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I'm Still Writing: Women Writers on Creativity, Courage, and Putting Words on the PageThoughts and inspiration from some of the greatest female writers to challenge, encourage, and develop your writing! In I'm Still Writing, beloved female writers, both past and present, share their thoughts on the joy and struggle of writing. Their words will nurture and challenge...
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My Father's Glory & My Mother's Castle: Marcel Pagnol's Memories of ChildhoodBathed in the warm clarity of the summer sun in Provence, Marcel Pagnol's childhood memories celebrate a time of rare beauty and delight.Called by Jean Renoir "the leading film artist of his age," Pagnol is best known for such films as The Baker's Wife,...
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Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical BiographyRenowned as the creator of the detective story and a master of horror, the author of "The Red Mask of Death," "The Black Cat," and "The Murders of the Rue Morgue," Edgar Allan Poe seems to have derived his success from suffering and to...
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Who Was J. R. R. Tolkien?Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read...
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FerdydurkeIn this bitterly funny novel by the renowned Polish author Witold Gombrowicz, a writer finds himself tossed into a chaotic world of schoolboys by a diabolical professor who wishes to reduce him to childishness. Originally published in Poland in 1937, Ferdydurke became an instant...
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Care of: Letters, Connections, and CuresBeloved storyteller Ivan Coyote returns with their most intimate and moving book yet. Writer and performer Ivan Coyote has spent decades on the road, telling stories around the world. For years, Ivan has kept a file of the most special communications received from readers...
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The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El TopoJodorowsky's memoirs of his experiences with Master Takata and the group of wisewomen--magiciennes--who influenced his spiritual growth - Reveals Jodorowsky turning the same unsparing spiritual vision seen in El Topo to his own spiritual quest - Shows how the author's spiritual insight and progress...
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I'll Scream LaterFrom Children of a Lesser God to Dancing with the Stars, to Switched at Birth, Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning actress Marlee Matlin shares her incredible life story in a moving and often surprising memoir, I'll Scream Later. More than twenty years after becoming...
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On the Scale of the World: The Formation of Black Anticolonial ThoughtThis expansive history of Black political thought shows us the origins--and the echoes--of anticolonial liberation on a global scale. On the Scale of the World examines the reverberations of anticolonial ideas that spread across the Atlantic between the two world wars. From the 1920s...
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Socialist RealismWhen Trisha Low moves west, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive "somewhere better"--someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing,...
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The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. ReyIn 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their harrowing journey on bicycles, pedaling to Southern France with children's book manuscripts among their few possessions. Louise Borden combed primary resources, including Hans Rey's pocket diaries,...
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The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist"I find it so easy to forget / that I'm just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts." Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor....
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Ferlinghetti_SPR22ARC"No one mulling this gentle record will fail to be moved."--San Francisco Chronicle Poet, publisher, bookseller, activist--this is the story of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the bookshop he made a landmark in San Francisco, and a life beautifully lived with writers and books. In the mid-1950s...
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Writing about Your Life: A Journey Into the PastAn ingeniously constructed teaching memoir from the author of the bestselling On Writing Well -- You learn without knowing it. (Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes)Written with elegance, warmth, and humor, this highly original teaching memoir by William Zinsser--renowned bestselling author of On Writing...
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It Came from Ohio!: My Life as a WriterRevised and updated, the autobiography of the Master of Fright, RL Stine The autobiography of RL Stine, creator of the Goosebumps series, now a motion picture in theaters October 16, 2015 Has he had a horrifying life?-Was RL Stine a SCARY kid?-Did he have...
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Writers and Their Cats: (Gifts for Writers, Books for Writers, Books about Cats, Cat-Themed Gifts)Come for the behind-the-scenes stories.stay for the cutest picture of a kitten-covered Stephen King ever. -- O, The Oprah Magazine Every great writer needs a mews: Mark Twain, Alice Walker, Haruki Murakami, Ursula K. Le Guin--this volume celebrates many famous authors who have shared...
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Engine Running: EssaysEngine Running explores debut author Cade Mason's gradual distancing from home and old selves alongside an increasingly fractured family doing the same. Starting at the beginning of his parents' love and working past its end, he combs through memory to piece together a portrait...
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More Bears!Once upon a time there was a story. It was a lovely story with absolutely NO BEARS in it--not a SINGLE BEAR anywhere.Then one day...MORE BEARS!KENN NESBITT is possibly the funniest and most sought-after children's poet writing today. When he's not writing, podcasting, updating...
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Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous DucklingsA beautiful and fascinating picture book biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Schön, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden. In the beginning, there was a boy named Robert McCloskey, growing up...
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Bill Peet: A Caldecott Honor Award WinnerA 1990 Caldecott Honor Book Bill Peet tells his life story, including his years with Disney, with illustrations on every page.Author: Bill PeetPublisher: Clarion BooksPublished: 03/28/1994Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.90h x 8.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9780395689820Audience: Ages 9-12Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 6.9Point Value: 3Interest Level:...
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