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Book SynopsisThe author's first collection of essays, Reappraisals, was centred on twentieth-century Europe in history and memory. In this book, his widow and fellow historian, gathers together important essays from the span of his career that chronicle both the evolution of his thought and the consistency of his passionate engagement and intellectual elan.

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Book SynopsisJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in 1749. Having studied at Leipzig and Strassburg, he began to write some essays and lyrical verse, and at twenty-four wrote a play Goetz von Berlichingen, which brought him national fame and established him in the Sturm und Drang movement. He is most famous for his tragedy Werther. He died in 1832.W. H. Auden was Professor of Poetry at Oxford University from 1956 to 1960. He published poems throughout his life, and in 1946 became a US citizen. He died in 1973.Elizabeth Mayer has also translated, in collaboration with Louise Bogan, Elective Affinities and Werther.Table of ContentsItalian Journey - Goethe Translated by W. H. Auden and Elizabeth MayerIntroduction by W. H. Auden and Elizabeth MayerPart OneFrom Carlsbad to the Brenner, September 1786From the Brenner to Verona, September 1786From Verona to Venice, September 1786Venice, October 1786From Ferrara to Rome, October 1786Rome, First Roman Visit, October 1786-February 1787Part TwoNaples, February-March 1787Sicily, March-May 1787Naples, May-June 1787Part ThreeRome, Second Roman Visit, June 1787-April 1788June 1787July 1787August 1787September 1787October 1787November 1787December 1787January 1788February 1788March 1788Index

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Book SynopsisWritten around the thirteenth century AD by Icelandic monks, the seven tales collected here offer a combination of pagan elements tightly woven into the pattern of Christian ethics. They take as their subjects figures who are heroic, but do not fit into the mould of traditional heroes. Some stories concern characters in Iceland - among them Hrafknel's Saga, in which a poor man's son is murdered by his powerful neighbour, and Thorstein the Staff-Struck, which describes an ageing warrior's struggle to settle into a peaceful rural community. Others focus on the adventures of Icelanders abroad, including the compelling Audun's Story, which depicts a farmhand's pilgrimage to Rome. These fascinating tales deal with powerful human emotions, suffering and dignity at a time of profound transition, when traditional ideals were gradually yielding to a more peaceful pastoral lifestyle.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literaTable of ContentsHrafnkel's SagaIntroductionNote on the Translation1. Hrafnkel's Saga2. Thorstein the Staff-Struck3. Ale-Hood4. Hreidar the Fool5. Halldor Snorrason6. Audun's Story7. Ivar's StoryList of Personal NamesMaps

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Book SynopsisBorges'' first collection of stories (1935). In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals his delight in re-creating (or making up) colorful stories from the Orient, the Islamic world, and the Wild West, as well as his horrified fascination with knife fights, political and personal betrayal, and bloodthirsty revenge. Spark-ling with the sheer exuberant pleasure of story-telling, this collection marked the emergence of an utterly distinctive literary voice.

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Book SynopsisPlanet Earth needs a self-help book, and this is itThe future is happening to us far faster than we thought it would and this book explains whyFifty years after Marshall McLuhan''s ground breaking book on the influence of technology on culture The Medium is the Massage, Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland and Hans Ulrich Obrist extend the analysis to today, touring the world that''s redefined by the Internet, decoding and explaining what they call the ''extreme present''.The Age of Earthquakes is a quick-fire paperback, harnessing the images, language and perceptions of our unfurling digital lives. The authors invent a glossary of new words to describe how we are truly feeling today; and ''mindsource'' images and illustrations from over 30 contemporary artists. Wayne Daly''s striking graphic design imports the surreal, juxtaposed, mashed mannerisms of screen to page. It''s like a culturally prescient, all-knoTrade ReviewBrainy book that will rock your world * Evening Standard *Absolutely amazing -- Jon Snow * Channel 4 News *An email-like, culturally-perceptive exploration of our digital realities... a mix between a dystopian modern glossary, Internet memes, multiple-choice dropdowns, mindsourced images and a fair bit of wisdom, it is a self-help book for the "last generation that will die" * AnOther Magazine *A philosophical Anarchist Cookbook for the online era, when we are in touch with everyone at once all the time, or like to feel that we are... Like Marshall McLuhan's iconic dictum "the medium is the message" or the staccato bursts of meaning of George W.S. Trow's essay-book In the Context of No Context, The Age of Earthquakes is an abstract representation of how we feel now about how we are now. It's a book insistently engaged with the present tense... Perhaps it is the 21st century's first book-meme * Pacific Standard *Many of us feel like technologies of the future are arriving too slowly, but a new philosophy-cum-modern-self-help book suggests that, in fact, it's dawning on us faster than we ever thought possible * Vice *A pocket-sized primer on our blossoming obsolescence -- Kate Sutton * Art Forum *Age of Earthquakes = panic-inducingly addictive -- Penny Martin, editor of The GentlewomanIt's a fun, visual and easy read. Verdict: In the future all books will be written this way -- Sultan Saood Al QassimiAn abstract representation of how we feel about our digital world * Hello! *I don't know about you but I would very much like a guide to this brave new world * Huck *Addictive... A fun read. But one that makes you question how you read, why you read and just how much the internet has restructured our brains... It is a book not only inspired by the internet, but seemingly written by the internet. It is as if the internet gained not only artificial self-consciousness but wisdom - and then became your pal -- Tod Wodicka * National *I think everyone should read it -- Mike Pinnington * Double Negative *The Age of Earthquakes seeks to induce paradoxical visions of the contemporary, both ambivalent and critical * V Magazine *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: “Mi patria es la libertad”: Context and Introduction to Puerto Rico’s First Feminist Treatise by Félix V. Matos Rodríguez A NATION OF WOMENPreface Woman in the Home, in the Family,and in GovernmentAn Important Issue for Mothers Man and Woman Free Love: by Magdalena Vernet Varieties: Feminism (from L’Avenir Médical of Paris) Important! On Honesty What Men Do Natural Forces To My Daughter Manuela Ledesma Capetillo Reflections Your Black Scarf: To María Luisa Rodríguez Special Excerpts Women During Primitive Times To Jacinto Texidor: Memories Elisa Tavarez de StorerTo M. Martínez Rossello, Arecibo To Tomás CarriónMy Profession of Faith: To Manuel Ugarte,Paris Impressions of a Trip, July 1909: Rememberingthe Federación Libre (Free Federation)Thinking of You: For M.L., AreciboSelected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis volume gathers together some of the most brilliant and influential essays ever written in English.The Spirit of Controversy uses versions of the essays as they first appeared in the magazines of his day.Trade ReviewThe ambitious attention to contextual situations, and the generous help afforded through introduction and annotations, make this the best selection yet for undergraduates, and the most affordable genuinely good edition for any Hazlitt reader. * Koenraad Claes, Hazlitt Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography A Chronology of William Hazlitt 1: Reply to Malthus 2: Fragments on Art 3: Mr Kean's Shylock 4: On Imitation 5: On Gusto 6: On the Elgin Marbles 7: Mrs Siddons 8: Mr Kemble's King John 9: Coriolanus 10: Macbeth 11: Hamlet 12: Character of Mr Burke 13: On Court Influence 14: On Fashion 15: Minor Theatres 16: On the Pleasure of Painting 17: Character of Cobbett 18: The Indian Jugglers 19: On a Landscape by Nicholas Poussin 20: The Fight 21: On Familiar Style 22: On the Spirit of Monarchy 23: My First Acquaintance with Poets 24: On Londoners and Country People 25: Jeremy Bentham 26: Lord Byron 27: William Godwin 28: Mr Wordsworth 29: On the Pleasure of Hating 30: Our National Theatres 31: The Spirit of Controversy 32: The Free Admission 33: The Letter-Bell Explanatory Notes

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Book SynopsisContains 27 essays and reviews defining the contours of late modernism in the visual arts. Ranging from brief reviews to extended essays, the writings establish a set of basic terms for understanding key issues in high modernism. An extended introductory essay by the author clarifies his views.

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Book SynopsisTHE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE REMARKABLE WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE! If you could share one lesson from your life with every woman, what would it be?Stylist magazine has asked that question of remarkable women from the worlds of entertainment, politics, sport and fashion. With honesty, wit and a serious no-BS attitude, their lessons address the challenges every woman faces today, from climbing the career ladder and finding inner fulfilment, to forging authentic relationships and overcoming life''s setbacks.Each of these impressive women, including actress Romola Garai and comedian Francesca Martinez, has a tale to tell and an experience to share. Empowering, engaging and unapologetically impassioned, their incisive observations will make you think, reflect - and kick serious ass.These are life lessons for women, by women.

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Book Synopsis''A very captivating book. Wang Xiaobo''s unique blend of rationality, serenity, candor, and sense of humour serves as an embodiment of the liberalism he ardently believes in'' Ai WeiweiThe dazzling essays of the beloved, subversive Chinese writer Wang Xiaobo, a continual bestseller in China, now in English for the first time Wang Xiaobo made his name as a novelist but his essays, too, have become ongoing bestsellers in China since their publication in the 1990s. Bringing together his thoughts on reading and talking and silence in the Cultural Revolution, about the irrepressible spirit of one beloved pig he met while an ''educated youth'', and about being operated on via a textbook, these essays give a rare glimpse into a world rarely seen and discussed with such honesty.Written with a light touch and with a wry sense of humour, these are also the essays of a great literary talent, grappling with sociology, sexuality and feminism, with the cul

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Book SynopsisIn this richly diverse collection of essays, Joseph Brodsky casts a reflective eye on his experiences of early life in Russia and exile in America. With dazzling erudition, he explores subjects as varied as the dynamic of poetry, the nature of history and the plight of the émigré writer. There is also the humorous tale of a disastrous trip to Brazil, advice to students, a homage to Marcus Aurelius and studies of Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, Horace and others. The second volume of essays following Less Than One, this collection includes Brodsky''s 1987 Nobel Lecture, ''Uncommon Visage''.Trade Review'His prose has the energy and precision of a master, and, at times, the moral authority of a prophet' * Washington Post *'One of the English language's great essayists ... a book to be thankful for' * The Times *

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Book SynopsisThe appearance of Philip Larkin''s second prose collection - reviews and critical assessments of writers and writing; pieces on jazz, mostly uncollected; some long, revealing and often highly entertaining interviews given on various occasions - was a considerable literary event. Stamped by wit, originality and intelligence, it was vintage Larkin throughout:''Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.''''I see life more as an affair of solitude diversified by company than as an affair of company diversified by solitude.''Q. ''How did you arrive upon the image of a toad for work or labour?''A. ''Sheer genius.''

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Book SynopsisA collection of prose pieces by the Poet Laureate, on literary matters and on writers as diverse as Emily Dickinson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Walter de la Mare, T.S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen and Sylvia Plath. Hughes also expresses concerns about education, the environment, and the arts in general.

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Book SynopsisThis seminal book, Eliot''s first collection of literary criticism, appeared in London in 1920, two years before The Waste Land. It contains some of his most influential early essays and reviews, among them ''Tradition and the Individual Talent'', ''Hamlet and his Problems'', and Eliot''s thoughts on Marlowe, Jonson and Massinger, as well as his first tribute to Dante. Many of his most famous critical pronouncements come from the pages of The Sacred Wood.Reviewing his career as a critic in 1961 Eliot wrote that ''in my earlier criticism, both in my general affirmations about poetry and in writing about authors who influenced me, I was implicitly defending the sort of poetry that I and my friends wrote. This gave my essays a kind of urgency, the warmth of appeal of the advocate, which my later, more detached and I hope more judicial essays cannot claim.'' This urgency is still apparent more than eighty years after the essays first appeared.

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Book SynopsisIn this magisterial volume, first published in 1932, Eliot gathered his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917 when he became assistant editor of The Egoist. In his preface to the third edition in 1951 he wrote: ''For myself this book is a kind of historical record of my interests and opinions.'' The text includes some of his most important criticism, especially parts of The Sacred Wood, Homage to John Dryden, the essays on Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists, For Lancelot Andrewes and Essays Ancient and Modern.

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Book SynopsisIn this entertaining and stimulating essay, one of world literature's most distinctive thinkers sets out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilization. Too often, Kundera suggests, a novel is thought about only within the confines of the language and nation of its origin, when in fact what makes a novel matter is its ability to reveal some previously unknown aspect of our existence. Kundera describes how the best novels, from Don Quixote to Ulysses and Madame Bovary to The Trial, do just that.

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Book SynopsisAdmiral of the Fleet Lord ''Jacky'' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. He was also a colossal figure to contemporaries, both loved and loathed, a man of exceptional charm, presence and charisma. Since the late 1940s, Jan Morris has been haunted by his face - with its startling combination of ''the suave, the sneering and the self-amused.'' This evocation is both biography and a love letter, a perfect expression of her passionate interest in mavericks and outsiders, in travel, ships and the glorious pageantry of the British Empire in its prime.

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Book SynopsisA stunning collection of reportage from an acclaimed journalist and novelist hailed by the New York Times as ''the best essayist of his generation''.As he grew up, Andrew O''Hagan witnessed the decline of Britain and the rise of America, the end of British industry and the rise of Blair and the tabloids. This collection of essays tells the story of that period in our cultural and political life.Through the reported essays that first made O''Hagan''s name, it is a book filled both with personal story and the power of documentary witness. Opening with a major personal piece examining the journey of Britain and America since the closing of the Thatcher years, it concludes with a piece of reportage telling the story of a British and an American soldier who died in Iraq on the same day in 2006. A fascinating, important and timely collection from a hugely important essayist.

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Book SynopsisFresh from her successful scoop reporting the first ascent of Everest in 1953, Jan Morris spent a year journeying across the United States, by car, train, ship and aeroplane. In herwords a period piece, Coast to Coast describes an American identity markedly different from today. In her brilliant prose, Morris records with exuberence and curiosity a time of innocence in the US - when television was in its infancy, the Big Mac had not been invented and the popular song of the day was Chattanooga Choo-Choo.

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Book SynopsisIn Contact! Jan turns her brilliantly observant eye to the human contacts she made, across the globe and though the decades. As a series of vignettes, some only a few lines long, she records hundreds of brief glimpses and fleeting encounters, celebrating the people who helped spark her view of the world and mould her responses. A vast range of human experience is here: most are anonymous, everyday encounters - children playing, a homeless man in Manhattan, a lascivious taxi-driver - but she also remembers celebrated figures, from Yves San Laurent to King Hussein of Jordan, President Truman to Peter OToole. Contact! is a must for any fans of Jan''s writing. Her great sense of amusement, shrewd eye for detail and huge enthusiasm for her contacts makes these episodes incredibly enjoyable - and often profound.

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Book SynopsisIan Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time. Yet his early career was that of a professional historian, and A Singer''s Notebook takes a look at the multifaceted world of classical music through the eyes of someone whose career as a singer has followed a unique trajectory.

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Book SynopsisA new paperback edition of Hanif Kureishi's wide-ranging and thought-provoking essays.

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Book Synopsis**MY ROMAN YEAR - THE NEW MEMOIR FROM THE ANDRE ACIMAN - AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**A collection of thoughts on time, the creative mind, and great lives and works.One feels that if Proust had not existed, Mr. Aciman would have invented him.' NEW YORK TIMESAndré Aciman is, quite simply, one of the finest essayists of the last hundred years.' LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS The irrealis mood knows no boundaries between what is and what isn''t, between what happened and what won''t. In more ways than one, the essay about the artists, writers, and great minds gathered in this volume have nothing to do with who I am, or who they were, and my reading of them may be entirely erroneous. But I misread them the better to read myself.From meditations on subway poetry and the temporal resonances of an empty Italian street, to considerations of the lives and work of Sigmund Freud, Constantine Cavafy, W. G. Sebald, Jo

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Book SynopsisA searing journey through the highs and lows of twenty-first century womanhood from an award-winning journalist beloved for her unflinchingly honest and often comedic appraisals of pop culture, identity, and disillusionment ?Adelicious reading experience?like hearing your smartest friend eviscerate the worst person you know.??Sabrina Imbler, author of How Far the Light Reaches?Such abrilliantwriter, with so manysurprisingmoves.??Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby After a brief fling with corporate stability in her twenty-something cis era, Harron Walker has transitioned into a terminally single freelancer and part-time shopgirl. She''s in the throes of her second adolescence and its requisite daily spirals. She wants it all, otherwise known as: basic human rights, a stable job with good pay and healthcare benefits, someone to love, the ability to feel safe and secure, the pursuit of satisfaction and maybe even contentment. And when she starts to acquire those things?well, as The Monkey''s Paw famously asked, What could go wrong?In sixteen wholly original essays that blendmemoir, cultural criticism, investigative journalism, and a dash of fanfiction, Walkerplaces her own experiences within the larger context of the pressing and underdiscussed aspects of contemporary American womanhoodthat make up daily life. She recounts an attempt to evisceratea corporation''s attempt at pinkwashing their way into bath bomb sales while simultaneously confronting her ?pick me? impulse to do so. She interrogates her relationship to labor, from the irony of working in a transphobic workplace in order to cover gender-affirming surgeryto the cruel specter of the girlboss that none of us ever think we''ll become. She explores the allure and violence of assimilating into white womanhood in all its hegemonic glory, exposes the ways in which the truth of trans women''s reproductive healthcare is erased in favor of reactionary narratives, and considers how our agency is stripped from us?by governments, employers, partners, and ourselves?purely on account of our bodies.With razor-sharp, biting prose that?s as uncompromising as it is playful, Walker grapples with questions of love, sex, fertility, labor, embodiment, community, autonomy, and body fluids from her particular vantagepoint: often at the margins, conditionally at the center.

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Book SynopsisHistory of the Wars by Procopius (late fifth century to after AD 558) consists largely of sixth-century military history, with much information about peoples, places, and special events. Powerful description complements careful narration. Procopius is just to the empire’s enemies and boldly criticizes emperor Justinian.

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Book SynopsisPlutarch (ca. AD 45–120) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six Parallel Lives are biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs, one Greek figure and one similar Roman, though the last four lives are single. They not only record careers and illustrious deeds but also offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military leaders.

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Book SynopsisPlutarch (ca. AD 45–120) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia (Moral Essays). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.

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Book SynopsisWinter Evening Tales (1820; second edition 1821) was James Hogg's most successful work of prose fiction in his lifetime.Trade ReviewOffers an astonishing variety of voices and subjects...Full of unexpected delights. The expanse of his genius and imagination, from the macabre to the scandalous and criminal is vividly on display in this classic collection. Splendid new edition! [modern readers'] understanding of the collection is immeasurably enriched by the meticulous scholarship of Ian Duncan! Gratitude galore is therefore due to Ian Duncan and to the general editors, Douglas Mack and Gillian Hughes, for enabling readers to appreciate Hogg's extraordinary collection of tales once more, in this finely-produced, beautifully-edited addition to The Collected Works of James Hogg With an erudite introduction and exceptional editing by Ian Duncan, this instalment boasts some of Hogg's best work -- the macabre story "The Long Pack", and the weirdly brilliant "Connel of Dee". Winter Evening Tales is one of Hogg's most desirable volumes, on grounds of sheer readability and aesthetic merit. For students of Hogg, of Scottish literature, of romanticism, and of the tale collection as a form, it counts as "essential reading". -- Professor Richard Maxwell, Valparaiso University Offers an astonishing variety of voices and subjects...Full of unexpected delights. The expanse of his genius and imagination, from the macabre to the scandalous and criminal is vividly on display in this classic collection. Splendid new edition! [modern readers'] understanding of the collection is immeasurably enriched by the meticulous scholarship of Ian Duncan! Gratitude galore is therefore due to Ian Duncan and to the general editors, Douglas Mack and Gillian Hughes, for enabling readers to appreciate Hogg's extraordinary collection of tales once more, in this finely-produced, beautifully-edited addition to The Collected Works of James Hogg With an erudite introduction and exceptional editing by Ian Duncan, this instalment boasts some of Hogg's best work -- the macabre story "The Long Pack", and the weirdly brilliant "Connel of Dee". Winter Evening Tales is one of Hogg's most desirable volumes, on grounds of sheer readability and aesthetic merit. For students of Hogg, of Scottish literature, of romanticism, and of the tale collection as a form, it counts as "essential reading".

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Book SynopsisDespite an unconventional childhood, she has built a life and career of her own that millions of fans admire.Wildflower is a portrait of Drew’s life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges and incredible experiences she’s had.Trade ReviewPure delight … If until now you merely liked Barrymore … you’ll adore her once you read this series of personal essays * New York Times Book Review *As delightful as Drew Barrymore herself * Red magazine *The book is a deeply thoughtful and fun page-turner—like a rich dessert that also happens to be good for you. * InStyle *Very moving * Guardian *[Barrymore] brings honesty, sweetness, and humor to the tale of how she fought to earn the hard-won wisdom that steered her from being a 12-year-old former child star to becoming a beloved actor… a warm and inviting narrative. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book Synopsis“She writes as if Everything were still possible in the work of a lifetime at the coincidence of all the turvy moments. Better that she’s read without a thought to stop. Best so this world is found changed.” —Clark Coolidge

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Book SynopsisEverything you want to know about haiku written by one of the foremost experts in the field and the “finest translator of contemporary Japanese poetry into American English” (Gary Snyder)Trade Review"Sato's extraordinary collection of essays is at once a literary history, a scrupulous examination of the vicissitudes of translation, a discussion of haiku in America, and a series of introductions to lesser- known masters. Sato conveys encyclopedic knowledge in a lively, modest, occasionally self-deprecating tone, busting myths along the way. An expert illumination of a poetic form, to read and reread." -- Michael Autrey - Booklist (starred)"This combination of history and criticism tells of the haiku, one of poetry’s most simple and beloved forms. Sato gives a complete picture of the form’s journey and significance." -- World Literature Today"The pre-eminent translator of Japanese poetry in our time...possessed of an unfiltered enthusiasm and spontaneity." -- August Kleinzahler - London Review of Books"Over the last four decades, English-speaking aficionados of modern Japanese literature have delighted in the numerous translations, both of prose and poetry, undertaken by the masterful hand of translator, essayist, and poet Hiroaki Sato." -- Meera Viswanathan

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Book SynopsisAt once kind and hilarious, this compilation of the Nobel Prize-winning poet’s advice to writers is illustrated with her own marvelous collagesTrade Review"No reader, not even poetry-phobes, should miss the bright revelations of Nobel laureate Szymborska." -- Booklist"Szymborska’s poetry had the gift of creating both the happiness of wisdom felt and the ecstatic happiness of the particulars of life fully imagined. From the experience of armies and dogmas and death that shaped her early life, she found a new commitment to the belief that the poetic impulse, however small its objects, is always saner than the polemical imperative, however passionate its certitudes." -- Adam Gopnik - The New Yorker"Wit, wisdom and warmth are equally important ingredients in the mixture of qualities that makes her so unusual and every poem of hers so unforgettable. We love her poetry because we instinctively feel that its author genuinely (though by no means uncritically) loves us." -- Stanislaw Baranczak - New York Times"More than any poet I can think of, Szymborska not only wants to create a poetic state in her readers, but also to tell them things they didn’t know before or never got around to thinking about." -- Charles Simic"Szymborska’s skepticism, her merry, mischievous irreverence and her thirst for the surprise of fresh perception make her the enemy of all tyrannical certainties. Hers is the best of the Western mind — free, restless, questioning, in every way the opposite." -- Richard Lourie - New York Times Book Review"Glorious distillations of a capacious mind and heart." -- Kirkus"A delightful collection of literary ephemera." -- Publishers Weekly"Her responses may seem harsh, but her criticisms are veiled insights, and her insights unveil depths." -- Minor Literatures"Endlessly witty." -- Paula Erizanu - Calvert Journal"Szymborska’s assessments are refreshing to anyone who has gone through a writer’s “education” at American colleges and universities." -- Josh Christensen - First Things"Rarely do we get the details of what happened to these women in the Donbas; Belorusets smartly conveys the invisibility of their trauma by making it likewise invisible to readers....In these spellbinding stories, Belorusets is more interested in effect than cause. What’s the use of finding out how we got here when we know we’ll be back again?" -- Jennifer Wilson - The New York Times"Published in Ukraine in 2018, these surreal short stories by a noted photographer probe the experiences of women from the Donbas region, many of whom fled the separatist conflict that erupted in 2014 and now live as refugees in Kyiv. The stories, ethnographic in perspective but Gogolian in register, gravitate toward inexplicable disappearances, repressed memories, and phantasmagoria. Belorusets writes of “the deep penetration of traumatic historical events into the fantasies . . . of everyday life” and richly evokes the fatalistic humor of her marginalized characters, one of whom observes, “If you had the luck to be born here, you take things as they come."" -- The New Yorker"These are tales, mostly about women, in which the stressful reality of living under the weight of an ongoing conflict mingles with magic." -- Gal Beckerman - The Atlantic

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Book SynopsisA lot of people will be interested in the famous bookshops of the world: Jorge Carrión has gone and visited them all. We can''t travel right now, but we can travel in books. MARGARET ATWOODWhy do bookshops matter? How do they filter our ideas and literature? In this inventive and highly entertaining extended essay, Jorge Carrion takes his reader on a journey around the world, via its bookshops. His travels take him to Shakespeare & Co in Paris, Wells in Winchester, Green Apple Books in San Francisco, Librairie des Colonnes in Tangier, the Strand Book Store in New York and provoke encounters with thinkers, poets, dreamers, revolutionaries and readers. Bookshops is the travelogue of a lucid and curious observer, filled with anecdotes and stories from the universe of writing, publishing and selling books. A bookshop in Carrion''s eyes never just a place for material transaction; it is a meeting place for people and their ideas, a setting for world changing en

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Book SynopsisPourquoi ne profite-t-on pas de tout ce qui nous arrive pour changer notre vie?

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Book SynopsisIn this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses our fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in our children's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, she suggests that we cannot immunize our children, or ourselves, against the world.

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Book SynopsisQueer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness dives into his favourite subjects in Love That Story, a collection of heartfelt and entertaining essays. From experiencing heartbreaking grief to uncovering the hidden LGBTQ history of his hometown, Quincy, from overcoming body image issues and living with HIV to cultivating his personal style, JVN speaks out a wide range of topics with heart, honesty and flair. He not only shares his personal experiences, but with the help of conversations with experts, he also offers captivating perspectives on the wide number of issues we are dealing with today: the current nature of race issues in the US, the rise of white supremacy, transphobia and imposter syndrome.Love That Story is not just the story of JVN, but the story we are writing together.

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Book SynopsisA brisk, humorous collection of essays that redefines the mythos of fatherhood depicted in film, television, and video games.What do dads tell us about the world? Not your real dad, but dads in general. Dads are everywhere. Lurking in our movies, television shows, and video games. Spouting homespun wisdom and atrocious jokes, wallowing in might-have-beens and back-in-my-days, or rigidly defending the status quo. These fictional dads fuel a myth of fatherhood. What is that myth trying to tell us? And what is it trying to sell us? Dad Bod is a clever, riveting collection of essays about father figures in popular culture. From Gandalf to Homer Simpson, Die Hard to The Mandalorian, these essays unpack the tropes that inform our collective image of fatherhood. Follow Cian Cruise, newly minted dad, as he riffs on the stereotypes and lore of fatherhood, traces a contemporary art history of dads in popular culture, and journeys to the heart of daTrade ReviewFunny, perceptive, and thoughtful, Cian Cruise’s Dad Bod is constantly curious about the pop culture artifacts it interrogates. Plus, he extracts parenting advice from First Blood, which no book has ever done before. * Naben Ruthnum, author of A Hero of Our Time *Cian Cruise is a great writer and a great father, and a never–ending source of interesting insights. Dad Bod takes those qualities and mashes them up with the dads you know from popular culture, to figure out what it means to be a father. * Misha Glouberman, co-author of The Chairs Are Where The People Go *Cian Cruise’s irreverent exploration of fatherhood in pop-culture shrouds a cosmic reverence for the teaching it contains, whether that’s in video games, television, or movies. The religious attention that the essays of Dad Bod bring to beloved media properties provide new insight not only to their subjects but also to human life and all of its deepest mysteries. * André Babyn *I rarely think about the challenges of fatherhood…this book offered me a brand new perspective I have never considered. * I’ve Read This blog *Dad Bod explores pop culture papas with irrepressible verve...It shines as a cultural criticism, a memoir, and a parenting guide. * Foreword Reviews, starred review *Table of ContentsContentsProloguePart One: Foundations By Way of Introduction 404 Dad Not Found Foreword, Afterword, Side-to-Sideword Part Two: The Good, the Dad, and the Ugly The Absent Heart of Robin Williams Rambo’s Big Tantrum The Sitcom Dad The Distant Driven Dad Major Dad A Litany of Bad Dads Part Three: Tales of Adventure ’Ware the Wanderer Enter Pappas The Wanderers Return Interlude: Gandalf vs. Obi-WanDads of DestinyPart Four: Children’s TelevisionHumbled by a DogPart Five: The End Die, Die-Hard, or the Die Hard Dilemma Down for the Count A Dad Becoming

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Book Synopsis''Keep Moving speaks to you like an encouraging friend reminding you that you can feel and survive deep loss, sink into life''s deep beauty and constantly make yourself new'' Glennon Doyle, bestselling author of Untamed''Candid, lyrical and full of empathy, this is a book that feels vital and welcome in these times - for those who are struggling, or anyone just seeking joy'' Sinéad Gleeson, author of Constellations''Maggie Smith writes so honestly without being brutal and she shows readers hope while avoiding the saccharine. To experience relief from am book is rare and wonderful thing. Keep Moving gave me that relief'' Bella Mackie, author of Jog On''I''m so grateful for the clarity, compassion, and wit in these pages. This is a book that will change you, a book you will want to give to someone you love. I''ve never read anything quite like it'' Lucy Kalanithi, Clinical Assistant Professor of MedicinTrade ReviewI'm so grateful for the clarity, compassion, and wit in these pages. This is a book that will change you, a book you will want to give to someone you love. I've never read anything quite like it -- Lucy Kalanithi, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, and widow of Paul Kalanithi, author of When Breath Becomes AirKeep Moving speaks to you like an encouraging friend reminding you that you can feel and survive deep loss, sink into life's deep beauty, and constantly make yourself new -- Glennon Doyle, bestselling author of UntamedCandid, lyrical, and full of empathy, this is a book that feels vital and welcome in these times . . . . A stunning and wise piece of workSinéad Gleeson, author of Constellations -- Sinéad Gleeson, author of ConstellationsI wish I'd had a copy of Keep Moving when my first marriage ended. It would have consoled my fears about being alone. Maggie Smith writes so honestly without being brutal, and she shows readers hope while avoiding the saccharine... To experience relief from a book is a rare and wonderful thing. Keep Moving gave me that relief -- Bella Mackie, author of Jog OnI read this book in one sitting during one of the most difficult weeks of my life . . . This isn't lofty self-help stuff; she doesn't speak from above. Instead, she speaks next to you, whispering right in your ear that we are all in the trenches together. Every single page of this book made me breathe a little deeper and feel a little less alone -- Amanda PalmerA Poet for Times of Trouble * The Wall Street Journal *In a season of unprecedented uncertainty, Keep Moving has arrived just in time * Bookpage *Words of encouragement from an award-winning poet . . . Smith offers a reminder of what self-help can be at its best: intelligent, honest, uncompromising, and, most importantly, helpful * Kirkus Reviews *

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Book SynopsisIDEAS THAT HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLDThe best of an extraordinary 70 year archive, gathered in one volume for the first time. The prestigious BBC Reith Lectures have been enriching the world with new ideas since 1948. Every year, a world-leading thinker is invited to speak on a topic of their choosing, spanning art, science, nature, technology, history, religion, society, culture, politics and much more. Unearthing forgotten gems as well as sharing the latest in intellectual thought, Remarkable Minds is a time capsule into our changing world that provides wise words for turbulent times. With a foreword by Anita Anand, presenter of the Reith Lectures, and an introduction by Gwyneth Williams, controller of Radio 4, 2010-2019.Trade Reviewa rich and remarkable volume * Free Press Journal *

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