Winner of the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography: The life of satirist Jonathan Swift, written by a master biographer and leading scholar of eighteenth-century...
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In this richly illustrated portrait, a prize-winning biographer surveys the entire sweep of William Blake’s creative work while telling the story of his life William Blake, over...
A fast-paced narrative about the world-famous libertine Giacomo Casanova, from celebrated biographer Leo Damrosch “Fully succeeds in communicating that ‘vivid presentness,’ that...
The story of the group of extraordinary eighteenth-century writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavern Selected by New York Times Book Review as a Best...
From a critically acclaimed biographer, an engrossing narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson’s life, a story as romantic and adventurous as his fiction “This magnificent biography...
A fast-paced narrative about the world-famous libertine Giacomo Casanova, from celebrated biographer Leo Damrosch “Fully succeeds in communicating that ‘vivid presentness,’ that...
Tocqueville's Discovery of America
Leo Damrosch · ISBN 9780374532598
Julkaistu 2011 Kieli englanti nidottu
Alexis de Tocqueville is more quoted than read; commentators across the political spectrum invoke him as an oracle who defined America and its democracy for all times. But in fa...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius
Leo Damrosch · ISBN 9780618872022
Julkaistu 2007 Kieli englanti nidottu
The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau burst unexpectedly onto the eighteenth-century literary scene as a provocateur whose works electrified readers. An autodidact who had not w...
The Sorrows of the Quaker Jesus
Leo Damrosch · ISBN 9780674330948
Julkaistu 1996 Kieli englanti sidottu
In October 1656 James Nayler, a prominent Quaker leader--second only to George Fox in the nascent movement--rode into Bristol surrounded by followers singing hosannas in deliber...
The Club Lib/E: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
Leo Damrosch · ISBN 9781982664312
Julkaistu 2019 Kieli englanti cd
Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of the Club, a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernIn 1763, the pai...
Seikleja. Giacomo Casanova ja tema aeg
Leo Damrosch · ISBN 9789916707708
Julkaistu 2023 Kieli viro sidottu
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) on küll tuntud oma võrgutaja maine poolest, ent pealiskaudsetest seksuaalsuhetest kaugemale vaadates leiame eest intellektuaali, osava petise, viiul...
The average fly lives between 15-30 days. They have to make every day count. Flies have a different perception of time than humans do. They have the ability to see objects up to...
A family's safari holiday turns into a nightmare. Among the ruins of Perth Station, a technician stumbles upon a disturbing truth. A pride of lions succumbs to a mysterious dise...
A candid memoir by the Bronfman family "consigli
'n Student se dood in die berg by Stellenbosch lyk verdag. 'n Oud-recce vermoor as 'n boodskap. 'n Korrupte politikus se lyk in die sandkuil van Arabella se sestiende putjie. 'n...
"Deon Meyer is one of the unsung masters."--Michael Connelly"Deon Meyer's name on the cover is a guarantee of crime writing at its best."--Tess GerritsenIn a corrupt South Afric...
"Deon Meyer is one of the unsung masters."--Michael Connelly"Deon Meyer's name on the cover is a guarantee of crime writing at its best."--Tess Gerritsen In a corrupt South Afri...
Big-hearted, fun-loving, courageous Leo - your astro-crystal journey starts here!Harness the energy of the stars with the healing power of crystals to create a deeper connection...
Book 4 - Eta and the others find themselves in Tennessee in search of Regulus of the Leo constellation. However, tension continues to rise between Blake and Mark, and Eta finds...