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The 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. 2014The dream of the great American novel
By Lawrence Buell. 2014
Harvard professor surveys the trajectory of our national fiction against the ideal of the Great American Novel endeavor. Analysis begins…
with classic works of Hawthorne and Melville and extends through the late twentieth century. 2014The science of Shakespeare: a new look at the playwright's universe
By Dan Falk, St. Martin`s Press. 2014
Journalist profiles Renaissance astronomers and cosmologists and discusses the influence of their discoveries and speculations on the work of William…
Shakespeare (1564?-1616). Links Shakespeare with Galileo, Copernicus, Giordano Bruno, and other thinkers. 2014Falling into place: an intimate geography of home
By Catherine Reid. 2014
Twenty essays by creative writing professor reflecting on home and the connections made there with people and nature. In "When…
a Fox Skull No Longer Points Home" she contemplates leaving rural Massachusetts with her spouse Holly. "After a Sweet Singing Fall Down" pays tribute to her grandmother. 2014Dance of the reptiles: selected columns (Vintage Original Ser.)
By Carl Hiaasen, Diane Stevenson, Carl Hiassen. 2014
Collection of columns published in the Miami Herald between 2001 and 2013 by the author of Kick Ass (DB 49343),…
Hoot (DB 55550), and Bad Monkey (DB 76893). Topics include tourists, greed, environmental concerns, politics, and celebrity. 2014This is the story of a happy marriage
By Ann Patchett. 2013
Twenty-two essays by the author of Bel Canto (DB 54190) explore the commitments one chooses throughout life. Topics include friendship,…
career, pets, and marriage. "The Bookstore Strikes Back" reflects on Patchett's experiences as co-owner of a bookstore. Bestseller. 2013