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Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Whether you're a long-time fan of British author Samuel Butler (best known for his shrewd satire of utopian fiction, Erewhon) or you're just diving into his diverse body of work, this omnibus collection is an engaging read that's sure to catch and hold your interest. It contains excerpts from both his fiction and his non-fiction and serves as a suitable overview of his unique oeuvre.
Author
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this book, Robert Leeson and Charles Palm have assembled an amazing collection of Milton Friedman's best works on freedom. Even more amazing is that the selection represents only 1 percent of the 1,500 works by Friedman that Leeson and Palm have put online in a user-friendly format-and an even smaller percentage if you include their archive of Friedman's audio and television recordings, correspondence, and other writings. This book and the larger...
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The Fountainhead, which became one of the most influential and widely read philosophical novels of the twentieth century, made Ayn Rand famous. An impassioned proponent of rational self-interest, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism, she expressed her unique views in numerous works of fiction and non-fiction that have been brought together for the first time in this one-of-a-kind volume. The Fountainhead, which became one of the most influential...
Author
Publisher
Vintage International, Vintage Books, a Division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Perhaps the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, Albert Camus (1913-1960), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, is more relevant today than ever before. Personal Writing brings together, for the first time, thematically-linked essays from across Camus's writing career that reflect the scope of his personal preoccupations. Featuring a foreword by acclaimed Camus scholar Alice Kaplan (author of Looking for the Stranger), this volume...
Author
Series
Yale studies in English ; 143
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
1960.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Multiple
Description
Founded in 1967, The Montreux Jazz Festival has established itself as one of the most prestigious annual music events in the world. The extraordinary list of artists who have played there is drawn from across the musical spectrum and from around the world... Miles Davis / Live at Montreux / Highlights 1973-1991 / Miles Davis is universally regarded as one of the most influential and innovative jazz musicians and composers of the 20th Century. He was...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Pub. Date
[1954]
Language
English
Description
Robert C. Benchley's sketches and articles, published in periodicals like "Life," "Vanity Fair," and "The New Yorker," earned him a reputation as one of the sharpest humorists of his time. His influence on contemporaries such as E.B. White, James Thurber, and S.J. Perelman, or followers like Woody Allen, Steve Martin, and Richard Pryor, has left an indelible mark on the American comic tradition. "The Benchley Roundup," a compendium of the most endearing...
Author
Publisher
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Since the mid-1970s, Barbara Kruger (born 1945) has been interrogating consumer culture in works that often combine visual and written language. In her singular graphic style, Kruger probes aspects of identity, desire and consumerism that are embedded in our everyday lives. This volume traces her continuously evolving practice to reveal how she adapts her work in accordance with the moment, site and context. The book features a range of striking images--from...
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