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By Emmanuel Carrere, John Lambert, Emmanuel Carrère. 2019
Collection of twenty essays exploring a variety of topics by the author of Limonov (DB 81421). In "How I Completely…
Botched My Interview with Catherine Deneuve," he recounts his experience not connecting with the legendary French actress during a two-hour interview. Translated from the original 2016 French edition. 2019By Alice Hoffman, Ford Madox Ford, Ellen Datlow, Pat Cadigan, F. Marion Crawford, Joyce Carol Oates, Garth Nix, John Langan, Jeffrey Ford, Richard Kadrey, Dale Bailey, Nick Mamatas, Terry Dowling, Stephen Graham Jones, Brian Evenson, Alison Littlewood, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Lee Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Gemma Files, Siobhan Carroll, Aliette De Bodard, Richard Bowes, Indrapramit Das, Carole Johnstone, Bracken Macleod, Vincent J. Masterson, M. Rickert, M. L. Siemienowicz, A. C. Wise. 2019
A collection of contemporary short stories about ghosts which range from eerie to terrifying, most original to this anthology. Authors…
include Seanan McGuire, Richard Kadrey, Gemma Files, Garth Nix, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, and Paul Tremblay. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019By Brooks D. Simpson. 2013
Presents firsthand accounts of the third year of the Civil War, spanning the crucial months from January 1863 to March…
1864. Collection of letters, diary entries, speeches, articles, messages, and poems from the participants and observers of the time. 2013By Edgar Allan Poe, Patrick F. Quinn. 1984
Collection of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry and tales presented chronologically to showcase his development as a writer. Includes the five…
scenes from "Politian," his one attempt at drama. Edited by Patrick F. Quinn. 1984By Ulysses S. Grant. 2018
A collection of letters from famed Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant to his wife, Julia Dent Grant. The letters…
range in time from their engagement in 1844 until Union victory in 1865 and provide insight into the general's experiences and mental state, especially during the Civil War. 2018By Frank Norris. 1986
By Holly Hughes. 2017
Collection of forty-eight previously published essays from national and regional publications on food, cooking, and dining. Categories explored include food…
culture in the twenty-first century, the claiming of specific cooking traditions, updating classic recipes, exploring dining in particular cities, and personal taste. Strong language. 2017By Darryl Pinckney. 2019
Essays from literary critic and novelist about racial history that blend the personal and the social. The author traces the…
lineage of black intellectual history, discusses the literary black diaspora, reflects on Obama's first presidential campaign, and more. Strong language. 2019By James Wood. 2020
Twenty-eight critical essays and reviews covering topics in the arts originally published between 1997 and 2019. Topics covered include Keith…
Moon, Anton Chekov, Saul Bellow, Anna Karenina (DB 72059), Jane Austen, The Road (DB 63649), and Elena Ferrante. Strong language. 2019By Jill Bialosky. 2017
Poet and novelist--The Prize (DB 83859)--recalls specific poems that she encountered at key moments in her life and the ways…
in which they informed her experiences. Serves as both a memoir and an anthology, including the texts of the fifty-one poems that she has selected. 2017By Valeria Luiselli. 2017
The author presents forty questions and the answers that she received from undocumented Latin American children facing deportation from the…
United States. Discusses the difficulties faced by these young individuals and examines US immigration issues. 2017By Brando Skyhorse, Lisa Page. 2017
Fifteen essays examining the concept of passing, which the author defines as attempting to gain something tangible by occupying a…
space meant for someone else. Explores different types of passing, including race, disability, religion, sexuality, and more. Some strong language. 2017By Owen F. Witesman, Leena Lehtolainen. 2017
Four mysteries, translated from 2017-2019, featuring detective Maria Kallio. Includes Below the Surface, The Nightingale Murder, Derailed, and Where Have…
All the Young Girls Gone, in which--after three immigrant Muslim girls go missing--the body of a fourth girl is found in the snow, strangled with her headscarf. Originally published in Finnish from 2003-2010. Violence and strong language. 2019By Otto Penzler. 2017
Anthology of seventy-three mystery stories that focus on the criminals rather than the detectives. The collection's scope begins with Victorian…
entries, such as Bram Stoker's "Dracula's Guest," and continues up through modern times, including Loren D. Estleman's "The Black Spot."Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017By Glenn Stout, Rick Telander. 2016
Twenty-seven examples of sports writing from 2016, from magazines, newspapers, and online sources. In addition to the usual topics, the…
selections include a discussion of dogsledding in an age of receding ice, an examination of rodeo riding, and a look at rugby. Some strong language. 2016By David G. McCullough. 2017
By Stephen Jones. 2013
Twenty-two horror stories selected as the best of 2012, with an overview of the year in horror publishing and media…
and a necrology of those who died that year. Authors include Ramsey Campbell, Alison Littlewood, Gemma Files, Neil Gaiman, and more. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2013By Daniel Stashower, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jon Lellenberg, Charles Foley. 2008
To provide a clear picture of the personality and multifaceted life of the writer best known for his fictional character…
Sherlock Holmes, the editors selected letters from the long-locked-away correspondence with his much-admired mother Mary over fifty years, as well as missives to other family members and friends. Agatha Award. 2007By Otto Penzler. 2017
A collection of fifteen original mystery stories involving the world of books. Includes entries by Jeffery Deaver, C. J. Box,…
Reed Farrel Coleman, Thomas H. Cook, Loren D. Estleman, Laura Lippman, Anne Perry, John Connolly, and Nelson DeMille. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2017By Sarah Gerard. 2017
A collection of eight essays, two previously published, focusing on growing up and living in Florida. "BFF" explores a friendship…
that included lies. "Records" recounts the author's high school years. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2017