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WilliaM Morris
1834 – 1896, english
News from Nowhere
and Other Writings
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Clive Wilmer
Contained within one volume are the
brilliant utopian romance News from
Nowhere (1891) and essays by the socialist,
pioneering environmentalist, designercraftsman
William Morris, whose
antipathy toward the dehumanization of
the Industrial Revolution was well known.
480 pp. 978-0-14-043330-2 $16.00
WolFgang aMadeus Mozart
1756 – 1791, austrian
A Life in Letters
Edited by Cliff Eisen
Translated by Stewart Spencer
Mozart—seen variously as a child prodigy,
musical genius, and tragic Romantic
icon—is among the most written about
of all composers. This fascinating set of
letters offers a new understanding of his
life story and a revealing portrait of both
the man and the musician.
448 pp. 978-0-14-144146-7 $17.00
john Muir
1838 – 1914, american (b. scotland)
The Mountains of California
Edited with an Introduction by
Edward Hoagland
This rhapsodic record of John Muir’s time
in the Sierras has become an American
classic—both as an account of his life
in the mountains and as a call for the
preservation of America’s forests and
the establishment of national parks and
reservations.
304 pp. 978-0-14-310525-1 $13.00
My First Summer in the Sierra
With an Introduction by Gretel Ehrlich
In a rapturous tribute to the place he loved
most, John Muir tells the story of his first
contact with the awe-inspiring mountains
he dubbed “The Range of Light.” This
edition includes more than twenty of
Muir’s original sketches.
264 pp. 978-0-14-025570-6 $12.00
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