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  • The American Language: Development of English in the United States

    Enriched edition. How American English Evolved Through Culture, Slang, and History

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    H. L. Mencken's 'The American Language: Development of English in the United States' is a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the evolution of English language in America. Mencken's in-depth examination covers the linguistic influences that have shaped American English over the years, from the colonial period to the present day. His witty and engaging writing style enhances the reader's ... Read more

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  • The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

    A Critical Study of Nietzsche’s Thought on Morality, Individualism, Power, and Modern Culture

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by H. L. Mencken is a bold and influential early twentieth-century interpretation of one of the most provocative thinkers in modern philosophy. In this penetrating study, Mencken examines Friedrich Nietzsche’s ideas on morality, religion, individualism, the will to power, the Übermensch, and the critique of conventional values. Written with clarity, wit, and ... Read more

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  • The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    H. L. Mencken's study of Friedrich Nietzsche is a sharp, accessible introduction to one of modern philosophy's most provocative figures, written for readers beyond the specialist circle. Framed by an uncompromising philosophical tone and revised in light of newer translations, biographies, and criticism, the book sets out to rescue Nietzsche from exaggeration and misunderstanding while showing why ... Read more

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  • Notes on Democracy

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    Notes on Democracy by H. L. Mencken is a sharp, irreverent, and fearless dissection of democratic ideals from one of America’s most provocative minds. Written in the 1920s—yet stunningly relevant today—Mencken strips the romanticism from democracy and exposes its contradictions, hypocrisies, and absurdities with biting wit and intellectual firepower. In his trademark sardonic style, Mencken ... Read more

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  • A Mencken Chrestomathy. Illustrated

    by H.L. Mencken ...
    Mencken Chrestomathy is a wide-ranging anthology of essays and writings by the American journalist, critic, and satirist H. L. Mencken. First published in 1949, the collection brings together some of Mencken’s most memorable pieces from his long and influential career. Carefully selected by the author himself, the book presents his sharp observations on American society, politics, culture, ... Read more

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  • Notes on Democracy

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    The renowned satirist and author of The American Language presents a scathing critique of democracy, demagogues, and politicians of all kinds.H. L. Mencken was one of the greatest contrarian minds of the twentieth century. As a columnist for the Baltimore Sun, he was an outspoken skeptic of America's most cherished institutions—namely, organized religion and representative democracy.In Notes on ... Read more

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  • The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    The first book on Nietzsche ever to appear in English, this examination by legendary journalist H. L. Mencken is still one of the most enlightening. Mencken wrote this book while still in his 20s, but his penchant for thoroughness was evident even at that young age—in preparation for writing this book, he read Nietzsche's works in their entirety, mostly in the original German. A brief biographical ... Read more

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  • Notes on Democracy

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    Notes on Democracy is a harsh critique of democracy. The book places political leaders into two categories: the demagogue, who "preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots" and the pandering politician, "who listens to what these idiots have to say and then pretends that he believes it himself." Mencken depicts politicians as "men who have sold their honor for their jobs. ... Read more

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  • Notes on Democracy

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    Democracy came into the Western World to the tune of sweet, soft music. There was, at the start, no harsh bawling from below there was only a dulcet twittering from above. Democratic man thus began as an ideal being, full of ineffable virtues and romantic wrongs in brief, as Rousseau’s noble savage in smock and jerkin, brought out of the tropical wilds to shame the lords and masters of the ... Read more

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  • A Book of Burlesques

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    Collection of humorous and satirical essays. According to Wikipedia: "Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th ... Read more

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  • The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    Not, of course, that Nietzsche threatens, today or in the near future, to make a grand conquest of Christendom, as Paul conquered, or the unknown Father of Republics. Far from it, indeed. Filtered through the comic sieve of a Shaw or sentimentalized by a Roosevelt, some of his ideas show a considerable popularity, but in their original state they are not likely to inflame millions. Broadly viewed, ... Read more

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  • Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories

    by H. L. Mencken ...
    H.L. Mencken, in his illustrious career as a journalist, made his reputation with satirical writing and controversial ideals. Although his is a name not customarily associated with short fiction, it was his first literary love. From 1900 to 1919, he published nearly 60 stories and short-shorts, sometimes pseudonymously. Here for the first time, 30 of Mencken's thoroughly entertaining stories are ... Read more

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