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This comprehensive collection - without images and optimized in file size for quick access - contains: A Modern Utopia A Short History of the World An Englishman Looks at the World / Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story Anticipations / Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought Bealby; A Holiday Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump / Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times Certain Personal Matters First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little War...
A partial reconstruction of Bremen passenger lists based on U.S. sources. Not all Bremen passengers are included; only those giving a specific place of origin in Germany. This is about 21%; those giving only "Germany" as place of origin was about 79%.
Embark on an insightful journey with H. G. Wells’ Mr. Britling Sees It Through, a novel that offers a profound exploration of personal and political turmoil during World War I. This thought-provoking work delves into the life of Mr. Britling, whose reflections on the war and its impact reveal the complex interplay between individual experiences and global events. As Wells’ narrative unfolds, you’ll follow Mr. Britling’s evolving perspectives on the war, uncovering the inner conflicts and moral dilemmas faced by those living through one of history’s most tumultuous periods. The novel presents a candid and introspective examination of the war’s effects on personal ideals and societ...
In 1930s Newark, saloon keeper Hymie Bender is visited by Death, but his guardian angel who works as a barman intervenes. The angel convinces Death to let Bender live and find a substitute to fill Death's quota. Bender begins searching for someone to die in his place. A first novel.
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Raymond Carver's personal story as a writer became publicly known through an unusually intense cooperation with his literary agent Gordon Lish. Carver’s career can be viewed as the story of a fight for the control of his writerly voice in which he is doomed to fail due to the heterogeneity characterizing the genesis of his works. The parallel versions of the same stories in the Carver canon not only pose a threat to any attempt of a simplistic evaluation of his literary legacy but also raise questions about the authority of the writer. The author of the present book considers the choices Carver, Lish and other editors made part of the collective social act of manufacturing and attempts to carry out a neutral analysis of the various versions.
Comprehensive analysis of how Harlem and the Lower East Side have been depicted over the course of the twentieth century in African American and Jewish American literature.