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"Bradbury, all charged up, drunk on life, joyous with writing, puts together nine past essays on writing and creativity and discharges every ounce of zest and gusto in him."--Kirkus Reviews "Zen and the Art of Writing is purely and simply Bradbury's love song to his craft."--Los Angeles Times...
Susan J. Fowler
Mar 03, 2019Anna Karenina
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Tolstoy published Anna Karenina in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. Fyodor Dostoyevsky declared it "flawless as a work of art." His opinion was shared by Vladimir Nabokov, who especially admired "the flawless magic of Tolstoy's style," and by William Faulkner, who described the novel as, "the best ever ...
During the Second World War, as a prisoner of war in a Soviet camp, and with nothing but memory to go on, the Polish artist and soldier Józef Czapski brought Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time to life for an audience of prison inmates. In a series of lectures, Czapski described the arc and import of Proust’s masterpiece, sketched major and mino...
Susan J. Fowler
Nov 14, 2018The role of the Supreme Court in American government
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Oct 06, 2018Fifth Business
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Ramsay is a man twice born, a man who has returned from the hell of the battle-grave at Passchendaele in World War I decorated with the Victoria Cross and destined to be caught in a no man's land where memory, history, and myth collide. As Ramsay tells his story, it begins to seem that from boyhood, he has exerted a perhaps mystical, perhaps pernic...
Susan J. Fowler
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Paul BloomThe Trial
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Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of ...
Susan J. Fowler
Aug 17, 2016Meditations
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The Meditations are a set of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius. He writes about the vicissitudes of his own life and explores how to live wisely and virtuously in an unpredictable world.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful ...
Susan J. Fowler
Aug 17, 2016The Aeneid
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The Aeneid – thrilling, terrifying and poignant in equal measure – has inspired centuries of artists, writers and musicians.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition...
Susan J. Fowler
Aug 17, 2016Swann's Way
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Swann's Way tells two related stories, the first of which revolves around Marcel, a younger version of the narrator, and his experiences in, and memories of, the French town Combray. Inspired by the "gusts of memory" that rise up within him as he dips a Madeleine into hot tea, the narrator discusses his fear of going to bed at night. He is a creatu...
Susan J. Fowler
Aug 17, 2016On the Shortness of Life
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The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the importance of reason and morality, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity and timeless wisdom.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each oth...
Susan J. Fowler
Aug 17, 2016The Republic
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Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential works. From the musings of intellectuals such as Thomas Paine in Common Sense to the striking personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our intellectual history throu...
Susan J. Fowler
Aug 17, 2016An Introductin to Quantum Field Theory by Peskin Schroeder
Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Holy Bible by ESV
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
The Elements of New Testament Greek by David Wenham (Foreword by) Jeremy Duff
Enchiridion by Epictetus
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Little Schemer by Daniel P. Friedman
Plutarch Lives, I, Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola by Plutarch