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Joseph Epstein
Joseph Epstein is the author of, among other books, Snobbery: The American Version, Fabulous Small Jews (a collection of stories), Envy, and Friendship: An Exposé. He was the editor of The American Scholar between 1974 and 1997, and for many ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Spencer Nadler
Spencer Nadler, M.D., has practiced surgical pathology for more than twenty-five years in Southern California. His essays have appeared in Harper's, The Massachusetts Review, Cross Currents, The Missouri Review, The American Scholar, and Reader's ... [... more]
Random House |
Paula Gunn Allen
Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women Native American scholar, literary critic, poet, and novelist Paula Gunn Allen, who is herself a Laguna Pueblo-Sioux Indian, became increasingly aware in her academic career that ... [... more]
Random House |
Wayne Curtis
Wayne Curtis is a contributing editor to Preservation magazine, and his stories on travel, architecture, and history have appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The American Scholar, and American Heritage. In 2002 Curtis was named ... [... more]
Random House |
Allegra Goodman
Allegra Goodman's work has appeared in the New Yorker, Good Housekeeping, Slate, and the American Scholar. Named by the New Yorker as one of the twenty best writers under forty, she is also the recipient of a Whiting Award and the Salon magazine ... [... more]
Random House |
Alexis De Tocqueville
One of America's premier essayists, Joseph Epstein was the editor of The American Scholar for 25 years and has taught--and continues to teach--advanced prose, the reading and writing of fiction, the sociology of literature, autobiography, ... [... more]
Random House |
Brooks Atkinson
The definitive collection of Emerson's major speeches, essays, and poetry, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life's work of a true "American Scholar." As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movement, [... more]
Random House |
The Secret of the Incas: Myth, Astronomy, and the War ...
The Secret of the Incas : Myth, Astronomy, and the War Again: William Sullivan decodes the myths of the Incas. Secrets of the Incas chronicles how Dr Sullivan first learned to decode ancient Andean myths. These myths - which were recorded by the Spanish [... more]
CDN$34.00
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Cultus Americanus: Varieties of the Liberal Tradition in ...
Superb, thoughtful, excellent: This book, written by the acclaimed scholar Brent Gilchrist, Professor of Political Philosophy at Brigham Young University and Honored Alum of Carleton University, is an excellent read. It does a great job of brining a new [... more]
CDN$88.29
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Stalin's Last Crime: The Plot Against the Jewish ...
Superb Description of a Dictator's Spinmastery: As someone familiar with Russian history, I enjoyed this book. Among others, it debunks the myth that Stalin was weak and out of touch at the time of his death. The fact is he was clearly in control up [... more]
CDN$41.95
Amazon CA |
E M Forster
A Cook's Tour by Trilling of E.M. Forster: E.M. FORSTER by Lionel Trilling When an eminent American scholar and critic takes as subject for a literary analysis a notable English author a reader can expect a tasty feast for the mind. Trilling does not [... more]
CDN$12.99
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Signet Classics Selected Writings
Very good book, excellent quality, plenty of writings: Contains several writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson including Walden, Essay's 1: Art, Friendship, Self reliance Essay's 2: The Poet, Gifts, Nature, Politics, Nominalist and realist. It also contains his [... more]
CDN$9.99
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