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  • Mark Twain: Man in White

    The Grand Adventure of His Final Years

    de Michael Shelden ...
    One day in late 1906, seventy-one-year-old Mark Twain attended a meeting on copyright law at the Library of Congress. The arrival of the famous author caused the usual stir—but then Twain took off his overcoat to reveal a "snow-white" tailored suit and scandalized the room. His shocking outfit appalled and delighted his contemporaries, but far more than that, as Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Melville in Love

    The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-Dick

    de Michael Shelden ...
    A new account of Herman Melville and the writing of Moby-Dick, written by a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Biography and based on fresh archival research, which reveals that the anarchic spirit animating Melville's canonical work was inspired by his great love affair with a shockingly unconventional married woman.Herman Melville's epic novel, Moby-Dick, was a spectacular failure when it was published ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Young Titan

    The Making of Winston Churchill

    de Michael Shelden ...
    In modern memory, Winston Churchill remains the man with the cigar and the equanimity among the ruins. Few can remember that at the age of 40, he was considered washed up, his best days behind him. In Young Titan, historian Michael Shelden has produced the first biography focused on Churchill’s early career, the years between 1901 and 1915 that both nearly undid him but also forged the character ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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    Orwell

    The Authorized Biography

    de Michael Shelden ...
    Narrado por Frederick Davidson ...

    Completo

    19 hora 1 minutos

    In his probing and revelatory biography of one of the great prose stylists of the twentieth century, acclaimed biographer Michael Shelden breaks new ground in the evocation of George Orwell’s personal life and in our understanding of his art. Based on original interviews, previously undiscovered letters and documents, and astute literary detective work, Orwell is the major biography of one of the ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

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    Melville in Love

    The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-dick

    de Michael Shelden ...
    Narrado por Sean Pratt ...

    Completo

    6 hora 48 minutos

    Herman Melville’s epic novel, Moby-Dick, was a spectacular failure when it was published in 1851, effectively ending its author's rise to literary fame. Because he was neglected by academics for so long, and because he made little effort to preserve his legacy, we know very little about Melville, and even less about what he called his "wicked book." Scholars still puzzle over what drove Melville ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    The Lost Generation

    de Michael Shelden ...
    Narrado por Michael Shelden ...

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    7 hora 27 minutos

    The Lost Generation from Professor Michael Shelden evokes one of the most creative periods in American literature. Paris of the 1920s served as a base for such authors as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and Gertrude Stein. In these lectures, Professor Shelden details and provides fresh insight into the unending allure of the Lost Generation-and of the literary output that exerts ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Young Titan

    The Making of Winston Churchill

    de Michael Shelden ...
    Narrado por John Curless ...

    Completo

    14 hora 22 minutos

    In modern memory, Winston Churchill remains the man with the cigar and the equanimity among the ruins. Few can remember that at the age of 40, he was considered washed up, his best days behind him. In Young Titan, historian Michael Shelden has produced the first biography focused on Churchill's early career, the years between 1901 and 1915 that both nearly undid him but also forged the character ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    The World of George Orwell

    de Michael Shelden ...
    Narrado por Michael Shelden ...

    Completo

    7 hora 35 minutos

    Big Brother Is Watching You: The words are inextricably associated with the classic dystopian novel 1984 and with its revered author, George Orwell. The Modern Scholar series continues its exploration of great authors with this course from esteemed professor Michael Shelden. In these lectures Orwell, who also penned the epitome of the political satire, Animal Farm, is discussed in full, from his ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    The Life and Times of Mark Twain

    de Michael Shelden ...
    Narrado por Michael Shelden ...

    Completo

    7 hora 46 minutos

    Professor of English at Indiana State University and the author of the literary biography Mark Twain: Man in White, Michael Shelden is the perfect candidate to lead this series of lectures on one of the most important - and most influential - of all American authors. From Twain's early history through his landmark achievements and the defining moments of his extraordinary life, Shelden imparts a ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Mark Twain: Man in White

    The Grand Adventure of His Final Years

    de Michael Shelden ...
    Narrado por Andrew Garman ...

    Completo

    17 hora 1 minutos

    Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Shelden illuminates Mark Twain's twilight years in this brilliant account of the legendary author's life. Drawing heavily on Twain's own letters and journals, Mark Twain: Man in White recounts both Twain's private family experiences and his larger-than-life public image. ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    The Astor Orphan

    A Memoir

    de Alexandra Aldrich ...
    Narrado por Tavia Gilbert ...

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    5 hora 14 minutos

    Alexandra Aldrich, a direct descendant of the famous Astor dynasty, grew up in the servants' quarters of Rokeby, the forty-three-room Hudson Valley mansion built by her ancestors. Her childhood was one of bohemian neglect and real privation. But it was fairly stable until the summer of her tenth year, when her father took up with an alluring interloper, Giselle.Alexandra idolized her father, ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    Shadows in the Jungle

    The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II

    de Larry Alexander ...
    Narrado por Norman Dietz ...

    Completo

    11 hora 47 minutos

    Set on retaking the Philippines ever since his ignominious flight from the islands in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur needed a first-rate intelligence-gathering unit. Out of thousands, only 138 men were chosen: the best, toughest, and most fit men the army had to offer. Their task: silently slip onto Japanese-held islands, stalk through the thick jungles, and assess enemy locations, conditions, ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook