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A collection of personal writings by 44 major philosophers, gleaned from their letters, journals, and prefaces, as well as from the main body of their works, portraying their doubts, struggles, and triumphs, and shedding light on the many and conflicting aims and strategies of philosophical writing.
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At a time when the memoir has never been more popular, Memory and Narrative presents an account of how the weave of life-writing has altered over time to arrive at its present form. James Olney, tells the story of an evolving literary form that originated in the autobiographical writings of St. Augustine, underwent profound and disruptive changes in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's life-writing trilogy, and found its momentary conclusion in the body of Samuel...
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"Beginning with a wonderful portrait of the author's remarkable father, the book follows Dos Passos through Harvard; through World War I as an ambulance driver in France and Italy; through the chaotic postwar Middle East; through the vast reaches of Soviet Russia; the 'Russian experiment' and through the literary world on both sides of the Atlantic." -- Dust jacket.
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Yehudi Menuhin is one of those rare men who is truly a legend in his own time. In rich and wonderfully candid detail, the great violinist tells the story of his life, recounting the defining moments in his crowded and fascinating journey that began when, as a small boy, he captivated the world. Here, too, Menuhin tells of his friendships and collaborations with Serkin, and also Benjamin Britten, Sibelius, Bartok, Glenn Gould, Casals, Heifetz, Sir...
14) The woman within
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Autobiography detailing Glasgow's progression as an author and the influences essential for her becoming a Southern American woman writer.
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Robert S. McNamara, secretary of defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, helped lead America into Vietnam. McNamara believed that the fight against communism in Asia was worth the sacrifice of American lives, and yet he eventually came to believe that the war was, in fact, unwinnable. Outnumbered by those who wanted to continue fighting, he left the Johnson administration and his involvement in Vietnam behind. He refused any public comment on...
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"The memoir of opera singer Blanche Arral is the international adventure tale of a lifetime, complete with intrepid heroine whom readers will love for her exuberant temperament and irresistible charm. Born in Belgium as Clara Lardinois, the youngest of seventeen children, Arral was destined for a life wilder than fiction. She began her career at the Opera-Comique in Paris, where Massenet added a small part to Manon for her, but her love for adventure...
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