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42003) Plotted: a literary atlas
Author
Publisher
Pulp, an imprint of Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
126 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps -- all inspired by literary classics -- offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The Odyssey, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, Invisible Man, Lord of the Flies, A Wrinkle in Time, Watership Down, The Handmaid's Tale, and more. Sure to reignite a love for old favorites and spark fresh interest...
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Language
English
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Description
Charles Dickens is best known for his contributions to the world of literature, as the author of classics from Great Expectations to A Christmas Carol. But during his young life, Dickens witnessed terrible things that stayed with him: families starving in doorways, babies being "dropped" on streets by mothers too poor to care for them, and a stunning lack of compassion from the upper class. After his family went into debt and he found himself working...
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English
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Description
"One of the main ways Jesus taught people was through the use of parables. Through an exploration of the literary genre popular in the ancient world, distinguished Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan dissects the versions we read in the Gospels to get back to what Jesus really intended to teach. Next, Crossan reveals how Jesus's use of parables inspired the Gospel writers themselves to come up with meaningful, metaphorical stories of Jesus to help...
42008) Intrusions
Author
Publisher
Scribner Paperback Fiction
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel about two women--one the main character, one the author of the book, who is very much like the main character she is writing about.
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xiii, 369 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A compilation of paintings, drawings, essays, poems, and scientific observations celebrates the world of birds, in a collection that includes works by John James Audubon, Jorge Luis Borges, Peter Matthiessen, Farley Mowat, and Edgar Allan Poe.
42010) Books for living
Author
Language
English
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Description
"For Will Schwalbe, reading is a way to entertain himself but also to make sense of the world, to become a better person, and to find the answers to the big (and small) questions about how to live his life. In this delightful celebration of reading, Schwalbe invites us along on his quest for books that speak to the specific challenges of living in our modern world, with all its noise and distractions.'"--
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English
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Description
"A quick, clever, warm-hearted debut about growing up in an Egyptian-Muslim family. Sara is growing up in a family with a lot of rules. Her mother tells her she’s not allowed to wear a bikini, her father tells her she’s not allowed to drink alcohol, and her grandmother tells her to never trust a man with her money. After leaving Egypt when Sara was only six years old, her family slowly learns how to navigate the social dynamics of their new home....
42012) On Writing (and Writers)
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Language
English
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Description
A definitive collection of wisdom on every style of writing and a celebration of the transformative power of the written word from one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the modern age, C. S. Lewis, the beloved author of the Chronicles of Narnia series, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and other revered classics.
Featuring over one hundred excerpts—some short and some essay length—drawn from his wide body of letters, books,...
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Language
English
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Description
After years of secrecy and silence, Rowan McCandless leaves an abusive relationship and rediscovers her voice and identity through writing.
She was never to lie to him. She was never to leave him, and she was never supposed to tell.
Persephone's Children chronicles Rowan McCandless's odyssey as a Black, biracial woman escaping the stranglehold of a long-term abusive relationship. Through a series of thematically linked and structurally inventive...
42015) Writing the memoir
Author
Publisher
Eighth Mountain Press
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
187 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Series
Publisher
HCI Teens, the life issues publisher/A Teen Ink book
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xx, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories and poems by teenage writers that looks at the subtleties of harassment, the myriad reasons victims may be chosen, and how one day, as adults, they will be able to help
42018) Ultimate Christmas cracker
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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the Publisher: In this unique re-creation of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. The book is a mosaic of memories from those who were richest to those who were most destitute: politicians like James Farley and Raymond Moley; businessmen like Bill Benton and Clement Stone; a six-day bicycle racer; artists and writers; racketeers; speakeasy...
42020) Chloe plus Olivia: an anthology of lesbian literature from the seventeenth century to the present
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1995, c1994
Physical Desc
xxvii, 810 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
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