From Amazon: Only serious cineastes will seek out this collection of conversations with Luis Bunuel (1900-1983), but their efforts will be amply repaid with a wealth of information about the Spanish filmmaker's techniques. Mexican film scholars de la Colina and Perez Turrent spent some 50 hours interviewing Bunuel; here they supply transcripts in which his quicksilver wit fairly gleams....

The novel's first-person protagonist, an unnamed vagrant with intellectual leanings, probably in his late twenties, wanders the streets of Norway's capital in pursuit of nourishment. In four episodes he meets a number of more or less mysterious persons, the most notable being Ylajali, a young woman with whom he has a semi-sexual encounter. This woman haunts him and he attempts to refind her to...

The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus. Plexus. Nexus. Three books under one cover. Sexus is the first volume of a series called The Rosy Crucifixion, in which Miller completes his major life work. It was written in the United States during World War II, and first published in Paris in 1949. Of this remarkable project, Lawrence Durrell has said: ‘The completion of his seven-volume autobiography, if it...

Author summarizes his theory of psychological aikido, introducing psychological methods of influencing people, resolution of conflicts, building good relationships with family, friends, and coworkers. Book is addressed to psychologists, business owners, teachers, and everybody else who is interested in establishing effective communication.

The book includes the story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and 14 short stories (Tales of the Jazz Age). True American classics.

Modern Dictionary of Non-Conjugating Words. Every word has an explanation. Over 3000 entries.

From Amazon: John Fowles gained international recognition in 1963 with his first published novel, The Collector, but his labor on what may be his greatest literary undertaking, his journals, commenced over a decade earlier. Fowles, whose works include The Maggot, The French Lieutenant's Woman, and The Ebony Tower, is among the most inventive and influential English novelists of the twentieth...

The story of Rodislav and Luba Romanov continues. This time they do not forsee the dangerous events in the future.

This edition contains foreword by Dmitry Nabokov (Vladimir Nabokov's son), translation of the novel's text into Russian, foreword by the translator Gennady Barabtarlo, and the original text of Laura in English (images of the flash cards with Nabokov's handwriting and transcribed text).

In the opening days of WWII, Soviet border troops and infantry, under the protection of naval forces, crossed the Danube and seized the Romanian city of Chilia Veche.

The book presents the history of France from ancient times to the present day. The book is presented in the form of a chronicle highlighting year by year critical milestones in French history.