The essence of laughter, and other essays, journals, and letters.

Teffi: A Life of Letters and of Laughter 9781788316095, 9781788312585

Teffi was one of twentieth century Russia’s most celebrated authors. Born Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya in 1872, she came to be

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Sorties: Journals and New Essays 0807111406

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The Vitality of Platonism and Other Essays

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The Economics of Modernization and Other Essays

The economics of modernization; Cities as modernizers; Making compatible choices; Man an economic development; Managemen

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Byron's Letters and Journals: A New Selection 9780198722557, 0198722559

Alongside Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, and Oscar Wilde, Lord Byron possesses a star-quality unlike other classic Bri

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Early History of The Electro-Magnetic Telegraph From Letters and Journals of Al

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Pleasure of Fools: Essays in the Ethics of Laughter 9780773572850

Men cannot laugh heartily without showing their teeth, quipped Samuel Butler. From St Paul to Descartes to Adorno, schol

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Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884: Journals and Letters 9781442675049

In the summer of 1883, fledgling anthropologist Franz Boas spent a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound, Baffin Isla

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The Dominant Caste and Other Essays

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The Letters and Journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808 9781550029246, 9781550027136

B.C. journalist Stephen Hume has said that fur trader and explorer Simon Fraser should be celebrated as the founder of B

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