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Remember laughter: a life of James Thurber
Par Neil Grauer. 1994
Biography of the twentieth-century American humorist best known for his stories and cartoons featured in the New Yorker in the…
1930s and 1940s. Thurber, who published most of his writing after the onset of blindness in the early 1940s, was renowned for such works as My Life and Hard Times (RC 21038) and Thurber Carnival (RC 18374). Some strong languagePaul: the mind of the Apostle
Par A. N Wilson. 1997
A portrait of Paul, the early Jewish convert to Christianity, whose written and spoken words served to advance and popularize…
the new faith. Traces his travels around the Roman Empire spreading Christ's word and proselytizing. Discusses the teachings set forth in Paul's epistlesAmerican Islam: growing up Muslim in America
Par Richard Wormser. 1994
The author provides an overview of Islam--its origins, history, and practice in America. Includes comments from young Muslims who discuss…
how they keep their faith amidst a more permissive American society. The author also examines the Nation of Islam, its prominent leaders, and its growth within the African American community. For junior and senior high readersInventing Mark Twain: the lives of Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Par Andrew Hoffman. 1997
Life of the beloved American writer and humorist who died in 1910 at the age of seventy-four. Hoffman explores the…
persona of Clemens's alter ego Mark Twain, an idealized public image used not only as a vehicle for self-promotion but also to rewrite a painful past. Some strong languageThe three Theban plays (Penguin classics)
Par Sophocles. 1984
Plays from the fifth century B.C. In Oedipus the King, a young man is warned by an oracle that he…
will kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus at Colonus describes how the people of Thebes seek the return of the aged exile. In Antigone, the new king of Thebes refuses to permit his nephew's burial. Antigone defies his edict and suffers the consequencesEven the stars look lonesome
Par Maya Angelou. 1997
Twenty essays on topics such as aging, fame, family, marriages, sexuality, and Africa. In "A House Can Hurt, a Home…
Can Heal," Angelou discusses how her marriage breakup was related to her house, and the contentment she felt in her new home. Some descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe social contract
Par Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 1947
How to travel with a salmon & other essays
Par Umberto Eco. 1994
Forty-one pieces give Eco's curmudgeonly commentaries on the follies of modern life. His topics include telegrams, fax machines and celluar…
phones, private and public libraries, and sequels. One lengthy parody entitled "Stars and Stripes" is a science fiction tale of intergalactic sex and espionage. Some violence and some descriptions of sexThoughts on the East
Par Thomas Merton. 1995
Reflections of a noted Trappist monk and writer on major religions of the East. Defines and describes Taoism, Buddhism, Sufism,…
and Hinduism. Observes principles and themes that these religions share with their Western counterparts. Includes introductory materials by George WoodcockThe portable Emerson (The Viking portable library)
Par Ralph Emerson. 1946
Selections from the works of essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Includes his first published work, Nature, which contains…
the essence of his transcendentalist philosophy; his address to the Phi Beta Kappa society at Harvard, "The American Scholar"; and his controversial address to the graduating class of the Cambridge Divinity School in 1838. Also includes other essays and twenty-two poemsA devil in paradise
Par Henry Miller. 1993
Ruth, a portrait: the story of Ruth Bell Graham
Par Patricia Cornwell. 1997
Written by a popular crime novelist--a family friend--this account of the wife of evangelist Billy Graham begins with Ruth Bell's…
early life in China as a child of missionaries. Because she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps, it took persuasion on Graham's part to convince her to marry him and become his helpmateThe Idylls
Par Theocritus. 1988
English translations of verse by Theocritus, a Greek born in Sicily around 300 B.C. His works range from bucolic idylls…
depicting the simple lives of country herdsmen, to mythological narratives, to accounts of urban affairs in the city of Alexandria. These poems helped inspire the development of later European literatureOscar Wilde (Lives of notable gay men and lesbians)
Par Jeff Nunokawa. 1995
Shows how Wilde achieved fame in London as a poet, playwright, and the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray…
(BR 9281), though he was later imprisoned for his homosexuality. Born in 1854 to a prominent Irish family, Wilde first gained notoriety at Oxford for his flamboyant manner and nontraditional religious views. For senior high and older readersThe jazz age
Par F. Fitzgerald. 1931
Five autobiographical essays depicting the exuberant, sybaritic years of the Jazz Age. Written during the Great Depression, the stories wistfully…
reflect on the excesses and abandon of the 1920s with a sense of disappointment, passing youth, and paradise lostAnatomy of restlessness: selected writings, 1969-1989
Par Bruce Chatwin. 1996
Seventeen pieces--essays, short stories, book reviews, and writings on travel--by the noted journalist and author. Chatwin explores themes of nomadism…
and exile in "I Always Wanted to Go to Patagonia," "The Attractions of France," "Bedouins," and "The Nomadic Alternative." Some strong language and some descriptions of sexMuhammad
Par M. A Cook. 1983
Life of the Arab merchant turned prophet and politician who established a religious state in western Arabia in the 620s.…
Cook discusses the history of monotheism; Koranic law; the concepts of the hijra, the jihad, and the umma; the importance of Mecca; and the origins of IslamThe road less traveled and beyond: spiritual growth in an age of anxiety
Par M. Peck. 1997
In this sequel to Further Along the Road Less Traveled (RC 37302, BR 9391), Peck offers additional ways in which…
people can lead more fulfilling lives in a world full of stress and anxiety, and discusses how "we can come to exist in a closer relationship to the Holy."Essays by nineteen writers presenting disparate perspectives on the effects of digital technology on individuals and society. Viewpoints range from…
optimism that e-mail will promote social cohesion, to dismal predictions of the demise of literary cultureInside out
Par Lawrence Crabb. 1988
Dr. Crabb offers the promise that individuals really can trust God to help them overcome obstacles to realizing their God-given…
potential. Crabb further presents ways in which individuals can motivate themselves into taking an honest look at their potential