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A British journalist's "fast and funny" account of hedonism and conspicuous consumption in Los Angeles-and his attempt to get in on the fun (The New York Times).
From the author of War Reporting for Cowards, Death by Leisure is the incisive, irreverent, and savagely funny story of British journalist Chris Ayres's attempt to infiltrate the American leisure class (and find true love) in the credit-fueled years before the 2008 economic collapse. When...
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Children deceive, as do grownups, and many are the moments when all of us even deceive ourselves. People of every age and stripe, whether rarely or often, dissimulate, bluff, and beguile. The writer who fabricates and populates worlds is a deceiver, as is the artist whose triumph is to trick the eye, to alter perception. The honest magician's livelihood is based on deception; so is the dishonest thief's. And consider the great Russian poet Marina...
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Presenting laugh-out-loud stories for lovers of absurd comedy, featuring an eccentric cast of characters including Derek Organ: Private Investigator, Lionel the Moth, Roman slave Servus Minimus, the Battlefield Masseur, ambulance chaser Bradley Scherp, the Incredibly Delusional Shrinking Man, Compound Fracture the Clown, and of course, the Dancer on the Ceiling.
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Freeman's anthologies volume 7
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The literary anthology Freeman's, created by writer, critic, and former Granta editor John Freeman, has quickly gained an international following with wide acclaim. It has been called "bold [and] searching" by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and "impressively diverse" by O Magazine. This issue introduces a list of more than twenty-five poets, essayists, novelists, and short story writers from around the world who are shaping contemporary literature and...
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An award-winning historian's guide to writing about history, in both fiction and nonfiction. Is history absolute? Is writing about the past an exact science, or is it more of a nebulous discipline open to different interpretations and points of view? These are important questions that noted historian Ian Mortimer says all serious writers of history must reflect on. This new collection explores those ideas, providing an analysis on how the immensity...
87) Gritos: Essays
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A wide-ranging collection of essays that cuts to the heart of the Mexican-American experience by an important voice in contemporary writing. When he first started writing, Dagoberto Gilb was struggling to survive as a journeyman carpenter. Years later, he has won widespread acclaim as a crucial and compelling voice in contemporary American letters. Readers will find 36 essays divided into four sections titled "Culture Crossing," "Cortes and Malinche,"...
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What does freedom of religion mean to you? Free societies offer one of the greatest rights of man, freedom of religion, so how have you used your freedom of religion? A full life demands that we express our freedom of religion to honor both man and God. So if you would like to learn how to get more out of your freedom of religion, read this book. 26 pages.
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Pourquoi tant de Français mettent-ils aujourd'hui le cap sur la Belgique ? D'autres ont-ils intérêt à les rejoindre au plus vite ? La Belgique est-elle la nouvelle terre promise de tous les délaissés de France ? Posté en embuscade derrière la frontière belge, Dominique Watrin fait l'inventaire des principaux mécontents de l'Hexagone qui peuplent l'actualité, comparant ce qu'ils vivent chez eux et ce qu'ils peuvent espérer connaître en...
91) Flash Fiction
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This collection of Flash Fiction goes great with coffee during your day and goes great with a drink at the end of your day!
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These twenty pieces address the politics, culture, and literature of Russia with both flair and erudition. Passionate and opinionated, often funny, and using ample material from daily life to underline their ideas and observations, Tatyana Tolstaya's essays range across a variety of subjects. They move in one unique voice from Soviet women, classical Russian cooking, and the bliss of snow to the effect of Pushkin and freedom on Russia writers; from...
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An essential essay on John Champlain Gardner's Grendel.This scholarly piece examines John Champlain Gardner's attack on existential nihilism in his satiric work Grendel.This lengthy commentary has been referenced in numerous critical works on Gardner's classic about an existential monster who chooses to construct a world view based on chaos, violence, and absolute anarchy.
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This definitive collection of fiction, drama, poetry, and journalism, edited by the author of the award-winning biography Michael Gold: The People's Writer, shows why Michael Gold was once the most famous radical writer in America and why his pro-democracy message still matters. From 1914 to 1966, Gold produced a body of literature best defined as "the direct expression of a man who is angry about something" – the injustices of American society....
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If one thing is true about humans, it's that we are complex creatures. Our thoughts, histories, and experiences create unique perspectives about the world and how we interact with each other. Yet, time and again, we reveal our collective tendency to react from a place of fear. Across the socio-political spectrum, our responses to troubling questions, differences and missteps are severe, causing us to dehumanize one another and deny each other our...
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From the esteemed cultural critic and journalist Wendy Lesser, Nothing Remains the Same is a bibliophile's dream: a book about the pleasures and surprises of rereading, a witty, intelligent exploration of what books can mean to our lives. Compared with reading, the act of rereading is far more personal -- it involves the interaction of our past selves, our present selves, and literature. With candor, humor, and grace, Lesser takes us on a guided tour...
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Les années qui ont précédé Octobre 70 ont été marquées par une grande ferveur, un élan aussi puissant que les idéaux qui la nourrissaient. Cette époque, Anne Legaré, comme beaucoup d'étudiants, l'a vécue avec le sentiment de faire l'Histoire. Et quelle histoire ! Mai 68, la libération nationale, sexuelle, les Black Panthers, la décolonisation, l'explosion des forces sociales propulsée par les idéologies de la rébellion – du communisme...
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Included in this volume are Suzuki's famous study "Enlightenment and Ignorance," a chapter on "Practical Methods of Zen Instruction," the essays "On Satori - The Revelation of a New Truth in Zen Buddhism" and "History of Zen Buddhism from Bodhidharma to Hui-NÍng (Yeno)," and his commentary on "The Ten Cow-herding Pictures" which have long been used in Zen to illustrate the stages of spiritual progress. (Amazon)
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Get the Summary of Dolly Alderton's Dear Dolly in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Dear Dolly" by Dolly Alderton is a collection of advice and reflections on various aspects of life, particularly focusing on relationships, self-esteem, and personal growth. Alderton shares her experiences as a tall woman in the dating world, discussing the challenges and insecurities that come with it, as well as the importance of...
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