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Relates the 1918 discovery of an abandoned German shepherd puppy on a French World War I battlefield by American soldier…
Lee Duncan. Describes Rin Tin Tin and his descendants' acting roles from early silent movies to the 1950s television show. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2011
Twenty-eight stories written in the 1920s and 1930s by fourteen African American women. Most were originally published in magazines and…
chronicle the struggles of race, gender, and poverty. In the title piece, a woman passes for white until her husband's bigotry breaks her silence. Violence and strong language. 1993
Twenty essays by popular authors on the reasons behind their pursuit of writing. Sue Grafton, author of A is for…
Alibi (DB 35069), ruminates on the source of "writer's block" and David Baldacci discusses his compulsion for writing. Also includes Isabel Allende, Jodi Picoult, and others. 2013
Selection of previously published works that parody or satirize common types of writing. Includes a police log showing officers' increasing…
exasperation with their community, a school's alumni newsletter, and a note on typefaces by Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals (DB 70373). 2012
Collection of letters exchanged between J.M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize winner for literature, and Paul Auster, author of Winter Journal (DB…
75501), begun in July 2008, shortly after they met. Coetzee and Auster discuss the nature of friendship, cultural taboos, and books they have read, among other topics. 2013
Autobiography of the author of Empire of the Sun (DB 22409). Describes his youth in Shanghai, incarceration in a Japanese…
prison camp, and later life in England. Includes introduction by China Mieville, author of The City and the City (DB 72153). 2008
Rolling Stone magazine editor details his dinner with music virtuoso Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) in November 1989--the last long interview the…
composer gave before his death the following October. Recounts Bernstein's discussions on the state of music performance and contemporary popular personalities such as John Lennon and the Beatles. 2013
Profiles of twenty-five writers featuring their more salacious exploits. Includes Ernest Hemingway's and Dorothy Parker's alcohol abuse, William S. Burroughs's…
and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's drug addictions, and Sylvia Plath's and Anne Sexton's mental illnesses. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2013
Literature professor investigates the world of Mary Shelley as she wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (DB 25835). Profiles literary…
influences, including Lord Byron and Shelley's husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. Discusses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century medical practices such as stealing corpses for dissection and anatomical study. Young adult appeal. 2013
Harris, author of The End of Faith (DB 62053), and Nawaz, chair of a think tank focusing on religious freedom,…
extremism, and citizenship, examine the role of the Islamic religion in extremist violence in the twenty-first century. Presented as the authors speaking back and forth. 2015
Thirty-seven essays exploring the world of reading and criticism, by the author of Europa (DB 48634) and Cleaver (DB 68657).…
Essays are divided into the categories of "The World around the Book," "The Book in the World," "The Writer's World," and "Writing across Worlds."2015
Theology professor outlines a guide designed to aid in bettering the understanding and interpretation of the Bible's Old Testament prophets.…
Examines the historical context of the writings, the ways to define who qualifies as a prophet, and differentiations between prophecy and apocalyptic preaching. 2015
Collection of thirty-one poems exploring facets of the human experience through gender and sexuality. "List of Cross-Dressing Soldiers" begins as…
a paean to women who went to war as men, but turns into a reflection of a sibling's experience in battle. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2014
Collection of thirty-two essays by authors of fiction about their travel adventures. Includes stories from Frances Mayes, author of Under…
the Tuscan Sun (DB 44847); Joyce Carol Oates, author of Carthage (DB 78237); Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (DB 55503); and more. 2012
Collection of previously unpublished correspondence by the author of Pulp (DB 40326) and The Pleasures of the Damned (DB 66380),…
discussing the art of creation with publishers, editors, friends, and peers. Shares the joys and tribulations of not only writing, but writing for publication. 2015
Author of God's Secretaries (DB 56486) examines the historical impact and modern-day relevance of Homer's epic poems The Iliad (DB…
66356) and The Odyssey (DB 72052). Discusses the cultural traditions which influenced the stories, differing interpretations over the years, and ways to read Homer in the twenty-first century. 2014
Attorney describes the Victory Book Campaign during World War II, which provided American soldiers with selected literature of note in…
the face of Nazi censorship and destruction of books. Discusses the impact the program had on the titles chosen and on the publishing industry. 2014
A collection of ten essays on the power of poetry. Poet Hirshfield looks at poems of varied styles and time…
periods and uses them to show how reading poetry can transform readers, inviting reflection about their own lives and the wider world. 2015
Journal of the author of A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (DB 33325), kept between January…
1946 and September 1947 while she was attending the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Reflects on her relationship with God and the world around her. 1947
Literary editor and writer examines the myriad reasons for her personal love of literature. Explores aspects of the written word…
that bring her pleasure in chapters devoted to "Character and Plot," "The Space Between," "Novelty," "Authority," and others. Also considers the sensuous delights of the physical book. 2014