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Mozart and Leadbelly (Vintage Contemporaries) by Gaines Ernest J
mobi |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Gaines, Ernest J. [Gaines, Ernest J.]

THE TURTLES When we got to Mr. James’s house, my old man leaned the fishing poles against the fence and we went into the yard. Mr. James and Benny were ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence December 6,2017 )
Gilgamesh: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell
mobi |eng | 2010-05-11 | Author:Stephen Mitchell

“Yes: the gods took Enkidu’s life. But man’s life is short, at any moment it can be snapped, like a reed in a canebrake. The handsome young man, the lovely ...
( Category: Poetry December 5,2017 )
Collected Essays by George Orwell
epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:George Orwell [Orwell, George]

Last updated on Thu Jul 26 09:56:26 2007 for eBooks@Adelaide. George Orwell Collected Essays MARK TWAIN—THE LICENSED JESTER (1943) Mark Twain has crashed the lofty gates of the Everyman library, ...
( Category: History & Criticism December 5,2017 )
The Father's Tale by Michael O'Brien
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Michael O'Brien [O'Brien, Michael]

PART THREE 24. A Bad Day at Listvyanka A ghostly mountain range appeared in the south, its upper levels pink with alpenglow. In the east the serrated edge of higher ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction December 5,2017 )
The Hour of Land by Terry Tempest Williams
epub |eng | | Author:Terry Tempest Williams

DAY NINE—PURPLE NOTEBOOK Purple prickly pear mountain range after range grackle sheen rock roots of trees berry cries of curve billed thrashers mockingbirds mimicking bluebonnets in wind dinosaur plum footprints ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence December 5,2017 )
Bamboo Among the Oaks by Mai Neng Moua
epub |eng | 2009-12-04 | Author:Mai Neng Moua

The Last War Poem I tell you, this is the last word for this war. This little side war we were the center of. There is no justice from poetry— ...
( Category: Social Sciences December 4,2017 )
The Last Days of Socrates by Plato
epub |eng | 2017-12-04 | Author:Plato

‘Because I shall cut off mine today, and you ought to do the same,’ said Socrates, ‘that is, if our argument dies and we fail to bring it back to ...
( Category: Philosophy December 4,2017 )
The Book Lovers' Companion by Lionel Shriver
epub |eng | 2014-07-15 | Author:Lionel Shriver

DISCUSSION POINTS • ‘Any Christian who is not a hero is a pig’ – Léon Bloy. What concepts of heroism does the author explore? • How do the various characters ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles December 4,2017 )
99 Novels Best in English Since 1939 by Burgess Anthony
epub |eng | 2010-06-16 | Author:Burgess, Anthony [Anthony, Burgess]

The Mighty and Their Fall IVY COMPTON-BURNETT [1961] Ivy Compton-Burnett's first novel, Dolores, appeared as long ago as 1911, but in 1925 she embarked on the highly original series of ...
( Category: History & Criticism December 3,2017 )
Churchill by Caryl Churchill
epub |eng | | Author:Caryl Churchill

MADAME. It was her birthday you see and I’d made her a lovely dress and we’d had lots of fittings and really in a way it was like old times ...
( Category: Dramas & Plays December 3,2017 )
The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction by EDWARD JAMES & FARAH MENDLESOHN (edt)
epub |eng | 2011-10-18 | Author:EDWARD JAMES & FARAH MENDLESOHN (edt) [JAMES, EDWARD & MENDLESOHN, FARAH]

Postmodernism and science fiction the saturation of the environment with images, messages and other attempts at communication: today we have entered into a new form of schizophrenia – with the ...
( Category: Science Fiction December 3,2017 )
Heretics by G. K. Chesterton
epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 1996-03-01 | Author:G. K. Chesterton [Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)]

XIII. Celts and Celtophiles Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. The word ...
( Category: Theology December 3,2017 )
On Language by Noam Chomsky
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-12-23 | Author:Noam Chomsky

CHAPTER 2 The Object of Inquiry I hope it will not be too repetitive if I begin by summarizing briefly what I have said so far, elaborating here and there ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar December 3,2017 )
Stan Lee by Bob Batchelor
epub |eng | 2017-06-27 | Author:Bob Batchelor

The popularity of Marvel’s offbeat superheroes turned it into the hip 1960s comic book house, but DC still controlled the industry if sales figures were the principal measure. The ongoing ...
( Category: History & Criticism December 3,2017 )
This Little Art by Kate Briggs
epub |eng | 2017-09-19 | Author:Kate Briggs [Briggs, Kate]

First, there is established and wide-ranging linguistic and cultural competence, so the argument goes. There is bilingualism, or what is sometimes called ‘near-native-competence’, and in-depth knowledge of both cultures. There ...
( Category: Arts & Literature December 3,2017 )

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