Monday 28 February 2011

Holding Our Breath

Holding Our Breath
Author: Zoe Speariet
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0956856012



Holding Our Breath: One Family's Account of Daily Life in Zimbabwe


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The Curtain
Author: Milan Kundera
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0060841958



The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts


"A magic curtain, woven of legends, hung before the world. Get The Curtain literature books for free.
Cervantes sent Don Quixote journeying and tore through the curtain. The world opened before the knight-errant in all the comical nakedness of its prose."In this thought-provoking, endlessly enlightening, and entertaining essay on the art of the novel, renowned author Milan Kundera suggests that "the curtain" represents a ready-made perception of the world that each of us has-a pre-interpreted world. The job of the novelist, he argues, is to rip through the curtain and reveal what it hides. Here an incomparable literary artist cleverly sketches out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilization. In doing so, he celebrates a prose form that poss Check The Curtain our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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Cervantes sent Don Quixote journeying and tore through the curtain. The world opened before the knight-errant in all the comical nakedness of its prose."In this thought-provoking, endlessly enlightening, and entertaining essay on the art of the novel, renowned author Milan Kundera suggests that "the curtain" represents a ready-made perception of the world that each of us has-a pre-interpreted world. The job of the novelist, he argues, is to rip through the curtain and reveal what it hides In doing so, he celebrates a prose form that poss

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The 1983 Lamont poetry selection of the Academy of American Poets.

On Chesil Beach


In 1962, Florence and Edward celebrate their wedding in a hotel on the Dorset coast. Yet as they dine, the expectation of their marital duties weighs over them. And unbeknownst to both, the decisions they make this night will resonate throughout thei

Self-Consciousness: Memoirs


John Updike's memoirs consist of six Emersonian essays that together trace the inner shape of the life, up to the age of fifty-five, of a relatively fortunate American male. The author has attempted, his foreword states, "to treat this life, this

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Books to Die For
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ISBN: B00818J3AG



Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels


The world's greatest mystery writers on the world's greatest mystery novels: Michael Connelly on The Little Sister . Get Books to Die For literature books for free.
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One of America's leading humorists and author of the bestseller Closing Time examines his own obsession with books

Joe Queenan became a voraciousA reader as a means of escape from a joyless childhood in a Philadelphia hous

The Night Detectives: A David Mapstone Mystery #6 (David Mapstone Mysteries)


The private-detective business starts out badly for former Phoenix Deputy David Mapstone and his old friend Sheriff Mike Peralta. Mapstone and Peralta are investigating a suspicious death involving a young Arizona woman who fell from a condo tower in

The Wrath of Angels: A Charlie Parker Thriller


In the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of a plane is discovered. There are no bodies, and no such plane has ever been reported missing, but men both good and evil have been seeking it for a long, long time. What the wreckage conceals is more

Alibis

Alibis
Author: André Aciman
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B004WJR83C



Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere


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A powerful tale of love, friendship, and becoming American in late '70s Cambridge from the best-selling novelist.AndrA Aciman has been hailed as "the most exciting new fiction writer of the twenty-first century" (New York magazine), a "br

Out of Egypt: A Memoir


This richly colored memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in cosmopolitan Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, AndrA Aciman introduces us to the marvelou

False Papers


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Call Me by Your Name: A Novel


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Sunday 27 February 2011

The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison

The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison
Author: Ralph Ellison
Edition: Modern library ed
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0679601767



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Invisible Man (Modern Library)


Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952.AAA first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book A

Living with Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings (Modern Library Classics)


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The Art of the Commonplace

The Art of the Commonplace
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ISBN: B00008RULA



The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry


The Art of the Commonplace gathers twenty-one essays by Wendell Berry that offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture. Get The Art of the Commonplace literature books for free.
These essays promote a clearly defined and compelling vision important to all people dissatisfied with the stress, anxiety, disease, and destructiveness of contemporary American culture. Why is agriculture becoming culturally irrelevant, and at what cost? What are the forces of social disintegration and how might they be reversed? How might men and women live together in ways that benefit both? And, how does the corporate takeover of social institutions and economic practices contribute to the destruction of human and natural environments? Through his staunch support of local economies, his defense of farming comm Check The Art of the Commonplace our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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Why is agriculture becoming culturally irrelevant, and at what cost? What are the forces of social disintegration and how might they be reversed? How might men and women live together in ways that benefit both? And, how does the corporate takeover of social institutions and economic practices contribute to the destruction of human and natural environments? Through his staunch support of local economies, his defense of farming comm

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Saturday 26 February 2011

My Heart Is a Large Kingdom

My Heart Is a Large Kingdom
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0801437474



My Heart Is a Large Kingdom: Selected Letters of Margaret Fuller


This single-volume selection of the letters of Margaret Fuller affords a unique opportunity for renewed acquaintance with a great American thinker of the Transcendentalist circle. Get My Heart Is a Large Kingdom literature books for free.
The letters represent Fuller at all stages of her life and career, and show her engaged as literary critic, as translator and as champion of German literature and thought, as teacher, as travel writer, as literary editor, as journalist, as feminist, as revolutionary, as wife and mother. "My Heart Is a Large Kingdom," unlike previous collections, includes only letters transcribed from Fuller's manuscripts and does not reproduce correspondence known only from printed sources and copies in hands other than Fuller's.Among the recipients of the letters in this generous Check My Heart Is a Large Kingdom our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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The letters represent Fuller at all stages of her life and career, and show her engaged as literary critic, as translator and as champion of German literature and thought, as teacher, as travel writer, as literary editor, as journalist, as feminist, as revolutionary, as wife and mother Among the recipients of the letters in this generous

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Reporting at Wit's End
Author: St. Clair McKelway
Edition: 1st
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0049U444K



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How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry (Harvest Book)


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