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The Man Who Invented Fiction by William Egginton
epub |eng | 2015-11-18 | Author:William Egginton [Egginton, William]

For modern readers, pastoral has, to put it mildly, gone out of style. There are good reasons for this. Pastoral plots consist largely of handsome shepherds pining for virtuous shepherdesses ...
( Category: Modern July 8,2016 )
Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays by Cynthia Ozick
epub |eng | | Author:Cynthia Ozick

Transcending the Kafkaesque How, after all, does one dare, how can one presume? Franz Kafka, named for the fallen crown of a defunct empire, has himself metamorphosed into an empire ...
( Category: Modern July 8,2016 )
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Decoded by David Day
epub |eng | 2015-09-28 | Author:David Day [Day, David]

“But they were in the well,” Alice said to the Dormouse, not choosing to notice this last remark. “Of course they were”, said the Dormouse: “—well in.” This answer so ...
( Category: Movements & Periods July 5,2016 )
On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature by C. S. Lewis
epub, mobi |eng | 2002-10-28 | Author:C. S. Lewis [Lewis, C. S.]

The Hobbit The publishers claim that The Hobbit, though very unlike Alice, resembles it in being the work of a professor at play. A more important truth is that both ...
( Category: Religion July 3,2016 )
Harry Potter 04 & The Goblet Of Fire (Illustrated) by J.K. Rowling
epub |eng | 2012-04-06 | Author:J.K. Rowling [Rowling, J.K.]

— CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO — The Unexpected Task ‘Potter! Weasley! Will you pay attention?’ Professor McGonagall’s irritated voice cracked like a whip through the Transfiguration class on Thursday, and Harry and ...
( Category: Medieval June 27,2016 )
Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
epub |eng | 1981-01-01 | Author:Elizabeth Peters [Peters, Elizabeth]

I leaned against the wall, holding my bruised ribs and struggling to control the emotion induced by this tender parting. A gentle hand touched my shoulder, and I beheld Mary ...
( Category: Victorian June 13,2016 )
East, West by Salman Rushdie
epub |eng | 2014-01-07 | Author:Salman Rushdie [Rushdie, Salman]

‘Consummation.’ The sexual appetites of the male decline; those of the female continue, with the advancing years, to grow. Isabella is Columbus’s last hope. He is running out of possible ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage June 12,2016 )
On Language: Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language in One Volume by Noam Chomsky & Mitsou Ronat
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-07-25 | Author:Noam Chomsky & Mitsou Ronat [Chomsky, Noam]

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: Postmodernism June 10,2016 )
German Philosophy by Bowie Andrew;
epub |eng | 2010-06-09 | Author:Bowie, Andrew;

Ideology and commodity Marx’s mature work in Capital (first volume published 1867) seeks to analyse the mechanisms of 19th-century capitalism which lead to the impoverishment of the many in economies ...
( Category: Gothic & Romantic June 10,2016 )
Shogun #2 by CLAVELL JAMES
epub |pol | 2011-02-25 | Author:CLAVELL JAMES [CLAVELL JAMES]

V. Mariko przełożyła to. Toranaga chrząknął i krótko odpowiedział.–Pan Toranaga ceni sobie rozsądne rady, Anjin-san, w rodzaju twojej propozycji w sprawie floty, ta jednak jest niedorzeczna. Nawet gdyby wasze interesy ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense June 9,2016 )
In praise of blasphemy : Why Charlie Hebdo is not "islamophobic" (essai français) by Caroline Fourest
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-11-30 | Author:Caroline Fourest

( Category: Movements & Periods June 9,2016 )
Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Niccolò Machiavelli

28 How Dangerous It Is for a Republic or a Prince Not to Avenge an Injury Done against the Public or against a Private Person1 [1] What indignation makes men ...
( Category: Renaissance May 30,2016 )
Sons of Moriarty and More Stories of Sherlock Holmes by Estleman Loren D
epub |eng | 2013-05-27 | Author:Estleman, Loren D. [Estleman, Loren D.]

SONS OF MORIARTY A SHERLOCK HOLMES NOVELLA BY LOREN D. ESTLEMAN Loren D. Estleman published his first Sherlock Holmes novel, Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula, or The Adventure of the Sanguinary ...
( Category: Victorian May 28,2016 )
Hill by Jean Giono
epub, azw3 |eng | 2016-03-09 | Author:Jean Giono

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THIS TRANSLATION has been a labor of love and the focus of my creative life for a number of years. Without the involvement of many others, it would never ...
( Category: Surrealism May 26,2016 )
The Letters of Allen Ginsberg by Allen Ginsberg
epub |eng | 2016-05-06 | Author:Allen Ginsberg

Allen. [Ginsberg extended his trip to South America month by month. He was determined to find a source for ayahuasca, the drug Burroughs had discovered in 1953 on his own ...
( Category: Beat Generation May 26,2016 )

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