Literature - Philosophy
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I Will Write to Avenge My People: The Nobel Lecture
$7.95 Read morePublished for the first time in a beautiful collectible edition, the essential lecture delivered by the 2022 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Annie Ernaux.
«J’?rirai por venger ma rac- Author: Ernaux, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1644213613
- Language: English
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The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$27.99 Read moreLearn about the greatest works of literature, and the lives of those who wrote them in The Literature Book.
Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a si- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1465429883
- Language: English
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The Lives of Literature: Reading, Teaching, Knowing
$49.92 Read moreA passionate, wry, and personal book about how the greatest works of literature illuminate our lives
Why do we read literature? For Arnold Weinstein, the answer is clear: literature allows us to becom- Author: Weinstein, Arnold
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0691177309
- Language: English
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The Famous Magician
$17.95 Read moreA certain writer (“past sixty, enjoying ‘a certain renown'”) strolls through the old book market in a Buenos Aires park: “My Sunday walk through the market, repeated over so many years, was part of my… [more below]
- Series: Storybook ND
- Author: Aira, César
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0811228894
- Language: English
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Utilidad de Lo Inútil, La
$14.95 Add to cartIn this thought-provoking and extremely timely work, Nuccio Ordine convincingly argues for the utility of useless knowledge and against the contemporary fixation on utilitarianism–for the fundamental… [more below]
- Author: Ordine, Nuccio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 8415689926
- Language: Spanish
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The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature; Revised Edition
$10.99 Add to cartIn this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned book, Ayn Rand throws a new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again Miss Rand eloquently demonstrates her refusal to l… [more below]
- Author: Rand, Ayn
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 1971
- ISBN10: 0451149165
- Language: English
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The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$21.99 Add to cartLearn about the greatest works of literature, and the lives of those who wrote them in The Literature Book.
Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a sim… [more below]- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1465491015
- Language: English
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Six Memos for the Next Millennium
$15.99 Add to cartItalo Calvino’s brilliant reflection on what makes great literature, from the classics to more contemporary works, punctuated with personal details about Calvino’s own writing processes.
At the time of… [more below]
- Author: Calvino, Italo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0544146670
- Language: English
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
$18.00 Add to cartIn Thomas Ligotti’s first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products … [more below]
- Author: Ligotti, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0143133144
- Language: English
