Julian and James are good buddies. They like to hang out, have beers, and have sex with beautiful women together. The first story of a series of straight men going around making girls' dreams come true. Desmond Blume brings forth round characters that will make you fall in love; in a story in which sex and experimentation are natural and fun. His intricate writing style shines through as he delves into the psyche of straight men who ...
The surprising final chapter of a great American life. When the first volume of Mark Twain’s uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his works and a crucial document for our understanding of the great humorist’s life and times. This third and final volume crowns and completes his life’s work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series ...
Второй том собрания сочинений Виктора Шкловского посвящен многообразию и внутреннему единству биографических стратегий, благодаря которым стиль повествователя определял судьбу автора. В томе объединены ранняя автобиографическая трилогия («Сентиментальное путешествие», «Zoo», «Третья фабрика»), очерковые воспоминания об Отечественной войне, написанные и изданные еще до ее окончания, поздние мемуарные книги, возвращающие к началу жизни и литер ...
Mark Twain’s complete, uncensored <i>Autobiography</i> was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author’s death, as he requested. Published to rave reviews, the <i>Autobiography</i> was hailed as the capstone of Twain’s career. It captures his authentic and unsuppressed voice, speaking clearly from the grave and brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions.<br> <b ...
Late Victorian Orientalism is a work of scholarly research pushing forward disciplines into new areas of enquiry. This collection of essays tries to redefine the task of interpreting the East in the nineteenth century taking as a starting point Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978) in order to investigate the visual, fantasised, and imperialist representations of the East as well as the most exemplary translations of Oriental texts. The Victoria ...
