Edgar Allan Poe. Willa Cather. Henry David Thoreau. Mark Twain. The list of important American writers goes on and on. These voices played a vital role in shaping the scope of American literature, and the United States itself. But too often, textbooks reduce this storied history to dry text that would put even a tenured professor to sleep.
American Lit 101 is an engaging and comprehensive guide through the major players in American literature. From colonialism to postmodernism and every literary movement in between, this primer is packed with hundreds of entertaining tidbits and concepts, along with easy-to-understand explanations on why each author's work was important then and still relevant now. So whether you're looking for a refresher course on key American literature or want to learn about it for the first time, American Lit 101 has all the answers--even the ones you didn't know you were looking for.
Fear The world's most famous monk Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us how to overcome and embrace the emotion of fear. 'Thich Nhat Hanh does not merely teach peace; Thich Nhat Hanh is peace' Elizabeth Gilbert
My Sweet Orange Tree Meet Zeze - Brazil's naughtiest and most loveable boy, his talent for mischief matched only by his great kindness. When he grows up he wants to be a 'poet with a
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of
Ophelie is a thirty years old city-dweller who's joined the guerilla gardening movement fighting for decades to bring more green back into cities - and now she's putting the guerillas' motto into action by reviving
Alice A mind-bending new novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis C In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls
THÔNG TIN SÁCH Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 196 Kích thước: 130 x 198 x 41 (mm) Stephen King's legendary debut, about a teenage outcast and the revenge she enacts on her classmates, is
THÔNG TIN CƠ BẢN: Công ty phát hành: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nhà xuất bản: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Tác giả: Cory Doctorow Kích thước: 147 x 229 x 30 (mm) Số trang: 772 Năm xuất bản:
South Of The Border, West Of The Sun Following the massive complexity of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle--Haruki Murakami's best-selling, award-winning novel--comes this deceptively simple love story, a contemporary rendering of the romance in which a
Hear the Wind Sing Acclaimed, best-selling Haruki Murakami's debut short novels, newly re-translated and in one English-language volume for the first time--with a new introduction by the author. After almost thirty years out of print,
Tác giả: Toshikazu Kawaguchi Nhà xuất bản: Picador Năm xuất bản: 2023 Công ty phát hành: Book 66 Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 175 Trang Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh ISBN: 9781035023431 -------------------------------------- Tác phẩm
The iconic bags, the instantly recognizable packaging, the celebrity fans – Hèrmes is the last word in luxurious accessories. Through the generations, Hermès have created innovative and exquisite accessories for the most glamorous customers. From
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Tập này là một kho tàng đầy phấn khởi và rùng rợn, gồm 25 câu chuyện về những điều kỳ lạ và ám ảnh, được xem là những câu chuyện kỳ quái tuyệt vời nhất
Sophie Whitehouse has a lovely home, two adorable children, and a handsome, successful husband. In other words, she has the “perfect” life. But everything changes the night her husband James comes home and confesses an
Author: Dante Alighieri Format: Leather | 664 pages Dimensions: 159 x 235 x 36mm | 996g Publication date: 12 Nov 2013 "O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou
Quy cách: Bìa mềm Ngôn ngữ: tiếng Anh #### She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Nashville is where she's come to claim her
Quy cách: bìa mềm Ngôn ngữ: tiếng Anh #### The sixth novel in the multi-award-winning Dune series -- the most famous, widely acclaimed and popular of all science fiction novels, named one of the BBC's
Tác giả: Hermann Hesse Nhà xuất bản: Penguin Năm xuất bản: 2017 Công ty phát hành: 66Books Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 312 Trang Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh ISBN: 9780141984612 Kích thước: 19.8 x
Cinderella Is Dead _______________ 'Kalynn Bayron does more than re-write a fairytale She breaks it apart and rebuilds it into a wholly original and captivating story where girls finally decide for themselves who lives happily
Lịch sử y học cổ đại chính là lịch sử của nền văn minh nhân loại. Trong cuốn sách Y học (The Medical Book), nhà văn khoa học phổ biến Clifford A. Pickover khám phá
Where Is the Amazon? Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since
Tác giả: Sally Rooney Nhà xuất bản: Faber & Faber Năm xuất bản: 2019 Công ty phát hành: Faber & Faber Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 288 Trang Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh ISBN: 9780571334650
'A tense rollercoaster' Sarah Vaughan 'Brilliantly plotted' Liz Nugent 'Incredibly compelling' Shari Lapena 'I raced through' Claire Douglas 'Packs a punch' Sarah Pearse 'Wonderfully atmospheric' BA Paris 'Lures you in until you can't escape' Jane
THÔNG TIN SÁCH Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 192 Kích thước: 178 x 111 x 13 (mm) The Great American Novel of love and betrayal in the Jazz Age. 'I believe that on the
Quy cách: Bìa mềm Ngôn ngữ: tiếng Anh #### A New York Times Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Eloise Bridgerton, in the fifth of her beloved
Mitch Albom creates his most unforgettable fictional character—Frankie Presto, the greatest guitarist to ever walk the earth—in this magical novel about the bands we join in life and the power of talent to change our
When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, what greets her is far from the life of wealth and privilege she was expecting
You-niquely You: An Emmie & Friends Interactive Journal Celebrate all the things that make you unique in this interactive journal featuring Emmie, Bri, and Jaime from the national bestselling Emmie & Friends series. This illustrated
Bộ sưu tập đáng sợ này về những câu chuyện kinh dị sẽ giữ cho bạn thức trắng đêm trong nhiều giờ! Những câu chuyện kinh tâm, những bộ phim kịch tính đáng sợ và
Cuốn sách còn giới thiệu những tác phẩm nghệ thuật xa hoa từ Thời kỳ Hoàng kim của Minh họa, bao gồm tác phẩm của Arthur Rackham, Harry Clarke, Rene Bull và Eleanor Vere Boyle.
In journal entries alternating between two timelines―before and after a tragic accident―Jennie Englund's heartfelt coming-of-age story, Taylor Before and After follows the year that changes one girl’s life forever. Before, Taylor Harper is finally popular,
Presents a new mass-market edition of the classic drama where Hamlet vows to avenge the murder of his father by his brother Claudius. Reissue. 15,000 first printing.
Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything – youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning. She takes a handful of
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall là tiểu thuyết duy nhất của Anne Brontë, được xuất bản năm 2016. Đây là câu chuyện về Helen Graham, một người phụ nữ bí ẩn và độc lập, đã
Word Cloud Classics: The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers, by French writer Alexandre Dumas, was first released in serial form in 1844, a year before Dumas' publication of The Count of Monte Cristo . The
The Housekeeper and the Professor He is a brilliant maths professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury seventeen years ago, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.
Tác giả: Albert Camus Nhà xuất bản: Penguin Năm xuất bản: 2020 Công ty phát hành: 66Books Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 134 Trang Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh ISBN: 9780241400401 Kích thước: 12.9 x
This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the
Crusaders: An Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands From the bestselling author of The Templars. 'Voyages, battles, sieges and slaughter: Dan Jones's tumultuous and thrilling history of the crusades is one of
Bronte Sisters: Three Novels kể những câu chuyện tình yêu, gia đình và xã hội của thế kỷ 19 qua góc nhìn của ba chị em nhà Bronte Bạn sẽ được thưởng thức những tác
Tác giả: Saul Bellow Nhà xuất bản: Penguin Năm xuất bản: 2002 Công ty phát hành: 66Books Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 586 Trang Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh ISBN: 9780141188782 ------------------ Đây là tuyển
In this clear and straight new guide from the author of Grammar 101 and Weather 101, get a crash course in understanding the science behind weather and weather prediction. Weather is everywhere, and while it's
Tác giả: James Baldwin Nhà xuất bản: Penguin Năm xuất bản: 2022 Công ty phát hành: 66Books Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 204 Trang Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh ISBN: 9780140184471 Kích thước: 12.9 x
Housebreaking 'A brilliant and exciting debut' Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. 'Darkly funny . . . For fans of Elizabeth Strout, Ottessa Moshfegh' Sharlene Teo, award-winning author of Ponti
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." ( Randy Pausch) A lot of professors give talks entitled "The Last Lecture". Professors are asked to consider their demise and
Two Cats Sitting At A Window “Two Cats Sitting at a Window” is the first fable-style story written by beloved Vietnamese author Nguyễn Nhật Ánh. It tells a quirky and heartwarming tale of friendship between
Quy cách: bìa mềm Ngôn ngữ: tiếng Anh #### The fifth novel in the multi-award-winning Dune series -- the most famous, widely acclaimed and popular of all science fiction novels, named one of the BBC's
Quy cách: Bìa mềm NXB: Simon Schuster Ngôn ngữ: tiếng Anh #### From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín,
Quy cách: bìa cứng Ngôn ngữ: tiếng Anh #### Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans. 'All I did was go to
Tác giả: Sally Rooney Nhà xuất bản: Faber & Faber Năm xuất bản: 2022 Công ty phát hành: Book 66 Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 352 Trang Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh ISBN: 9780571333134 --------------------------
The Be Series is here to inspire, support and spread positivity! Each title contains uplifting quotations to support the reader and encourage them towards their goal, and matched with beautiful watercolour washes giving them a
Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for
The Cheerleaders The Cheerleaders is Kara Thomas' edge-of-your-seat thriller about an eerie sequence of seemingly unrelated events that leaves five cheerleaders dead. 'Sharp, brilliantly plotted, and totally engrossing' - Karen McManus, New York Times-bestselling author
Quy cách: Bìa mềm Ngôn ngữ: tiếng Anh John Updike compared them to ‘the sun coming out on an Easter morning’. Bob Dylan introduced them to drugs. The Duchess of Windsor adored them. Noel Coward
Middlemarch - tuyệt phẩm của George Eliot, một trong những nhà văn nữ xuất sắc nhất mọi thời đại. Middlemarch là một tiểu thuyết dài gồm tám phần, kể về cuộc sống của nhiều nhân
Tác giả: Simone De Beauvoir Nhà xuất bản: Vintage Năm xuất bản: 1992 Công ty phát hành: 66Books Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 532 Trang Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh ISBN: 9780099914907 ------------------------------ Năm 1983
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA COVER TO COVER BOOK CLUB PICK "Rich, dark, and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect." --Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author
Tác giả: Joseph Heller Nhà xuất bản: Vintage Năm xuất bản: 2011 Công ty phát hành: 66Books Loại bìa: Bìa mềm Số trang: 519 Trang Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh ISBN: 9781784876029 Kích thước: 12.8 x
Eleven Minutes tells the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find
Quy cách: Bìa mềm NXB: Simon and Schuster Ngôn ngữ: tiếng Anh #### From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Your Perfects and It Ends With Us. SOMETIMES TWO PEOPLE HAVE TO
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