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The Reading Group Insider
Book Club "Buzz Books," Resources, and Ideas for Great Reading and Meeting
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
The Reading Group Insider is a valuable resource for everything you need to know about reading groups.
If you are looking for ideas to enhance your current group's experiences, interested in joining a reading group, or starting one of your own, the suggestions within The Reading Group Insider...
by Timothy W. Ryback
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
A Washington Post Notable Book
With a new chapter on eugenicist Madison Grant’s The Passing of the Great Race
In this brilliant and original exploration of some of the formative influences in Adolf Hitler’s life, Timothy Ryback examines the books that shaped the man and his thinking.
Hitler...
by Whiz Books
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Trivia-on-Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist is an international bestseller and one of the most read novels of the century. The book, written by celebrated Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho, is a recollection...
Promised Land
Thirteen Books That Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
In this lively exploration of America’s intellectual heritage, acclaimed poet, novelist, and critic Jay Parini celebrates the life and times of thirteen books that helped shape the American psyche.
Moving nimbly between the great watersheds in American letters—including Walden, Huckleberry...
by Alex Rounds
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
In the summer of 1862, we were living in the State of Minnesota. There I had a most remarkable experience.We lived about a mile from the town of Lac Qui Parle.There were only three of us—father, mother, and myself. My name is Susanna. We had moved to Minnesota three years before. My parents moved...
by Whiz Books
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Trivia-on-Book: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
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I am Malala, the incredible story of a fifteen year old who was shot on her face by Taliban for pursuing education, epitomizes the strength...
by Whiz Books
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Trivia-on-Book: And the Mountains Echoed: A Novel by Khaled Hosseini
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And the Mountains Echoed is the memorable story of ten-year-old Abdullah and his three-year-old sister Pari. They share a close bond as Abdullah...
Second Reading
Notable and Neglected Books Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
This collection of reviews and reevaluations by Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Jonathan Yardley considers lesser-known works from renowned authors and underappreciated talents, and offers fresh takes on old favorites. Yardley’s reviews of sixty titles include fiction by Gabriel Garcia Márquez,...
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised reading lists that...
The Book That Changed My Life
71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
Now in paperback, a delightful collection of essays on the transformative power of reading In The Book That Changed My Life, our most admired writers, doctors, professors, religious leaders, politicians, chefs, and CEO s share the books that mean the most to them. For Doris Kearns Goodwin it was Barbara...
Ex Libris
Confessions of a Common Reader
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Anne Fadiman is--by her own admission--the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill, whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over her roommate's 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only written material...
by Bernard Levine
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
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Show Me a Story!
Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
“Will inspire, inform, and delight those of any age who areengaged in—or by—the arts.” — The Horn Book
Renowned children’s literature authority Leonard S. Marcus speaks with twenty-one of the world’s most celebrated illustrators of picture books, asking about their childhood,...
by Whiz Books
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Trivia-on-Book: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
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