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The child that books built: a life in reading
Par Francis Spufford. 2002
British author of I May Be Some Time (BR 12612) explains the importance that reading has played in the formation…
of his character and views on life. Spufford conveys his passion for fiction, from a childhood love of Tolkien's stories to his adult enthusiasm for the classics. Some strong language. 2002Greek myths
Par Robert Graves. 1984
Covers the creation myths; the legends of the great Olympians; the Theseus, Oedipus, and Heracles cycles; the Argonaut voyage; the…
tale of Troy; and more. Contains references to the classical sources and includes interpretations of myths in light of archaeological and anthropological research. 1955How to be alone: essays
Par Jonathan Franzen. 2002
Thirteen essays on life in a fast-paced, media-saturated society. Franzen observes the lack of privacy and persistent loneliness of the…
individual despite technological advances and increased consumerism. Describes his father's Alzheimer's disease, his brief stint in Oprah's Book Club, and even the stigma of being a cigarette smoker. 2002The life of Saint Teresa of Avila by herself
Par Teresa. 1957
Autobiography of St. Teresa (1515-1582), written at the request of her confessors. The devout Spanish Carmelite nun and mystic founded…
seventeen convents in Spain. A classic spiritual work translated and with an introduction by J.M. Cohen. 1957Charles Dickens
Par Jane Smiley. 2002
Portrays the nineteenth-century English novelist from his contemporaries' viewpoint and through his literary works. Smiley's approach is "a friendly desire…
to get to know" Dickens and his Victorian world and to comment on the role of writing in his life. 2002The same sea
Par Amos Oz. 2001
Israeli novelist combines prose and poetry to explore themes of love and loss, desire and memory. A young man sets…
out on a spiritual journey towards Tibet. He leaves behind his girlfriend, who moves in temporarily with his widowed father, awakening many pent-up emotions. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2001The story of my life
Par Helen Keller. 2003
The restored classic autobiography of an exceptional young woman and her companion, originally published in 1903, with 2003 commentary by…
editor Roger Shattuck. Helen Keller's own account of her transformation is followed by her teacher Anne Sullivan's record of their early years together and insights of Anne's husband, John Macy. 1903The life of Samuel Johnson: Introduction By Claude Rawson (Everyman's Library Classics Ser.)
Par James Boswell. 1992
Classic biography of the eighteenth-century English man of letters, originally published in 1791. Based on detailed notes compiled by Boswell…
during their twenty-year friendship, the text for the most part comprises conversations and statements of Johnson's strong opinions. 1791The 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 readersStet: a memoir
Par Diana Athill. 2000
British editor recounts her half-century career with the publisher André Deutsch Limited in literary London and offers insights and opinions…
about celebrated authors she knew, among them V.S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, Philip Roth, Mordecai Richler, and Norman Mailer. 2000Ex 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. 2000Marcel Proust
Par Edmund White. 1999
Sympathetic portrait of the early twentieth-century French writer. Explores Proust's motivations in hiding his homosexuality and Jewish background while becoming…
a renowned literary figure. Provides insightful criticism of his novels as well as their social context. 1999