Bland Simpson, the celebrated bard of North Carolina's sound country, has blended history, observation of nature, and personal narrative in many books to chronicle the people and places of eastern Carolina.
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An extraordinary collection of revealing, personal interviews with fourteen jazz music legends During his nearly forty years as a music journalist, Ralph J.
A thoughtful collection of soul-soothing writing from Nora Ephron, Maeve Binchy, Elizabeth Gilbert, Edwidge Danticat, and Oprah, herself, among others.
Every existence has its pulse points,"e; writes Ted Leeson in this latest book, "e;those places where life rises somehow closer to the surface and makes itself more keenly felt.
The period during which Bernard Lonergan delivered the eleven lectures in this volume was one of important transition for him: he was moving rapidly toward a new conception of theology and its method; and he was on the verge of what is now recognized as a major breakthrough in his thought on method, the idea that came to him in February 1965 of the eight functional specialities.
John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's Real World; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina - and back again as its residents confront the BP oil spill.
This volume contains a collection of articles on the nature of America and of being American, composed from lectures originally addressed to British audiences by George Santayana.
The texts in this volume represent Kristin Ross's attempt to think the question of the everyday across a range of discourses, practices and knowledges, from philosophy to history, from the visual arts to popular fiction, all the way to the forms taken by collective political action in the territorial struggles of today.
A nationally known scholar, essayist, and public advocate for the humanities, Michael Berube has a rapier wit and a singular talent for parsing complex philosophical, theoretical, and political questions.
In kühnen, bilderreichen und eingängigen Wendungen verhandelt er zeitlose Themen wie Freundschaft, Ehe, Erziehung, Regeln für das gute Gespräch, Witz und ein gelingendes Dasein.
The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author delivers a collection of essays that serve as the perfect “antidote to mansplaining” (The Stranger).
Otis clarifies the moral and theological issues raised in the Ortesia and relates them to certain stylistic and structural qualities of the three plays.
Filled with empathy and wisdom, personal experiences and creative inspiration, this is a vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of colour.
Choix de textes et présentations par Yvan Lamonde et Jonathan LivernoisIl y a un Pierre Vadeboncœur avant La Ligne du risque (1963), un essayiste dont l’itinéraire intellectuel mène de la crise de 1929 et de la Seconde Guerre mondiale à ce qu’on appelle la Révolution tranquille, en passant par le Refus global et la grève de l’amiante ; un cheminement qui passe par La Nouvelle Relève, Cité libre et Parti pris.
In Known Unknowns, Charles Saatchi provides fascinating insights into some of the world’s lesser-known but truly extraordinary historical events and social phenomena.
Phoning Home is a collection of entertaining and thought-provoking essays featuring the author's quirky family, his Jewish heritage, and his New York City upbringing.
douard Louis is one of the most important literary voices of his generation' GuardianOne day, douard Louis finds a photograph of his mother from twenty years ago: a happy young woman, full of hopes and dreams.
A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford, in 2003.
