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Sunspot Literary Journal believes in the power of the written word.
Sunspot speaks truth to power by drawing on the power of every human being. The publication is dedicated to diverse voices in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, scripts and screenplays from around the world. Photography and art, ranging from collages to digital art, are featured in the digital-only quarterly editions.
Since launching in January of 2019, Sunspot has showcased voices hailing...
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This unorthodox but delightful anthology of 42 essays focuses on the masters of world literature-writers best known for novels, plays, and poems-and how they put the essay to their personal use. Contributors include Auden, Balzac, Conrad, Dickens, Dostoevski, Eliot, Faulkner, Flaubert, Gide, Goethe, Hardy, Hawthorne, Heine, Hemingway, Kafka, Kipling, Lawrence, Melville, Pirandello, Poe, Proust, Sartre, Tolstoy, Twain, Whitman, Wilde, Woolf, and Yeats....
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This book is the result of what happened when Liz Byrski asked 20 women from widely different backgrounds, races, beliefs and identities to take up the challenge of writing about rage.
The honesty, passion, courage and humour of their very personal stories is engergising and inspiring. If you have ever felt the full force of anger and wondered at its power, then this book is for you.
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American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics, government, and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through classic examples of political rhetoric. Now in its seventh edition, its selections include the entire political spectrum and contributors range from our nation's founders to contemporary elected public officials, Supreme Court opinions, and representatives...
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Fully-illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world.
IN THIS VOLUME: The Sea Between Lands by David Abulalfia; The Liquid Road by Leïla Slimani; The Cold One, the Hot One, the Mad One, and the Angry One by Nick Hunt • plus: the sounds and smells of the Mediterranean; the ceaseless hunt for tuna; the invention of the Mediterranean diet; and much more…
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Travel never goes quite like, we expect. Planes are late, maps are misread and unexpected detours are, made. When this happens, the twisting roads of travel can lead to adventures we never imagined - and lessons we never expected to learn. Sometimes, if we're lucky, we cross paths with people who show us life from a different angle or provide kindness when it's needed most. Those we meet while traveling can change our journey, our experiences or even...
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Pittsburgh is ever-changing — once dusted with soot from the mills, parts of the city now gleam with the polish of new technologies and little remains of what had been there before. The essays and artwork in this anthology aim for the surprising, elusive stories that capture a Pittsburgh that is in transition. Contributors run the gamut from MacArthur-award winning photographer, LaToya Ruby Frazier to 15-year-old Nico Chiodi, the book's youngest...
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Haunting us with such unforgettable stories as The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, Salem's Lot, Carrie, The Green Mile, and Pet Sematary, Stephen King has been an anchor of American horror, science fiction, psychological thrillers, and suspense for more than forty years. His characters have brought chills to our spines and challenged our notions of reality while leaving us in awe of the perseverance of the human spirit. The first book in the new...
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Seeing through the eyes of others brings new perspective on the place we call home.
In Land of Many Shores, writers share their perspectives about life in Newfoundland and Labrador from often- neglected viewpoints. In this collection, Indigenous people, cultural minorities, 2SLGBTQ+ people, people living with mental or physical disabilities, workers in the sex industry, people from a variety of faiths, people who have experienced incarceration, and...
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"One Green Field" contains a collection of essays on nature and its appreciation by a variety of notable authors including John Burroughs, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and more. Contents include: "Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson", "Walking, by Henry David Thoreau", "Reading the Book of Nature, by John Burroughs", "A Geologist's Winter Walk, by John Muir", "On the Indifference of Nature, by Alfred George Gardiner", "How to Observe Nature,...
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Since it first went to press in 1996, BlackBook has established itself as an arbiter of style, and a forum for new and dynamic writing. The Revolution Will Be Accessorized gathers many of the magazine's strongest pieces, and the result is a star-studded collection that addresses the intersection of pop culture, the arts, politics, and fashion, with provocative contributions from many of today's best writers, including:
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Like their human friends, dogs come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Some are smart, like Ma-Buku, a five-pound Chihuahua who squeaks her toy in perfect time with her owners drums. Some refuse to adhere to dog clichés, like four-year-old Elmer, who loves to chase a tennis ball but refuses to pick it up and bring it back, or six-year-old Barnabas, who can't be bothered to chase cats but will bark vehemently at the wind. There are pretty dogs, heroic...
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This book contains a collection of vintage articles on hunting, fishing, and other outdoor sports. These authentic accounts of real sporting experiences are both entertaining and informative, and are highly recommended for modern readers with an interest in rural sports.
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Un hommage à la longévité des Editions Slatkine!
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Slatkine fête en cette année 2018 ses cent ans! Cent ans de livres à Genève, quatre générations au service du livre. À l'heure d'Amazon et de l'électronique, une telle longévité mérite d'être soulignée. De l'enseigne de la rue des Chaudronniers au Café Slatkine, de l'impression de reprints à l'édition, de la diffusion-distribution à la création de Slatkine & Cie,...
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For the past twenty years, Martin Marty and the editors of Sightings, a digital publication of the University of Chicago Divinity School's Martin Marty Center, have published informed, accessible, and witty commentary on religion in current events. Featuring more than seventy authors-including Marty himself, Eboo Patel, and Krista Tippett-this book collects one hundred of the best essays that originally appeared in Sightings.
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Axios's Essence of... Series takes the greatest works of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence. Selected passages flow together to create a seamless work that will capture your interest from page one.
This newest volume in the series is dedicated to David Hume who is ranked as one of the greatest Western philosophers and economists. You will find three main sections on Hume (Religion, Morals, and Economics) as well as a section...
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This vintage book contains a collection of fascinating articles on the subject of hunting. They cover a variety of interesting subjects ranging from economics and agriculture to ethics and cruelty, and are highly recommended for modern huntsmen and those with an interest in the sport. Contents include: "The Cruelty of Sport", "Shooting", "Hare-Hunting and Otter-Hunting", "Spurious Sports", "The Ethics of Sport", "Sport and Agriculture", "Pheasant...
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Ninety-nine MORE Newfies, is a collection of first-person accounts, written by the owners of 99 Newfoundland dogs. Through the eyes of their owners, the reader is given glimpses into what daily life with a Newfie can entail. Whether alerting their people to oncoming seizures and falls, bringing calm to students in classrooms, providing comfort to patients in hospitals, or simply creating laughter and joy for family members, the stories demonstrate...
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In recent years, Minneapolis has become one of America‚Äs literary powerhouses. With over fifty poems and essays, Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology collects some of the most exciting work being done in, or about, Minneapolis and the Twin Cities area, with narrative threads that stretch back not just to Scandinavia, but across the world. Edited by Frank Bures (The Geography of Madness), the writers included here have won, or been shortlisted...
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St. Louis is a fragmented place. It‚Äs physically dissected by rivers, highways, walls, and fences, but it‚Äs also a place where one‚Äs race, class, religion, and zip code may as well be cards in a rigged poker game, where the winners‚Ä prize is the ability to ignore the fact that the losers have drastically shorter life expectancies. But it can also be a city of warmth, love, and beauty‚Äïespecially in its contrasts. Edited by Ryan...
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