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  • El amor es una rosa que huele a sangre
    Daniela V. Damaskinova
    En esta asombrosa autobiografía de escritura creativa, la autora teje un suspense intrigante que nos adentra en un viaje emocional y provocativo a través de la vida de una mujer enfrentada a la muerte y a los enigmas del amor y la existencia.El relato se inicia en una noche templada, pero plagada de inquietud, donde la protagonista siente escalofríos recorrer su ser mientras su...
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    16,12 €

  • Writing Great Tom
    T. S. Matthews
    Writing Great Tom is the account of a biographer’s journey that began with a letter from a New York editor asking him to write a biography of T. S. Eliot. T. S. Matthews referred to the journey as 'living a detective story.' He began keeping this backup account when he thought it might be impossible to write the biography. He comforted himself with the idea of publishing instea...
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    64,96 €

  • What Is We To You?!
    Larry Odell Johnson
    I use an autobiographical approach to unpack a cryptographical interpretation or content analysis of the first four chapters of the King James Version (KJV) of the Holy Scriptures. This analysis is designed to present the semiotic and hermeneutical underpinnings of the Scriptures in raw everyday terms avoiding the murkier waters of those studies which divert believers away from...
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    12,64 €

  • What Is We To You?!
    Larry Odell Johnson
    I use an autobiographical approach to unpack a cryptographical interpretation or content analysis of the first four chapters of the King James Version (KJV) of the Holy Scriptures. This analysis is designed to present the semiotic and hermeneutical underpinnings of the Scriptures in raw everyday terms avoiding the murkier waters of those studies which divert believers away from...
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    20,44 €

  • Parada Biológica
    Joaquín Moreno Marchal
    En el confinamiento, los espacios urbanos cambiaron de significado. Se perdió casi por completo el espacio público, se modificaron los espacios domésticos. Se inventaron formas de celebración y de comunicación. Hizo su aparición la creatividad para afrontar los retos de la nueva situación. El autor, a través de sus notas tomadas día a día, reflexiona sobre los cambios personale...
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    21,47 €

  • My Sam Johnson
    Wayne Jones
    'We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.'This book is a biography of the man who wrote those words about three hundred years ago, the great man of letters of the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson. And it has a special purpose: presenting the story of S...
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    12,73 €

  • Reading Buechner
    Jeffrey Munroe
    Frederick Buechner is one of the most gifted writers of his generation, and his legacy casts a long shadow over Christian letters today. As a memoirist, he opened up an entirely new way to think about the genre. As a novelist, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer. And as a theologian and preacher, he pioneered the art of making theology accessible for a popular audience.Yet for a...
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    22,16 €

  • Talking to the Dead
    Sarah LeFanu
    In 2020 the former Women’s Press editor and literary critic Sarah LeFanu published her group biography of three British writers and their travels to South Africa in the closing days of the Victorian era, Something of Themselves: Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War, which was shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography. Talking to the ...
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    22,65 €

  • Redemption and the Merchant God
    McReynolds Susan / Yakimenko Oksana
    ENGDostoevsky’s Russian chauvinism and anti Semitism have long posed problems for his readers and critics. How could the author of The Brothers Karamazov also be the source of the slurs against Jews in Diary of a Writer? And where is the celebrated Christian humanist in the nationalist outbursts of The Idiot? These enigmas-the coexistence of humanism and hatred, faith and doubt...
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    40,82 €

  • The Radical Isaac
    Adi Mahalel
    Examines the Yiddish-Hebrew writer I. L. Peretz’s alignment with the Jewish working-class in Eastern Europe and his devotion to progressive politics. ...
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    46,98 €

  • La doña y el monte
    Nitty Rizo Patrón
    La Literatura, cuando es buena, como es el caso, emplea lo escrito para construir algo que no está escrito: el mensaje del texto. Este libro rebosa de anécdotas hilarantes, irreverentes e irónicas, algo propio de quien aprendió a situarse frente a la vida como la Doña; y también de anécdotas sosegadamente melancólicas e introspectivas, algo propio de quien, a la inversa, aceptó...
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    29,54 €

  • Hakim Bey Real and Unreal
    Th. Metzger
    For a man made of words, it is perversely perfect that none can capture the essence of Hakim Bey. Anarcho-Sufi wiseman, scholar of the unknowable, miraculous monologist, psychedelic shaman: all of this is true. Yet it only suggests - rather than defines - this writer and the long shadow that he casts. Th. Metzger was initiated into the Moorish Orthodox Church (resurrected in 19...
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    14,11 €

  • Maria Acauã
    Edson Carlos Alves E Eugênio Pacelly Alves
    Não existe uma tese definitiva sobre MariaMadalena Chaves, conhecida popularmente como MariaAcauã. Em meados do século XVIII no interior do estado de Pernambuco, o capitão-mor José de Araújo Chaves e sua esposa Luzia de Matos Vasconcelos tiveram inúmeros filhos, mas uma especial destacou-se pelos seus feitos, a Maria Acauã.Quando Maria Acauã atingiu quatorze anos, julgou-se ple...
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    14,67 €

  • Interviews With Legendary Writers From Beyond
    Cathy McGough
    WHAT WOULD YOU ASK YOUR FAVOURITE WRITE FROM BEYONDIF YOU MET HIM?With the help of a Fictional Psychic colleague, the following authors are brought back for once in a lifetime fifteen minute interviews:*Poe *Hawthorne *Tennyson *Shelley *Keats*Leacock *Voltaire *Paterson *Twain *Byron*Dostoevsky *Thoreau *Baudelaire *Burns*Collins *Dickens *Coleridge *Kipling'The humorous prese...
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    16,70 €

  • O Roubo Do Banco Dom João Vi
    Robson Jhonatan
    ALVARO DESCOBRE QUE SUA FILHA, LAURA, NECESSITA DE UM TRANSPLANTE DE CORAÇÃO. SEM DINHEIRO E SEM FÉ NO SETOR PÚBLICO, ELE TOMA UMA OUSADA DECISÃO: ROUBAR O BANCO DOM JOÃO VI. ...
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    11,95 €

  • Brutal Ink
    Janee Mock Friedmann
    With unapologetic rawness and audacious candor, Janee Mock Friedmann peels back the curtain of the literary world to reveal a tumultuous realm of egos, rivalry, and fierce ambition in "Brutal Ink." This is not a journey for the faint-hearted. Navigating the treacherous waters of the publishing world, Friedmann uncovers the brutal tactics and sharp tongues that often hide behind...
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    10,47 €

  • The Bard and his Sister-in-Law
    Mallika Sengupta / Lopamudra Banerjee
    A historical novel/biographical nonfiction by award-winning feminist author/poet Mallika Sengupta from Kolkata, India, ’Kabir Bouthan’ focuses on the multifaceted history of the illustrious Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata, the birth place of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (mentioned in the book as ’Rabi’). The narrative chronicles the inter personal relationships between the ...
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    25,59 €

  • Letters to Hyman Bradofsky and Others
    H. P. Lovecraft
    H. P. Lovecraft’s literary career ended very much the way it began-with amateur journalism. In 1914, he had entered the United Amateur Press Association and gained lifelong friends and a renewed will to live and write. In 1930, Lovecraft’s attendance at the annual convention of the National Amateur Press Association led to a renewed interest in the multifarious issues agitating...
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    31,81 €

  • Aus Meinen Erinnerungen an Emanuel Geibel
    Wilhelm Deecke
    Dieses Buch ist eine persönliche Erinnerung an den Dichter Emanuel Geibel, geschrieben von seinem Freund und Weggefährten Wilhelm Deecke. Es beschreibt Geibels Leben, seine Persönlichkeit und seine literarischen Werke. Der Autor teilt seine eigenen Erfahrungen und Eindrücke von Geibel und gibt dem Leser einen Einblick in das Leben des berühmten Dichters. Es ist ein unverzichtba...
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    29,53 €

  • Pis’ma A.P. Chechova; Volume 3
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov / Mariia Pavlovna Chekhova
    This collection of letters and essays by Anton Chekhov offers insight into his life, career, and creative process. It includes correspondence with family, friends, and other writers, as well as literary criticism and reflections on the craft of writing.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we ...
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    39,46 €

  • Thomas Corneille, Sa Vie Et Sor Théatre
    Gustave Reynier
    Ce livre est une biographie complète de Thomas Corneille, l’un des dramaturges et poètes français les plus célèbres du XVIIe siècle. L’auteur examine la vie et l’œuvre de Corneille, en se concentrant sur son origine, ses études, ses relations, et ses travaux littéraires. Il analyse également les différences et les similitudes entre Thomas Corneille et son frère Pierre Corneille...
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    39,46 €

  • Oscar Wilde
    Martin Birnbaum
    A collection of personal anecdotes and fragments of writing from the life of Oscar Wilde, one of the most celebrated playwrights of the Victorian era. This book offers a unique glimpse into the mind of a literary genius, full of wit and charm, and is a must-read for all fans of Wilde’s work.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of th...
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    29,53 €

  • Life and Literary Remains of L. E. L
    Laman Blanchard
    This book is a biography of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, an English poet and novelist who wrote during the Romantic era. It contains selected letters and poetry, as well as a biography of her life. Essential reading for anyone interested in Romantic era literature.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilizati...
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    36,62 €

  • Boswell’s Life of Johnson
    George Birkbeck Norman Hill / James Boswell / Samuel Johnson
    This classic work of biography and travel writing provides fascinating insight into the life and times of Samuel Johnson, one of the most important literary figures of the 18th century. The book includes a detailed account of Johnson’s tour through Scotland and the Hebrides, as well as passages from his personal diary. Boswell’s lively prose and vivid descriptions make this boo...
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    43,23 €

  • The Journal of Leo Tolstoi
    Anonymous
    This book is a collection of the journals of Leo Tolstoy, one of the greatest writers of all time. Written over the course of several decades, they offer a unique insight into the mind of one of the most complex and fascinating figures in literature. This English translation brings Tolstoy’s journals to a wider audience, allowing readers to experience the poetry, philosophy, an...
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    42,59 €

  • Mémoires D’outre-Tombe; Volume 1
    François-René Chateaubriand
    Ce livre est une autobiographie de l’auteur sur ses expériences politiques et personnelles de la fin du XVIIIème siècle et du début du XIXème siècle. Chateaubriand a été un acteur clé de la Révolution française et de l’émergence du romantisme littéraire dans en France.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civ...
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    46,83 €

  • Samuel Lover, A Biographical Sketch With Selections From his Writings and Correspondence
    Andrew James Symington
    This book is a biographical sketch of Samuel Lover, the Irish songwriter, novelist, and painter. It includes selections from Lover’s writings and correspondence, giving readers a glimpse into his life and work. Written by Andrew James Symington, a contemporary of Lover’s, this book is an essential read for anyone interested in Irish literature and culture.This work has been sel...
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    36,59 €

  • George Gissing
    Frank Swinnerton
    This illuminating biography of British novelist George Gissing offers a fascinating portrait of the man behind some of the most remarkable and insightful novels of the late-nineteenth century. Drawing on letters and other archival sources, Swinnerton explores Gissing’s troubled personal life, his struggles with poverty and ill health, and his enduring legacy as a writer and int...
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    34,60 €

  • William Godwin
    C. Kegan Paul
    If you are interested in the life and writings of William Godwin, then this book is a must-read. It provides an in-depth look at the famous philosopher and his relationships with his contemporaries, shedding new light on his works and ideas.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This...
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    39,60 €

  • Mikolaj Rej
    Aleksander Brückner
    This book is a biography of the Polish writer Mikolaj Rej, one of the most important figures in Polish Renaissance literature. It provides a comprehensive overview of Rej’s life and work, including his poetry, prose, and plays. This book is a must-read for literary scholars and anyone interested in the cultural history of Poland.This work has been selected by scholars as being ...
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    41,58 €


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