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The Infernal Library
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Author : Daniel Kalder
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2018-03-06
The Infernal Library written by Daniel Kalder and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-06 with History categories.
"A mesmerizing study of books by despots great and small, from the familiar to the largely unknown." —The Washington Post A darkly humorous tour of "dictator literature" in the twentieth century, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao, and many more, which shows how books have sometimes shaped the world for the worse Since the days of the Roman Empire dictators have written books. But in the twentieth-century despots enjoyed unprecedented print runs to (literally) captive audiences. The titans of the genre—Stalin, Mussolini, and Khomeini among them—produced theoretical works, spiritual manifestos, poetry, memoirs, and even the occasional romance novel and established a literary tradition of boundless tedium that continues to this day. How did the production of literature become central to the running of regimes? What do these books reveal about the dictatorial soul? And how can books and literacy, most often viewed as inherently positive, cause immense and lasting harm? Putting daunting research to revelatory use, Daniel Kalder asks and brilliantly answers these questions. Marshalled upon the beleaguered shelves of The Infernal Library are the books and commissioned works of the century’s most notorious figures. Their words led to the deaths of millions. Their conviction in the significance of their own thoughts brooked no argument. It is perhaps no wonder then, as Kalder argues, that many dictators began their careers as writers.
Dictator Literature
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Author : Daniel Kalder
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-04-05
Dictator Literature written by Daniel Kalder and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
A Book of the Year for The Times and the Sunday Times ‘The writer is the engineer of the human soul,’ claimed Stalin. Although one wonders how many found nourishment in Turkmenbashi’s Book of the Soul (once required reading for driving tests in Turkmenistan), not to mention Stalin’s own poetry. Certainly, to be considered great, a dictator must write, and write a lot. Mao had his Little Red Book, Mussolini and Saddam Hussein their romance novels, Kim Jong-il his treatise on the art of film, Hitler his hate-filled tracts. What do these texts reveal about their authors, the worst people imaginable? And how did they shape twentieth-century history? To find out, Daniel Kalder read them all – the badly written and the astonishingly badly written – so that you don’t have to. This is the untold history of books so terrible they should have been crimes.
The Clay Writer
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Author : Zoran Živković
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-06-26
The Clay Writer written by Zoran Živković and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This concise book by the well-known Serbian writer and literary researcher summarizes his decade-long experience of teaching creative writing at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. Always offering attendees four good reasons for not attending his course, or, in a broader perspective, discouraging them from professional writing altogether, the author reflects ultimately on what it really takes to become a writer of literary fiction. This essay, which makes up the first part of this work, is complemented by a selection of witty short stories, forming the second part, and which have been used as templates in the teaching context.
The Infernal City An Elder Scrolls Novel
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Author : Greg Keyes
language : en
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date : 2009-11-24
The Infernal City An Elder Scrolls Novel written by Greg Keyes and has been published by Del Rey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-24 with Fiction categories.
Based on the award-winning The Elder Scrolls, The Infernal City is the first of two exhilarating novels following events that continue the story from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, named 2006 Game of the Year. Four decades after the Oblivion Crisis, Tamriel is threatened anew by an ancient and all-consuming evil. It is Umbriel, a floating city that casts a terrifying shadow—for wherever it falls, people die and rise again. And it is in Umbriel’s shadow that a great adventure begins, and a group of unlikely heroes meet. A legendary prince with a secret. A spy on the trail of a vast conspiracy. A mage obsessed with his desire for revenge. And Annaig, a young girl in whose hands the fate of Tamriel may rest . . . .
Lost Cosmonaut
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Author : Daniel Kalder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Lost Cosmonaut written by Daniel Kalder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Former Soviet republics categories.
A wonderful antidote to rose-tinted travel writing
Clockwork Princess
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Author : Cassandra Clare
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-11-11
Clockwork Princess written by Cassandra Clare and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-11 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
When seventeen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray is kidnapped by the villainous Mortmain in his final bid for power, the London Institute rallies to save her, but is beset by danger and betrayal at every turn.
The Forbidden Library
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Author : Django Wexler
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-04-10
The Forbidden Library written by Django Wexler and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-10 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Late one night Alice Creighton hears her father having an argument with a fairy – a snarling, bald beast with warts and needle-like teeth. The next day her father disappears, never to return. And Alice is sent to live with Master Geryon, an uncle she never even knew existed. Geryon has a dark, mysterious library which is strictly off-limits to Alice. But after meeting a talking cat who is willing to sneak her in, Alice opens a book and suddenly finds herself inside it – and the only way out is by conquering the dangerous creatures within . . .
Andrew Lau And Alan Mak S Infernal Affairs The Trilogy
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Author : Gina Marchetti
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Andrew Lau And Alan Mak S Infernal Affairs The Trilogy written by Gina Marchetti and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Social Science categories.
Infernal Affairs has received journalistic, popular and corporate notice but little vigorous critical attention. In this book, Gina Marchetti explores the way this example of Hong Kong's cinematic eclecticism has crossed borders as a story, a commercial product and a work of art; and has had an undeniable impact on current Hong Kong cinema. Moreover, she uses this trilogy to highlight the way Hong Kong cinema continues to be inextricably intertwined with global film culture and the transnational movie market. Infernal Affairs served as the source for the Academy Award-winning film The Departed (2006). The Martin Scorsese-directed film won Oscars for best motion picture, director, adapted screenplay and film editing. This is the first time that an American film based on a Hong Kong production swept the Academy Awards by winning four top prizes.
Infernal
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Author : Bianca Scardoni
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-07-31
Infernal written by Bianca Scardoni and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-31 with Amulets categories.
Hell is empty. The Devil is here. There is no road so long and winding as the one that leads you to the finish line. Every bend is meant to test you, every junction meant to bring you closer to that place where love and sacrifice meet. To that place in the valley where the sun doesn
Infernal Sorceress
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Author : Gary Gygax
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Infernal Sorceress written by Gary Gygax and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Adventure stories categories.
Swashbuckling duo Ferret and Raker are framed for a crime they did not commit, and are forced to invade castles, battle monsters, and face down a sorceress in their quest to prove their innocence.