Speaking of Books and LifeHolt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966 - 279 Seiten Contains 125 of the 900 columns the author produced for the New York Times. |
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... greater than ever before , for aspiration as well as degradation . If the trend toward a better - balanced realism has not reached the full swing of the pendulum , I mistakenly predicted in The Shape of Books to Come , the movement ...
... greater than ever before , for aspiration as well as degradation . If the trend toward a better - balanced realism has not reached the full swing of the pendulum , I mistakenly predicted in The Shape of Books to Come , the movement ...
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... greater force , Marquand the greater subtlety . Sometimes I think his best novel was one in which his own background and his private allegiances were little involved— Melville Goodwin , U.S.A. He had , however , enough Army experi- ence ...
... greater force , Marquand the greater subtlety . Sometimes I think his best novel was one in which his own background and his private allegiances were little involved— Melville Goodwin , U.S.A. He had , however , enough Army experi- ence ...
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... greater than his work ; of another , that his work was greater than the man . It would be hard to place John Buchan in either of these classes . The man and his work run an even race . And the two seem inseparable . " To call John ...
... greater than his work ; of another , that his work was greater than the man . It would be hard to place John Buchan in either of these classes . The man and his work run an even race . And the two seem inseparable . " To call John ...
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Foreword 37 | 3 |
Truth Isnt Always Stranger | 7 |
The Proper Study of Mankind | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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