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Conversations with Joe R. LansdaleJoe R. Lansdale (b. 1951), the award-winning author of such novels as Cold in July (1989) and The Bottoms (2000), as well as the popular Hap and Leonard series, has been publishing novels since 1981. Lansdale has developed a tremendous cult audience willing to...
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The Singular Mark Twain: A BiographyIn this magisterial full-scale biography of America s greatest storyteller and satirist, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Fred Kaplan refashions our image of Mark Twain and etches a vibrant portrait of a singular personality who created some of the most memorable literary...
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Who Loves You Like This?Edith Bruck tells the story of the 'Lager' with the inherent strength of a wounded animal and in confronting the unbearable sadness of it closes the account and does not surrender to the void...Unforgettable testimony.--Primo LeviWith a style both warm and spare, Edith Bruck...
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Stirring Prose: Cooking with Texas AuthorsStirring Prose: Cooking with Texas Authors is a delightfully revealing look at some of Texas's best writers. Initially conceived as a Who's Who of Texas authors, Deborah Douglas quickly realized that asking authors to write about their favorite recipes freed them from "the big...
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Motor-Flight Through FranceShedding the turn-of-the-century social confines she felt existed for women in America, Edith Wharton set out in the newly invented "motor-car" to explore the cities and countryside of France. In A Motor-Flight Through France, originally published in 1908, Wharton combines the power of her...
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Boyz N the Void: A Mixtape to My BrotherWriting to his brother, G'Ra Asim reflects on building his own identity while navigating Blackness, masculinity, and young adulthood--all through wry social commentary and music/pop culture critique How does one approach Blackness, masculinity, otherness, and the perils of young adulthood? For G'Ra Asim, punk...
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Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo KisDanilo Kis (1935-89) was a Yugoslav novelist, essayist, poet, and translator whose work generated storms of controversy in his homeland but today holds classic status. Kis was championed by prominent literary figures around the world, including Joseph Brodsky, Susan Sontag, Milan Kundera, Philip Roth,...
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Aldous Huxley: Brave New WorldA biography of writer Aldous Huxley that describes his era, his major work--Brave New World--his life, and the legacy of his writing.Author: Raychel Haugrud ReiffPublisher: Cavendish Square PublishingPublished: 01/30/2010Pages: 144Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50dISBN: 9780761442783Audience: Young AdultThis title is...
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Hole in the Sky: A MemoirIn a beautifully written--at times heartbreaking--memoir, Kittredge tells stories of his grandfather and father and recounts his own struggle as he progressed from farmer to writer. An honest reckoning of an American myth, rendered with enormous eloquence and visionary sweep.Author: William KittredgePublisher: VintagePublished: 06/01/1993Pages:...
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Simone de Beauvoir: A BiographyFrom Simon & Schuster, this definitive biography is based on five years of interviews with Simone de Beauvoir, and is written with her full cooperation. Author Deirdre Bair penetrates the mystique of this brilliant and often paradoxical woman, who has been called one of...
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La Suma de Los Días / The Sum of Our Days: Spanish-Language Edition of the Sum of Our DaysEn La suma de los d as, Isabel Allende narra con franqueza la historia de su vida y la de su peculiar familia en California, en una casa abierta, llena de gente y de personajes literarios, y protegida por un esp ritu; hijas perdidas,...
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Longshot"Fast-paced, meticulously plotted...Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis."--San Francisco Chronicle Jump in the saddle with a sure thing. Travel writer John Kendall travels to England to interview a racehorse trainer. Soon enough, however, Kendall realizes that completing the book will be...
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Still She Haunts MeCharles Lutwidge Dodgson was a shy Oxford mathematician, reverend, and pioneering photographer. Under the pen name Lewis Carroll he wrote two stunning classics that liberated children's literature from the constraints of Victorian moralism. But the exact nature of his relationship with Alice Liddell, daughter...
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North Toward HomeWith his signature style and grace, Willie Morris, arguably one of this country's finest Southern writers, presents us with an unparalleled memoir of a country in transition and a boy coming of age in a period of tumultuous cultural, social, and political change. In...
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Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early FailurePaul Auster's Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure is a fascinating and often funny memoir about his early years as a writer struggling to be published, and to make enough money to survive. Leaving high school with itchy feet and refusing to...
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Henrik Ibsen: The Man and the MaskA magnificent new biography of Henrik Ibsen, among the greatest modern playwrights "A superb account of the social and political atmosphere of Scandinavia in Ibsen's time, and of Ibsen's peculiar and inconsistent place within it."--Andrew Katzenstein, Harper's "A stellar life of the celebrated father...
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Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American ReviewMark Twain's Own Autobiography stands as the last of Twain's great yarns. Here he tells his story in his own way, freely expressing his joys and sorrows, his affections and hatreds, his rages and reverence--ending, as always, tongue-in-cheek: "Now, then, that is the tale....
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Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and MeFans of Jerry Apps will delight in his latest novel, Blue Shadows Farm, which follows the intriguing family story of three generations on a Wisconsin farm. Silas Starkweather, a Civil War veteran, is drawn to Wisconsin and homesteads 160 acres in Ames County, where...
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A Long Way from HomeMcKay's account of his long odyssey from Jamaica to Harlem and then on to France, Britain, North Africa, Russia, and finally back to America. As well as depicting his own experiences, the author describes his encounters with such notable personalities as Charlie Chaplin, George...
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The Early Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 2 (1920-1923)A continuation of the journey of self-education and self-discovery begun by Ana s Nin in the previous volume of her early diary. Central here is the growing conflict between her role as woman and her determination to be a writer. Editor's Note by Rupert...
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