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A Family of Readers
The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children—and nurturing their love of reading.
A FAMILY OF READERS is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives of...
Used Books
Marking Readers in Renaissance England
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
In a recent sale catalog, one bookseller apologized for the condition of a sixteenth-century volume as "rather soiled by use." When the book was displayed the next year, the exhibition catalogue described it as "well and piously used [with] marginal notations in an Elizabethan hand...
The Joy of Reading
A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors and Their Works
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
"Charles Van Doren has laid a feast before all of us that is irresistible." -Mortimer J. Adler
This engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that transformed the world: from Aristotle and Herodotus in ancient Greece to Salinger and Heinlein in 20th century...
Mimi and Maty to the Rescue!
Book 2: Sadie the Sheep Disappears Without a Peep!
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Mimi and her three-legged dog Maty are determined to help rescue any animal that needs help. Armed with their trusty animal rescue notebook, Mimi and Maty set out to find their beloved sheep Sadie, who has gone missing at Aunt Bee’s farm. Mimi keeps track of all of the clues she and Maty find during...
Mimi and Maty to the Rescue!
Book 3: C. C. the Parakeet Flies the Coop!
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Mimi, an animal-loving girl, and her loyal three-legged dog, Maty, set out together to rescue any animal that needs help. It’s a crazy start to the third grade when the new girl, Emma, brings her pet parakeet, C. C., to school . . . only to have him fly out the window and disappear! Mimi and Maty...
by Ira D. Gruber
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010
Historians have long understood that books were important to the British army in defining the duties of its officers, regulating tactics, developing the art of war, and recording the history of campaigns and commanders. Now, in this groundbreaking analysis, Ira D. Gruber identifies which among over...
Black And White Baby Books: Geometric Patterns
Black and White Baby Books, #2
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
You will be amazed at how your baby responds to black and white images from the day they are born.
Black and White Baby Book: Geometric Patterns.
High-Contrast, Black & White Book For Newborns
Get comfortable, snuggle up with your baby and slowly look through this charming high-contrast,...
Black And White Baby Books: People
Black and White Baby Books, #4
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
You will be amazed at how your baby responds to black and white images from the day they are born.
Black and White Baby Book: People.
High-Contrast, Black & White Book For Newborns
Get comfortable, snuggle up with your baby and slowly look through this charming high-contrast, black...
by Molly Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
My First Book about the Animal Alphabet - Amazing Animal Books - Children's Picture Books
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him.
Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Most thieves,...
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2005
This true story of a quest to save Jewish literature is “a detective story, a profound history lesson, and a poignant evocation of a bygone world” (The Boston Globe).
In 1980 an entire body of Jewish literature—the physical remnant of Yiddish culture—was on the verge of extinction....
Books
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Now in paperback, Larry McMurtry’s fascinating and surprisingly intimate memoir of his lifelong passion of buying, selling, and collecting rare antiquarian books: “a necessary and marvelous gift” (San Antonio Express-News).
• Acclaimed author: Spanning a lifetime of literary achievement,...
Lost Classics
Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Ex tinct, or Otherwise Out of Commission
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
An Anchor Books Original
Seventy-four distinguished writers tell personal tales of books loved and lost–great books overlooked, under-read, out of print, stolen, scorned, extinct, or otherwise out of commission.
Compiled by the editors of Brick: A Literary Magazine, Lost Classicsis...
by Cameron Dokey
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
So, Zack Wilson thought, almost laughing at himself. I’ve been at Camp Wolf Trail, what? Ten minutes? And already I’m having an adventure. At last! Being at Camp Wolf Trail is a dream come true for city boy Zack. Finally, he’ll have the summer full of wilderness backpacking, rock climbing, canoeing,...