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Gary Wills
ISBN:9780571197736
Nearly two decades after his death, John Wayne is still America's favourite movie star. In this book, Gary Wills investigates such astonishing durability. He focuses on the manufacturing of 'John Wayne' from the raw material of Marion Morrison - the young man from Iowa who became a myth. Wills charts Wayne's rise to stardom...more details Format:Paperback Pages:384
The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training and his deep political experience went into this...more details Format:Paperback Pages:317
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Gary Wills
ISBN:9780300152180
Renaissance plays and poetry in England were saturated with the formal rhetorical twists that Latin education made familiar to audiences and readers. Yet a formally educated man like Ben Jonson was unable to make these ornaments come to life in his two classical Roman plays. Garry Wills...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:186
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Gary Wills
ISBN:9780143112631
In his "New York Times" bestseller "What Jesus Meant," Garry Wills offered a fresh and incisive reading of Jesusa teachings. Now Wills turns to Paul...more details Format:Paperback Pages:208
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ISBN:9780385502900
Part of a literary circle that included H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Hillaire Belloc, and Max Beerbohm, G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote essays of social criticism for contemporary journals...more details Format:Paperback Pages:352
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Wills Gary
ISBN:9780826464118
The early chapters of the "Confessions" are a source of information on one of the most impoertant relationships in Saint Augustine's life. This book is largely about his...more details Format:Hardcover