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Ten celebrated essays by a man universally regarded as a master of the essay form. Included are such classics as "Charles Dickens," "The Art of Donald McGill," "Boys' Weeklies," "Raffles and Miss Blandish," and "Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali."

Janet Flanner's letters from Paris, written for the New Yorker under the pen name Genet, were widely read over a fifty-year span, which began shortly after the magazine's founding and continued until her retirement in 1975. Her crisp, elegant, and authoritative observations on European cultural, social, and political life made her one of the most respected journalists of her day. Now, through the hundreds of letters she wrote to her intimate friend, Natalia Danesi Murray, the witty and tender spirit behind her impersonal style for the New Yorker emerges in correspondence between two women from two different cultures living on two continents, yet entirely devoted to each other. The record of this extraordinary friendship has been amplified by Mrs. Murray's moving narrative of their life together and apart, revealing a gifted, loving, and noble individual who left an indelible image of a fascinating era.

This is the first collection of Welty's stories, originally published in 1941. It includes such classics as ?A Worn Path,? ?Petrified Man,? ?Why I Live at the P.O.,? and ?Death of a Traveling Salesman.? The historic Introduction by Katherine Anne Porter brought Welty to the attention of the american reading public.

The authors combine the text of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, literary scholarship, the detective genre, and their knowledge of Rome to produce a hilarious, offbeat satire. Translated by Gregory Dowling. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Engrossing essays that reflect the author's vast and subtle knowledge of the world. Topics range from the religious rites of the Aztecs to modern american painting, from Eastern art and religion to love and eroticism. Translated by Helen Lane.

Whether you produce crafts as a hobby or as a profession, it's important to remember that if you sell your work, you're in business, and every business person must know the essentials if he or she is to succeed in today's competitive marketplace.The Crafts Business Encyclopedia, with its easy-to-use format, will allow you to manage your business with the same careful and creative skill you devote to your work. The Encyclopedia defines and discusses hundreds of terms and will guide you toward a complete understanding of many aspects of the crafts business, including the following: -- protecting work by copyright-- advertising and selling crafts effectively-- managing bookkeeping, invoices, and credit-- buying appropriate insurance-- calculating taxesEntries are listed alphabetically with handy cross-references to related sections, and helpful appendixes list organizations and publications vital to today's crafts artist.Success or failure, profit or loss: each of these depends on how you run your affairs, manage your money, find your markets, solve your problems. If you love your work and if you want to be in the crafts business through the nineties and beyond, let The Crafts Business Encyclopedia be your guide.

Virginia Woolf was an inventive, witty correspondent, whether commenting on a domestic crisis, politics, or the roving of the writer's mind. Edited and with an Introduction by Joanne Trautmann Banks; Index.

In thirty-six stories, West rings changes in time and presents a startling sweep of personalities and moods. Her themes span the breadth of experience, from the bite of misery to the balm of delight. Her achievement, taken totally, is a spectrum of living-a haunting, rewarding experience.

Entrepreneurship on campus, virtually unheard of five years ago, is fast becoming a megatrend. There are nearly a million people collegeage or younger who now run their own businesses. Van R. Hutchinson, the author of this highly entertaining, readable guide to starting and managing a profitable business during college, is an authority on the subject. His enterprises have run the gamut from lemonade sales at age six to founding schools in Third World countries to writing his first book, Excelling: High School Superstars and How to Become One, originally a high school project.College Cash offers detailed discussions of a wide variety of student-operated businesses, explaining how they are organized and run effectively. It introduces each chapter with success stories such as that of Dan Bienenfeld of the University of California, whose calendar business topped one million dollars in sales last year. Hutchinson's infectious enthusiasm for the rewards of individual initiative will cajole even the most reluctant coed through the practicalities of business. Ample worksheets, an abundant list of resources, and original ideas for starting new businesses supplement this detailed handbook. College Cash also features imaginative, clever illustrations by John Callahan

A collection of Penn Warren's best short fiction: two novelettes and twelve stories that skillfully handle a variety of themes and styles.?Worth reading for their craftsmanship and variety? (Charles Poore, New York Times).

An enlightening account of a notorious period in nineteenth-century imperialism, when an effort by the Chinese government to stamp out the country's profitable opium trade resulted in a series of conflicts known as the Opium Wars. Index; illustrations and map.

"Character And Social Structure" uses the dual perspectives of biology and social psychology to examine man's institutional structures, his acquired attitudes, and the interaction of the individual and society. In a brilliant and bold synthesis of much hitherto-scattered data, the authors give new meaning to the continuing debate over the relative importance of heredity and environment. "Character And Social Structure" was originally published by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1953 as a cloth-cover text, and it has since attracted a worldwide audience.