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How Fiction Works

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In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, James Wood's How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power.Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do ... Read more

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In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, James Wood's How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power.Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do
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The Broken Estate

Essays on Literature and Belief

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This book recalls an era when criticism could change the way we look at the world. In the tradition of Matthew Arnold and Edmund Wilson, James Wood reads literature expansively, always pursuing its role and destiny in our lives. In a series of essays about such figures as Melville, Flaubert, Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, and Don DeLillo, Wood relates their fiction to questions of religious and ... Read more

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This book recalls an era when criticism could change the way we look at the world. In the tradition of Matthew Arnold and Edmund Wilson, James Wood reads literature expansively, always pursuing its role and destiny in our lives. In a series of essays about such figures as Melville, Flaubert, Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, and Don DeLillo, Wood relates their fiction to questions of religious and
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The Irresponsible Self

On Laughter and the Novel

by James Wood ...

"James Wood has been called our best young critic. This is not true. He is our best critic; he thinks with a sublime ferocity."--Cynthia OzickFollowing the collection The Broken Estate--which established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation-- The Irresponsible Self confirms Wood's preeminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appreciator of contemporary novels.In twenty ... Read more

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"James Wood has been called our best young critic. This is not true. He is our best critic; he thinks with a sublime ferocity."--Cynthia OzickFollowing the collection The Broken Estate--which established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation-- The Irresponsible Self confirms Wood's preeminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appreciator of contemporary novels.In twenty
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Serious Noticing

Selected Essays, 1997–2019

by James Wood ...

From The New Yorker's book critic, "one of the most intelligent and passionate literary critics working today. . . . a masterful 'greatest hits' collection" (Angela M. Giles, Los Angeles Review of Books ).Ever since the publication of his first essay collection, The Broken Estate James Wood has been widely regarded as a leading literary critic of the English-speaking wo... ... Read more

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From The New Yorker's book critic, "one of the most intelligent and passionate literary critics working today. . . . a masterful 'greatest hits' collection" (Angela M. Giles, Los Angeles Review of Books ).Ever since the publication of his first essay collection, The Broken Estate James Wood has been widely regarded as a leading literary critic of the English-speaking wo...
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Augustine's Wisdom for Christian Pilgrims

Timeless Insights from the Social Teachings of an Early Church Father

by James Wood ...

Does Saint Augustine have anything to say about contemporary issues like church unity, gender and sexuality, anti-Semitism, abortion, and political engagement? Augustine's theological legacy is well established, but he also speaks powerfully to the cultural challenges we face today.In this book, James R. Wood invites you to explore the timeless wisdom of Augustine. Pointing to Augustine's classics ... Read more

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Does Saint Augustine have anything to say about contemporary issues like church unity, gender and sexuality, anti-Semitism, abortion, and political engagement? Augustine's theological legacy is well established, but he also speaks powerfully to the cultural challenges we face today.In this book, James R. Wood invites you to explore the timeless wisdom of Augustine. Pointing to Augustine's classics
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Show Us the Father

A Memoir

by James Wood ...

In his first memoir, the renowned critic explores his preacher-father’s mysterious decision to desert his own parents and the fallout for their family.He had been, in all the important ways, an impeccable father. And he had been, in all the important ways, a terrible son.When James Wood and his siblings were growing up in the English city of Durham, they confronted a peculiar absence in their ... Read more

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In his first memoir, the renowned critic explores his preacher-father’s mysterious decision to desert his own parents and the fallout for their family.He had been, in all the important ways, an impeccable father. And he had been, in all the important ways, a terrible son.When James Wood and his siblings were growing up in the English city of Durham, they confronted a peculiar absence in their
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Militia Myths

Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896-1921

by James Wood ...

Series series Studies in Canadian Military History
The citizen soldier is a central figure in Canada’s social memory of the First World War. But is the ideal of being a citizen first and a soldier only by necessity an unchanging feature of the Canadian identity?This compelling history traces the evolution of the Canadian amateur military tradition in the turbulent years from 1896 to 1921. Before the Great War, Canada’s military culture was in ... Read more

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The citizen soldier is a central figure in Canada’s social memory of the First World War. But is the ideal of being a citizen first and a soldier only by necessity an unchanging feature of the Canadian identity?This compelling history traces the evolution of the Canadian amateur military tradition in the turbulent years from 1896 to 1921. Before the Great War, Canada’s military culture was in
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Frankenstein

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ...

Narrated by James Wood ...

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10 hours 47 min

Written in 1816, when she was only nineteen Mary Shelley’s novel of “The Modern Prometheus” chillingly dramatised the dangerous potential of life begotten upon a laboratory table. A frightening creation myth for our own time. Frankenstein remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written and is an undisputed classic of its kind. ... Read more

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Written in 1816, when she was only nineteen Mary Shelley’s novel of “The Modern Prometheus” chillingly dramatised the dangerous potential of life begotten upon a laboratory table. A frightening creation myth for our own time. Frankenstein remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written and is an undisputed classic of its kind.
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Science in the Industrial Age

by Dr. Jay L. Wile ...

Narrated by James Wood ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Science Through HiStory
Unabridged

18 hours 38 min

Science in the Industrial Age is the fifth book in a hands-on, multilevel elementary science series that introduces scientific concepts using history as its guide. It covers the scientific advances made from the early 1800s to the early 1900s. Because the course covers science as it was developed, it discusses a wide range of topics including medicine, human physiology, cell biology, evolution, ... Read more

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Science in the Industrial Age is the fifth book in a hands-on, multilevel elementary science series that introduces scientific concepts using history as its guide. It covers the scientific advances made from the early 1800s to the early 1900s. Because the course covers science as it was developed, it discusses a wide range of topics including medicine, human physiology, cell biology, evolution,
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The Fun Stuff

And Other Essays

by James Wood ...

The acclaimed author of How Fiction Works "opens up new dimensions of the novel he's reading in a way that strands other critics in Flatland" ( Chicago Tribune ).Following The Broken Estate, The Irresponsible Self, and How Fiction Works—books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation— The Fun Stuff confirms Wood's pre... ... Read more

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The acclaimed author of How Fiction Works "opens up new dimensions of the novel he's reading in a way that strands other critics in Flatland" ( Chicago Tribune ).Following The Broken Estate, The Irresponsible Self, and How Fiction Works—books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation— The Fun Stuff confirms Wood's pre...
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Upstate

A Novel

by James Wood ...

From the New Yorker book critic and award-winning author, a novel of a family struggling to connect with one another and find meaning in their own lives.In the years since his daughter Vanessa moved to America to become a professor of philosophy, Alan Querry has never been to visit. He has been too busy at home in northern England, holding together his business as a successful property developer. ... Read more

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From the New Yorker book critic and award-winning author, a novel of a family struggling to connect with one another and find meaning in their own lives.In the years since his daughter Vanessa moved to America to become a professor of philosophy, Alan Querry has never been to visit. He has been too busy at home in northern England, holding together his business as a successful property developer.
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Minding Your Own Business

A Common Sense Guide to Home Management and Industry

by Raymond S. Moore, Dorothy N. Moore ...

Narrated by James Wood ...

Unabridged

8 hours 39 min

In this book, Raymond and Dorothy Moore give you some great advice for successfully managing your family. Then, after you’ve organized your home, they show you creative and practical ways that your family can start a home business together.Through many true stories about families that are successfully managing their homes, the Moores help you manage your family effectively by showing you:The ... Read more

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In this book, Raymond and Dorothy Moore give you some great advice for successfully managing your family. Then, after you’ve organized your home, they show you creative and practical ways that your family can start a home business together.Through many true stories about families that are successfully managing their homes, the Moores help you manage your family effectively by showing you:The
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