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  • P.G. Wodehouse in His Own Words

    This unorthodox biography of "the greatest comic writer ever" collects Wodehouse's witty and revealing commentary on his own life story (Douglas Adams)As creator of memorable comic characters, including the immortal Jeeves and Wooster, P.G. Wodehouse was one of the most beloved and influential authors of the 20th century. This sparkling volume draws on Wodehouse's autobiographical writings, as ... Leer más

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    Notes and Essays of a Tourist

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    Witty and "enchanting" reflections on the experience of travel, with a focus on art, music, and literature, by the author of Brave New World ( The Spectator).One of the most renowned and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Aldous Huxley produced not only dystopian fiction like Brave New World and philosophical memoirs like The Doors of Perception, but also insightful travel writing. Here, ... Leer más

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  • A Study of George Orwell

    The Man and His Works

    Author Christopher Hollis knew George Orwell personally during his schooldays at Eton, afterwards in Burma, and at the end of his life. His study of Orwell’s books is therefore illuminated by some anecdotes of reminiscence. However, it is important to note that this book is primarily a study rather than a biography. Hollis examines Orwell’s books in order and traces through them the development of ... Leer más

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  • Chronicles of a Liquid Society

    de Umberto Eco ...
    The acclaimed author examines our contemporary world—from technology to politics and pop culture—in this collection of essays written for L'Espresso.Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. In this, his last collection, the celebrated essayist and novelist observes the changing world around him with irrepressible curiosity and philosophical insight. He illuminates the contemporary ... Leer más

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  • Dancing at the Edge of the World

    Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

    "Ursula Le Guin at her best . . . This is an important collection of eloquent, elegant pieces by one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers." —Elizabeth Hand, The Washington Post Book World"I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind," writes Ursula K. Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has, and here is the record of that ... Leer más

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  • The Lost World of Bletchley Park

    An Illustrated History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre

    An illustrated history of the English manor house and grounds that were home to the famous World War II codebreakers.The huge success of Sinclair's The Secret Life of Bletchley Park—a quarter of a million copies sold to date—has been symptomatic of a similarly dramatic increase in visitors to Bletchley Park itself, the Victorian mansion in Buckinghamshire now open as an engrossing museum of ... Leer más

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  • Finding Arthur

    The True Origins of the Once and Future King

    de Adam Ardrey ...
    "Well-made arguments backed by archaeology, etymology, and geography " about the origins of the legend "will have readers rooting for a Scottish Arthur." ( Kirkus Reviews)As writer and activist Adam Ardrey discovered, the reason historians have had little success identifying the historical Arthur may be incredibly simple: He wasn't an Englishman at all. He was from Scotland . Finding Arthur chro ... Leer más

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  • Sneaky Math

    A Graphic Primer with Projects

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  • The Eternal Frontier

    An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples

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  • The Fry Chronicles

    An Autobiography

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    The British actor, writer, and comedy legend tells his story: "Funny, poignant . . . His prose feels like an ideal form of conversation." — The Washington PostA #1 Sunday Times BestsellerWhen Stephen Fry arrived at Cambridge, he was a convicted thief, an addict, and a failed suicide, convinced that he would be expelled. Instead, university life offered him love and the chance to entertain. He ... Leer más

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  • 100 Hieroglyphs

    Think Like an Egyptian

    de Barry Kemp ...
    "Written by the greatest living Egyptologist, this wonderful, fun, and short book will take you inside the heads of the ancient Egyptians."—Sarah Parcak, National GeographicEgyptian culture is divided from us by several millennia, a lost people and a dead language. We can discover much about this fascinating civilization from its physical remains, but perhaps the greatest insights into the ... Leer más

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  • The Forgotten History of America

    Little-Known Conflicts of Lasting Importance from the Earliest Colonists to the Eve of the Revolution

    "Introduces us to extraordinary men and women and landmark events that shaped the American character and the future of the nation." —Thomas J. Craughwell, author of Failures of the Presidents and Stealing Lincoln's BodyToday Americans remember 1776 as the beginning of an era. A nation was born, commencing a story that continues to this day. But the War of Independence also marked the end of ... Leer más

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