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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors(2009) SONTAG, SUSANReveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, this study shows caVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
What Am I Doing Here?(1998) CHATWIN, BRUCEIn this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; and to Nepal where he reminds us that 'Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journeyVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Reflections on Exile: And Other Literary and Cultural Essays(2012) EDWARD SAIDVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Proper Study Of Mankind(2013) BERLIN, ISAIAHIsaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the century, and one of the finest writers. This title selects some of the best of his essays. It encapsulates the principal movements that characterise the modern age: romanticism, historicism, Fascism, reVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Rural Rides(2001) COBBETT, WILLIAMWilliam Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and outbursts at the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor. Ian Dyck places these accounts in the context of Cobbett'sVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Souls of Black Folk(2008) DU BOIS, W. E. B.The Souls of Black Folk is a classic study of race, culture, and education at the turn of the twentieth century. A singular combination of essays, memoir, and fiction, the book is a searing account of the situation of African Americans in the United StateVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works(2000) SWIFT, JONATHANTreasury of 5 shorter works includes title piece plus The Battle of the Books, A Meditation Upon a Broom-Stick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit and The Abolishing of Christianity in England.Vezava: Mehka4,89 € -
War Against Cliche(2002) AMIS, MARTINLike John Updike, Martin Amis is the pre-eminent novelist-critic of his generation. Naipaul, Kurt Vonnegut, Iris Murdoch, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Don DeLillo, Elmore Leonard, Michael Crichton, Thomas Harris - and John Updike.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Vindication of the Rights of Woman(2004) WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARYFirst published in 1792, Wollstonecraft's book attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity and laid out the principles of emancipation - an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by theirVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Fight(2000) MAILER, NORMANMuhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. TVezava: Mehka15,41 €
