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“charles michael byrd”

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  • The Philosophy of Multiracial Identity and Self Realization

    Thoughts from an Ofay-Mulatto, Essayist, and Spiritual Seeker

    by Charles Michael Byrd ...
    A child of the Civil Rights Era born below the Mason-Dixon Line, Charles Byrd eloquently shares his awe-inspiring story of self-discovery and revelation through a lens of spirituality. This important book chronicles the tense family dynamics, powerful social experiences, and thought-provoking interracial philosophy of a man whose national advocacy helped persuade the federal government to allow ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Reading Darwin in Imperial Russia

    Literature and Ideas

    by James Goodwin, Victoria Thorstensson, Andrew M. Drozd, Brendan G. Mooney, Stephen M. Woodburn, Melissa L. Miller, Charles Michael Byrd ...
    A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleReading Darwin in Imperial Russia: Literature and Ideas expands upon the cataloging efforts of earlier scholarship on Darwin’s reception in Russia to analyze the rich cultural context and vital historical background of writings inspired by the arrival of Darwin’s ideas in Russia. Starting with the first Russian translation of The Origin of Species in ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Teaching Nabokov's Lolita in the #MeToo Era

    by Marilyn Edelstein, Anne Dwyer, José Vergara, Alisa Zhulina, Julian W. Connolly, Eric Naiman, Lisa Ryoko Wakamiya, Francesca Capossela, Elena Sommers, Charles Michael Byrd ...
    Teaching Nabokov’s Lolita in the #MeToo Era seeks to critique the novel from the standpoint of its teachability to undergraduate and graduate studentsin the twenty-first century. The time has come to ask: in the #MeToo era and beyond, how do we approach Nabokov’s inflammatory masterpiece, Lolita? How do we read a novel that describes an unpardonable crime? How do we balance analysis of Lolita’s ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Legend of Sister Beatrix

    Enriched edition. A Haunting Tale of Supernatural Encounters in a French Convent

    by Charles Nodier, Dylan Bird ...
    Translated by Michael Wooff ...
    In "The Legend of Sister Beatrix," Charles Nodier weaves a richly textured narrative that blends elements of gothic romance and folklore, emphasizing the enduring struggle between desire and duty. Set against the backdrop of medieval France, the story illustrates the life of Sister Beatrix, whose internal conflicts and moral dilemmas render her a complex and captivating protagonist. Nodier's ... Read more

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  • The Once and Future Queen

    by Kathleen Herbert ...
    A previously unknown and unpublished tale, by respected scholar and novelist Kathleen Herbert, who retells Guinevere's story from her point of view. This is a view of Guinevere which speaks to our age. ... Read more

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  • Little Way for Every Day, The: Thoughts from Therese of Lisieux

    by St. Thérèse of Lisieux; translated by Francis Broome, CSP ...
    An inspirational thought, accompanied by a scripture passage, for each day of the year, from this popular doctor of the church. ... Read more

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  • Japanese Folklore The Tale of Young Samurai & Beautiful Ghost

    by Xenohikawa Sabrina ...
    Many years ago, long before the present prosaic era, there lived in Yedo a young man named Toshika. His family belonged to the aristocratic rank of the hatamoto samurai, those knights who possessed the right to march to battle directly under the Shogun's flag (hata), and his father was a high official in the Tokugawa Shogunate. Toshika, whose disposition was of a dreamy and indolent nature with ... Read more

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  • Dialogue Between A Priest And A Dying Man

    by Marquis De Sade ...
    Written in 1782, the Marquis de Sade's DIALOGUE BETWEEN A PRIEST AND A DYING MAN (Dialogue entre un prêtre et un moribond) is a classic anti-clerical blast of radical atheism, expressing the loathing of religion and piety for which Sade was renowned. After a protracted debate, the priest succumbs to an orgy with six nude prostitutes. This special ebook edition also includes Sade's ... Read more

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  • The White People (Golden Deer Classics)

    by Golden Deer Classics, Arthur Machen ...
    A discussion between two men on the nature of evil leads one of them to reveal a mysterious diary in his possession. Written by a young girl in the care of a nurse, its pages detail a horrifying initiation into a world of witchcraft, folklore and ritual magic which may have culminated in tragedy.Originally published in 1904 and considered by E. F. Bleiler to be "probably the finest single ... Read more

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  • THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

    by Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont ...
    Summary :A rich merchant lives happily with his children, three boys and three girls, until he finds himself ruined. His proud eldest daughters had not wanted to marry because they could not find a husband who was glorious enough in their eyes. Once they were poor, no one wanted to marry them. As for the younger one, Belle, who was as beautiful as she was virtuous, she preferred to stay with her ... Read more

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  • De Profundis

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer and poet who distinguished himself as a leader of London's school of Aesthetics in the late nineteenth century. He became famous for his long hair, flamboyant dress, green carnations and colorful, biting wit. His successful novels, social comedies, poetry and letters reflected his belief in the supremacy of art. In 1895, Wilde was convicted of gross ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Of Tragedy

    by David Hume ...
    Of Tragedyby David HumeIt seems an unaccountable pleasure, which the spectators of a well-written tragedy receive from sorrow, terror, anxiety, and other passions, that are in themselves disagreeable and uneasy. The more they are touched and affected, the more are they delighted with the spectacle; and as soon as the uneasy passions cease to operate, the piece is at an end. One scene of full joy ... Read more

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