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Dossier K: A Memoir by Kertész Imre
epub |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Kertész, Imre [Kertész, Imre]

I am inclined to the view that if one talks about art and dictatorship, one can’t avoid Adorno’s precept. “To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.” But why are we ...
( Category: Jewish September 14,2024 )
Talking About Detective Fiction by James P D by James P. D
epub |eng | 2009-09-23 | Author:James, P. D. [James, P. D.]

It seems a little unjust to classify Agatha Christie's characters as being on the Punch level. She is more than that. She may draw them in clear outline with none ...
( Category: Mystery & Detective September 13,2024 )
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson: Emily Dickinson by Dickinson Emily
epub |eng | 2016-09-17 | Author:Dickinson, Emily [Dickinson, Emily]

XXXI. Nature rarer uses yellow Than another hue; Saves she all of that for sunsets, — Prodigal of blue, Spending scarlet like a woman, Yellow she affords Only scantly and ...
( Category: Renaissance September 13,2024 )
The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader by Jr. Henry Louis Gates
epub |eng | 2012-05-01 | Author:Jr., Henry Louis Gates [Jr., Henry Louis Gates]

It’s clear that, beneath Ellison’s unfailingly courtly demeanor, his own internal struggles may have taken their toll. The fire, in the fall of 1967, is often mentioned as a watershed ...
( Category: Black & African American September 12,2024 )
On the Street Where You Live by Clark Mary Higgins
epub |eng | 2001-01-01 | Author:Clark, Mary Higgins [Clark, Mary Higgins]

forty-three ________________ “YOUR FATHER IS HERE TO SEE YOU, Mr. Stafford.” The receptionist’s voice sounded puzzled. It was almost as if she were saying, “I didn’t know your father was ...
( Category: Victorian September 12,2024 )
Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of the Great Gatsby by Churchwell Sarah
epub |eng | 2013-06-06 | Author:Churchwell, Sarah [Churchwell, Sarah]

( Category: United States September 12,2024 )
Nine Horses Nine Horses Nine Horses by Collins Billy
epub |eng | 2002-01-01 | Author:Collins, Billy [Collins, Billy]

And I was even more surprised after a period of benevolent staring to notice how the stark profile of that woman, fixed forever in her chair, began to resemble my ...
( Category: Poetry September 12,2024 )
Under the Duvet: Notes on High Heels, Movie Deals, Wagon Wheels, Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other Calamities by Keyes Marian
epub |eng | 2001-10-25 | Author:Keyes, Marian [Keyes, Marian]

Get that Dustbin out of my Relationship Corner Feng Shui – sure, haven’t I enough to worry about! You can’t open a magazine or turn on the radio without hearing ...
( Category: Humor September 11,2024 )
The Best American Crime Reporting 2008 by unknow
epub |eng | 2008-09-09 | Author:unknow

AS FAR AS THE LAW IS CONCERNED, there isn’t much left for Cullen to say. On December 12, 2003, Cullen was brought in for one first-degree murder and one attempted ...
( Category: Short Stories September 11,2024 )
The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Ozma Alice & Brozina Jim
epub |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Ozma, Alice & Brozina, Jim [Ozma, Alice & Brozina, Jim]

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Day 1,528 She tried to think of every pleasant and beautiful and wonderful thing she knew. She made a list of all the miracles in her mind. She ...
( Category: General September 10,2024 )
If the War Goes on . . .: Reflections on War and Politics by Hesse Hermann
epub |eng | 1946-01-01 | Author:Hesse, Hermann [Hesse, Hermann]

OF DESTINY So spake Zarathustra to us: One thing is given to man which makes him into a god, which reminds him that he is a god: to know destiny. ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory September 10,2024 )
Late Essays: 2006-2017 by Coetzee J. M
epub |eng | 2017-01-01 | Author:Coetzee, J. M. [Coetzee, J. M.]

13. Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilyich In 1884, at the height of his fame as a novelist, Leo Tolstoy produced a strange autobiographical document which, because of its ...
( Category: Comparative Literature September 9,2024 )
The Outlandish Companion Volume Two: The Companion to the Fiery Cross, a Breath of Snow and Ashes, an Echo in the Bone, and Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Gabaldon Diana
epub |eng | 2015-10-13 | Author:Gabaldon, Diana [Gabaldon, Diana]

( Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy September 9,2024 )
A Little History of the World by Gombrich E. H
epub |eng | 1936-01-01 | Author:Gombrich, E. H. [Gombrich, E. H.]

THE MONGOLS In Germany the death of the last Hohenstaufen led to greater confusion than ever. No one could agree on a new king so none was chosen. And because ...
( Category: History of Books September 9,2024 )
The Praise of Folly: Updated Edition by Erasmus
epub |eng | 1508-01-01 | Author:Erasmus [Erasmus]

( Category: Renaissance September 9,2024 )

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