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For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he wrote the one-and-a-quarter-million words of In Search of Lost Time (while bedridden no less), Alain de Botton has the answer. For, in this stylish, erudite and frequently hilarious book, de Botton dips deeply into Proust’s life and work - his fiction, letter, and conversations – and distils from them that rare self-help manual: one that is actually helpful.

"We must leave for Zenda at once, to find the King!" cried Sapt. "If we’re caught, we’ll all be killed!" So Rudolf Rassendyll and Sapt gallop through the night to find the King of Ruritania. But the King is now a prisoner in the Castle of Zenda. Who will rescue him from his enemies, the dangerous Duke Michael and Rupert of Hentzau? And who will win the heart of the beautiful Princess Flavia? An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Anthony Hope original by Diane Mowat.

This CliffsNotes study guide on John Milton’s Paradise Lost supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, and critical commentaries, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read Paradise Lost.

This provocative collection, edited by acclaimed media psychology writer Travis Langley and with a foreword by the legendary Stan Lee, examines the complex psychological and political choices made by Captain America and Iron Man throughout their careers, culminating in Marvel's superhero civil war which spreads far beyond the Avengers themselves. Why do Steve Rogers and Tony Stark see things so differently? What are their motivations? Is either one truly in the right? Captain America vs. Iron Man: Freedom, Security, Psychology analyzes the polar sides of this debate.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read Crime and Punishment.

Librarians spend their lives weeding - not weeds, but books - books that have reached the end of their shelf life both literally and figuratively. They remove books that patrons no longer check out, and they put back books they treasure. Annie Spence, who has a decade of experience as a Midwestern librarian, does this not only at her Michigan library but also at home, for her neighbors, at cocktail parties - everywhere. In Dear Fahrenheit 451, she addresses those books directly.

These masterly poems span the whole of Nabokov's career from "Music", written in 1914, to the short, playful "To Vera", composed in 1974. The works are newly translated by Dmitiri Nabokov, and include "The University Poem", an extraordinary autobiographical poem in which Nabokov recalls his life in Cambridge, with its crooked alleys and age-old gates, teas at the vicar's and British girls. Included to are such poems as "To Russia" ("Will you leave me alone! I implore you!), the enchanting "Eve", and verse about America, sport, love, and poetry itself.

In the aftermath of a heartbreaking tragedy, a scholar and writer uses Dante's Divine Comedy to shepherd him through the dark wood of grief and mourning - a rich and emotionally resonant memoir of suffering, hope, love, and the power of literature to inspire and heal the most devastating loss.

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歌集の刊行を主とする出版社が主催するシンポジウム 「岡井隆『神の仕事場』を読む会」での講演。シンポジウムは全体で ４時間半に及ぶもので、 出演者は吉本隆明のほか辻井喬氏や岡井隆氏自身らがいた。 講演日時：1995年6月14日 主催：砂子屋書房／岡井隆『神の仕事場』を読む会 収載書誌：砂子屋書房『『神の仕事場』を読む』（1996年）

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地方・小出版流通センター20周年記念イベントの講演。
講演日時：1995年2月10日
主催：地方・小出版流通センター
場所：幕張プリンスホテル
収載書誌：未発表

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恒例となった「近代文学館・夏の文学教室」での講演。 講演日：1993年7月28日 主催：日本近代文学館 後援・読売新聞社 場所：有楽町・よみうりホール 収載書誌：コスモの本『愛する作家たち』（1994年）

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前橋市の書店、煥乎堂により 「煥乎堂文芸講座」として開かれた講演会。 講演日時：1993年12月20日 主催：前橋市・煥乎堂 収載書誌：未発表

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ことばをひらく会の主催による講演 「イメージとしての都市」の、 午前中から行われた講演。 講演日時：1989年11月12日 主催：森集会 場所：芦屋市民センター 収載書誌：春秋社『本当の考え・うその考え』（1997年）

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安原顕氏が主宰したメタローグ社の 創作学校で講演。 講演日時：1993年10月 主催：メタローグ社創作学校 収載書誌：メタローグ『詩人・評論家・作家のための言語論』（1999年）

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桐朋学園土曜講座での講演。 講演日時：1970年5月 主催：桐朋学園 場所：桐朋学園 収載書誌：中公文庫『語りの海3』（1995年）

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新宿区信濃町にある真生会館で行われた講演。
講演日時：1970年7月25日
主催：止揚の会,西荻南教会
場所：新宿区信濃町・真生会館
収載書誌：春秋社『〈信〉の構造PART2』（2004年）、弓立社『敗北の構造』（1972年）

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講演日時：1967年11月5日
主催：早稲田大学 早稲田祭実行委員会
場所：早稲田大学 大隈講堂
収載書誌：徳間書店『情況への発言』（1968年）

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Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C. S. Lewis' classic An Experiment in Criticism springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He argues that "good reading", like moral action or religious experience, involves surrender to the work in hand and a process of entering fully into the opinions of others: "in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself."

In the second edition of his Very Short Introduction, Skinner includes new material on The Prince, showing how Machiavelli developed his neo-classical political theory, through engaging in continual dialogue with the ancient Roman moralists and historians, especially Cicero and Livy. The aim of political leaders, Machiavelli argues, should be to act virtuously so far as possible, but to stand ready "to be not good" when this course of action is dictated by necessity. 

Professor Joseph Luzzi uncovers the mysteries of eight books that, in one way or another, changed our world. He explores the creative processes behind these masterpieces, traces their impact, and helps reveal their remarkable riches: The Bible, The Odyssey by Homer, The Divine Comedy by Dante, Hamlet by Shakespeare, To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller.