Oscar Wilde's Oxford Notebooks, which was originally published in 1989, was the first publication of Oscar Wilde's Notebook on History and Philosophy and his Commonplace Book, which he began to keep while a student at Oxford between 1874 and 1879, will forever alter critical perceptions of Wilde's intentions and achievements. Containing records of his education and reading - quotations and paraphrases of other writers and Wilde's own analytical and descriptive notes, comments, and...

'68 es una agarradora narración en primera persona hecha por uno de los más distinguidos y prolíficos escritores mexicanos de todos los tiempos, acerca de la masacre estudiantil de Tlatelolco llevada a cabo en Ciudad de México en 1968.El propósito de Paco Ignacio Taibo II es el de recuperar, a través de su memoria y de las notas que él mismo tomó durante aquellos días, la verdad de los hechos ocurridos durante el verano del '68 hasta el terrible 2 de octubre. Por lo menos ...

This is an autobiography and a book about self-motivation...this is a book about suicide prevention...this is a book about growing up in the Los Angeles area dealing with gangs and the roots of racism in America and recidivism...this is a book about endurance...this is a book about young love...this is a book about prison life and life after prison...this is a book about Ray-Ray The Dirty One.

Everywhere we look, people are using fashion to communicate self and society – who they are, and where they belong. Transglobal Fashion Narratives presents an international, interdisciplinary analysis of those narratives. Moving from sweatshop to runway, page to screen, camera to blog and artist to audience, the book examines fashion as a mediated form of content in branding, as a literary and filmic device, and as a personal form of expression by industry professionals, journalis...

Revolutionary learning method for conversational Italian. You'll be speaking Italian in a matter of weeks, just by studying 10 minutes a day.Speak Italian through four verbs. Quickly learn the essential words and vocabulary to communicate. Learn to speak in present, past and future in a simple way and with minimal effort.Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II is an American poet, writer, playwright, and pedagogue.

Revolutionary learning method for conversational Portuguese. You'll be speaking Portuguese in a matter of weeks, just by studying 10 minutes a day.Speak Portuguese through four verbs. Quickly learn the essential words and vocabulary to communicate. Learn to speak in present, past and future in a simple way and with minimal effort.Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II is an American poet, writer, playwright, and pedagogue.

This fifth and final volume of The Orloj is a compilation of all poems, essays, and fables of the first four books. A precious craft of artful verses that are straight forward, easy to understand. Through art that speaks to all, the author seeks to elicit emotions while provoking reflection. With verses that jump with ease out of the pages of the book, enrapturing anyone's heart, Cromwell-Smilh tackles a full circle of life with subjects like Perseverance, Grit, Kindness, Discipline, Impet...

What if life's hardest lessons are also its greatest gifts?In The Equilibrist trilogy, Erasmus Cromwell-Smith-a reflective professor and poet-discovers that happiness, resilience, and genius lie within each of us, waiting to be released by love, humility, and courage. Through elegant free-verse poems, fables, and a sweeping personal narrative, Erasmus and Victoria's decades-long story unfolds: a youthful romance, a heartbreaking separation, and a triumphant reunion that leads them ...

Separately, 13 Artifacts guide the fate of the universe. Together, 13 Artifacts will end the universe.

Young Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II's adventure happens inside of Venice's San Marco Square's astrological clock. Exactly a year after his first quest in Prague's astrological clock, together with the same band of five harlequin dressed youngsters, he experiences a city filled with wizards, enchanters, witches, conjurers and an evil gnome. The youngsters seek clues in order to reach the mysterious the church of St. Giorgio Maggiore across Venice's basin, and become "young wizards." Once more t...

In Geniality, the second volume of The Equilibrist Series, author Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II takes us deeper into the life and mind of Professor Cromwell-Smith and his beloved Victoria. Spanning dormitory gatherings at Harvard, clandestine mentor sessions, and unexpected crossroads of separation and reunion, this narrative unveils how true genius lies not in rarified intellect but in the authenticity and warmth of our everyday gifts.Weaving togethe...

Amid the storied halls of the Royal Cambridge Scholastic Institute, Professor Erasmus Cromwell-Smith—beloved pedagogue, poet, and relentless seeker of truth—finds himself on the brink of a new academic year. Surrounded by antiquarian volumes and the warm presence of Victoria Emerson-Lloyd, the love of his life, he prepares to illuminate the minds of his students with one of life’s most daunting themes: adversity. From the hush of a predawn...