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  • D.H. Lawrence and Cornwall
    Philip Prof. Payton
    This book examines D.H. Lawrence’s attempts to establish a utopian community in Cornwall during WWI. Lawrence was drawn to the idea of a ’Celtic Cornwall’ beyond England’s reach and thus remote from the war. But it caught up with Cornwall and Lawrence, resulting in disillusion and eventual expulsion. He described his Cornish sojourn in Kangaroo. ...
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    145,42 €

  • Castles & Ruins
    Rue Matthiessen
    Decades after spending a summer in the Irish countryside with her parents-author Deborah Love and National Book Award winner Peter Matthiessen-Rue takes her young family back to Ireland to revisit locales from that season in the sixties. As a guide, she has her mother’s poetic book, Annaghkeen, named for the castle that overlooked their home in Galway.What begins as a simple, n...
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    15,91 €

  • Bacon and The Dissociation Of Sensibility
    David Conduct
    The term 'Dissociation of Sensibility' has its origin in an essay published by T. S. Eliot in 1921 on the Metaphysical Poets, in which he referred to a dramatic change in poetic experience taking place in the Seventeenth Century. He attributed this change to social and literary causes but, in fact, the true origin of this change lies in the development of scientific thought at ...
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    5,26 €

  • A Confession
    Leo Tolstoy
    A Confession or My Confession, is a classic Leo Tolstoy book and a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion. It was written in 1879 to 1880, when Tolstoy was in his early fifties.The book is a brief autobiographical story of the author’s struggle with a mid-life existential crisis. It describes his search for the answer to the ultimate philosophical que...
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    12,85 €

  • Pen Clube Do Brasil. Região Centro-oeste: Mato Grosso Presente!
    Airton Dos Reis Júnior
    A literatura mato-grossense com suas obras em poesias (em todas as vertentes), crônicas, contos, romances, pesquisas, narrativas, infantil, historiadores, novelas, canções, dramas, teatro, ficção, prosa, técnica, popular. Em narrativo ou épico, lírico e dramático. O caleidoscópio é imenso e intenso. Todas as cores se fazem presente, o que engrandece sobremodo a entidade que che...
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    25,49 €

  • Primaveras Poéticas
    Tatiana Santos Azevedo Mendes
    A primavera chegou com seu inebriante aroma, colorindo o novo tempo de mais gratidão, inaugurando a expansão da consciência, e trazendo à luz da Poesia moderna, o toque sutil de plenitude, a nítida essência romântica, neoclássica, notoriamente estabelecida, nas entrelinhas de cada poesia, foi tecida com ternura, no dia a dia, que se desnuda, enluarada, e com ares de paixão pela...
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    17,22 €

  • CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
    Theophile Gautier / Guy Thorne
    CHARLES BAUDELAIRE: HIS LIFEBy Théophile GautierWith poems translated by Guy ThorneCharles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a celebrated 19th century French poet, author of the famous Flowers of Evil poetic sequence, first published in 1857. Baudelaire is a poet’s poet par excellence, a brilliant craftsman who produced some of the finest poems in the French language. Baudelaire was k...
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    21,21 €

  • Walden-ish
    Henry David Thoreau / Krimsey Lilleth
    AN AMERICAN CLASSIC, REINVIGORATEDIn 1854, Henry David Thoreau published his famous work, Walden, an experiment in simple living. Thoreau recounts his experiences living alone in a small self-built cabin near Walden Pond, reflecting on the virtue of self-reliance and the pursuit of a meaningful life. He challenges readers to question societal norms and reconnect with the natura...
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    11,35 €

  • My Hospitals & My Prisons
    Paul Verlaine / Richard Robinson
    Autobiographical in nature, but reading more like works of fiction, written in that rare, ephemeral, and nuanced style that the poet is famous for in his early poetry, these two works by Paul Verlaine are a first-ever English translation of My Hospitals, from 1891, and My Prisons, from 1893. Enthusiasts of the Paris Commune and the Belle Epoque will be enthralled by these eye-w...
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    17,88 €

  • Virginia Woolf
    United Library
    Step into the world of Adeline Virginia Woolf, the celebrated English writer whose pioneering contributions to modernist literature and mastery of the stream of consciousness narrative technique have left an indelible mark on the 20th-century literary landscape. Virginia Woolf;s book is an intimate journey through the complex and brilliant mind of a literary icon. Born into pri...
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    9,08 €

  • Virginia Woolf
    United Library
    Ingrese al mundo de Adeline Virginia Woolf, la célebre escritora inglesa cuyas contribuciones pioneras a la literatura modernista y su dominio de la técnica narrativa de la corriente de la conciencia han dejado una marca indeleble en el panorama literario del siglo XX. El libro de Virginia Woolf es un viaje íntimo a través de la mente compleja y brillante de un ícono literario....
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    9,11 €

  • O Lado Obscuro Da Mente
    Janete Paula
    Existe um lado obscuro na mente das pessoas que o inimigo de nossas almas não quer que ninguém saiba. Transtornos emocionais não são doenças, nem falta de Deus, e muito menos falta de fé. Com base em minhas experiências e no meu conhecimento da Palavra de Deus, eu afirmo queTranstornos emocionaissão, na verdade, opressão maligna. Há uma luta espiritual travada em nossa mente. O...
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    10,66 €

  • Ten Years a Bohemian
    Émile Goudeau / Richard Robinson
    Ten Years a Bohemian (Dix ans de bohème in French), first published in 1888, is the autobiographical account of a young man, Émile Goudeau, who moves to Paris from the French countryside in the mid- to late-1870s, with high ambitions of becoming a poet. Would that it were so easy! Whimsical and endearing, it tells the story of the Bohemian life of not just one young man, but co...
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    21,47 €

  • Nadine Gordimer’s Fiction
    Syeda Faiqa Mazhar
    Nadine Gordimer’s Fiction is a major study of the life and writings of Nadine Gordimer, a towering figure in the literary and cultural life of South Africa in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, recognised for her fiction through several prizes, most notably the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. It has the makings of a guide, taking the reader through the complexities in Gor...
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    18,43 €

  • Nadine Gordimer’s Fiction
    Syeda Faiqa Mazhar
    Nadine Gordimer’s Fiction is a major study of the life and writings of Nadine Gordimer, a towering figure in the literary and cultural life of South Africa in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, recognised for her fiction through several prizes, most notably the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. It has the makings of a guide, taking the reader through the complexities in Gor...
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    50,04 €

  • Memorial
    Valdemar Sguissardi
    Redigir este memorial não foi apenas o abrir a caixa preta da memória para passar a limpo, dentro de certa ótica e perspectiva, alguns aspectos cruciais de minha vida intelectual ou profissional. Foi muito mais. Foi uma oportunidade ímpar de perceber com maior nitidez o encadea­mento e as determinações dos vários momentos de minha traje­tória pessoal pelos caminhos da formação,...
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    10,23 €

  • J.R.R. Tolkien
    Jeremy W. Johnston
    'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.'  So begins J.R.R. Tolkien’s marvellous tale of wizards, elves, dragons, and dwarves in the children’s book, The Hobbit. Since Bilbo Baggins entered the hearts and minds of readers in 1937, millions of people around the world have gone on to read, watch, and study Tolkien’s epic masterpieces The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarilli...
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    21,83 €

  • Miguel Torga
    Paulo Stuck Mortaes
    Árvore de costados do poeta português Miguel Torga. Poesias selecionadas. Pequena biografia. ...
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    11,79 €

  • Amor De Adolescente..quem Não Teve?
    Laudelina Rodrigues Ferreira
    Quem em juizo perfeito simularia seu proprio afogamento? quem em sã conciência escreveria uma carta de amor,revelando todos os seus sentimentos ? quem teria como plano namorar o irmão do seu grande amor mesmo não havendo nenhum sentimento entre eles com ointuito de ficar proxima do seu grande amor? Amanda fez todos esses planos mirabonantese mais um pouco com o firme proposito ...
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    20,72 €

  • Mark Twain in Berlin Newly Discovered Stories & An Account of Twain’s Berlin Adventures
    Andreas Austilat / Mark Twain
    In fall 1891, Mark Twain headed for Berlin, the 'newest city I have ever seen,' as America’s foremost humorist wrote; accompanied by his wife, Olivia, and their three daughters. Twain, a 'Yankee from head to toe,' according to the Berlin press, conspired with diplomats, frequented the famed salons, had breakfast with duchesses, and dined with the emperor. He also suffered an 'o...
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    16,42 €

  • A Modern Literary Life
    Heather Ingman
    This revelatory new work sets the life of one of the foremost writers of fiction in the 20th-century in its several contexts including her busy life in literary London, and her experiences during the Blitz (when she was an ARP Warden). / The author is a leading scholar noted for her work on Irish fiction, nation, women, and gender. ...
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    65,23 €

  • THE GOLDEN PEN
    ALEXA NAZZARO BELEN / ALEXA BELEN
    Dive into the heart of intrigue with 'The Golden Pen,' a compelling blend of history, mystery, and truth. Told through the first-person perspectives of multiple characters, this novel offers a deeply personal exploration of narrative threads. Journalist Jan Havel Smith from 2024 is catapulted back in time as he seeks his maternal heritage within the historical shadows of the Au...
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    33,18 €

  • David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine
    Nicholas Royle
    A dazzling act of literary-critical rebellion, casting new light on the lives of David Bowie and Enid Blyton ...
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    30,46 €

  • David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine
    Nicholas Royle
    A dazzling act of literary-critical rebellion, casting new light on the lives of David Bowie and Enid Blyton ...
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    159,50 €

  • وانت السبب يابا...
    نوارة نجم
    تقول نوارة نجم في مقدمة سيرتها مع والدها الشاعر الكبير أحمد فؤاد نجم: لم يغب أبي وذكرياته عن خاطري، لم يكن ذكرى في يوم، كان دومًا حاضرًا. لن أروي إلا قصتي (قصته) عبر كاميرا مثبتة في حدقة عين طفلة ثم مراهقة ثم شابة عاشت في ظل شخص استثنائي على المستويين الإبداعي والإنساني، تمر بأحداث لم تفهم بعضها، وطبَّعت مع جُلها باعتبار أن هذه طبيعة الأشياء، ثم تبينت حين نضجت أنها ليست كذلك، و...
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    16,07 €

  • Memoirs of a Minotaur
    Robin Magowan
    'In his extraordinary book Memoirs of a Minotaur: From Merrill Lynch to Patty Hearst to Poetry, Robin Magowan (grandson of the founder of Merrill Lynch and nephew of one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, James Merrill) turns his uncompromising vision and diamond-edged language toward the emotional terrain and the kind of privileged life very few of us have known, ...
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    16,30 €

  • Pal do Pal ki Zindagani (Aap Beeti)
    Dr. Mohammed Aslam Faroqui
    This autobiography of Dr. Mohammed Aslam Faroqui 'Pal do Pal ki Zindagani (Aap Beeti)' is the memoir of a person who has advanced via learning & studying by Urdu language, and he has also written it so that others may benefit in some way. In addition, Urdu poets and authors may find motivation to pen their biographies.ڈاکٹر محمد اسلم فاروقی کی یہ آپ بیتی اردو زبان سے پڑھ کر آگے...
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    24,77 €

  • Jane Austen
    United Library
    Jane Austen ofrece una visión cautivadora de la vida y el genio literario de uno de los novelistas ingleses más célebres de todos los tiempos. Nacidas el 16 de diciembre de 1775, las obras de Jane Austen han dejado una huella indeleble en el mundo de la literatura, conocida por sus agudas observaciones de la nobleza terrateniente británica de finales del siglo XVIII. Las novela...
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    10,11 €

  • La Madre Perduta
    Donatella Bibi
    NUOVA EDIZIONETenero e disperato 'La Madre Perduta' è un inno alla vita, al lungo percorso delle relazioni tra madri e figlie, nelle storie intersecate a volte più tranquille, a volte sconvolgenti, degli accadimenti nel femminile più sacro e misterioso, della vita e delle sue sfide silenti o a volte palesi. L’autrice ripercorre alcuni eventi salienti della vita, dedicando uno s...
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    13,98 €

  • Just the Thing
    James Schuyler
    This fully updated edition of James Schuyler’s letters to three dozen intimates, published on the 100th anniversary of the writer’s birth, offers unparalleled insights into the lives, friendships, and sensibilities that sprang from the influential New York School. James Schuyler’s effervescent takes on people, nature, art, writing, and love are on joyous display in his letters ...
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    23,88 €