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The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry

8 best books like The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (Gerald Moore): Scoop, The Secret Agent, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, African Myths of Origin, Dog Songs, The Encyclopaedia Logic: The Encyclopaedia of Philosophical Sciences 1 with the Zusätze, The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience, The Guardians

Scoop
AuthorEvelyn Waugh
ISBN0141187492
Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the "Daily Beast", has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner-party tip from Mrs Algernon Smith,...
The Secret Agent
AuthorJoseph Conrad
ISBN0192801694
Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory things go disastrously wrong, and what appears to be "a simple...
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
AuthorAmbrose Bierce
ISBN0874068134
The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his neck. In a moment he will meet his fate: DEATH BY HANGING. There is no escape. Or is there? Find out in . . . An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.

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African Myths of Origin
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0140449450
Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From impassioned descriptions of animal-creators...
Dog Songs
AuthorMary Oliver
ISBN1594204780
Mary Oliver's Dog Songs is a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood through the poet's relationship to the canines that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. Oliver's poems begin in the small everyday moments familiar to all dog lovers,...
The Encyclopaedia Logic: The Encyclopaedia of Philosophical Sciences 1 with the Zusätze
AuthorGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
ISBN0872200701
Wissenschaft der Logik = Hegel's Science of Logic, c1998, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 - 1831), Arnold V. Miller, John Niemeyer Findlay
Science of Logic, first published between 1812 and 1816, is the work in which Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel outlined his vision of logic. Hegel's logic...
The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience
AuthorRobert E.L. Masters
ISBN0892818972
One of the most important books written on the effects of LSD on the human psyche.

• Its authoritative research has great relevance to the current debate on drug legalization.

• Prolific authors Robert Masters and Jean Houston are pioneer figures in the field of transpersonal...
The Guardians
AuthorJohn Grisham
ISBN0385544189
In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues behind. There were no witnesses, no real suspects, no one with a motive. The police soon settled on Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client...
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