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Diese Essays des großen Orientalisten Albert Hourani, der mit seiner ›Geschichte der arabischen Völker‹ in Deutschland einen großen Erfolg feierte, dienen dem Verständnis zwischen Europa und den arabischen Ländern. Sie sind in der Zeit der Spannung zwischen dem Islam und dem Westen ein wichtiger...

"Der Sinn des Lesens" ist nicht nur die Chronik eines angekündigten Todes, sondern gewährt einen wesentlichen Blick auf die Bedeutung der Literatur: ihren Sinn fürs Leben.Im Sommer 2013 wurde bei dem niederländischen Journalisten und Buchliebhaber Pieter Steinz die unheilbare Nervenkrankheit...

Der russische Literaturwissenschaftler Lew Kopelew stellt seine Auseinandersetzungen mit Autoren aus der Bundesrepublik und der DDR vor. In leicht lesbaren Essays erfahren wir Aufschlußreiches über Bertolt Brecht und die russische Theaterrevolution, über Anna Seghers, Erwin Strittmatter, Gerhard...

'Ein Fußballfieber auf Ebene der Europa- oder Weltmeisterschaft verdient aber in Wahrheit eine andere Titulierung: das Aufkommen faschistoider Elemente - was zunächst nicht deckungsgleich mit Faschismus ist! -, die aber von der Mehrheit der Bevölkerung als legitim aufgefasst werden!' Kulturkritik...

While best known as the creator of Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) was also a thoughtful and precise prose writer who knew how to explain his craft in clear and engaging ways. My Life with Charlie Brown brings together his major prose writings, many published here for the first time.Schulz's...

Dark, deviant, and deliriously funny, Jude Angelini writes in the colloquial vein of Charles Bukowski, using his unique, natural voice to tell stories from his life. He writes about his sexual encounters—both strange and intimate—alongside stories from his childhood and his tell-all experiences...

Whether you are new to writing or an experienced veteran, when the going gets tough, this wonderful book by acclaimed author Susan Gabriel will provide you with inspiration, writing tips and encouragement to get going again and keep going. Here's what thrilled women writers are saying about this...

Twelve essays by a Japanese-American writer about being caught between past and present, old country and new.

Why do you garden? For fun? Work? Food? The reasons to garden are as unique as the gardener. The Roots of My Obsession features thirty essays from the most vital voices in gardening, exploring the myriad motives and impulses that cause a person to become a gardener. For some, it’s the quest...

In 2016, Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition’. This collection of essays by leading poets and critics – with a new foreword by Will Self – examines Dylan’s poetic genius, as well as his astounding...

The first volume in Hunter S. Thompson’s bestselling Gonzo Papers offers brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in his signature style. Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling “Gonzo Papers” is now back in print. The Great Shark Hunt is Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s...

Known for his meaty seriocomic novels–expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow–Tom Robbins has also published over the years a number of short pieces, predominantly nonfiction. His travel articles, essays, and tributes to actors, musicians, sex kittens, and thinkers have appeared...

From the best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks--writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks: of overheard...

**“Somewhere between Jo Ann Beard’s The Boys of My Youth and Amy Schumer’s stand-up exists Kim Addonizio’s style of storytelling . . . at once biting and vulnerable, nostalgic without ever veering off into sentimentality.” —Refinery29 “Always vital, clever, and seductive, Addonizio...