Ernest Hemingway's unique prose employed a spare, brutal style that revolutionized American literature. This volume is designed to present biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on Hemingway's best-known or most important works. Following Harold Bloom's editor's note and introduction is a detailed biography of the author, discussing major life events and important literary accomplishments. A plot summary of each novel follows, tracing significant themes, patterns, and motifs in the work.
Conversation analysis has contributed enormously to the understanding of social life, social structure, the meaning ascribed by individuals to interaction, and the rules and structures of conversation. George Psathas' succinct introduction outlines its procedures and its major accomplishments, with discussions on verbal sequence, institutional constraints on interaction, and the deep structure of talk.
How do you condense some of the best writings in science during the last 100 years? Select the 31 most wonderful contributors to science and science writing in that period. Pick some of the most thought-provoking contributions by them that represent the peak of their accomplishments. That is what Martin Gardner has done in editing this anthology .
No matter how long or how hard they strive, no matter how extensive their education as a species, no matter what they experience of the small heavens and larger hells they create for themselves, it seems that humans are destined to see their technological accomplishments always exceed their ability to understand themselves.
The Importance of Being Lazy - In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations
Author draws on studies of Americans' vacation habits to show why 'doing nothing' is a fundamental human necessity. Argues that as a culture whose mythology is steeped in the hard work and accomplishments of our pioneering forebearers, we know how to work hard but not how to play; and what we really need is some time off.
