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El profeta (Colección libros singulares)
By Kahlil Gibran, Khalil Gibran. 2009
Cuento místico por el poeta y pintor libanés Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) de un profeta, , que expone sobre los temas…
del amor, matrimonio, alegría y tristeza, crimen y castigo, dolor, y autoconocimiento. Traducido del original en inglésTennessee Williams: mad pilgrimage of the flesh
By John Lahr. 2014
Biography of Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), the author of The Glass Menagerie (DB 45893) and A Streetcar Named Desire (DB 46212).…
Details Williams's personal life and relationships, career as a playwright, and scandals surrounding him--even after his death. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. National Book Award Finalist. 2014Pimp: the story of my life
By Iceberg Slim. 2011
Autobiography of Iceberg Slim (1918-1992), born Robert Beck in Chicago. At the age of eighteen, he was initiated into the…
life of the pimp. After several stints in jail, Slim gave up the life and turned to writing. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1969Take this man: a memoir
By Brando Skyhorse. 2014
Memoir by the author of The Madonnas of Echo Park (DB 71696). Describes being raised as an American Indian by…
his single mother in Echo Park, California, in the 1970s and 1980s and discovering at the age of twelve or thirteen that he was really Mexican. Strong language. 2014The mockingbird next door: life with Harper Lee
By Marja Mills. 2014
Journalist describes becoming friends with author Harper Lee (born 1926), known to her family and friends as Nelle, and her…
sister Alice and eventually moving in next door to them. Provides insights into Lee's reclusiveness and reluctance about writing another novel after To Kill a Mockingbird (DB 36414/77672). Bestseller. 2014The best American essays, 2010 (Best American series)
By Christopher Hitchens, Robert Atwan. 2010
Collection of twenty-one essays selected by the late Hitchens, author of Mortality (DB 75452). Includes "Speaking in Tongues" by Zadie…
Smith, author of NW (DB 75525), in which she discusses the ways people change how they speak to be more accepted by the predominant cultural community. 2010The best American essays, 2011 (Best American series)
By Edwidge Danticat, Robert Atwan. 2011
Collection of twenty-four essays selected by Edwidge Danticat, author of Claire of the Sea Light (DB 77467). Includes " Magical…
Dinners" by Chang-rae Lee, author of On Such a Full Sea (DB 78213), in which he reflects on meals with his immigrant parents when he was a child. 2011The best American essays, 2009 (Best America series)
By Mary Oliver, Robert Atwan. 2009
Collection of twenty-two essays selected by editor Oliver, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Dog Songs (DB 77665). Includes "The…
Mansion: A Subprime Parable" by Michael Lewis, author of Flash Boys (DB 78574), about returning to his childhood home of New Orleans. 2009The best American essays, 2013 (Best American series)
By Cheryl Strayed, Robert Atwan. 2013
Collection of twenty-six essays selected by Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild (DB 74646). Includes "Night" by 2013 Nobel Prize winner…
for Literature and author of Dear Life (DB 75831) Alice Munro, where she discusses the fears, worries, and crises that strike in the dark. 2013The best American essays, 2012 (Best American series)
By David Brooks, Robert Atwan. 2012
Collection of twenty-four essays selected by David Brooks, author of The Social Animal (DB 72914). Includes "Other Women" by Francine…
Prose, author of Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 (DB 79323), where she reflects on her life in 1972 and the devolution of her marriage. 2012Authorisms: words wrought by writers
By Paul Dickson. 2014
Collection of words and phrases either created or given new meaning by authors. Describes the first use of the term,…
its meaning, its creator, and related trivia. For example, the term "frenemy" was first coined by journalist Walter Winchell in 1953 to identify a rival or false friend. 2014Beowulf: a translation and commentary, together with Sellic spell
By J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien. 2014
Early prose translation (1926) from the Old English by the esteemed Oxford classicist and author of The Lord of the…
Rings (DB 47486, 47487, 47488) trilogy. This volume, edited by Tolkien's son Christopher, also contains extensive commentary on the text and its world, and a short tale by the author. Some violence. 1926Storyteller: the authorized biography of Roald Dahl
By Donald Sturrock. 2010
Biography of writer Roald Dahl (1916-1990), author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (DB 33498). Chronicles Dahl's English boarding-school education;…
World War II service that involved aerial combat and espionage; and family tragedies, including his first wife Patricia Neal's stroke and the death of his daughter Olivia. 2010Muriel Spark: the biography
By Martin Stannard. 2010
Examines personal and professional facets of the life of the Scottish writer best known for The Prime of Miss Jean…
Brodie (DB 69464). Covers the rise of Muriel Spark (1918-2006) from genteel poverty to international celebrity, including her mental-health problems, brief marriage, 1954 conversion to Catholicism, and literary friendships. 2009Tibetan peach pie: a true account of an imaginative life
By Tom Robbins. 2014
Author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (DB 14636) and Wild Ducks Flying Backward (DB 61310) shares his unconventional life,…
from growing up in Appalachia during the Great Depression to moving to the West Coast during the 1960s and starting his career as a novelist. 2014Robert A. Heinlein: in dialogue with his century / Volume II, 1948-1988, the man who learned better
By William H. Patterson, William H. Patterson Jr., William H Patterson. 2014
Continuation of Robert A. Heinlein (DB 73177). This second volume chronicles bestselling author Heinlein (1907-1988) at the height of his…
career, and highlights his personal life, achievements, political aspirations, and more. 2014Things I should have told my daughter: lies, lessons & love affairs
By Pearl Cleage. 2014
Author of Baby Brother's Blues (DB 63550) and Till You Hear from Me (DB 71792) shares excerpts from personal journals,…
kept in the 1970s and 1980s. Describes her work as press secretary for Atlanta's first black mayor and building her career as a playwright and novelist. Strong language. 2014Collecting Shakespeare: the story of Henry and Emily Folger
By Stephen H. Grant, Stephen H Grant. 2014
Historian documents the development of the phenomenal collection of works by and about William Shakespeare under the auspices of Henry…
(1857-1930) and Emily (1858-1936) Folger. Details their childhoods, their courtship, Henry's career at Standard Oil, and the methods they used to anonymously acquire original Shakespeare folios and build the Folger Shakespeare Library. 2014H.G. Wells: another kind of life
By Michael Sherborne. 2010
Biography of British author (1866-1946) known for War of the Worlds (DB 38464) and The Time Machine (DB 33367). Uses…
Wells's correspondence to illustrate his socialist views, scientific interests, and belief in free love. Discusses his literary feuds with Henry James and George Orwell. Foreword by Christopher Priest. 2010The opposite of loneliness: essays and stories
By Marina Keegan. 2014
Collection of essays and short stories by Keegan (1989-2012), who was killed in a car accident five days after her…
college graduation. In the title essay--which appeared in the graduation issue of the Yale Daily News--she reflects on the bright future awaiting the graduates. Bestseller. 2014