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Edith Wharton in FranceFrom French scholar and author Claudine Lesage, comes Edith Wharton in France, an examination of Wharton's years (1907-1937) in France. Lesage, with her innate knowledge of French culture, uses previously unknown or untranslated sources to provide a unique look into French society and Wharton's...
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UnwrittenTwelve-year-old Gracie Freeman is living a normal life, but she is haunted by the fact that she is actually a character from a story, an unpublished fairy tale she's never read. When she was a baby, her parents learned that she was supposed to...
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Mardi Gras in MobileMardi Gras in Mobile began its carnival celebration years before the city of New Orleans was founded.In the 1700s, mystic societies formed in Mobile, such as the Societe de Saint Louis, believed to be the first in the New World. These curious organizations brought...
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Days and Nights of Love and WarDays and Nights succeeds not only because of its socio-political authenticity and lyrical style but because of its interweaving of anger and tenderness, elation and sorrow.--The Nation Days and Nights of Love and War is the personal testimony of one of Latin America's foremost...
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TypewriterA neglected Russian typewriter clicks, clacks, and rings to life with a new owner.Author: Yevgenia NaybergPublisher: Creative EditionsPublished: 02/25/2020Pages: 32Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 10.40h x 10.50w x 0.60dISBN: 9781568463445Audience: Ages 4-8Review Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2020School Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 94
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Twain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne ClemensSamuel Clemens (1835-1910) repeatedly traversed the ocean during his globetrotting life. A keen observer, the man who recast himself as Mark Twain was fascinated by seafaring. This book compiles selections ranging from his first voyage in 1866--San Francisco to Hawaii--to his circumnavigation of the...
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Conversations with Vladimir NabokovConversations with Vladimir Nabokov brings together candid, revealing interviews with one of the twentieth century's master prose writers. Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was a Russian American scientist, poet, translator, and professor of literature. Critics throughout the world celebrated him for developing the luminous and enigmatic...
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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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