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Peter S. Prescott was one of the most informed and incisive American literary critics to write for the general public. Never content merely to summarize or to pronounce quick judgments, Prescott's reviews are witty and delightful essays to be enjoyed for...

Vicki Hastrich takes the reader on a stunning voyage through her writer's life and across her chosen patch: the private byways of Brisbane Water, north of Sydney, where she has spent much of her life.Hastrich fuses her intimate, loving knowledge of a...

A New York Times Books New & Noteworthy book * A Most-Anticipated Book from BookPage, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Paperback Paris * Glowing reviews and features in Garden & Gun, CNN Philippines, Chapter16, Kirkus Reviews, Atlanta...

The American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this "forceful, beautifully written" (Associated Press) collection that brings together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525436270Author Phillip LopateFormat PaperbackPage Count 928Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

From one of Mexico's premier poets, the award-winning Tedi Lopez Mills, a hybrid, genre-defying book of essays following the unusual and surprising complexities of everyday life. Through thirteen essays, Tedi Lopez Mills explores the minutiae that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619020009Author Wendell BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards 2016. Long-listed for PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award - Essay 2017.Book InformationISBN 9781101971741Author Mark...

This book has two main subjects which are interwoven: the attitudes of selected poets (including Neruda, Rilke, Breton, Celan, and Artaud) to the "primitive" and the "archaic," studied from an anthropologist's viewpoint; and a model of the processes...

Birth is a throw of the dice. The consequences last a lifetime.We like to think of Australia as the land of the 'fair go', a land of choice and equal opportunity. But behind the facade of meritocracy lies an uncomfortable truth: much of your life is...

Shakespearean performances regularly take place at both historic sites and locations with complex resonances, such as Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London and the royal castle of Hamlet - Elsinore - in Denmark. The present issue of the Shakespeare...

The history of children's literature is a growing area of study; this group of essays brings together innovative, scholarly voices to explore the fascinating tales behind many beloved books. The publication mines the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of...

Part memoir, part handbook, part survey of the contemporary literary scene, Joan Frank's Because You Have To: A Writing Life is a collection of essays that, taken together, provide a walking tour of the writing life. Frank's aim is to form a coherent...

Samuel Steward (1909-93) was an English professor, a tattoo artist for the Hells Angels, a sexual adventurer who shared his considerable range of experiences with Alfred Kinsey, and a prolific writer of everything from scholarly articles to gay erotica...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949646054Author Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute The Beverly RogersFormat PaperbackImprint Believer MagazinePublisher Believer Magazine

Winner of the 2015 Red Hen Press Nonfiction Award, Circadian is a collection of essays that weaves together personal account with cultural narrative, only to unravel them and explore the brilliant and destructive cycles of who we are. Using poetic...

When Sarah Bird arrived in Austin in 1973 in pursuit of a boyfriend who was "hotter than lava," she found an abundance of inspiration for storytelling (her sweetheart left her for Scientology, but she got to taste a morsel of Lynda Bird...

The first nonfiction collection by internationally acclaimed writer and translator Amit Majmudar, Black Avatar combines elements of memoir, biography, history, and literary criticism. The eight pieces in this deeply engaging volume reflect author Amit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353333805Author Jaishri JethwaneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Rupa & CoPublisher Rupa & Co

In May 1956, aged just 24, Colin Wilson achieved success and overnight fame with his philosophical study of alienation and transcendence in modern literature and thought, The Outsider. Fifty-four years on, and never out of print in English, the book is...

Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoewith his Vision of the Angelick World, first published in 1720 and considered a sequel to The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, is a collection of essays written in the...

Advancing for the first time the concept of ""post-pastoral practice,"" ""Reconnecting with John Muir"" springs from Terry Gifford's understanding of the great naturalist as an exemplar of integrated,...

First published in 1970, this collection is made up of a selection of essays composed between 1962 and 1968, written by distinguished humanist and literary critic Northrop Frye. The book is divided into two parts: one deals largely with the contexts of...

This is a major new collection of essays on literary and cultural representations of migration and terrorism, the cultural impact of 9/11, and the subsequent 'war on terror'. The collection commences with analyses of the relationship between migration...

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415606684Author Wilson KnightFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 399g

Fueled by an insider's view of Indiana and the state's often surprising connections to the larger world, IN Writing is revelatory. It is Indiana in all its glory: sacred and profane; saints and sinners; war and peace; small towns and big cities; art,...

Chosen from the 2012 National Magazine Awards finalists and winners, this anthology is filled with compelling features and profiles, eye-opening reporting, and incisive criticism and analysis of contemporary culture and society. Written by today's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353335939Author Hasan SuroorFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912524594Author Michael EatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Shoestring PressPublisher Shoestring Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912524617Author John GreeningFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Shoestring PressPublisher Shoestring PressDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940450162Author Heidi JulavitsFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint McSweeney's PublishingPublisher McSweeney's PublishingWeight(grams) 327g

New research into medieval English literature, with a particular focus on manuscripts and writing. This acclaimed study of English medieval manuscripts and early printed books - many items from Professor Takamiya's own collection - quickly sold out in...

Leave to Remain is a faux spy-novel possessed by the spirit of Janus: doubleness, duplicity, double-entendres, two-facedness, bridges and doorways-as is only appropriate for a work composed by two writers: one French, one American. Two-faced Janus...

A remarkably perceptive portrait of the Lone Star State, this collection of pieces from the New Yorker, the Nation, and other publications presents highlights of bestselling author Calvin Trillin's classic writing on Texas subjects. "Yes, I do have a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946511768Author Ed PavlicFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Boston Review/Boston Critic Inc.Publisher Boston Review/Boston Critic Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946511683Author Kali Fajardo-AnstineFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Boston Review/Boston Critic Inc.Publisher Boston Review/Boston Critic Inc.

If you love iambic pentameter, then look away because this book about Australian politics is pure prose, baby! This book is quite possibly the most comprehensive book on Australian politics ever written. That's right, it covers both houses of...

A collection of thought-provoking essays spanning thirty-five years of Alison Light's work.About the AuthorAlison Light, Honorary Professor in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Honorary Professor in the English Department and Senior...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999323175Author Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute The Beverly RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint The BelieverPublisher The Believer

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415606653Author Wilson KnightFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g