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In these pages, The Twenties: From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period, the preeminent literary critic Edmund Wilson gives us perhaps the largest authentic document of the time, the dazzling observations of one of the principal actors in the American twenties.
Here is the raw side of the U.S.A., the mad side of Hollywood, the literary infighting in New York, the gossip and anecdotes of an astonishing cast of characters, the jokes, the profundities,...
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From one of the greatest literary critics of the twentieth century, this installment of Edmund Wilson's private notebooks covers the years of the 1940s, providing a rich lens into the writer's life and the world at large.
Wilson turned forty-five in 1940, and this volume The Forties: From Notebooks & Diaries of the Period shows the extent to which he was reappraising his life in the decade to follow, saying goodbye to the drifting of the 1920s...
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Michael Palin's diaries begin in the late 1960s when he began writing for hugely popular programs. He recounts how Monty Python emerged and triumphed. From the success and cult status brought by Monty Python, Palin shares stories from their world tours, their stay at hotels recently trashed by Led Zeppelin, their battles over censorship, and how individually the Pythons went their separate ways. Yet at the same time they were working on the now celebrated...
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley (who are undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily) hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 11
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Greg plans to film a scary movie using an old video camera he found in the basement, but getting rich and famous from his new hobby isn't as easy as he thought.
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This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1884 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading.. James published his first story, 'A Tragedy of Error', in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated...
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The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events -- the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague and the Fire of London -- Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account. As well as recording public and historical events, Pepys paints a vivid picture of his personal life, from his socializing and amorous entanglements, to his theatre-going and his work at the Navy Board. Unequaled for its frankness, high spirits
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Dork diaries volume 6
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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
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Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance."
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Get the Summary of David Sedaris's A Carnival of Snackery in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Carnival of Snackery" by David Sedaris is a compilation of diary entries that provide a window into the author's life, filled with humor, cultural observations, and personal reflections. Sedaris recounts dining with friends in London, witnessing a racial exchange on a bus, and experiencing anti-war sentiments in Paris....
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... este año, como el anterior y el anterior, vuelve a salir este libro que recoge algunas de las mejores crónicas y algunos de los mejores perfiles publicados en El Tiempo desde enero hasta hoy. Con él se le hace justicia a uno de los fines esenciales de todo periódico que no es solo el de informar sino también, y sobre todo, el de enriquecer la información con el análisis y el pensamiento, con las historias que hacen posible la comprensión...
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Der Autor Adax Dörsam ist Profigitarrist und seit Jahren auf den Weltmeeren unterwegs.
Auf der MS Artania erlebte er vom Fr, 13. März bis zur Evakuierung am So, 29. März eine ungeahnte Odyssee ...
"Mann o Mann – Du hast ein Stück Zeitgeschichte nicht nur überlebt, Du hast es unbeschadet überstanden. Keiner von uns hätte das vor 3 Wochen geahnt. Für Künstler, Musiker, Schauspieler und Autoren eine knallharte Zeit!
Liebe Grüße und bleib...
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A woman reluctantly takes on the responsibility of putting her eccentric rebellious mother into a retirement home, and managing her care. She has her own daughter to raise and nurture, a marriage and a business to hold together, and her own psychological troubles due in good part to how she was mothered. my mother, my madness is Colleen Higgs’s diary of her mother’s last ten years. It is at once funny, harrowing, mundane, chaotic, and full of...
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La periodista Jineth Bedoya no sólo ha conocido como pocos el tenebroso mundo de las cárceles colombianas, sino que además ha sido víctima de la violencia y la corrupción que campea en ellas. Famosa entre sus colegas y entre los miles de lectores de sus crónicas y libros por haber sido capaz de llegar—en las entrañas de nuestro conflicto armado y las fauces de nuestra más cruda realidad—hasta donde ningún otro comunicador se ha atrevido,...
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Antología de crónicas de Gaziel acerca de la ciudad de Barcelona, publicadas en La Vanguardia entre 1919 y 1933, las cuales el propio autor escogió para una futura publicación que permaneció inédita durante su vida. Una joya literaria, un viaje en el tiempo y una crónica de los cambios que situaron Barcelona en el mapa de las grandes metrópolis europeas.
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