Peter Lerman

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An Apology for Idlers and Other Essays

An Apology for Idlers and Other Essays

An Apology for Idlers and Other EssaysJustifying his rejection of an established profession, in 1877 Stevenson offered An Apology for Idlers."A happy man or woman", he reasoned, "is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a...

The Curse of Demagogues

The Curse of Demagogues

The Curse of Demagogues: Lessons Learned from the Presidency of Donald J. Trump is a collection of 32 essays by 22 writers that make the case that the pathway back to a healthy American democracy is for citizens to understand demagogues and defend...

The Fasting Cure

The Fasting Cure

Upton Sinclair - the author of The Jungle and Pulitzer Prize Winning novelist - was a man in search of truth, in search of knowledge, in search of a good story, and forever in search of good health.Sinclair had many chronic ailments during his life...

The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis is a novella by German author Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is one of Kafka's greatest works, both dark and accessible at the same time.The protagonist, Gregor Samsa, wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a...

The Serenity Murder

The Serenity Murder

When a detective second-guesses his gut, he'll have to get creative to catch the killer.Luca worries cancer and divorce have dulled his razor-sharp instincts. So the detective is relieved when his next murder case seems like a no-brainer.When the...