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Encompassing fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die moves across cultures and through time to present an eclectic collection of titles, each described with the special enthusiasm readers summon when recommending a book to a friend.
Mustich provides brief (usually one page) introductions to works of fiction, poetry, science and science...
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"A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature. Do you know: Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning? Why Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China? Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature? What superstitions Truman Capote kept whenever he wrote? Who the other Winston Churchill was? A treasure trove of compelling facts, riveting anecdotes, and extraordinary...
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"Part fun- and information-filled almanac, part good book guide, the Children's Book-a-Day Almanac is a new way to discover a great children's book--every day of the year! This fresh, inventive reference book is a dynamic way to showcase the gems, both new and old, of children's literature. Each page features an event of the day, a children's book that relates to that event, and a list of other events that took place on that day. Always informative...
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Enemies of Books" by William Blades. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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This 1891 volume of essays, in the words of its editor, Fred Scott, "is just the work to go into the hands of those that hope and despair of the teacher of rhetoric-the callow young man with a sneaking ambition for literature..." Lewes examines how such elements as vision, sincerity, beauty, and style determine literary success or failure.
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The Devil's Dictionary (1906) is a work of satire by Ambrose Bierce. Although he is commonly remembered for his chilling short stories on the experiences of Civil War soldiers, Bierce was recognized in his day as a leading journalist and humorist who spent decades ruffling feathers and drawing laughter with his witty opinion columns, poems, and definitions. Toward the end of his career, he decided to compile these satirical definitions into a book,...
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This pamphlet was written as a philosophical commentary on Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Shaw believed that most people could not understand the drama, and wanted to bring them the knowledge of the adepts who see in the operas the "whole tragedy of human history and the whole horror of the dilemmas from which the world is shrinking today."
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Diccionario de la literatura Cubana II. D-Ll
Este Diccionario dividido en cuatro tomos, suma más de 2.000 páginas. Contiene las fichas biográficas de los escritores cubanos más relevantes hasta 1980, año de su publicación. Incluye también entradas dedicadas a géneros literarios y publicaciones (revistas y periódicos).
Los trabajos de preparación del Diccionario de la literatura cubana empezaron en 1966 en el Instituto de Literatura y Lingüística...
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No es vano decir que la historia es de los sobrevivientes y no propiamente de los historiadores. Y en este caso, en el libro de la periodista Olga Behar, él y los sobrevivientes de la historia son, desde la profundidad de la primera persona y de los protagonistas mismos, quienes fueron cómplices y por serlo, causaron y causan en Colombia el proceso horrendo del paramilitarismo, del despojo de las tierras, de la agresión interminable a un campesinado...
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Los textos que presentamos en este nuevo volumen de Dos Tintas, Imágenes, letras y argumentos: artículos de reflexión y discusión sobre arte, literatura y argumentación, más allá de dar razón de una exploración teórica exhaustiva, tarea de por sí colosal y que demandaría mayores búsquedas, consiguen llevar a cabo la resemantización de otros textos y otras voces a partir de preguntas nuevas y de los medios disponibles hoy para encontrar...
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New Aphorisms & Reflections: Third Series, the sixth volume in a sequence which began with 222: Aphorisms & Reflections, features more than 450 entries, some of which are autobiographical. Like its predecessors, New Aphorisms & Reflections includes a sampling of 'meetings of the minds'-dialogues between the author and aphorists and thinkers of the past. Cover image: Allison O'Donnell, Mostly Underground, 2008. Acrylic and graphite on board.
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Este libro de ensayos sobre una colección de cuentos y tres novelas claves de la producción literario de Héctor Adab Faciolince, es una invitación al lector a leer de nuevo esas obras den las que se destacan algunos de los temas recurrentes que obsesionan al escritor y una visión peculiar del mundo que se va urdiendo mediante una compleja red de historias, personajes, ideas y formas. Pero, sobre todo, se observa en ellas el proceso de evaluación...
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An inspiring memoir about the art and the gift of reading, this compilation of essays shares Andrew Relph's life story via the books the author has encountered, beginning with those he read as if his life depended on it after struggling with a reading disability. From Amis to Bellow, Blake to Gallico, and Shakespeare to Woolf, these explorations ask why it is that books are so important to us and why our relationships with writers and characters can...
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David Damrosch is professor of comparative literature at Harvard University and a past president of the American Comparative Literature Association. His books include How to Read World Literature and What Is World Literature? (Princeton). Natalie Melas is associate professor of comparative literature at Cornell University and the author of All the Difference in the World: Postcoloniality and the Ends of Comparison. Mbongiseni Buthelezi is a doctoral...
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Award-winning writer and journalist Francisco Goldman is the author of novels and works of nonfiction and is a regular contributor to the New Yorker magazine. His awards include the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and the T. R. Fyvel Book Award, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship. Born to a Guatemalan mother and Jewish American father, Goldman's heritage has shaped his unique perspective and has had a significant influence on his literary themes....
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Las cartas a Julieta (1950) tienen una doble lectura. Una, la más obvia, permite adentrarnos en el corazón de un enamorado de un joven romántico que cree haber encontrado el amor definitivo luego de unas vacaciones de fin de año en su población natal. Los textos destilan pasión, dudas de amor, promesas de triunfo... En entrelíneas se puede hacer seguimiento a la búsqueda espiritual, existencial e intelectual del joven Gonzalo Arango. También...
18) La caminata
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La caminata no es un libro de cuentos cualquiera o uno más de los que se publican en Medellín; es la prolongación de una voz que se viene manifestando desde hace años a través del lenguaje audiovisual, la música y la novela y que ahora se expresa en el cuento, género en el que incursiona son gran habilidad técnica y sobre todo con autenticidad y cosas propias por decir; como las que nos transmiten estos personajes desajustados y angelicales,...
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During even a cursory reading of the "literature about books," students of bibliography frequently have initial difficulties in understanding some of the terms they encounter. In A Bibliographical Companion, Roy Stokes provides an alphabetical list of such words and phrases. In this volume, the terms are defined briefly, their importance is discussed, and the author provides suggested readings designed to lead the student towards a more complete understanding....
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A user-friendly reference for English-language readers who are eager to explore contemporary fiction from around the world.
Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, with an emphasis on fiction published in the past two decades, this guide introduces the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge Chinese works to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French...
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