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61) On Drinking
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The definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer's best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed "dirty old man," Bukowski used alcohol as muse and as fuel, a conflicted relationship responsible for some of his darkest moments as well as some of his most joyful...
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For more than fifty-five years Ralph Waldo Emerson kept a journal, recording his thoughts on books, authors, and religion, among other subjects. In this engrossing volume editor Perry Bliss presents the best from these journals, carefully selecting passages to create both a revealing portrait of this formidable thinker and a social and historical record of the era in which he lived.
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Edited by Abel Debritto, the definitive collection of poems from an influential writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, and acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark on modern culture.
Few writers have so brilliantly and poignantly conjured the desperation and absurdity of ordinary life as Charles Bukowski. Resonant with his powerful, perceptive voice, his visceral, hilarious, and transcendent poetry speaks to us as forcefully...
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La fascinante realidad del país más hermético del mundo.
En mayo de 2018, Michael Palin, estrella de los Monty Python, expresidente de la Real Sociedad Geográfica de Londres e intrépido trotamundos, pasó dos semanas en la República Popular Democrática de Corea, un país hermético sin cobertura ni internet donde el campo vive anclado en el pasado y en las ciudades abundan rascacielos brillantes y lujosas estaciones de tren.
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65) On Writing
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Sharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters. Charles Bukowski's stories, poems, and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of correspondence-letters to publishers, editors, friends, and fellow writers-the writer shares his insights on the art of creation. On Writing reveals an artist brutally frank about the drudgery...
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During his two-year residence at Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau became keenly aware of the natural world that surrounded him. Entries from his journals reflect his soulful, in-depth observations of local wildlife, and his remarks on birds are particularly plentiful and poetic. This book, originally published as Notes on New England Birds in 1910 and edited and arranged by Francis H. Allen, collects Thoreau's thoughts on the various bird species...
67) Diario de Nantes
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Con la misma amenidad y erudición de sus Cartas norteamericana, Cartas del Mediterráneo Orientaly sus Cartas berlinesas, José Emilio Burucúa narra su larga estadía académica en Nantes, con gran rigor y mucho sentido del humor, ofreciéndole al lector un recorrido cultural, artístico, histórico, musical, cinematográfico, turístico y gastronómico. Apenas llegado a la ciudad francesa, Burucúa abre así su fascinante `Diario de Nantes': "Esta...
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We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan narrates the inner life of a gay man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century. Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age 11 until his AIDS-related death at 39. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, quotidian and poetic, the diaries complicate and disrupt normative trans narratives. Entries from twenty-four diaries reveal...
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In November 1949, Davidson Don Tengo (D.D.T.) Jabavu, the South African politician, Methodist lay preacher and retired professor of African languages and Latin at Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape, set out on a four-month trip to attend the World Pacifist Meeting in India. The conference brought together delegates from over thirty countries to reflect on how Mahatma Gandhi's life and teachings could inform pacifist work in the post-World War...
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From its inception in 1885, the Alaska School Service was charged with the assimilation of Alaskan Native children into mainstream American values and ways of life. Working in the missions and schools along the Yukon River were George E. Boulter and Alice Green, his future wife. Boulter, a Londoner originally drawn to the Klondike, had begun teaching in 1905 and by 1910 had been promoted to superintendent of schools for the Upper Yukon District. In...
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A wry, observant masterpiece—one of the singular treasures of the French fin de siècle
Written between the age of twenty-three and his death at age forty-six, Jules Renard’s Journal 1887–1910 is a triumph of introspection and wit. One of the most celebrated figures of Belle Époque Paris, Renard was also a prolific diarist whose private musings were first published in five volumes some fifteen years after his death. Acclaimed by everyone from...
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Welcome to April's fantasy.
This is a replica of the anonymous journal that captured April's heart in the feature film, April Flowers.
A romantic quest across New York City, April Flowers tells the story of one woman's adventure as she seeks to return an anonymous journal left upon the subway. Captivated by the personal ramblings within, April builds a fantasy that complicates her real-life relationships.
This is a collection of those writings....
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Created by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis, Auroras & Blossoms Creative Literary Journal features inspirational art, no matter the topic.In issue 2: Poetry: Janice Ball, Sandra Christensen, Melissa Frentsos, Geoff Goodman, A. Gouedard, Jenny Hayut, Gloria Keh, Margaret Koger, Aparna Ram, Mervyn Seivwright, Anannya Uberoi, Greg Watson, and Russel Winick. Short stories: Khanh Ha and Ramona Scarborough Flash fiction: Nonkululeko Nxumalo Photography:...
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Esta obra a nadie conviene: es demasiado insensata para los serios, demasiado seria para los insensatos; demasiado osada para la gente decente, resulta demasiado decente para quienes presumen de no ser melindrosos; demasiado atrevida para los santurrones, no es lo bastante para los incrédulos.
Se opone demasiado a los prejuicios heredados para que agrade a los que son sus esclavos. Predica que a ninguno hay que contradecir, lo que contradice a quienes...
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My journal dogs me. But I feel a responsibility to keep making entries so I can one day demonstrate in detail how significant attitudinal and behavioral change come about.
Gradually in my psychoanalysis I was able to experience the complexity of my emotional logic - a combination of conventional causality, messy feelings, intuitions, role of luck, chance, serendipity, and synchronicity.
The psychoanalytic process: The analyst and the patient strive...
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Écrivain à succès avec La vie rêvée des plantes, LEE Seung-u est l'un des auteurs coréens les plus lus en France. Le présent ouvrage, le premier en langue française, présente l'œuvre abondante de cet écrivain majeur, en Corée comme en France. Avec ce livre, Jean-Claude de Crescenzo donne une lecture de l'intérieur d'une œuvre universelle, d'une richesse symbolique fortement inspirée par la culture et la mythologie européennes. Les...
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A major literary event: the first volume in the definitive, complete collection of the letters of Sylvia Plath-most never before seen.
One of the most beloved poets of the modern age, Sylvia Plath continues to inspire and fascinate the literary world. While her renown as one of the twentieth century's most influential poets is beyond dispute, Plath was also one of its most captivating correspondents. The Letters of Sylvia Plath is the breathtaking...
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Paul Wenz was born in France in 1869, lived in Australia, and wrote stories dealing mainly with his Australian experiences for the French. He wrote ten books from 'Nanima', his homestead in Forbes, New South Wales, including two collections of short stories and four Australian novels. He also translated Jack London and Joseph Conrad, both who came to visit him in Australia.
Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories contains many stories never before...
80) Déviations
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Déviation[s] regroupe quinze récits dans lesquels le quotidien bascule sans prévenir. Entre suspense et drame, terreur et romantisme, l'auteur fait ressortir les détails qui changent très souvent le cours de la vie. Voyagez à travers ces nouvelles parsemées d'émotions fortes et explorez le bouleversement de l'ordre normal des choses.
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