This "e;magnificently compelling"e; essay collection explores obsession, anxiety, and Existential dread from the Book of Revelation to the Liberace Museum (Minneapolis Star Tribune).
A fascinating look at the private lives of prosperous landowners in antebellum South CarolinaOffering a richly textured picture of early national South Carolina, Richardson-Sinkler Connections includes more than 150 letters and documents left by the prominent Richardson and Sinkler families, who lived in the Santee region between Charleston and Columbia.
Siempre ha habido figuras de la talla de Sócrates que en las decisiones clave, aquellas en las que se pone a prueba de forma radical el valor de un líder, han planteado una disyuntiva entre el ser y el actuar.
Le travail de sape dont le Liban a été l'objet, dès les années 1970, en prémices à la guerre qui l'aura ravagé pendant 17 ans, n'y a pas épargné la langue française.
Building on and enriching ideas set forth in Self-Reliance, Emerson argues that true heroism is self-confidence and persistency in the face of corrosive pressures to conform to society.
The #1 New York Times bestselling Percy Jackson seriesincluding The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, and The Battle of the Labyrinthfeatures a 12-year-old dyslexic boy who discovers he is the son of a Greek god, the target of mythical Greek monsters, and the center of a prophecy that could change the balance of power in the world forever.
This "e;magnificently compelling"e; essay collection explores obsession, anxiety, and Existential dread from the Book of Revelation to the Liberace Museum (Minneapolis Star Tribune).
Sean O'Faolain (1900-1991) was Ireland's leading social and political critic in the period following the country's independence from the United Kingdom.
Un recueil d'essais littéraires sur l'auto-connaissance, écrits sur des parchemins, scellés, enroulés et introduits dans des bouteilles en verre incolore, sans trace d'étiquette, fermées par des bouchons en liège des chênes-lièges de l'Alentejo.
The Southern Wildlife Watcher is a colorful look at thirty-six common and not-so-common animals found in the southeastern United States-from the hummingbird to the bald eagle and from the bullfrog to the bobcat.
In this collection of essays, Stephen Watson turns to the writers who have endured for him; to the places that have formed him; and always to the nature of writing and literature itself.
From the state of our rivers and our justice system to a new way to fight obesity and how a farmer discovered our unknown warrior in a field in France, this collection of provocative, impassioned essays by smart thinkers will tune up your intellectual engine.
A fascinating look at the private lives of prosperous landowners in antebellum South CarolinaOffering a richly textured picture of early national South Carolina, Richardson-Sinkler Connections includes more than 150 letters and documents left by the prominent Richardson and Sinkler families, who lived in the Santee region between Charleston and Columbia.
