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Influencing Darwin, Tennyson and Dickens among others, Lyell's "Principles" was an ambitious attempt to forge links between observable causes - volcanoes, earthquakes, rivers, tides and storms - and the current state of the earth. This edition has an introduction by Jim Secord.

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Genet's final masterpiece, written and rewritten on his deathbed, is a lyrical and philosophical voyage to the bloody intersection of oppression, terror, and desire at the heart of the contemporary world.

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Offers a collection of essays that covers the author's passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood.

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In January 2014 Henning Mankell was informed that he had cancer.

However, Quicksand is not a book about death, but about what it means to be human.

It is a book about how humanity has lived and continues to live, and about how Henning lived his own life.

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This major new volume offers a wide selection of works from Emerson's lectures and essays, including some that have seldom been reprinted such as "Quotation and Originality." In addition, leading Emerson critic Richard Poirier provides helpful annotations to a generous selection of poems.

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A collection of essays, notebook entries, interviews, descriptions of projects, and b&w drawings, video stills, and photographs that together provide a sense of the renowned multimedia artist's work. Edited by Robert Violette in collaboration with the author, with an introduction by Jean-Christophe

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A compilation of 35 years' worth of critical essays from one of the boldest and most articulate cultural theorists of our time.

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Originally written as a libretto for the Berlin State Opera, Elfriede Jelinek's rein GOLD reconstructs the events of Wagner's epic Ring cycle and extends them into the present day.

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Rainer Maria Rilke offers a compelling portrait of Parisian life, art and culture at the beginning of the 20th century

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Rock My Religion collects eighteen of Graham's essays from all periods of his work, beginning with his essays on minimalist artists such as Dan Flavin and Donald Judd, continuing with his writings on punk rock and popular culture, and concluding with his more recent considerations of architecture, urban space, and power.

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William Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and outbursts at the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor. Ian Dyck places these accounts in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs.

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A landmark collection of essays on the Nobel laureate's conception of Latin America, past, present, and future

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In this novel he shares his experiences good and bad the highs and lows and the feelings of being a foreigner in new countries His hope is for future generations to have open hearts and minds Life is a journey

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Sixteen years' worth of incisive essays by the great poet and memoirist.

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A hilarious essay collection from Laci Mosley, host of the wildly popular, award-winning "Scam Goddess" podcast, in which she dives into the wildest scams she's encountered and examines how this work has enlightened her to the scams present in all areas of life

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When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. The author travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing. This analysis aims to reveal the terrible truth behind the headlines.

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Second-hand Time is the latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In this book she creates a singular, polyphonic literary form by bringing together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the USSR in a brilliant, poignant and unique portrait of post-Soviet society.

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The first collected edition of over three decades of exquisite criticism - of art, television, film, and literature - by one of America's most beloved writers.

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A volume containing five of C S Lewis's best known inspirational and spiritual works.