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The Communist manifesto (Oxford world's classics)
Par Karl Marx. 1998
Political and economic theory of social organization, first published as the platform of the Communist League. Anticapitalist work based on…
collective government ownership and democratic management of production and distribution of goodsTon kaki qui t'adore: lettres d'amour en temps de guerre
Par Denys Lessard. 2008
"Jeannine et Gérard se rencontrent en mars 1942. Elle a 19 ans, lui 21. Deux mois plus tard, ils échangent…
leur premier baiser. Mais en août, la conscription sépare nos deux amoureux. Gérard est enrôlé dans l'armée canadienne, où il restera trois ans sans jamais être envoyé au front. Ils s'écriront plus d'un millier de lettres (une par jour), entretenant une relation amoureuse passionnée qui trouvera son accomplissement à leur mariage à la fin de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, en juillet 1945. Les quelques lettres présentées ici, tirées de cette monumentale correspondance, témoignent de la ferveur de cet amour de jeunesse, des difficultés soulevées par l'absence et l'éloignement, traçant un portrait touchant de cette génération d'amoureux contrariés par la guerre, mais animés par l'espoir, la foi et le désir. [...]" -- 4e de couvMaya Angelou: journey of the heart (Rainbow biography)
Par Jayne Pettit. 1998
Presents the life of Maya Angelou from her childhood through her years as a poet, author, civil-rights activist, entertainer, and…
professor. Describes how her creativity and hard work have promoted the success of African Americans through poetry, writing, and teaching. For junior and senior high readersEx libris: confessions of a common reader
Par Anne Fadiman. 1998
Eighteen essays written over four years reveal the author's bibliomania and compulsive proofreading habit. In "Marrying Libraries," she admits that…
only after five years of marriage and a child were she and her husband intimate enough to mingle their book collections. In "Insert a Carrot," she describes her family's need to correct misspellings, even on menusThe history of Henry IV, part 1
Par William Shakespeare. 1994
First published in 1598. Depicts the early years of the reign of England's Henry IV. The Earl of Northumberland's son,…
Hotspur, becomes Henry's opponent. Eventually Henry's son, Prince Hal, leaves the merrymaker Falstaff to join the battle at Shrewsbury against Hotspur. Annotated version with historical background and essay on literary perspectiveCrabcakes
Par James McPherson. 1998
The Pulitzer prize-winning African American author records autobiographical episodes and meditates on their meaning. The taste of Maryland crabcakes became…
firmly imprinted on his consciousness during his stay in Baltimore and remained with him even when he moved to Iowa and Japan. Some strong languagePoetry, short stories, memoirs, essays, and a play selected from works by twenty-three authors. Many of the pieces express feelings…
about the writers' physical conditions, which range from congenital deafness to gradual hearing loss to hearing impairment. Includes brief biographical sketchesWilliam Shakespeare: a compact documentary life
Par S Schoenbaum. 1987
Schoenbaum presents a scholarly biography based on written records. Recounts Shakespeare's simple life story as evidenced in documents found in…
Stratford, where he was born, raised, and died, and in London, where he gained his livelihoodThe dreams our stuff is made of: how science fiction conquered the world
Par Thomas Disch. 1998
The author explores the influence that science fiction writing has had on American culture. He describes how the genre impacts…
on politics, religion, and daily life, traces the evolution of this style of writing beginning with Edgar Allan Poe, and discusses well-known writers and their worksFive plays by the English dramatist written between 1775 and 1779. These polished, satirical comedies of manners have a history…
of successful stage performances. This edition from the Oxford World's Classics series contains a twentieth-century introduction and explanatory notes for each playThe history of Henry IV, part 2
Par William Shakespeare. 1961
First published in 1600. An annotated version of Shakespeare's play involving Prince Hal, Falstaff, and the troubled monarch, Henry IV.…
Provides historical perspective and plot summaries. Defines obscure terms and uses modern spellingMystery and manners: occasional prose (Fsg Classics Ser.)
Par Flannery O'Connor. 1962
Fifteen articles and essays, mostly discussing the art of fiction, published by O'Connor in her lifetime or revised from her…
speech manuscripts. Many pieces are on the study and practice of writing, including "The Nature and Aim of Fiction" and "Writing Short Stories."Meditations from a movable chair: essays
Par Andre Dubus. 1988
Twenty-five essays, many describing the author's feelings about being physically dependent on other people or mechanical devices since a car…
accident in 1986 put him in a wheelchair. In "Liv Ullmann in Spring," Dubus recounts his difficulties in attending an authors' dinner but says meeting Ullmann was worth all the effort. Some strong languageNorth of now: a celebration of country and the soon to be gone
Par W. D Wetherell. 1998
The author laments the passing of the quiet country lifestyle. Wetherell lives in rural New Hampshire and reminisces about pleasures…
in the simple things in life--trout fishing, stargazing, reading, and walking. Describes "baby boomers" as links between the world as it has been for centuries and the new millenniumThe Pied Piper of Hamelin
Par Robert Browning. 1993
Folktale in verse. The town of Hamelin employs a mysterious piper to save them from a plague of rats. When…
the townspeople refuse to pay him for his work, the piper takes magical revenge. For grades 3-6Remember laughter: a life of James Thurber
Par Neil Grauer. 1994
Biography of the twentieth-century American humorist best known for his stories and cartoons featured in the New Yorker in the…
1930s and 1940s. Thurber, who published most of his writing after the onset of blindness in the early 1940s, was renowned for such works as My Life and Hard Times (RC 21038) and Thurber Carnival (RC 18374). Some strong languageInventing Mark Twain: the lives of Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Par Andrew Hoffman. 1997
Life of the beloved American writer and humorist who died in 1910 at the age of seventy-four. Hoffman explores the…
persona of Clemens's alter ego Mark Twain, an idealized public image used not only as a vehicle for self-promotion but also to rewrite a painful past. Some strong languageThe three Theban plays (Penguin classics)
Par Sophocles. 1984
Plays from the fifth century B.C. In Oedipus the King, a young man is warned by an oracle that he…
will kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus at Colonus describes how the people of Thebes seek the return of the aged exile. In Antigone, the new king of Thebes refuses to permit his nephew's burial. Antigone defies his edict and suffers the consequencesTanglewood tales (Airmont classics)
Par Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1968
Even the stars look lonesome
Par Maya Angelou. 1997
Twenty essays on topics such as aging, fame, family, marriages, sexuality, and Africa. In "A House Can Hurt, a Home…
Can Heal," Angelou discusses how her marriage breakup was related to her house, and the contentment she felt in her new home. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller