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Blutige Orchideen-Bloody Orchids 1
Teil 1 - dendrobium
Language: German
Release Date: September 15, 2014
TEIL 1: DENDROBIUM Was haben Orchideen mit Mord zu tun? In Jennifer B. Winds Kurzkrimis eine ganze Menge. Und dieses Lesevergnügen gibt es hier nicht nur auf Deutsch, sondern im gleichen Band auch auf Englisch - gibt es eine spannendere Möglichkeit, Sprachkenntnisse aufzufrischen? - Inklusive Ratekrimi!...
by Whiz Books
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018
Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (Trivia/Quiz for Fans)
Download your own copy now of Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs by Whiz Books and start reading your favorite book in trivia and quiz format as a challenge for yourself or with and family! These questions bring out the best nuggets and aid...
by Whiz Books
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
Varina by Charles Frazier (Trivia/Quiz for Fans)
Download your own copy now of Varina by Charles Frazier by Whiz Books and start reading your favorite book in trivia and quiz format as a challenge for yourself or with and family! These questions bring out the best nuggets and aid in further...
by Whiz Books
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis (Trivia/Quiz for Fans)
Girl, Wash Your Face has received astounding ratings on Amazon (with 5 stars) and Goodreads (with 4.3 stars) since its release on February 6, 2018....
by Dona Herweck Rice, Emily R. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Excite and engage your students with this instructional guide for Hamilton: An American Musical. This classroom resource provides rigorous activities and questions for students studying Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway musical. This resource provides engaging activities that incorporate the following...
Le livre-échange
Vies du livre & pratiques des lecteurs
Language: French
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Les livres, comme les chats, auraient neuf vies. Leur passage en librairie dure quelques semaines, mais une autre vie commence dans les mains des lecteurs et des lectrices.
Aimer un livre, c'est le prêter, l'offrir, le recommander, en parler, le commenter sur son blog, le présenter sur YouTube...
The Written World
The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history
In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal...
So Many Books, So Little Time
A Year of Passionate Reading
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
“Will make many readers smile with recognition.”—The New Yorker
“Readaholics, meet your new best friend.”—People
**“This book is bliss.”—**The Boston Globe
Sometimes subtle, sometimes striking, the interplay between our lives and our books is the subject of this...
By the Book
Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them
Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian, short story writer, or artist will be the subject of the popular By...
Montaigne in Barn Boots
An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
The beloved memoirist and bestselling author of Population: 485 reflects on the lessons he’s learned from his unlikely alter ego, French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne.
"The journey began on a gurney," writes Michael Perry, describing the debilitating kidney stone that...
Textuality and Knowledge
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
In literary investigation all evidence is textual, dependent on preservation in material copies. Copies, however, are vulnerable to inadvertent and purposeful change. In this volume, Peter Shillingsburg explores the implications of this central concept of textual scholarship.
Through thirteen...
Changing My Mind
Occasional Essays
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
"[These essays] reflect a lively, unselfconscious, rigorous, erudite, and earnestly open mind that's busy refining its view of life, literature, and a great deal in between." —Los Angeles Times
Split into five sections--Reading, Being, Seeing, Feeling, and Remembering--Changing My Mind finds...
Don't Know Much About Literature
What You Need to Know but Never Learned About Great Books and Authors
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2009
From Homer to Harry Potter, from Chaucer to Charlotte's Web, acompelling book of quizzes on history's most influential literary worksand writers
Did a whale named "Mocha Dick" inspire Melville's masterpiece?
Who was the first poet to speak at a presidential inauguration?
Which French-speaking...
On Difficulty
And Other Essays
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
A distinguished collection of essays on language, literature, and philosophy from acclaimed scholar and critic George Steiner
On Difficulty is as provocative and relevant today as when its essays were first published. Ranging from critical topics such as the understanding of language to the...