascendencia y llegaron a un publico mas amplio y receptivo, como demuestran la Tragedia del triunfo de los santos de Pedro de Morales, la extensa produccion teatral de Juan de Cigorondo, las composiciones de Bernardino de Llanos, la Comedia de san Francisco de Borja de Matias de Bocanegra o esta anonima Vida de san Ignacio de Loyola.
José Ingenieros fue médico, psiquiatra, criminólogo, sociólogo, filósofo, escritor y docente, pero sobre todo un "maestro de la juventud" como le gustaba llamarse.
La colección "Materiales" se propone rescatar de los archivos documentos que permitan revisar la historia intelectual latinoamericana desde una perspectiva renovada.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2026Bracing and essential, a radical reframing of British Romanticism through the lens of Black experience for fans of David Olusoga, Gretchen Gerzina, Saidiya Hartman and Emma Dabiri A masterpiece about how history is made, written with power and ferocity Boston GlobeWordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats the Romantic poets are titans of English literature, taught and celebrated around the world.
Unlock the untold story of one of history's most visionary leaders, Cyrus the Great, whose revolutionary strategies forged an empire built on respect, not conquest.
