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3) Stephen King
Series
Publisher
Salem Press
Language
English
Description
A collection of essays relating to the life and writings of Stephen King.
Author
Language
English
Description
This definitive illustrated survey of all of Alfred Hitchcock's films is a book no movie buff or Hitchcock fan can afford to be without.
The monumental scope of Alfred Hitchcock's work remains unsurpassed by any other movie director, past or present. So many of his movies have achieved classic status that even a partial list—Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo, Spellbound—brings...
The monumental scope of Alfred Hitchcock's work remains unsurpassed by any other movie director, past or present. So many of his movies have achieved classic status that even a partial list—Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo, Spellbound—brings...
Author
Language
English
Description
Smarsh challenged a typically male vision of the rural working class with her first book, Heartland, starring the bold, hard-luck women who raised her. Now, in She Come by It Natural, originally published in a four-part series for The Journal of Roots Music, No Depression, Smarsh explores the overlooked contributions to social progress by such women -- including those averse to the term "feminism" -- as exemplified by Dolly Parton's life and art....
8) Jane Austen
Series
Publisher
Salem Press
Language
English
Description
Examines the individual author's entire body of work and on his/her single works of literature.
9) Mark Twain
Series
Publisher
Salem Press
Language
English
Description
"The essays in this volume offer a cross section of provocative interpretations of Mark Twain's writings."--About this volume.
10) Maya Angelou
Series
Publisher
EBSCO Information Services, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (x, 295 pages).
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to Maya Angelou and the critical discussions surrounding her work.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Language
English
Description
“The book’s strength is a thorough assessment of Dylan’s career, album by album, song by song. Both longtime fans and newcomers . . . will appreciate.” —Library Journal
With Bob Dylan’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature, his iconic status as an American musical, cultural, and poetic giant has never been more apparent. Bob Dylan: American Troubadour is...
With Bob Dylan’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature, his iconic status as an American musical, cultural, and poetic giant has never been more apparent. Bob Dylan: American Troubadour is...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this unique biography, Fred Kaplan emphasizes Thomas Jefferson's genius with language and his ability to use the power of words to inspire and shape a nation. A man renowned for many talents, writing was one of the major activities of the stateman's life, though much of his best, most influential writing--with the exception of the letters he wrote up to his death, numbering approximately 100,000--was done by 1789, when Jefferson was just forty-six....
14) Cormac McCarthy
Series
Publisher
Salem Press
Language
English
Description
A collection of essays relating to the life and writings of Cormac McCarthy.
15) Gwendolyn Brooks
Series
Publisher
Salem Press
Language
English
Description
"The essays in this volume pay tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks's legacy. They explore Brooks's sustained dialectic with American historical events such as World War II and the Civil Rights movement, the cultural complexities of racial segregation, major movements in black letters such as the Black Arts movement, modernist ideas promoting individuality and exploring the feelings associated with loneliness, rejection of the status quo in society, open critique...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Language
English
Description
"Van Morrison," says Greil Marcus, "remains a singer who can be compared to no other in the history of modern popular music." When Astral Weeks was released in 1968, it was largely ignored. When it was rereleased as a live album in 2009 it reached the top of the Billboard charts, a first for any Van Morrison recording. The wild swings in the music, mirroring the swings in Morrison's success and in people's appreciation (or lack of it)...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu sets out to uncover the truth behind the legendary lost city of Atlantis. A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: Everything we know about the lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. Then he made a second, stranger discovery: Amateur explorers are still actively searching for this sunken city all around the world, based entirely...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Elvis's 1969 opening night in Vegas was his first time back on a live stage in more than eight years. His career had gone sour. He'd been dismissed by most critics as over the hill. But in Vegas, he played the biggest showroom in the biggest hotel in the city, drawing more people for his four-week engagement than any other show in Vegas history. Elvis became Vegas's biggest star. Over the next seven years, he performed more than 600 shows there, and...
19) Albert Camus
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Volume of literary criticism concerning the works of novelist, playwright, and essayist Albert Camus.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Almuzara
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (192 pages)
Language
Español
Description
Aristóteles compone, junto a Hegel y a Tomás de Aquino, la triada de los más relevantes pensadores de la historia de la humanidad. Miles de personas se inspiran en las reflexiones de estos tres intelectuales, pero con frecuencia se subraya la dificultad para acceder de forma comprensible a sus aportaciones. Por primera vez en la historia, alguien ha entrevistado a quien fuera el coach de Alejandro Magno. Entrevista a Aristóteles lleva al lector...
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