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Acquainted with the night: excursions through the world after dark
By Christopher Dewdney. 2004
Prize-winning poet's compendium of the nocturnal realm blending science, art, and literature. Twelve chapters, each corresponding to an hour of…
darkness from dusk to dawn, explore night's central themes--sunsets, children's bedtime stories, sleep and dreams, evening creatures, festivals, stargazing, and more. 2004A modest proposal and other satires (Great Minds Series)
By Jonathan Swift. 1995
Letters, tales, and essays by English satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) assailing such vices and abuses as political corruption, religious intolerance,…
and England's oppression of Ireland. Includes "A Tale of a Tub" and the title work, which suggests eating children to combat poverty. Introduction by George R. Levine. 1995This I believe: an A to Z of a life
By Carlos Fuentes, Kristina Cordero. 2005
Mexican-born novelist, author of The Old Gringo (DB 32879), records his memories and opinions in themed, alphabetically ordered vignettes. He…
recalls personal experiences with his wife and children, discusses literary works, theatre, and film, and reflects on love, jealousy, sex, God, politics, and globalization. 2005Twisted tales from Shakespeare
By Richard Armour. 1957
Tongue-in-cheek retellings of William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) best-known plays: Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of…
Venice, and Othello. Includes introduction, questions, appendices, and footnotes intended to contribute to a clearer misunderstanding of the subject. 1957Toasts for all occasions
By Jeff Herman, Deborah Herman. 2004
Hundreds of toasts, from conservative, sentimental, or inspirational to humorous, designed to be modified for any situation. Sayings are organized…
according to occasion, including farewells, holidays, romantic get-togethers, business events, social gatherings, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and more. 2004The Peabody sisters: three women who ignited American romanticism
By Megan Marshall. 2005
Draws on personal letters to depict the first four decades of three New England sisters' lives in the nineteenth-century. Describes…
how the Peabodys' intellectual pursuits inspired the Transcendentalist movement. Relates the marriage of artist Sophia to writer Nathaniel Hawthorne and teacher Mary to educator Horace Mann--men Elizabeth also loved. 2005V. S. Pritchett: a working life
By Jeremy Treglown. 2004
Concise biography of the British writer Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997). Recounts his upbringing, two marriages, and travels and assesses their…
influence on his literary output. Pritchett's autobiographical works A Cab at the Door and Midnight Oil (RC 46498) focus on his youth and his decision to become a writer. 2004One thousand and one Arabian nights (Oxford Story Collections)
By Geraldine McCaughrean, Rosamund Fowler. 1999
In a desert kingdom King Shahryar, accustomed to killing a new bride every day, marries the storyteller Shahrazad. Each night…
she tells the king about Sinbad the Sailor or Ali Baba, and he postpones her execution to hear another tale the next evening. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1982Shelf life: romance, mystery, drama, and other page-turning adventures from a year in a bookstore
By Suzanne Strempek Shea. 2004
Novelist Suzanne Shea recounts the experience of volunteering to work in a friend's Massachusetts bookstore during cancer recovery. Shea reminisces…
about the patrons she encountered and her own book tours. 2004The Orientalist: solving the mystery of a strange and a dangerous life
By Tom Reiss. 2005
Biography of Lev Nussimbaum, a Russian Jew born in Azerbaijan in 1905. Describes his pattern of reinventing himself, eventually becoming…
known in the publishing world and to his wife as a swashbuckling Muslim writer. Reiss tracks identities Nussimbaum used in Europe's powerful intellectual and political circles between the World Wars. 2005Satirical sketches: Satirical Sketches (Midland Bks. #No.581)
By Paul Turner, Lucian. 1990
Twenty-three pieces by Greek orator Lucian (A.D. 115-200) take aim at love, prostitution, and philosophy. From "The Dream" to "Alexander,"…
the satires display Lucian's skepticism about conflicting creeds and all forms of belief in the supernatural. Translated from the Greek and introduced by Paul Turner. 1961Grant and Twain: the story of a friendship that changed America
By Mark Perry. 2004
Describes the mutually beneficial relationship that developed in 1884 as Mark Twain, finishing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (RC 57349),…
persuaded former president and Union general Ulysses S. Grant to write his Personal Memoirs (DB 24377). Discusses each man's quest for fame in the context of Gilded Age America. 2004The odes of Horace: Bilingual Edition
By Horace, David Ferry. 1998
More than one hundred short poems by the influential Latin poet who celebrated the commonplace during the reign of the…
Emperor Augustus. Subjects include birthdays, virtue, wishes, safe journeys, and success in love and politics. Translated into idiomatic American English by scholar David Ferry. Poems are in English and Latin. 1997The life of Graham Greene: Volume 3, 1955-1991
By Norman Sherry. 2004
This sequel to The Life of Graham Greene, Volume 2: 1939-1955 (DB 41053, BR 10240) covers the distinguished author's productive…
career and the final years of his tumultuous life. Sherry discusses Greene's private relationships and explores the people, places, and events that inspired his writing. 2004The Jewish war: Revised Edition (Penguin classics)
By Flavius Josephus, Betty Radice, G. A. Williamson. 1981
Account of the failed first-century Jewish rebellion against Rome, written by rebel leader Josephus (c. 37-100 A.D.), later a captive…
who changed loyalties. Details Judaean life under Roman rule, the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple, and the resistance at Masada. Portrays Herod, Emperor Vespasian, and others. Violence. 1970The practical writer: from inspiration to publication
By Mary Gannon, Therese Eiben, Therese Eiben. 2004
Poets & Writers magazine editors' compilation of essays to facilitate informed decisions by emerging authors at each career stage. Covers:…
title choice, manuscript revision, grant applications, contracts, interaction with editors, and more. Contributors are novelists, poets, and publishing insiders. 2004Selections from the Canzoniere and other works (Oxford world's classics)
By Mark Musa, Francesco Petrarch. 1985
Modern English translation of two autobiographical prose pieces--"Letter to Posterity" and "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux"--by the Italian poet Francesco…
Petrarca (1304-1374), known as Petrarch. Also includes selected love poems inspired by Laura, his unrequited passion. 1985 translation and introduction by Mark Musa. 1999Pushkin: a biography
By T. J. Binyon. 2003
Prizewinning biography of classic Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837). Portrays a man of great talent and wit who also indulged…
in debauchery, gambling, and womanizing. Discusses Pushkin's exile for writing seditious verses, his marriage, his jealousy, and the duel that caused his untimely death. 2002La voie romaine (Collection Liberté grande)
By Sylveline Bourion. 2022
L'histoire d'une enfant autiste qui s'éveille au langage par l'écriture. Un récit qui nous plonge dans une France agricole peuplée…
de gens "modestes et ordinaires". Une démarche proustienne, une écriture très sensible et toute en finesseLa parole sorcière: littérature, magie, émancipation
By Martin Jalbert. 2022
Il existe plusieurs formes de sorcellerie. L'une agit dans le sens de la destruction de la santé des êtres vivants…
et des milieux ; une autre, dans le sens de son amélioration. Ce livre se range résolument du côté de cette dernière. La lumière des sorcières y brille comme la lumière de vies affranchies, en porte-à-faux avec les normes hétérocis et l'ordre patriarco-colonial. Pourtant, ce n'est pas sur la figure de la sorcière que porte cet essai, mais sur une grande variété de textes littéraires en tant que contributions à une sorcellerie anti-oppressive appelée ici sorcellerie de l'émancipation