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How to Write Like a Writer

A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice

par Thomas C. Foster ...

The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired ... En savoir plus

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The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor 3E

A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from The Great Gatsby to The Hate You Give

par Thomas C. Foster ...

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to the tools of literary analysis, covering a diverse range of writing and literary devices, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to improve your reading comprehension and make your everyday reading ... En savoir plus

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Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to the tools of literary analysis, covering a diverse range of writing and literary devices, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to improve your reading comprehension and make your everyday reading
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised

A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

par Thomas C. Foster ...

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be ... En savoir plus

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Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be
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L'Étranger d'Albert Camus (Fiche de lecture)

Analyse complète de l'oeuvre

par Alexandre Oudent, fichesdelecture ...

Cette fiche de lecture sur L'Étranger d'Albert Camus propose une analyse complète :• une biographie de Camus• un résumé de L'étranger• une analyse des axes de lecture• une analyse des thèmes• une analyse des personnagesAppréciée des lycéens, cette fiche de lecture sur L'étranger de Camus a été rédigée par un professeur de français.À propos de FichesDeLecture.com :</stron... ... En savoir plus

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Cette fiche de lecture sur L'Étranger d'Albert Camus propose une analyse complète :• une biographie de Camus• un résumé de L'étranger• une analyse des axes de lecture• une analyse des thèmes• une analyse des personnagesAppréciée des lycéens, cette fiche de lecture sur L'étranger de Camus a été rédigée par un professeur de français.À propos de FichesDeLecture.com :</stron...
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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die

A Life-Changing List

par James Mustich ...

"The ultimate literary bucket list. . . . 948 pages later, you still want more!" —The Washington PostCelebrate the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that's as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the one,zero-plus titles it recommends.Covering fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, ... En savoir plus

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"The ultimate literary bucket list. . . . 948 pages later, you still want more!" —The Washington PostCelebrate the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that's as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the one,zero-plus titles it recommends.Covering fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books,
... En savoir plus
Living by Fiction

par Annie Dillard ...

"Everyone who timidly, bombastically, reverently, scholastically--even fraudulently--essays to 'live the life of the mind' should read this book. It's elegant and classy, like caviar and champagne, and like these two items, it's over much too soon." — Los Angeles TimesPulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's classic work of literary criticismLiving by Fiction is written for—and dedicated to ... En savoir plus

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"Everyone who timidly, bombastically, reverently, scholastically--even fraudulently--essays to 'live the life of the mind' should read this book. It's elegant and classy, like caviar and champagne, and like these two items, it's over much too soon." — Los Angeles TimesPulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's classic work of literary criticismLiving by Fiction is written for—and dedicated to
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Reading My Way from Hollywood to Brooklyn

par Wendy W. Fairey ...

Wendy Fairey grew up among books. As the shy and studious daughter of famed Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham-F. Scott Fitzgerald’s lover during the last years of his life-she began as a child reading her way through the library Fitzgerald had assembled for her mother and escaped into the landscape of classic English novels. Their protagonists became her intimates, starting with David Copperfield ... En savoir plus

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Wendy Fairey grew up among books. As the shy and studious daughter of famed Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham-F. Scott Fitzgerald’s lover during the last years of his life-she began as a child reading her way through the library Fitzgerald had assembled for her mother and escaped into the landscape of classic English novels. Their protagonists became her intimates, starting with David Copperfield
... En savoir plus
Gargantua

par François Rabelais ...

"Gargantua" est un livre écrit par François Rabelais au XVIe siècle et publié en 1534. Il s'agit du premier volet de la célèbre série "Gargantua et Pantagruel". L'histoire est centrée sur les aventures du géant Gargantua, depuis sa naissance jusqu'à sa vie à l'université. Ce roman est un mélange de satire sociale et de comédie, avec un style d'écriture caractéristique de Rabelais qui inclut des ... En savoir plus

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"Gargantua" est un livre écrit par François Rabelais au XVIe siècle et publié en 1534. Il s'agit du premier volet de la célèbre série "Gargantua et Pantagruel". L'histoire est centrée sur les aventures du géant Gargantua, depuis sa naissance jusqu'à sa vie à l'université. Ce roman est un mélange de satire sociale et de comédie, avec un style d'écriture caractéristique de Rabelais qui inclut des
... En savoir plus
10 romans français

par Jules Verne, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas ...

Plongez dans un voyage littéraire captivant à travers les époques et les émotions avec ces 10 romans français. Ce recueil exceptionnel vous transporte au cœur des univers variés et intemporels créés par des auteurs légendaires tels que Jules Verne, Victor Hugo ou Alexandre Dumas.Explorez les récits épiques et les drames passionnants qui ont façonné la littérature française et captivé les lecteurs ... En savoir plus

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Plongez dans un voyage littéraire captivant à travers les époques et les émotions avec ces 10 romans français. Ce recueil exceptionnel vous transporte au cœur des univers variés et intemporels créés par des auteurs légendaires tels que Jules Verne, Victor Hugo ou Alexandre Dumas.Explorez les récits épiques et les drames passionnants qui ont façonné la littérature française et captivé les lecteurs
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The Masculine Century

A Heretical History of Our Time

par Michael Antony ...

Now that the Twentieth Century is behind us what made it what it was?200 million human beings killed by war, totalitarianism, and extermination programsWhat made the twentieth century the most murderous age in human history, as well as the age that made the greatest advances ever in science and technology, while art and serious music declined into abstraction, non-communication, and grotesque ... En savoir plus

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Now that the Twentieth Century is behind us what made it what it was?200 million human beings killed by war, totalitarianism, and extermination programsWhat made the twentieth century the most murderous age in human history, as well as the age that made the greatest advances ever in science and technology, while art and serious music declined into abstraction, non-communication, and grotesque
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The Art of the Novel

par Milan Kundera ...

“Incites us to reflect on fiction and philosophy, knowledge and truth, and brilliantly illustrates the art of the essay.” — The New Republic"Every novelist's work contains an implicit vision of the history of the novel, an idea of what the novel is. I have tried to express the idea of the novel that is inherent in my own novels." — Milan KunderaKundera brilliantly examines the evolution, ... En savoir plus

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“Incites us to reflect on fiction and philosophy, knowledge and truth, and brilliantly illustrates the art of the essay.” — The New Republic"Every novelist's work contains an implicit vision of the history of the novel, an idea of what the novel is. I have tried to express the idea of the novel that is inherent in my own novels." — Milan KunderaKundera brilliantly examines the evolution,
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Animal Farm

par George Orwell ...

Animal Farm is a beast fable, in the form of a satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, the rebellion is betrayed, and under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon, the ... En savoir plus

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Animal Farm is a beast fable, in the form of a satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, the rebellion is betrayed, and under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon, the
... En savoir plus
El Caso Banchero

par Guillermo Thorndike ...

¿Quién mató a Banchero Rossi?Un hombre cabalga solitario a las orillas del Rímac. Un joven avanza sigiloso por un jardín de Chaclacayo. Una muchacha mira llegar el día a través de una ventana, en San Alberto. Un cadáver está allí y es la primera noticia del año 1972.Un juez camina de persona en persona buscando las claves del crimen y los motivos de la ineficacia de los investigadores.Un escritor ... En savoir plus

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¿Quién mató a Banchero Rossi?Un hombre cabalga solitario a las orillas del Rímac. Un joven avanza sigiloso por un jardín de Chaclacayo. Una muchacha mira llegar el día a través de una ventana, en San Alberto. Un cadáver está allí y es la primera noticia del año 1972.Un juez camina de persona en persona buscando las claves del crimen y los motivos de la ineficacia de los investigadores.Un escritor
... En savoir plus
Keywords for Environmental Studies

Modifié par Joni Adamson, William A. Gleason, David Pellow ...

Collections Livre 3 - Keywords
Introduces key terms, quantitative and qualitative research, debates, and histories for Environmental and Nature StudiesUnderstandings of “nature” have expanded and changed, but the word has not lost importance at any level of discourse: it continues to hold a key place in conversations surrounding thought, ethics, and aesthetics. Nowhere is this more evident than in the interdisciplinary field of ... En savoir plus

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Introduces key terms, quantitative and qualitative research, debates, and histories for Environmental and Nature StudiesUnderstandings of “nature” have expanded and changed, but the word has not lost importance at any level of discourse: it continues to hold a key place in conversations surrounding thought, ethics, and aesthetics. Nowhere is this more evident than in the interdisciplinary field of
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LA COMEDIE HUMAINE : ETUDES DES MOEURS

SCENES DE LA VIE PRIVEE (28 romans illustrés)

par HONORE DE BALZAC ...

Collections Livre 1 - LA COMEDIE HUMAINE
La comédie humaine d’Honoré de BALZAC est l'une des plus imposantes œuvres romanesques de la littérature française, avec plus de quatre-vingt-dix romans et nouvelles parus de 1829 à 1855.Par cette œuvre, Balzac veut faire une « histoire naturelle de la société », explorant de façon systématique les groupes sociaux et les rouages de la société afin de brosser une vaste fresque de son époque ... En savoir plus

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La comédie humaine d’Honoré de BALZAC est l'une des plus imposantes œuvres romanesques de la littérature française, avec plus de quatre-vingt-dix romans et nouvelles parus de 1829 à 1855.Par cette œuvre, Balzac veut faire une « histoire naturelle de la société », explorant de façon systématique les groupes sociaux et les rouages de la société afin de brosser une vaste fresque de son époque
... En savoir plus
Shakespeare

The World as Stage

par Bill Bryson ...

Collections Livre 63 - Eminent Lives
Bill Bryson’s bestselling and brilliantly witty biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s deathWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a ... En savoir plus

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Bill Bryson’s bestselling and brilliantly witty biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s deathWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a
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For the Love of Books

Stories of Literary Lives, Banned Books, Author Feuds, Extraordinary Characters, and More

par Graham Tarrant ...

A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature.Do you know:Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning?Why Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China?Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?What superstitions Truman Capote kept whenever he wrote?Who the other Winston Churchill was?A treasure trove of compelling ... En savoir plus

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A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature.Do you know:Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning?Why Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China?Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?What superstitions Truman Capote kept whenever he wrote?Who the other Winston Churchill was?A treasure trove of compelling
... En savoir plus
The Wheel of Time Companion

The People, Places, and History of the Bestselling Series

par Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, Maria Simons ...

Collections series Wheel of Time
Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The definitive encyclopedia of the series, the companion sheds light on some of the most intriguing aspects of the world, including biographies and motivations of many characters that never made it into the books, but helped bring ... En savoir plus

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Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The definitive encyclopedia of the series, the companion sheds light on some of the most intriguing aspects of the world, including biographies and motivations of many characters that never made it into the books, but helped bring
... En savoir plus
The Art of Memoir

par Mary Karr ...

Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: Cherry and Lit, which were critical hits as well.For thirty years Karr has also taught the form, winning teaching prizes at Syracuse. (The writing program there produced such acclaimed authors as Cheryl Strayed ... En savoir plus

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Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: Cherry and Lit, which were critical hits as well.For thirty years Karr has also taught the form, winning teaching prizes at Syracuse. (The writing program there produced such acclaimed authors as Cheryl Strayed
... En savoir plus
Aromatherapy and Essential Oils Ultimate Guide (Boxed Set)

3 Books In 1 Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Guide with Recipes, Uses and Benefits

par Speedy Publishing ...

Aromathery and Essential oils have a variety of positive uses. Peppermint can help with stomach issues and PMS. Clove oil is used to cure headaches. Inhaling citrus oils has been said to cure cabin fever. Other oils like mint and citrus help people relax during summer. Essential oils are organic and all-natural, so they can be used as replacements for certain harmful medicines and perfumes. ... En savoir plus

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Aromathery and Essential oils have a variety of positive uses. Peppermint can help with stomach issues and PMS. Clove oil is used to cure headaches. Inhaling citrus oils has been said to cure cabin fever. Other oils like mint and citrus help people relax during summer. Essential oils are organic and all-natural, so they can be used as replacements for certain harmful medicines and perfumes.
... En savoir plus
The Secret Garden

par Frances Hodgson Burnett ...

Collections series Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.'Where, you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.'Orphaned and sent to live with her uncle in his austere manor on the moors, Mary Lennox is a lonely and unhappy child. A meeting with Dickon, her servant's brother begins her adventure and it is through their friendship and her relationship with her troubled ... En savoir plus

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HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.'Where, you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.'Orphaned and sent to live with her uncle in his austere manor on the moors, Mary Lennox is a lonely and unhappy child. A meeting with Dickon, her servant's brother begins her adventure and it is through their friendship and her relationship with her troubled
... En savoir plus
The History of the Hobbit

Mr Baggins and Return to Bag-End

par John D. Rateliff, J. R. R. Tolkien ...

This revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself.The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that ‘grew in the telling’, and many characters and plot threads ... En savoir plus

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This revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself.The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that ‘grew in the telling’, and many characters and plot threads
... En savoir plus
A Short History of Myth (Myths series)

par Karen Armstrong ...

Collections series The Myths Series
What are myths? How have they evolved? And why do we still so desperately need them?A history of myth is a history of humanity, Karen Armstrong argues in this insightful and eloquent book: our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each other. This is a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense–from ... En savoir plus

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What are myths? How have they evolved? And why do we still so desperately need them?A history of myth is a history of humanity, Karen Armstrong argues in this insightful and eloquent book: our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each other. This is a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense–from
... En savoir plus
L'Avalée des avalés de Réjean Ducharme (Fiche de lecture)

Analyse complète et résumé détaillé de l'oeuvre

par Juline Hombourger, lePetitLitteraire ...

Collections series Fiche de lecture
Décryptez L'Avalée des avalés de Réjean Ducharme avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de L'Avalée des avalés, le roman poétique culte de la littérature québécoise ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une présentation des personnages principaux ... En savoir plus

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Décryptez L'Avalée des avalés de Réjean Ducharme avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de L'Avalée des avalés, le roman poétique culte de la littérature québécoise ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une présentation des personnages principaux
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