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In this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted ...
... in author undertook a pilgrimage to Florence , where he spent several years in the study of a single manuscript . See Gibbon , chap . 44 , note . See also Giannone , Istoria di Napoli , lib . xi . ch . 11 .... T . The Code called the ...
Jeffrey Meyers tells the extraordinary story of Samuel Johnson one of the most illustrious figures of English literary tradition.
They Left Us Everything is a funny, touching memoir about the importance of preserving family history to make sense of the past, and nurturing family bonds to safeguard the future.
... in author's possession . 90. William Johnson , " The UNITE - HERE Merger : Is It a Step Forward ... or Busi- ness as Usual ? ” Labor Notes , April 2004 . 91. Bill Fletcher Jr. and Fernando Gapasin , Solidarity Divided : The Crisis in ...
The author of the masterly volumes Intellectuals, Creators, and Heroes returns with a collection of biographical portraits of the greatest humorists and wits in history.
As enchanting as her bestselling novels, Flyover Lives is a moving examination of identity and the “wispy but material” family ghosts who shape us.
A new memoir by the author of Minor Characters provides a unique female perspective on the dramatic implications of growing up fatherless, from her birth, childhood, and youth without a male figure in her life, through her unsuccessful ...
... William Johnson , sailor of the War of 1812 , independent trapper , and first bootlegger in the Oregon Country , manufac- turing “ blue ruin , " so dreadful a decoction as to bring about his arrest by the provisional government . Johnson ...
The definitive biography of the fascinating William James, whose life and writing put an indelible stamp on psychology, philosophy, teaching, and religion—on modernism itself.