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Last Pages

Stories, A Play, Poems, Essays

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Last Pages brings together some of the most thought-provoking and engaging works of Oscar Mandel, a noted Belgian-American playwrite, essayist, poet, fiction writer, and scholar. Comprising essays, a novella, a one-act play, and poetry, Last Pages dances through Mandel's archives with wit, sharp intelligence, and sometimes controversy, as with his essay on Judaism, "To be or not be a Jew." ... Read more

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Last Pages brings together some of the most thought-provoking and engaging works of Oscar Mandel, a noted Belgian-American playwrite, essayist, poet, fiction writer, and scholar. Comprising essays, a novella, a one-act play, and poetry, Last Pages dances through Mandel's archives with wit, sharp intelligence, and sometimes controversy, as with his essay on Judaism, "To be or not be a Jew."
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The History of Sigismund, Prince of Poland

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This short fiction by Belgian scholar Oscar Mandel follows the life of Sigismund, the lost prince of Poland. Beginning as a play in 1988, improved in 2002, Sigismund finally comes to prose, where it plays freely with Polish history to bring alive a fanciful tale rooted in philosophy. ... Read more

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This short fiction by Belgian scholar Oscar Mandel follows the life of Sigismund, the lost prince of Poland. Beginning as a play in 1988, improved in 2002, Sigismund finally comes to prose, where it plays freely with Polish history to bring alive a fanciful tale rooted in philosophy.
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Otherwise Poems

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Written by respected Belgian scholar and professor emeritus of literature at prestigious CaltechAuthor has published widely in the fields of poetry, drama, fiction, art history, literary theory, and translations from French and GermanBook will be supported by a generous marketing and advertising budget ... Read more

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Written by respected Belgian scholar and professor emeritus of literature at prestigious CaltechAuthor has published widely in the fields of poetry, drama, fiction, art history, literary theory, and translations from French and GermanBook will be supported by a generous marketing and advertising budget
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The 48 Laws of Power

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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestselleris the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human NatureIn the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the ... Read more

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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestselleris the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human NatureIn the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the
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Horrible Histories Special: Rowdy Revolutions

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OK - we know that history is horrible. But it's never nastier than in a rowdy revolution, when the perilous people rise up against their rotten rulers! This book gives you the bone-chilling facts behind some of the bloodiest revolutions ever, from France and Russia to China and India. ... Read more

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OK - we know that history is horrible. But it's never nastier than in a rowdy revolution, when the perilous people rise up against their rotten rulers! This book gives you the bone-chilling facts behind some of the bloodiest revolutions ever, from France and Russia to China and India.
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Point Counter Point (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A Modernist Social Satire of 1920s London Intellectuals, Bohemian Desire, and Interwar Ideas

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Aldous Huxley's Point Counter Point is a brilliant and caustic panorama of interwar English intellectual life, constructed as a modernist "novel of ideas" whose contrapuntal form mirrors its title. Rather than advancing a single plot, Huxley interweaves multiple social, erotic, political, and philosophical strands, setting artists, scientists, aristocrats, radicals, and hedonists in ironic ... Read more

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Aldous Huxley's Point Counter Point is a brilliant and caustic panorama of interwar English intellectual life, constructed as a modernist "novel of ideas" whose contrapuntal form mirrors its title. Rather than advancing a single plot, Huxley interweaves multiple social, erotic, political, and philosophical strands, setting artists, scientists, aristocrats, radicals, and hedonists in ironic
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The Bright Book of Life

Novels to Read and Reread

by Harold Bloom ...

America's most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition—from Don Quixote to Wuthering Heights to Invisible Man—in his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction.In this valedictory volume, Yale professor Harold Bloom—who for more than half a century was regarded as America's most daringly original and ... Read more

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America's most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition—from Don Quixote to Wuthering Heights to Invisible Man—in his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction.In this valedictory volume, Yale professor Harold Bloom—who for more than half a century was regarded as America's most daringly original and
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Twelve Against the Gods

The Story of Adventure

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"Gripping and moving. . . . A brilliant historical, psychological and sociological appraisal of the pre-eminent adventurer." — New York World-TelegramA classic study of what makes an adventurer and how twelve historic figures fit that definition, defied societal norms, and achieved the remarkable.The spirit of adventure is born within us all, but it is in direct conflict with the rule follower ... Read more

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"Gripping and moving. . . . A brilliant historical, psychological and sociological appraisal of the pre-eminent adventurer." — New York World-TelegramA classic study of what makes an adventurer and how twelve historic figures fit that definition, defied societal norms, and achieved the remarkable.The spirit of adventure is born within us all, but it is in direct conflict with the rule follower
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Love and Fury

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**A Best Novel of Summer (New York Times Book Review)From the acclaimed author of Mr. Dickens and His Carol, a richly-imagined reckoning with the life of another cherished literary legend: Mary Wollstonecraft – arguably the world’s first feminist**August, 1797. Midwife Parthenia Blenkinsop has delivered countless babies, but nothing prepares her for the experience that unfolds when she arrives at ... Read more

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**A Best Novel of Summer (New York Times Book Review)From the acclaimed author of Mr. Dickens and His Carol, a richly-imagined reckoning with the life of another cherished literary legend: Mary Wollstonecraft – arguably the world’s first feminist**August, 1797. Midwife Parthenia Blenkinsop has delivered countless babies, but nothing prepares her for the experience that unfolds when she arrives at
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Joseph Fouché: Portrait of a Politician

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Joseph Fouché: Portrait of a Politician by Stefan Zweig (translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul, with a chronology of Stefan Zweig's life and a bibliography of works by and about Stefan Zweig in English by Randolph Klawiter; 89,000 words and three illustrations)This Plunkett Lake Press eBook is produced by arrangement with Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of ... Read more

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Joseph Fouché: Portrait of a Politician by Stefan Zweig (translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul, with a chronology of Stefan Zweig's life and a bibliography of works by and about Stefan Zweig in English by Randolph Klawiter; 89,000 words and three illustrations)This Plunkett Lake Press eBook is produced by arrangement with Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of
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Great Moments of Humanity

12 Events that shaped history

by Stefan Zweig ...

Translated by Philipp Knüppel ...

In this book, Stefan Zweig traces 12 fateful events of world history in his unique artistic style: from the conquest of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople by the Turks, to the Battle of Waterloo to Sir Robert Falcon Scott's tragic South Pole expedition. The human character and sometimes simple fate are decisive historic factors that have led to dramatic and lasting changes in the past. Often ... Read more

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In this book, Stefan Zweig traces 12 fateful events of world history in his unique artistic style: from the conquest of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople by the Turks, to the Battle of Waterloo to Sir Robert Falcon Scott's tragic South Pole expedition. The human character and sometimes simple fate are decisive historic factors that have led to dramatic and lasting changes in the past. Often
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Coleshanger

Recollections from an English village

by Norman Williams ...

“If it can be said a village has a life, then this is a biography.” Norman Williams (1908-1969)“Coleshanger people are pretty bad,” said Uncle Edward. “They won’t cross water after sunset. And they have to be in bed by midnight, otherwise they think that they'll be turned into baboons and apes. They also worship the flea.”Written in 1952, Coleshanger is a humorous, whimsical and charming recount ... Read more

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“If it can be said a village has a life, then this is a biography.” Norman Williams (1908-1969)“Coleshanger people are pretty bad,” said Uncle Edward. “They won’t cross water after sunset. And they have to be in bed by midnight, otherwise they think that they'll be turned into baboons and apes. They also worship the flea.”Written in 1952, Coleshanger is a humorous, whimsical and charming recount
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