LIBROS DEL AUTOR: samuel charters

4 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: samuel charters

  • Brother-Souls
    Ann Charters / Samuel Charters
    John Clellon Holmes met Jack Kerouac on a hot New York City weekend in 1948, and until the end of Kerouac’s life they were--in Holmes’s words--'Brother Souls.' Both were neophyte novelists, hungry for literary fame but just as hungry to find a new way of responding to their experiences in a postwar American society that for them had lost its direction. Late one night as they sa...
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  • Songs of Sorrow
    Samuel Charters
    In the spring of 1862, Lucy McKim, the nineteen-year-old daughter of a Philadelphia abolitionist Quaker family, traveled with her father to the Sea Islands of South Carolina to aid him in his efforts to organize humanitarian aid for thousands of newly freed slaves. During her stay she heard the singing of the slaves in their churches, as they rowed their boats from island to is...
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  • The Poetry of the Blues
    Ann Charters Samuel Charters
    'A signal event in the history of the music.' - Ted Gioia, author of The Delta BluesMusicologist and writer Samuel Charters (1929-2015) considered blues lyrics a profound cultural expression that could connect all people who love poetry. A pioneer in the exploration of world music, Charters conducted research that brought obscure musicians of the American South and Appalachia i...
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    12,51 €

  • An Essay On Bashfulness (1815)
    Samuel Charters
    ''An Essay on Bashfulness'' is a book written by Samuel Charters in 1815. The book is a reflection on the human emotion of shyness and the social implications it has on individuals. Charters explores the root causes of bashfulness, its effects on personal and professional relationships, and offers advice on how to overcome it. The author delves into the psychology of bashfulnes...
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    23,58 €