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By David Daiches. 1970
By Thomas Thompson. 1979
True story of Charles Sobhraj, the illegitimate son of a Vietnamese mother and an Indian father. After a tormented childhood,…
he turns to crime at an early age and finds that his good looks, charm, and command of languages makes him unusually successful. Then he goes beyond preying on tourists to murder. Violence. BestsellerBy Charles E Silberman. 1978
By Donald MacCampbell. 1978
A New York literary agent offers an introduction to the business side of writing. Covers the literary marketplace from the…
preparation of the manuscript to selecting an agent and deciding on a publisher and contracts. Some strong languageBy Humphrey Carpenter. 1977
J.R.R. Tolkien's life, from his childhood in South Africa through the lonely period that followed the deaths of both parents…
and ended with his marriage. Recounts his years as a distinguished Oxford professor and recalls the acclaim he enjoyed as the author of the Hobbit series (DB 48978 and others). 1977. 1977By Bernard Miles. 1976
By Murray Kempton. 1973
Examines the undercover operations that led to the 1969 arrest of a group of Black Panthers on charges of arson,…
conspiracy, and attempted murder, and explores the proceedings of their highly publicized trial. Strong languageBy John J Sirica, John J. Sirica. 1979
A view of the Watergate scandals by the U.S. District Court Judge who presided over the five-year-long Watergate ordeal. Tells…
how his intuitive skepticism led to the breakdown of the White House conspiracy. A dramatic account by an outspoken judge who has been both praised and denounced for his activist stance on the benchBy Henry James. 1963
By Maya Angelou. 1978
By Marco Polo. 1953
Written while he was a prisoner of war at Genoa, this is the Venetian explorer's own account of his travels…
in Asia in the 13th century, a tale which was widely read but little believed by his contemporariesBy Edmund Wilson. 1977
By James Baldwin. 1976
Homosexuality and the physical aspects of male love are explored in a Paris setting where the narrator, a young American,…
is involved both with a woman and man, and is eventually compelled to make a choiceBy Noel Perrin. 1978
Twenty humorous essays from a former New Yorker who now owns and runs his own farm in Vermont. He writes…
of maple sugaring, trading, raising sheep, and some of the pit-falls of country lifeBy Bill Davidson. 1977
The incredibly dangerous double life of Steven Collura. For five years he acted in soap operas by day while doubling…
at night as an undercover narcotics agent in New York City, until he nearly lost his life in the biggest bust of his career. For high school and adult readers. Strong languageBy G. K Chesterton. 1965
By Anthony Trollope, Charles Mozley. 1973
Plantagenet Palliser, Duke of Omnium and Prime Minister of England, attempts as a widower to launch his grown children into…
life. All three of the high-spirited children come near to breaking their father's heart. Sixth and last in the series of Palliser novelsBy Anthony Trollope. 1962
First published in 1867, this novel is concerned with the trials and tribulations of Reverend Josiah Crawley, a country clergyman…
who is unjustly accused of stealing twenty pounds. Meanwhile, his daughter falls in love with the son of the ArchdeaconBy Alfred Kazin. 1951