Essays, Journals, Letters & Other Prose Works
"Another Sky"Voices of Conscience From Around the World
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A collection of writing from prison, including autobiography, letters and poems. This work also includes pieces by Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy, and Orhan Pamuk; and an extract from the last work of the Nigerian dissident Ken Saro-Wiwa, which he wrote a week before his execution in 1995. Paperback, 276 pages. Weight: 27g.
Author: (Popescu, Lucy, ed.)
ISBN: 1861978405
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
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"Arab American Reference Library Voices"
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"Arab American Reference Library" series; With illustrations. Hardback, 200 pages. Size: 248 x 190 mm. Weight: 816g.
Author: (Hall, Loretta, ed.)
ISBN: 0787629561
Publisher: Gale
Date: 1999 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Essays, Journals, Letters & Other Prose Works
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"At Home on the Earth"A New Selection of the Later Writings of Richard Jeffries
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Richard Jefferies (1848-87) was an interpreter of English country life and natural observer. A poet-naturalist with an ecological vision, he understood the place of human beings among the life on earth. These writings offer an insight into his ideas and his relevance to contemporary ecologists. With 13 woodcuts. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 388g.
Author: (Hooker, Jeremy, ed.)
ISBN: 1903998026
Publisher: Green Books
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
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"Athenaeus Books Vi-Vii"The Learned Banqueters
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"Loeb Classical Library" series; Olson, S.Douglas (trans.) Describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. This work provides information about different cuisines and foodstuffs; the music and entertainments that ornamented banquets; and the intellectual talk that was the heart of Greek conviviality. Hardback, 576 pages. Size: 175 x 120 mm. Weight: 416g.
Author: (Olson, S.Douglas, ed.)
ISBN: 0674996240
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Essays, Journals, Letters & Other Prose Works (V. 3)
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"Bad Girls"25 Writers Misbehave
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Presents an anthology of real-life stories from women writers who celebrate and meditate upon their acts of defiance. Suitable for readers who are tired of paying their bills dutifully, driving safely, eating organically and other forms of mindfulness, this book is about secret-telling, and soul-baring for the prodigal daughter in all of us. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 215 x 148 mm. Weight: 476g.
Author: (Sussman, Ellen, ed.)
ISBN: 0393064638
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
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"Between the Earth and the Sky"The Penguin Book of Forest Writings
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Penguin book of forest writings. In the forest the earth and the sky do not meet. The notion of horizon does not exist. This anthologies bring together forest writings that cover history, anthropology and wildlife, etc. With illustrations. Paperback, 272 pages. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Savyasaachi, ed.)
ISBN: 0144000024
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date: 2005 (India)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Essays, Journals, Letters & Other Prose Works
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"The Book of Entrepreneurs' Wisdom"Classic Writings By Legendary Entrepreneurs
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"Wisdom" series; This text presents a collection of articles about entrepreneurship by masters of the art. Self-made celebrities offer advice, inspiration and experience in their own words. The contributions are organised by theme, and each is preceded by an editor's introduction providing background on its author. Hardback, 514 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 1081g.
Author: (Krass, Peter, ed.)
ISBN: 0471345091
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date: 1999 (United States)
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"A Book of Insult"
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"Book Blocks" series; Insults directed at somebody else have always given pleasure. From Martial to masters of the modern put down, the best insults have been carefully garnered for inclusion in this book. Some are chilling in their icy disdain whilst others are so politically incorrect as require a health warning. Hardback, 416 pages. Size: 122 x 122 mm. Weight: 379g.
Author: (Webb, Nick, ed.)
ISBN: 1904633544
Publisher: Crw Publishing Limited
Date: 2004 (UK)
Readership: General Essays, Journals, Letters & Other Prose Works
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"Charles Darwin"The Beagle Letters
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Gripping first-hand account of Darwin's adventures during the Beagle voyage, illustrated with original watercolours by ship's artist Conrad Martens. With 30 halftones 12 plates. Hardback, 544 pages. Size: 253 x 180 mm. Weight: 1276g.
Author: (Burkhardt, Frederick H., ed.)
ISBN: 0521898382
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
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"Cicero, Pro Caelio"
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Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 110g.
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ISBN: 0929524659
Publisher: Bryn Mawr Commentaries
Date: 1990 (United States)
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"Collected Ancient Greek Novels"
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Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, did in fact flourish in the early Roman Empire, principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure to which they are related. This work includes stories, covering a range of classical themes: ideal romance, travel adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody. With illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 848 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 1112g.
Author: (Reardon, B.P., ed.)
ISBN: 0520256557
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2008 (United States)
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"The Collected Prose of Robert Frost"
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Covers Robert Frost's work from his contributions to his school Bulletin - to the charming chicken stories he wrote as a young family man for Eastern Poultryman and Farm Poultry, to such famous essays as The Figure a Poem Makes and the speeches and contributions to magazines solicited when he had become the Grand Old Man of American letters. Hardback, 380 pages. Size: 245 x 173 mm. Weight: 690g.
Author: (Richardson, Mark, ed.)
ISBN: 067402463X
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
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"The Company They Kept"Writers on Unforgettable Friendships
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Writers on Unforgettable Friendships. Hardback, 316 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 468g.
Author: (Silvers, Robert B., ed.)
ISBN: 1590172035
Publisher: The New York Review of Books, Inc
Date: 2006 (United States)
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"Corresponding Influence"Selected Letters of Emily Carr and Ira Dilworth
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Emily Carr (1871-1945) is an iconic figure in Canadian culture, known internationally for her painting. Carr's writing career came later in her life, and as it developed, she met Ira Dilworth (1894-1962), the British Columbia Regional Director for CBC Radio. This is a collection of selected letters that the two shared during their friendship. With 9 colour & black-&-white images. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 547g.
Author: (Morra, Linda M., ed.)
ISBN: 0802095755
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Date: 2008 (Canada)
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"Crash the Ash"Some Joy for the Beleaguered Smoker
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Every angle of smoking is looked at with wit and visual interest - history, fact, fiction, personalities, jokes, cartoons, descriptions, and advertising, but particularly poking fun at 'nanny' government and the excesses of the anti lobby. Every page consists of short paragraphs on each topic with at least an illustration per page. Low brow but witty. Aimed at 16 million smokers in this country and angled to give them relief from the constant barrage of attack. With 252 illustrations. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 245 x 170 mm. Weight: 421g.
Author: (Waugh, Auberon, ed.)
ISBN: 1870948955
Publisher: Quiller Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Essays, Journals, Letters & Other Prose Works
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