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This 1922 novel is an early example of a modern metafiction.  Based on Van Vechten's own experiences in Paris, and featuring himself as first-person narrator, as well as many of his friends and acquaintances as characters, the novel revolves around an entirely fictional personage, the eponymous Peter Whiffle, a would-be writer.

This book challenges traditional organizational theory, looking to representations of work and organizations within popular culture and the ways in which these institutions have also been conceptualized and critiqued there. Through a series of essays, Rhodes and Westwood examine popular culture as...

"A fascinating study not only of the work of the 18th-century American artisan but of his place in pre-Revolutionary society." — The New Yorker In colonial America, craftsmen comprised the largest segment of the population, after farmers. They were cabinetmakers, silversmiths, pewterers,...

A broad treatment of the cultural, social, political, and literary under-pinnings of an entire period and movement in American letters The Vast and Terrible Drama is a critical study of the context in which authors such as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser,...

BnF collection ebooks - "L'homme d'argent et l'homme sans argent comme Oreste et Pylade, comme Castor et Pollux. Les grandes amitiés de l'antiquité s'éclipsent devant cette amitié-là, qui ne se laisse éclipser par nulle autre."

Language Awareness in the Classroom addresses the central educational question of the impact that explicit language knowledge has on learning and language learning. A substantial Introduction defines the issues and key concepts and relates them to contemporary educational policy and practice...

Eckhart Tolle nous enseigne qu'il est possible de vivre sans souffrance, sans anxiété et sans névrose. Mais pour atteindre cet état d'éveil nous devons arriver à comprendre que nous sommes nous-mêmes les créateurs de notre propre souffrance. Que notre mental, et non pas les autres et notre...

An indispensable map of a classic Zen text. “Mountains and waters are the expression of old buddhas.” So begins “Sansuikyo,” or “Mountains and Waters Sutra,” a masterpiece of poetry and insight from Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century founder of the Soto school of Zen. Shohaku...

* Ausgabe in HD Neunte, neu überarbeitete Auflage - Alle Märchen auf Hochdeutsch - Mit Bilderverzeichnis und 103 vollfarbigen Bildern. Dieses Buch beinhaltet alle vollendeten Märchen der Gebrüder Jakob und Wilhelm Grimm der veröffentlichten Originalausgaben 1 bis 6 von 1812 bis 1850. Mit vier...

The book is divided into two broad sections: In Slavery and Freedom, which features critical research on slavery and post-emancipation society, and Gender Paradigms.

The Weimar Moment’s evocative assault on closure and political reaction, its offering of democracy against the politics of narrow self-interest cloaked in nationalist appeals to Volk and “community” – or, as would be the case in Nazi Germany, “race” – cannot but appeal to us today. This...

The notion of 'the public sphere' has become increasingly central to theories and studies of democracy, media, and culture over the last few decades. It has also gained political importance in the context of the European Union's efforts to strengthen democracy, integration, and identity. The Idea...

Christian Dogmatics is a two-volume survey of loci of Christian doctrine, each treated extensively in terms of its biblical foundations, historical tradition, and contemporary significance. Volume 1 discusses dogmatics, the Trinity, the identity of God, creation, sin, and Christology. Volume...

The Washington Post Bestseller - Now Updated with Five New Chapters and a New Epilogue Unlike President George. W. Bush, Karl Rove, his chief political adviser, is rarely "misunderestimated." Many of the president's opponents see Rove's hand in everything the president does. His friends,...