In this book, distinguished philosopher Jorge J.E. Gracia reflects on his family and life in Cuba before the Castro Revolution. Through his stories the author hopes to entice historians, philosophers, writers, teachers, and others to pursue the study of Cuban society during that important period in the history of the island.
This volume of eight essays written by French scholars analyzes Daniel Mendelsohn's first three volumes of nonfiction (The Elusive Embrace, 1999, The Lost, 2006, and An Odyssey, 2017) as well as an illustrated interview (2019) in which Mendelsohn tackles various aspects of his work as a literary and cultural critic, as a professor of classical ......
Michael Kohn, former editor of the Mongol Messenger, is one step ahead of the journalistic posse in this epic Western set in the Far East. Kohn's memoir is an irresistible account of a land where falcon poachers, cattle rustlers, exiled Buddhist leaders,death-defying child jockeys and political assassins vie for page one.A turf war between lamas, ......
In February 1944 an American infantry company lost its way behind enemy lines near Anzio, Italy, and Jack Dower and his comrades would spend the remainder of the war in captivity. With candor and humor, Dower describes his nearly fifteen months as an unwilling guest of the Third Reich in this rare memoir of life as a WWII prisoner of war.
In this meditative and haunting memoir, renowned cultural critic Jonathan Dollimore recounts a life spent dedicated to understanding the delight and disorder of human desire.
Memories of Growing Up in a Hong Kong Squatter Village
Diamond Hill was one of the poorest and most backward of villages in Hong Kong at a time when Hong Kong itself was poor and backward. We moved there in 1956 when I was almost 10. I left when I was 19. Those were the formative years of my life. It's a time that I remember well and cherish. Gambling and gangsters; fires and food stalls; the Walled ......
For the first time in translation and fully annotated, this is the revelatory diary of the teenager who would become the famous French philosopher, author, and feminist.
Dion DiMucci rose to Rock and Roll fame in the late 1950s with three top-forty hits as the lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts, "Runaround Sue," "The Wanderer," and "A Teenager in Love." Later embarking on a solo career, his anthem "Abraham, Martin, and John" once again topped the charts in 1968, one of Dion's twelve gold hit records. In the ......
