George: 12309 books

A hard-hitting, tour de force tale of the mob and the man who makes sure their rules are the only rules, by the American master of crime George V. Higgins.   Jackie Cogan is an enforcer, and when the mob's rules get broken, Cogan is called in to take care of business. This time a high-stakes card...

A distinguished collection of essays on language, literature, and philosophy from acclaimed scholar and critic George Steiner On Difficulty is as provocative and relevant today as when its essays were first published. Ranging from critical topics such as the understanding of language to the...

According to Wikipedia: "Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid in Latin: "Arma virumque cano" (Of arms and the man I sing). The play was first produced on April 21, 1894 at the Avenue Theatre, and published in 1898 as part of...

Uno de los ensayos más célebres de George Orwell, en el que disecciona el ambiente social y literario en la Europa de los años treinta. En el vientre de la ballena es un ensayo dividido en tres partes donde el autor emplea el relato bíblico de Jonás y la ballena para ejemplificar la actitud...

According to Wikipedia.com, "George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism,...

El hallazgo ficticio de un pergamino dañado por el fuego en las ruinas de una villa de Herculano invita a George Steiner a interpretar el sentido del texto original, que algunos atribuyen a Epicarno de Agra. El legado de este supuesto moralista y retórico del siglo II a. C. se confunde con lo que...

George Orwell es el mejor ensayista inglés del siglo XX y esta es la mejor y más amplia antología de su obra. «Escribo porque existe alguna mentira que aspiro a denunciar, algún hecho sobre el cual quiero llamar la atención [...] pero no podría realizar el trabajo de escribir un libro,...

Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the rules have been traced to a French etiquette manual, dating from the...

«Steiner escribe para comunicar ideas y sus originales concepciones consiguen el efecto del pensamiento de primer orden.»      The New Yorker George Steiner nos ofrece en La poesía del pensamiento una esclarecedora visión de la inseparable relación que existe entre la filosofía occidental...

This volume collects 8 pioneering essays (and a humorous epistolary exchange) by the late H.P. Lovecraft scholar, George T. Wetzel. This is the largest single volume of Wetzel's nonfiction ever published. Included are: "Biographic Notes on Lovecraft" (from HPL, 1971) "The Mechanistic Supernatural of...

1984 By George Orwell Synopsis Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel written by the English novelist George Orwell whose popular writings include "The Road to Wigan Pier", "Homage to Catalonia", and "Animal Farm". After the deadly Global war, the world...

The Autobiography of Henry VIII is the magnificent historical novel that established Margaret George's career. Evocatively written in the first person as Henry VIII's private journals, the novel was the product of fifteen years of meticulous research and five handwritten drafts. Much has been...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

This carefully crafted ebook: “CLASSICS FOR CHRISTMAS: 180+ Novels, Christmas Tales, Poems & Carols in One Volume (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy)...