A distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read-and write Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write?
Throughout his narrative of Julio-Claudian Rome in the Annals, Tacitus includes numerous references to the gods, fate, fortune, astrology, omens, temples, priests, the emperor cult, and other religious material.
"e;Bearing aloft the flag of his country in the final charge"e; by Company A, 103rd New York Volunteers at the Battle of Antietam, Captain Henry Augustus Sand fell wounded.
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First published in 1901, "e;Our National Parks"e; is a fantastic guide to the wild mountain forest reservations and national parks of the United States, exploring their beauty and usefulness in an attempt to encourage contemporary readers to go out and enjoy the natural wonders of North America.
From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials.
In State of the Heart, Aida Rogers has crafted an artful love letter to our state, with contributions from a host of nationally and regionally recognized writers who've written short essays on the South Carolina places that they cherish.
Beautifully written, intelligent and provocative reflections on the world scene as Ascherson looks first at the painful business of being English in a period of decline marked by public nastiness and private confusion.
Der Literaturkritiker Uwe Wittstock zeichnet die öffentlichen und juristischen Vorgänge um das Verbot des Romans "Esra" von Maxim Biller nach, die in einer historischen Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts im Jahr 2007 gipfelten.
A daughter of the poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka, Kellie Jones grew up immersed in a world of artists, musicians, and writers in Manhattan's East Village and absorbed in black nationalist ideas about art, politics, and social justice across the river in Newark.
This volume brings together a dozen papers on various aspects of Maltese, relevant also for the study of related languages and general descriptive and typological linguistics.
Joachim Fests andere Seite – «das Beste und Schönste, was er geschrieben hat»Mit Büchern über das «Dritte Reich» ist Joachim Fest weltberühmt geworden.
"e;I am talking about Milton because I enjoy talking about Milton,"e; This statement made by Northrop Frye at the beginning of The Return of Eden sets the tone for the entire book.
War die Krawatte früher nicht aus der täglichen Garderobe wegzudenken, fristet sie heute häufig ein vereinsamtes Dasein in Schränken und wird nur noch zu Hochzeiten oder Begräbnissen hervorgeholt.
In den Jahren nach der Kapitulation Deutschlands steht die Frage nach der moralischen Schuld der Deutschen im Zentrum von Thomas Manns essayistischer Publizistik.
Statius' narrative of the fraternal strife of the Theban brothers Eteocles and Polynices has had a profound influence on Western literature and fascinated generations of scholars and readers.
Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida NonfictionFirst-time travelers to Florida often imagine the state as just a vacationland or a swamp--a place to visit and to leave behind.
Formerly exiled Chilean author Ariel Dorfman, one of Latin America's greatest writers and a major literary figure of the twentieth century, is known for such critically acclaimed works as the novel Widows and the play Death and the Maiden.
At turns humorous, irreverent, poignant and tender, The Book of Dads brings together twenty well-known and beloved writers on the subject of fatherhood, offering fathersor anyone who has been or loved a parentunrivaled insights into the complexity of fatherhood as it's experienced now.
Das Buch vereinigt Reportagen, Essays und Kommentare des Schweizer Schriftstellers und Publizisten Harry Gmür, die er in den Jahren des Nationalsozialismus unter seinem Namen und während des Kalten Krieges unter verschiedenen Pseudonymen verfasst hat.
SENIOR CITIZE01 General/trade WRITING II continues the tradition of the first volume with new examples of seniors citizens writing from the unique and succesful workshops facilitated by W.
Veteran scholar and critic Henry Sussman deploys anecdote, reportage, and memoir to lament and scrutinize the rise of anti-intellectualism in the past few decades.
Although the more superficial features of the Latin-American countries are becoming better known to North Americans as a result of improved travel facilities, their cultural and economic problems still remain largely unappreciated.
Written by and for teens and young adults with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD), as well as for their parents, teachers, therapists, and others who care about them, and backed by the latest neuropsychological research, NLD from the Inside Out offers hundreds of useful tips on: - Organization and planning, including study skills- How to successfully navigate the transition from dependent child to independent adult - Creating more harmonious family and peer relationships- Changing disabling attitudes.
