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Saturday, 17 December 2016

I Remember Nothing By Nora Ephron


I Remember Nothing
Title : I Remember Nothing
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ISBN : 0307595609
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 137




Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of I Feel Bad About My Neck, taking a cool, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn t yet forgotten.Ephron writes about falling hard for a way of life Journalism A Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of I Feel Bad About My Neck, taking a cool, hard, hilari...

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Friday, 16 December 2016

Roots and Branches By Tom Shippey


Roots and Branches
Title : Roots and Branches
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ISBN : 390570305X
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 432




Professor Tom Shippey is best known for his books The Road to Middle earth and J.R.R Tolkien Author of the Century Yet they are not the only contributions of his to Tolkien studies Over the years, he has written and lectured widely on Tolkien related topics Unfortunately, many of his essays, though still topical, are no longer available The current volume unites Professor Tom Shippey is best known for his books The Road to Middle earth and J.R.R Tolkien Author of the Century Yet they are not the only cont...

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Thursday, 15 December 2016

Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet? By John Sutherland


Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?
Title : Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?
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ISBN : 0192838849
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 272




In this sequel to his popular works Is Heathcliff a Murderer and Can Jane Eyre Be Happy , John Sutherland unravels thirty four new literary puzzles, once again combining erudition with bold investigative speculation In addition to these new conundrums, Professor Sutherland revisits some previous puzzles with the help of readers who offer their own ingenious solutions and In this sequel to his popular works Is Heathcliff a Murderer and Can Jane Eyre Be Happy , John Sutherland ...

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Saturday, 26 November 2016

Twenty-five Books That Shaped America By Thomas C. Foster


Twenty-five Books That Shaped America
Title : Twenty-five Books That Shaped America
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ISBN : 0061834408
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 323




From the author of the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes a highly entertaining and informative new book on the twenty five works of literature that have most shaped the American character Foster applies his much loved combination of wit, know how, and analysis to explain how each work has shaped our very existence as readers, student

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Sunday, 9 October 2016

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves By Lynne Truss


Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
Title : Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
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ISBN : 1592400876
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 209




We all know the basics of punctuation Or do we A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story Through sloppy usage and low standards on the Internet, in e mail, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species

In Eats, Shoots Leaves, former editor Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English wa

We all know the basics of punctuation Or do we A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story Th...

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Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Prisons We Choose to Live Inside By Doris Lessing


Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
Title : Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
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ISBN : 0060390778
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 84




The celebrated author explores new ways to view ourselves and the society we live in, and gives us fresh answers to such enduring questions as how to think for ourselves and understand what we know....

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Thursday, 8 September 2016

The Novel Cure By Ella Berthoud


The Novel Cure
Title : The Novel Cure
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ISBN : 1594205167
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 420




The Guardian UK An exuberant pageant of literary fiction and a celebration of the possibilities of the novel A novel is a story transmitted from the novelist to the reader It offers distraction, entertainment, and an opportunity to unwind or focus But it can also be something powerful a way to learn about how to live Read at the right moment in your life, a nove The Guardian UK An exuberant pageant of literary fiction and a celebration of the possibilities of the novel A novel is a story t...

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Friday, 19 August 2016

The Complete Works By Michel de Montaigne


The Complete Works
Title : The Complete Works
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ISBN : 1400040213
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 1392




Humanist, skeptic, acute observer of himself and others, Michel de Montaigne 1533 92 was the first to use the term essay to refer to the form he pioneered, and he has remained one of its most famous practitioners He reflected on the great themes of existence in his wise and engaging writings, his subjects ranging from proper conversation and good reading, to the raisi Humanist, skeptic, acute observer of himself and others, Michel de Montaigne 1533 92 was the first to use the term essay to refer...

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Sunday, 7 August 2016

Metropolitan Life By Fran Lebowitz


Metropolitan Life
Title : Metropolitan Life
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ISBN : 0525155627
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 177




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Wednesday, 3 August 2016

The Emotion Thesaurus By Angela Ackerman


The Emotion Thesaurus
Title : The Emotion Thesaurus
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ISBN : 1475004958
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 170




One of the biggest problem areas for writers is conveying a character s emotions to the reader in a unique, compelling way This bookcomes to the rescue by highlighting 75 emotions and listing the possible body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for each Using its easy to navigate list format, readers can draw inspiration from character cues that range in int One of the biggest problem areas for writers is conveying a character s emotions to the reader in a unique, compelling way This book com...

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Tuesday, 19 July 2016

The Library By Zoran Živković


The Library
Title : The Library
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ISBN : 8683741052
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 133




This is a cycle of six thematically linked stories, droll renditions of the nightmares ensuing upon misplaced, or excessive bibliophilia A writer encounters a web site where all his possible future books are on display a lonely man faces an infinite flow of hardback books through his mailbox an ordinary library turns by night into an archive of souls the devil sets abo This is a cycle of six thematically linked stories, droll renditions of the nightmares ensuing upon misplaced, or excessive bibliophilia A...

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Das Papierhaus By Carlos María Domínguez


Das Papierhaus
Title : Das Papierhaus
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ISBN : 3453351169
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 96




Eine Literaturdozentin, die so in die Gedichte von Emily Dickinson vertieft ist, dass sie t dlich verungl ckt, ihr argentinischer Kollege, der um die halbe Welt reist, um das Geheimnis eines r tselhaften Buches zu l sen, und ein Mann, der bereit ist, seine Liebe f r B cher in Stein zu fassen drei Menschen, die ohne B cher nicht sein k nnen und deren Leben auf h chst selts Eine Literaturdozentin, die so in die Gedichte von Emily Dickinson vertieft ist, dass sie t dlich verungl ckt, ihr argentinischer Kolle...

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Friday, 10 June 2016

Symbols in Game of Thrones The Deeper Meanings of Animals, Colors, Seasons, Food, and Much More By Valerie Estelle Frankel


Symbols in Game of Thrones The Deeper Meanings of Animals, Colors, Seasons, Food, and Much More
Title : Symbols in Game of Thrones The Deeper Meanings of Animals, Colors, Seasons, Food, and Much More
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ISBN : 0692204628
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 254




With dogs, wolves, ravens, blood flies, and so many , animal symbolism is endlessly significant in Game of Thrones Why does Daenerys receive magical eggs in particular What does a hand symbolize or a horn There are meaningful towers and water gardens, stretching from the pyramids of Meereen to the infamous Iron Throne Meanwhile, George R.R Martin s characters chom With dogs, wolves, ravens, blood flies, and so many , animal symbolism is endlessly significant in Game of Thrones Why does Daenerys receive ma...

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Monday, 2 May 2016

All Things Considered By G.K. Chesterton


All Things Considered
Title : All Things Considered
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ISBN : 1406803022
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 120




A collection of essays dealing with various topics, such as human nature, current affairs, science and religion...

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Friday, 1 April 2016

Inside the Whale and Other Essays By George Orwell


Inside the Whale and Other Essays
Title : Inside the Whale and Other Essays
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ISBN : 0140011854
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages :




George Orwell is best remembered for ANIMAL FARM and 1984, but it is his essays that launched him In them he not only demonstrated how he thought, but proposed a rule as to how thinking ought to proceed Tracing his arguments and their development in these essays is a rich and rewarding exercise

The range of Orwell s interests was limitless, and a glance at the titles of

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Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Will Write for Food By Dianne Jacob


Will Write for Food
Title : Will Write for Food
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ISBN : 1569243778
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 320




Will Write for Food is for food lovers who want to express themselves, guiding them from their earliest creative impulses to successful article writing, restaurant reviewing, and cookbook writing Dianne Jacob journalist and food writing instructor and coach offers interviews with award winning writers such as Jeffrey Steingarten, Calvin Trillin, Molly O Neill, and Deborah Will Write for Food is for food lovers who want to express themselves, guiding them from their earliest creative impulses to successful...

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Thursday, 25 February 2016

Flat Earth News By Nick Davies


Flat Earth News
Title : Flat Earth News
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ISBN : 0099512688
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 420




WARNING Are newspapers seriously damaging your insight Does what you read every day contain lies, PR, propaganda and distortion Find out who s controlling your news in this shocking expose from the ultimate insider Meticulous, fair minded and UTTERLY GRIPPING Sam Leith, The Daily Telegraph If you read newspapers, YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK John Humphrys A MUST READ for anyon WARNING Are newspapers seriously damaging your insight Does what you read every day contain lies, PR, propaganda and distortion ...

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