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Author : Jorge Luis Borges
ISBN : 9780802190741
Genre : Literary Collections
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Handpicked works from the greatest Argentinian writer of the twentieth century. “Without Borges the modern Latin American novel simply would not exist” (Carlos Fuentes, author and diplomat). After almost a half a century of scrupulous devotion to his art, Jorge Luis Borges personally compiled this anthology of his work—short stories, essays, poems, and brief mordant “sketches,” which, in Borges’s hands, take on the dimensions of a genre unique in modern letters. In this anthology, the author has put together those pieces on which he would like his reputation to rest; they are not arranged chronologically, but with an eye to their “sympathies and differences.” A Personal Anthology, therefore, is not merely a collection, but a new composition. “An important work, by far the best yet available to the reader . . . who seeks a representative sampling of the great Argentine writer . . . the standard introduction to Borges in England and the United States.” —Saturday Review
Author : David Cecil
ISBN : UOM:39015030931201
Genre : English literature
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A selection of passages and excerpts, in prose and verse, from books particularly appealing to Cecil, with comments indicating their special interest and significance.
Author : Catherine Cookson
ISBN : 0552134074
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In Let Me Make Myself Plain Catherine Cookson may be said to break new ground as an author. The title echoes her first surprised reaction to a television producer's suggestion that she undertake a series of late-night Epilogues. She accepted the challenge with results so successful that many who heard the talks wrote asking for their publication. Here they form the core of a remarkable collection of essays and the poems she modestly dscribes as "prose on short lines", into which she has distilled over the years a deeply personal and hard-won philosophy. Uncompromisingly honest and free of illusion, but with an ultimate message of hope and encouragement, the book is imbued with characteristic down-to-earth common sense and humour. Whether writing of priests or doctors, or looking back to episodes in her Tyneside childhood, she constantly displays all the qualities that have made her one of the world's most widely-read and best-loved novelists.
Author : R. A. D. Ford
ISBN : UCAL:B4397260
Genre : Poetry
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A collection of lovingly translated Russian poetry by various authors including: Sergei Essenin, Evgenny Evtushenko, Boris Pasternak, Andrei Voznesensky and many more!
Author : Primo Levi
ISBN : 0141185554
Genre : Literature
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This is the last complete book published during Levi's lifetime to be translated into English and offers one final look into the mind of one of the most compelling and tragic witnesses of the twentieth century. In THE SEARCH FOR ROOTS, Levi has selected the thirty pieces of prose and poetry most important to him. In doing so, he considers how many of our 'roots' come from the books we've read, and reveals a great deal about both his own tastes and his intellectual preoccupations. Levi's many fans will be fascinated by the pieces he has chosen - with authors selected ranging from Homer, Swift and Melville to Darwin, Marco Polo and a scientist on Black Holes.
Author : Christopher Martin-Jenkins
ISBN : 0571232221
Genre : Cricket
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An anthology of cricket writing which ranges from the game's origins in the Weald to the contemporary professional (and increasingly commercial) sport. The contributors include C .L. R. James, Mike Brearley, Stephen Fry and Edmund Blunden.
Author : John Morgan
ISBN : 0715406868
Genre : Wales
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John Morgan died after a three-year battle against cancer, during which he made a film about his illness for Channel 4 - The Enemy Within. He was first and foremost a journalist and broadcaster, his articles appearing in The New Statesman, The Sunday Times, The Spectator and The Observer, and his face was familiar to viewers of Panorama and Tonight.
