Declaring His Genius: Oscar Wilde in North America by Roy Morris Jr.Requirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 2.1 MbOverview: Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-year-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had “nothing to declare but my genius.” But as Roy Morris, Jr., reveals in this sparkling narrative, Wilde was, for the first time […]
Sufism and the Perfect Human: From Ibn ‘Arabī to al-Jīlī by Fitzroy MorrisseyRequirements: .PDF reader, 2 MBOverview: Studying the history of the notion of the ‘Perfect Human’ (al-insān al-kāmil), this book investigates a key idea in the history of Sufism. First discussed by Ibn ‘Arabī and later treated in greater depth by al-Jīlī, the idea […]
The Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil War by Roy MorrisRequirements: .ePUB reader, 4 MBOverview: For nearly three years, Walt Whitman immersed himself in the devastation of the Civil War, tending to thousands of wounded soldiers and recording his experiences with an immediacy and compassion unequaled in wartime literature anywhere in the world. In […]
Gertrude Stein Has Arrived The Homecoming of a Literary Legend by Morris Roy Jr.Requirements: .ePUB reader, 2.4 MBOverview: In 1933, experimental writer and longtime expatriate Gertrude Stein skyrocketed to overnight fame with the publication of an unlikely best seller, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Pantomiming the voice of her partner Alice, The Autobiography was […]
The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln’s Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America 1st Edition by Roy Morris, Jr.Requirements: PDF Reader, 8.4 mbOverview: In this compelling narrative, renowned historian Roy Morris, Jr., expertly offers a new angle on two of America’s most towering politicians and the intense personal rivalry that transformed […]