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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,...
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 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.
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...
The Things That Matter
What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
She felt rather inclined just for a moment to stand still after all that chatter, and pick out one particular thing; the thing that mattered . . .
—Virginia Woolf, To The Lighthouse
An illuminating exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the nineteenth...
Soul at the White Heat
Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A new collection of critical and personal essays on writing, obsession, and inspiration from National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates.
"Why do we write?"
With this question, Joyce Carol Oates begins an imaginative exploration of the writing...
What Light Can Do
Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Universally lauded poet Robert Hass offers a stunning, wide-ranging collection of essays on art, imagination, and the natural world—with accompanying photos throughout.
What Light Can Do is a magnificent companion piece to the former U.S. Poet Laureate’s Pulitzer Prize and National Book...
Don't Save Anything
Uncollected Essays, Articles, and Profiles
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
James Salter was an extremely beloved author and this is the first publication of his work to be published posthumously.
Salter is a PEN/Faulker and PEN/Malamud award winner
An important addition for accounts with serious literary sections, with shelving also encouraged in travel and criticism
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Imaginary Homelands
Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
In Imaginary Homelands, Salman Rushdie presents ten years’ worth of concentrated thought on topics from the most cherished literary traditions and authors of India, Europe, and America to the politics of oppression, the joy of film and television, and the enduring value of the imagination. Writing...