Letters of William S. Burroughs : Book 2

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin USA (P)

Futher Inquiry

Literature & Fiction

KEN KESEY

Contemporary

Growing Rich

Fay Weldon

<p>Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable pressures of the home and world reflect the conflict in India itself, and the tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest that accompanied Partition in 1947.</p>

The Home and the World

Rabindranath, Tagore

Literary

The old church clock rang solemnly out on the midnight air. Ruth started. For hours she had sat there, leaning her cheek upon her hand, and gazing through the open space between the rows of brick walls, upon the sparkling waters of the bay, glancing and quivering ’neath the moon-beams. The city’s busy hum had long since died away; myriad restless eyes had closed in peaceful slumber; Ruth could not sleep. This was the last time she would sit at that little window. The morrow would find her in a home of her own. On the morrow Ruth would be a bride.

Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time (Penguin Classics)

Fanny Fern

United States

A lavishly illustrated volume explores the significance and  endurance of the legend of the Holy Grail as an archetype of the  journey of the soul, and traces its formation from Celtic, Christian,  Eastern and alchemical traditions. 50,000 first printing. $20,000  ad/promo.

Holy Grail

Godwin, Malcolm

Unused

Dan Wakefield

Leaders & Notable People

Give me your answer, do!

Brian Friel, author of the Tony Award-winning Dancing at Lughnasa, is widely recognized as one of the world's preeminent dramatists. His latest work, the rich and haunting play, Give Me Your Answer, Do!, is already an international success. Gathered together in the remote County Donegal home of novelist Tom Connolly and his alcoholic wife, Daisy, are: David Knight, a visiting scholar who is appraising Tom's papers (and, by inference, his work); Garret Fitzmaurice, a commercially successful writer whose marriage to Grainne is on the brink of disaster; and Daisy's eccentric father and embittered, arthritic mother. Over dinner, the long-smothered desires and fervent disappointments of this group are brought to the fore as the layers of each character are peeled away--revealing their mutual humiliation, mistrust, and resentment. In this heart-wrenching comedy, Friel calls into question the definition of success while also chronicling the tragic circular relationship between professional and personal pain."Gripping! A play of surpassing beauty and complexity, a lyrical and mysterious creation by a great playwright." --The Wall Street Journal

Give Me Your Answer, Do!

Friel, Brian

Dramas & Plays

In 216 B. C. Hannibal brought about the destruction of the Roman army at Cannae using the classical maneuver of the double envelopment. In 1941 the German commander von Runstedt brought off a similar maneuver against the Russians at Kiev and won an equally crushing victory. Drawing fascinating parallels between the military maneuvers of the ancient world and successful tactics in modern wars, David Chandler sets out to demonstrate the constant factors that have underlain the strategies and tactics of the great commanders, from Alexander the Great to Marshal Zhukov. Each chapter includes information on: -- The seven classical maneuvers and the eighth gambit, guerilla warfare-- Advances in weaponry, fortification, communications, army organization and administration-- Strengths and weaknesses of commanders of the period-- Analytical descriptions of two major battles from each period

The Art of Warfare on Land

Chandler, David G.

Reference

<p>Du Bois' 1903 collection of essays is a thoughtful, articulate exploration of the moral and intellectual issues surrounding the perception of blacks within American society.</p>

The Souls of Black Folk (Penguin Classics)

W.E.B. Du Bois

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