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Time Was Soft There
A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co.
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2006
"Some bookstores are filled with stories both inside and outside the bindings. These are places of sanctuary, even redemption---and Jeremy Mercer has found both amid the stacks of Shakespeare & Co."
---Paul Collins, author of Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
In a small...
Shoot the Widow
Adventures of a Biographer in Search of Her Subject
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
The first rule of biography, wrote Justin Kaplan: “Shoot the widow.”
In her new book, Meryle Secrest, acclaimed biographer (“Knowing, sympathetic and entertainingly droll”—The New York Times), writes about her comic triumphs and misadventures as a biographer in search of her nine...
Henry James
A Critical Biography
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The first book by distinguished novelist, journalist, and literary critic Rebecca West: a biography of Henry James
Setting the standard for a century’s worth of criticism, Rebecca West diagnosed Henry James as an American who “could never feel at home until he was in exile” in this slim,...
Autumn in Venice
Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife traveled for the first time to Venice, which Hemingway called “absolutely god-damned wonderful.” A year shy of his fiftieth birthday, Hemingway hadn’t published a novel in nearly a decade when he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich,...
The World Broke in Two
Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, and the Year That Changed Literature
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
A Lambda Literary Awards Finalist
Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR's Book Concierge
A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of revered authors Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence during 1922, the birth year of modernism
The World...
by Anne Boyd Rioux
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
On its 150th anniversary, discover the story of the beloved classic that has captured the imaginations of generations.
Soon after publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women became an enormous bestseller and one of America’s favorite novels. Its popularity quickly spread throughout the...
by Coleen Grissom
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
As an administrator and teacher at San Antonio's Trinity University for five decades, Coleen Grissom saw the rise of feminism, the sexual revolution, and the tragic deaths of students, friends, and family. This varied collection assembles the best of her speeches probing these and other timely issues,...
by Martin P. Scanali
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2013
What Every Author Should Know On Getting A Book Published, Approaching Book Publishers, Questions to Ask Publishers Before Accepting an Offer, Other Alternatives to Print Publishing, Easiest books To Publish, Common Scams to Avoid, Mistakes You Want to Avoid and Resource That May Be Helpful.
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
This book was written by Andrew Lang.In this book there were many story about classic fairy tales.
Badass: The Birth of a Legend
Spine-Crushing Tales of the Most Merciless Gods, Monsters, Heroes, Villains, and Mythical Creatures Ever Envisioned
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Ben Thompson—author of Badass, creator of the epic website badassoftheweek.com, and the Internet’s foremost expert on badassitude—is back to enthrall lovers of skull-smashing, bone-crushing bad behavior with his latest compendium, Badass: The Birth of a Legend. Like its macho predecessor, Badass:...
The Books That Changed My Life
Reflections by 100 Authors, Actors, Musicians, and Other Remarkable People
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
One hundred of today’s most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their hearts—that made them who they are today.
Leading authors, politicians, CEOs, actors, and other notables share the books that changed their life, why they love them,...
by Ricardo Piglia
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Una recopilación de textos misceláneos que ofrece una mirada transversal al pensamiento de Piglia.
Formas breves es una recopilación de textos misceláneos que el propio autor describe como «páginas perdidas en el diario de un escritor». En ellas reflexiona sobre la literatura, desde...
Words Without Borders
The World Through the Eyes of Writers: An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Featuring the work of more than 28 writers from upwards of 20 countries, this collectiontransports us to the frontiers of twenty-first century literature.
In these pages, some of the most accomplished writers in world literature–among them Edwidge Danticat, Ha Jin, Cynthia Ozick,...
A House of My Own
Stories from My Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction
From Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, a place where she could truly take root, has eluded her. In this...