Literary Collections

This invaluable work includes the best-known proverbs in the English language from around the world. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs provides the fascinating history behind our proverbs. Discover ... more...

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In Modern American Memoirs, two very discerning writers and readers have selected samples from 35 of the finest memoirs written in this century, including contributions by such diverse writers as Margaret ... more...

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A collection of essays shares whimsical observations about such topics as the Bush-Kerry presidential race, the pain experienced by lobsters while they are being prepared for the feast, and Franz Kafka's ... more...

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For fans of Jonathan Safran Foer, Nathan Englander, Cynthia Ozick, and Anita Diamant comes one of the first collections of stories about Yiddish women writers. Written by both male and female writers, ... more...

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Since the death of Jacques Lacan , Jean Laplanche is now considered to be one of the worlds foremost psychoanalytic thinkers. In spite of the influence of his work over the last thirty years, remarkably ... more...

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Anarchism & Other Essays is a book by the feminist anarchist Emma Goldman, published in 1911. The contents of Anarchism & Other Essays are:. Anarchism: What It Really Stands For. Minorities Versus Majorities. ... more...

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“The idea first came to me when a minister asked if I had any ‘God Stories.’ I asked her what she meant, and she explained that a God Story was a miracle-like experience that proves ... more...

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First book to treat Pliny's epistles as a work of literature, illuminating contemporary cultural debates.... more...

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