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Pity the Reader

On Writing with Style

par Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell ...

"A rich, generous book about writing and reading and Kurt Vonnegut as writer, teacher, and friend . . . Every page brings pleasure and insight."— Gail Godwin, New York Times bestselling authorHere is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before ... En savoir plus

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"A rich, generous book about writing and reading and Kurt Vonnegut as writer, teacher, and friend . . . Every page brings pleasure and insight."— Gail Godwin, New York Times bestselling authorHere is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before
... En savoir plus

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Apiádense del lector

Para escribir con estilo

par Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell ...

A Kurt Vonnegut le gustaba decir: "Practicar una forma de arte es una forma de hacer crecer el alma". Apiádense del lector es la encarnación misma de esa idea, un libro sobre la escritura y la vida, y de por qué las dos van de la mano. Maestro de maestros, el autor de Matadero Cinco y Desayuno de campeones fue extremadamente generoso con sus estudiantes: creativo, alentador, poco solemne, ... En savoir plus

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A Kurt Vonnegut le gustaba decir: "Practicar una forma de arte es una forma de hacer crecer el alma". Apiádense del lector es la encarnación misma de esa idea, un libro sobre la escritura y la vida, y de por qué las dos van de la mano. Maestro de maestros, el autor de Matadero Cinco y Desayuno de campeones fue extremadamente generoso con sus estudiantes: creativo, alentador, poco solemne,
... En savoir plus
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Pity the Reader

On Writing With Style

par Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell ...

Lu par Karen White ...

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12 heure 1 min

The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student.Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before has an entire book been devoted to ... En savoir plus

$35.99 CAD

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The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student.Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before has an entire book been devoted to
... En savoir plus

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A People's Guide to Capitalism

An Introduction to Marxist Economics

par Hadas Thier ...

Lu par Jo Anna Perrin ...

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10 heure 18 min

A lively, accessible, and timely guide to Marxist economics for those who want to understand and dismantle the world of the 1%.Economists regularly promote Capitalism as the greatest system ever to grace the planet. With the same breath, they implore us to leave the job of understanding the magical powers of the market to the "experts."Despite the efforts of these mainstream commentators to ... En savoir plus

$27.99 CAD

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A lively, accessible, and timely guide to Marxist economics for those who want to understand and dismantle the world of the 1%.Economists regularly promote Capitalism as the greatest system ever to grace the planet. With the same breath, they implore us to leave the job of understanding the magical powers of the market to the "experts."Despite the efforts of these mainstream commentators to
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The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

par David Bercovici ...

Lu par Jim Meskimen ...

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5 heure 13 min

Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilizationWith wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and ... En savoir plus

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Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilizationWith wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and
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How to Write Like a Writer

A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice

par Thomas C. Foster ...

Lu par David de Vries ...

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8 heure 12 min

The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired professor ... En savoir plus

$32.99 CAD

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The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired professor
... En savoir plus

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Italian Folktales

par Italo Calvino ...

Lu par Edoardo Ballerini ...

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28 heure 59 min

One of the New York Times’s Ten Best Books of the Year: These traditional stories of Italy, retold by a literary master, are “a treasure” (Los Angeles Times).Filled with kings and peasants, saints and ogres—as well as some quite extraordinary plants and animals—these two hundred tales bring to life Italy’s folklore, sometimes with earthy humor, sometimes with noble mystery, and sometimes with the ... En savoir plus

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One of the New York Times’s Ten Best Books of the Year: These traditional stories of Italy, retold by a literary master, are “a treasure” (Los Angeles Times).Filled with kings and peasants, saints and ogres—as well as some quite extraordinary plants and animals—these two hundred tales bring to life Italy’s folklore, sometimes with earthy humor, sometimes with noble mystery, and sometimes with the
... En savoir plus

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The Home Place

Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature

par J. Drew Lanham ...

Lu par J. Drew Lanham ...

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6 heure 48 min

From the fertile soils of love, land, identity, family, and race emerges The Home Place, a big-hearted, unforgettable memoir by ornithologist J. Drew Lanham.Dating back to slavery, Edgefield County, South Carolina—a place "easy to pass by on the way somewhere else"—has been home to generations of Lanhams. In The Home Place, listeners meet these extraordinary people, including Drew himself, who ... En savoir plus

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From the fertile soils of love, land, identity, family, and race emerges The Home Place, a big-hearted, unforgettable memoir by ornithologist J. Drew Lanham.Dating back to slavery, Edgefield County, South Carolina—a place "easy to pass by on the way somewhere else"—has been home to generations of Lanhams. In The Home Place, listeners meet these extraordinary people, including Drew himself, who
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Wild Mind

Living the Writer's Life

par Natalie Goldberg ...

Lu par Natalie Goldberg ...

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3 heure

Writer, poet, and teacher Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling WRITING DOWN THE BONES, shows you how to unleash your "Wild Mind" - the true source of your creative power. In this crisp mix of memoir, teaching guide, nonfiction and poetry, Goldberg strips creativity to the essential mind that is “raw, full of energy, alive, and hungry.”Natalie is compassionate, practical, and humorous. "Even ... En savoir plus

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Writer, poet, and teacher Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling WRITING DOWN THE BONES, shows you how to unleash your "Wild Mind" - the true source of your creative power. In this crisp mix of memoir, teaching guide, nonfiction and poetry, Goldberg strips creativity to the essential mind that is “raw, full of energy, alive, and hungry.”Natalie is compassionate, practical, and humorous. "Even
... En savoir plus

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Culture in Nazi Germany

par Michael H. Kater ...

Lu par David de Vries ...

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16 heure 39 min

A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis.Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the ... En savoir plus

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A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis.Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the
... En savoir plus

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Inheritors of the Earth

How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction

par Chris D. Thomas ...

Lu par Bob Reed ...

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9 heure 52 min

Human activity has irreversibly changed the natural environment. But the news isn't all bad.It's accepted wisdom today that human beings have permanently damaged the natural world, causing extinction, deforestation, pollution, and of course climate change. But in Inheritors of the Earth, biologist Chris Thomas shows that this obscures a more hopeful truth -- we're also helping nature grow and ... En savoir plus

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Human activity has irreversibly changed the natural environment. But the news isn't all bad.It's accepted wisdom today that human beings have permanently damaged the natural world, causing extinction, deforestation, pollution, and of course climate change. But in Inheritors of the Earth, biologist Chris Thomas shows that this obscures a more hopeful truth -- we're also helping nature grow and
... En savoir plus

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World of Our Fathers

The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made

par Irving Howe ...

Lu par David Colacci ...

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35 heure 56 min

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, two million Jewish immigrants poured into America, leaving places like Warsaw or the Russian shtetls to pass through Ellis Island and start over in the New World. This is a "brilliant" account of their stories (the New York Times).Though some moved on to Philadelphia, Chicago, and other points west, many of these new citizens settled in New ... En savoir plus

$48.99 CAD

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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, two million Jewish immigrants poured into America, leaving places like Warsaw or the Russian shtetls to pass through Ellis Island and start over in the New World. This is a "brilliant" account of their stories (the New York Times).Though some moved on to Philadelphia, Chicago, and other points west, many of these new citizens settled in New
... En savoir plus

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