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  • The Cases of Blue Ploermell

    Serier Bog 9 - 223B Casebook
    In 1923, the young reporter James Thurber was given a half a page in the Sunday Evening Dispatch of Columbus, Ohio, every week to fill with anything he wanted. For most of that year, he turned out book reviews, humorous commentary, jokes, stories, and even literary criticism.He also wrote a series of 13 short Sherlockian parodies — 10,000 words in all — starring Blue Ploermell, a “psychosocial” ... Læs mere

    39,22 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

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  • Psycho USA

    Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of

    AMERICA’S MOST COLD-BLOODED!In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity psychopath who’s gotten ink for spilling blood, there’s a bevy of all-but-forgotten homicidal fiends studding ... Læs mere

    112,99 kr.

  • James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (LOA #90)

    af James Thurber ...
    A comprehensive collection of the American humorist’s best work—including “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”—plus original drawings and a chronology of Thurber’s own troubled lifeJames Thurber, whimsical fantasist and deadpan chronicler of everyday absurdities, brought American humor into the 20th century. His comic persona, a modern city-dweller whose zaniest flights of free association are tinged ... Læs mere

    253,99 kr.

  • A Mystery of Mysteries

    The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe

    An Agatha, Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Ohioana Award nominee!A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author’s life through the prism of his mysterious death and its many possible causes.It is a moment shrouded in horror and mystery. Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849, at just forty, in a painful, utterly bizarre manner that would not ... Læs mere

    99,36 kr.

  • The Gift Of The Magi (Mobi Classics)

    af O. Henry ...
    The Gift of the Magi" is a short story written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter), allegedly at Pete's Tavern on Irving Place in New York City.James Dillingham Young and his wife Della are a young couple who are very much in love with each other, but can barely afford their one-room apartment due to their very bad economic situation. For Christmas, Della decides to buy Jim a chain ... Læs mere

    7,78 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918–1923

    Dorothy Parker holds a place in history as one of New Yorks most beloved writers. Now, for the first time in nearly a century, the public is invited to enjoy Mrs. Parkers sharp wit and biting commentary on the Jazz Age hits and flops in this first-ever published collection of her groundbreaking Broadway reviews.Starting when she was twenty-four at Vanity Fair as New Yorks only female theatre ... Læs mere

    76,86 kr.

  • Letters of E. B. White, Revised Edition

    af E. B. White ...
    Originally edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth, and revised and updated by Martha White. With a foreword by John Updike.These letters are, of course, beautifully written but above all personal, precise, and honest. They evoke E.B. White’s life in New York and in Maine at every stage of his life. They are full of memorable characters: White’s family, the New Yorker staff and contributors, literary types ... Læs mere

    114,84 kr.

  • Collecting Himself

    James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself

    Redigeret af Michael J. Rosen ...
    " Collecting Himself is a charmer. The old Thurber is back among us again—and some of the pieces even reveal a new Thurber. Great fun." —Clifton FadimanJames Thurber spent most of his career at the New Yorker magazine, drawing cartoons and writing essays and stories. Collecting Himself is a one-of-a-kind compilation of James Thurber's vintage writings, featuring previously unanthologized articles ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Some Sort of Epic Grandeur

    The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald

    "Epic indeed, this is the definitive biography of Fitzgerald, plain and simple. There's no reason to own another." — Library JournalThe Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." These works and more elevated F. Scott Fitzgerald to his place as one of the most important American authors of the twentieth century. After struggling to become a ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Rough Amusements

    The True Story of A'Lelia Walker, Patroness of the Harlem Renaissance's Down-Low Culture

    af Ben Neihart ...
    When A'Lelia Walker died in 1931 after a midnight snack of lobster and chocolate cake washed down with champagne, it marked the end of one of the most striking social careers in New York's history. The daughter of rags-to-riches multi-millionaire Madame C.J. Walker (the washerwoman who marketed the most successful straightening technique for African American hair), A'Lelia was America's first ... Læs mere

    120,73 kr.

  • Ghost of the Hardy Boys

    The Writer Behind the World’s Most Famous Boy Detectives

    **“Ghost of the Hardy Boys is an elegant book, full of charm and pathos and whimsy. The writing is restrained, the characterizations deep and rich, the humor nuanced.”—Washington PostAs millions of boys and girls devoured the early adventures of the Hardy Boys, little did the young readers and aspiring sleuths know: the series’ author was not Franklin W. Dixon, as the cover trumpeted. It was ... Læs mere

    75,24 kr.

  • The Velveteen Rabbit (Illustrated Edition)

    The Velveteen Rabbit is a first children's book and a heart-warming tale by Margery Williams, an English-American author, primarily of popular children's books. It is about a stuffed rabbit who longs to become real, and the magic that makes his dream come true.Christmas morning, the room filled with the hustle and bustle of preparation, a rabbit stitched of velveteen sits perched on top of the ... Læs mere

    7,78 kr.