Tide: The Science and Lore of the Greatest Force on Earth
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Described by the Sunday Times as "a gently studious Bill Bryson crossed with an upbeat and relaxed...
Maus: A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
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Maus is the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a...
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918
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The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J. R. R....
Forty-One False Starts: eEssays on Artists and Writers
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Janet Malcolm's In the Freud Archives and The Journalist and the Murderer, as well as her...
Patti Smith: Camera Solo
Susan Lubowsky Talbott and Erin Monroe
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This captivating selection of 70 intimate black and white photographs conveys Patti Smith's singular...
1915 Diary of S. An-Sky: A Russian Jewish Writer at the Eastern Front
S.A. An-sky and Polly Zavadivker
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S. An-sky was by the time of the First World War a well-known writer, a longtime revolutionary, and...
After the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon
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Over forty-five years have elapsed since Derek Mahon announced his arrival at the forefront of Irish...
Alfred Jarry
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Alfred Jarry's creation of the monster-tyrant Ubu was a watershed in theatre history: his play Ubu...
Alice in Space: The Sideways Victorian World of Lewis Carroll
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In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll created fantastic...
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer devoted his adult life to the articulation of a philosophy for the world, a...