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A Son at the Front
Edith Wharton - -
Largely criticized or ignored by a war-weary public when it was originally published in 1922, A Son at the Front is an extraordinarily poignant novel chronicling the effects of WWI on painter John Campton and his only child, George […] Wharton movingly portrays those left behind during war-not the wives and children but the devastated parents, who ...
Dropping Names
Daniel Curzon - -
"Tell the truth till it hurts." - Daniel Curzon
"This lucid and chatty book is perceptive, wry, and penetrating to the last drop of bile." - Robert Patrick
"Angry, bitter, with chips on both shoulders, Daniel Curzon is also ferociously honest and very funny." - Ian Young
"He has been everywhere, he has met everyone, and now that he has your attention, ...
A Journal of the Plague Year (Wisehouse Classics Edition)
Daniel Defoe - -
DANIEL DEFOE (1660 –1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the ...
Mauro Martino - Poems
Mauro Mevlud Martino - -
In the early 70's, when in his early 20's and still a university student, Mauro Mevlud Martino was gaining some acclaim as a poet. He published poems in Canadian periodicals and magazines and was looked upon favorably by literary critics in the field of poetry and from professors. In fact, it was at that time in Toronto that he had a ...