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The Communist manifesto (Oxford world's classics)
Par Karl Marx. 1998
Political and economic theory of social organization, first published as the platform of the Communist League. Anticapitalist work based on…
collective government ownership and democratic management of production and distribution of goodsMaya Angelou: journey of the heart (Rainbow biography)
Par Jayne Pettit. 1998
Presents the life of Maya Angelou from her childhood through her years as a poet, author, civil-rights activist, entertainer, and…
professor. Describes how her creativity and hard work have promoted the success of African Americans through poetry, writing, and teaching. For junior and senior high readersEx libris: confessions of a common reader
Par Anne Fadiman. 1998
Eighteen essays written over four years reveal the author's bibliomania and compulsive proofreading habit. In "Marrying Libraries," she admits that…
only after five years of marriage and a child were she and her husband intimate enough to mingle their book collections. In "Insert a Carrot," she describes her family's need to correct misspellings, even on menusZane Grey: romancing the West
Par Stephen May. 1997
Biography of the popular author discusses how he spent his youth fishing and hunting near Zanesville, Ohio, a town named…
after his pioneer ancestor. Grey became a dentist at his father's insistence, but later returned to his love of writing. Tells how Riders of the Purple Sage (RC 17362) became his first bestseller in 1912The history of Henry IV, part 1
Par William Shakespeare. 1994
First published in 1598. Depicts the early years of the reign of England's Henry IV. The Earl of Northumberland's son,…
Hotspur, becomes Henry's opponent. Eventually Henry's son, Prince Hal, leaves the merrymaker Falstaff to join the battle at Shrewsbury against Hotspur. Annotated version with historical background and essay on literary perspectiveBad man blues: a portable George Garrett
Par George Garrett. 1998
A collection of nine short stories, nine humorous academic anecdotes, and six personal essays reflecting on the author's family. In…
the title piece a young African-American lawyer in Florida gains the attention of some white attorneys by recounting the unusual twist in the last local lynching. Some strong language. 1998Crabcakes
Par James McPherson. 1998
The Pulitzer prize-winning African American author records autobiographical episodes and meditates on their meaning. The taste of Maryland crabcakes became…
firmly imprinted on his consciousness during his stay in Baltimore and remained with him even when he moved to Iowa and Japan. Some strong languageWalden, or, Life in the woods
Par Henry Thoreau. 1992
Philosophical observations recorded during an experiment in simple living at a small pond near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's essays include his…
detailed observations of nature and his comments on the world's problems. He says that "the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."How to read and why
Par Harold Bloom. 2000
Literary critic Bloom presents "samplings" and interpretations of his favorite literary works to affirm the value of engaged reading. Among…
the authors discussed are short-story masters Turgenev, Hemingway, Borges, and Calvino; poets Whitman, Dickinson, Wordsworth, and Keats; novelists Cervantes, Stendhal, Austen, Proust, Melville, and Pynchon; and playwrights Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Wilde. 2000Greene on Capri: a memoir
Par Shirley Hazzard. 2000
Novelist Shirley Hazzard creates a portrait of the British author Graham Greene, based on her personal recollections. Describes how she…
and her husband, Francis Steegmuller, became lifelong friends with Greene in the late 1960s on the historic Mediterranean isle of Capri--a haven for writers. 2000Plutarch: the lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
Par Plutarch. 1992
Biographical accounts of noble Greeks and Romans from mythological times through the early second century A.D. This 1864 revision of…
Dryden's classic seventeenth-century translation compares the character, moral conduct, and fates of such noted figures as Demosthenes and Cicero, providing rich descriptions of social life in the Mediterranean world. 1992Not dying: an autobiographical interlude
Par William Saroyan. 1996
Autobiographical reflections of the American author and playwright when he is entering his fifties and sensing a time of transition.…
Written in the summer of 1959 in Paris while his teenage son and daughter are visiting and he has three works in progress. Originally published in 1963Wasn't the grass greener?: a curmudgeon's fond memories
Par Barbara Holland. 1999
Thirty-three essays lamenting the passing of a simpler, traditional way of life at the end of the twentieth century. The…
author reminisces about the card games and front porches that "brought us together" and about the increasing disdain for family heirlooms in this age of planned obsolescence. 1999Road-side dog
Par Czesław Miłosz. 1998
In stories, poems, and essays an aged Nobel laureate reflects on a wide range of topics including America, religion, the…
magic of love, the secret charm of cats, and the process of aging. These musings reveal the insights and wisdom of his eighty-seven years. 1998My friend, my friend: the story of Thoreau's relationship with Emerson
Par Harmon Smith. 1999
Drawing heavily on their journals and letters, Smith chronicles the twenty-five-year association between Ralph Waldo Emerson, a financially well-placed teacher,…
and Henry David Thoreau, a struggling student, which began at Harvard in 1837. The relationship faltered for a while with the publication of Walden, but was renewed when Thoreau's health began to fail. 1999Poetry, short stories, memoirs, essays, and a play selected from works by twenty-three authors. Many of the pieces express feelings…
about the writers' physical conditions, which range from congenital deafness to gradual hearing loss to hearing impairment. Includes brief biographical sketchesJonathan Swift: a portrait
Par Victoria Glendinning. 1999
A biographical study of the eighteenth-century English cleric best known for Gulliver's Travels (BR 12766). Examines Swift's corrosive satires, poems,…
letters, and other writings, as well as earlier biographies to gain insight into his elusive character. Probes his romantic relations with the two women in his life--Stella and Vanessa. 1998William Shakespeare: a compact documentary life
Par S Schoenbaum. 1987
Schoenbaum presents a scholarly biography based on written records. Recounts Shakespeare's simple life story as evidenced in documents found in…
Stratford, where he was born, raised, and died, and in London, where he gained his livelihoodThe dreams our stuff is made of: how science fiction conquered the world
Par Thomas Disch. 1998
The author explores the influence that science fiction writing has had on American culture. He describes how the genre impacts…
on politics, religion, and daily life, traces the evolution of this style of writing beginning with Edgar Allan Poe, and discusses well-known writers and their worksAn anthology of stories, poems, essays, and first person reports selected from each decade of the magazine. Chronicles American cultural…
history with pieces by such noted authors as Melville, Hawthorne, Theodore Roosevelt, Sandburg, Steinbeck, Richard Wright, Plath, Baldwin, Hofstadter, Tuchman, Alice Walker, Tom Wolfe, and Joyce Carol Oates. 2000