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Albert Camus: A LifeIn this vibrant, engaging biography of Albert Camus, the internationally acclaimed author of The Stranger, The Plague, and The Fall, French writer and journalist Olivier Todd has richly tapped resources never before available--personal correspondence, notebooks, public records, as well as exclusive interviews with Camus's...
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On My WayTomie is overjoyed because his baby sister, Maureen, is finally strong enough to come home from the hospital. Over the next months, he is in a dance recital and he gets to go to the World's Fair. Soon, the school year is at an...
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Kafka, the Years of InsightTelling the story of Kafka's final years as never before--the third volume in the acclaimed definitive biography This volume of Reiner Stach's acclaimed and definitive biography of Franz Kafka tells the story of the final years of the writer's life, from 1916 to 1924--a...
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A Little House SamplerFor everyone who loves the Little House books--a reissue of a charming collection of early stories and reminiscences by Laura Ingalls Wilder, along with essays and writings from her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, who was an award-winning writer. This charming collection of early stories...
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No Straight Thing Was Ever MadeFrom a writer of astonishing talents, No Straight Thing Was Ever Made bravely discusses the many facets of living with mental illnessAs a person with mood disorders that sprung up in her late teens, Urvashi Bahuguna had to navigate being the first person in...
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Yoshi No Zuikara, Vol. 3: The Frog in the Well Does Not Know the OceanNaruhiko Tohno has finally hit it big with Wakkamon, his new manga series about life in a small island village. But thanks to tight deadlines and a no-nonsense editor, it's been a long road to success. As Nakuhiko answers interview questions, he recalls the...
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Volando Solo / Going SoloVolando solo es una disparatada historia de Roald Dahl, el gran autor de la literatura infantil.Por Roald Dahl, el gran autor de la literatura infantil y de cl sicos como Matilda y Charlie y la f brica de chocolate.M s de 200 millones de...
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Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. ChestertonThrough years of meticulous research and access to the literary estate of G.K. Chesterton, Joseph Pearce presents a major biography of a 20th century literary giant, providing a great deal of important information on GKC never before published. This is a thoroughly readable and...
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The Divine Magnet: Herman Melville's Letters to Nathaniel HawthorneThese letters are full of passion, humor, doubt, and spiritual yearning, and offer an intimate view of Melville's personality. Lyrical and effusive, they are literary works in themselves. This correspondence has been out of print for decades, and even when it was in print...
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The Town"A powerfully doomy debut" (The Guardian), Shaun Prescott's The Town is a novel of a rural Australian community besieged by modern day anxieties and threatened by a supernatural force seeking to consume the dying town. This is Australia, an unnamed, dead-end town in the...
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Father and SonEdmund Gosse wrote of his account of his life, This book is the record of a struggle between two temperaments, two consciences and almost two epochs. Father and Son remains one of English literature's seminal autobiographies. In it, Edmund Gosse recounts, with humor and...
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Modern American Memoirs"[In] this anthology of well-chosen excerpts by a satisfyingly diverse group of writers....the truth of their lives shines from every beautifully, often courageously composed page."-- Booklist"Packed with superb writing." -- New York NewsdayModern American Memoirs is a sampling from 35 quintessential 20th century memoirs,...
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Truman Capote's in Cold Blood: Bookmarked"In taking on Capote's masterwork, Justin St. Germain has written nothing less than an essential reckoning with the entire American enterprise of nonfiction. His book changed forever how I see not only In Cold Blood, but also true crime and the limits of literary...
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The Afternoon of a WriterIn Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke's The Afternoon of a Writer, a writer, fearful of losing his abilities and hence his connection with the world, takes an afternoon walk and has several encounters that reaffirm his confidence...Author: Peter HandkePublisher: Picador USAPublished: 02/25/2020Pages: 96Binding Type:...
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For Spacious Skies: Katharine Lee Bates and the Inspiration for America the BeautifulThe true story of the unconventional woman and her enduring song about the spirit of America.Katharine Lee Bates first wrote the lines to "America the Beautiful" after a stirring visit to Pikes Peak in 1893. But the story behind the song begins with Katharine...
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The Saturday Night Supper ClubRITA Award winner "A terrific read from a talented author. Made me hungry more than once. I can't wait to read what comes next."--Francine Rivers, New York Times bestselling author of The MasterpieceDenver chef Rachel Bishop has accomplished everything she's dreamed and some things...
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Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein's CreatorOn the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history. The story of...
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Thoreau's Maine WoodsBeginning in 1847, Henry David Thoreau made three trips to the mostly unexplored Maine woods. Along the way he recorded his observations on the wildlife (flora and fauna), the weather, terrain, and on the nature of the people he met along the way, including...
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Mary ShelleyA New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a Washington Post Best Book of 2001, Mary Shelley has been called a harrowing life, wonderfully retold (The Washington Post). This splendid biography (The New Yorker) gracefully moves through the dramatic life of the...
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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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