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By Joseph M. Hassett. 2016
Lawyer and literary critic examines obscenity laws in the United States, specifically as they applied to James Joyce's Ulysses (DB…
19994) during two case trials. Topics covered include short profiles of the original American publishers and their attorney, legal proceedings, legal arguments, changing mores, and more. 2016By Robert F. Darnton. 2018
Using the archives from a Swiss university, former Harvard University librarian recounts the adventures of Jean-François Favarger, a traveling salesman…
for a Swiss publishing house, during five months in 1778. Discusses day-to-day business practices, government censorship, book smuggling, the differences in markets, and more. 2018By John Baxter. 2017
Journalist and long-time resident of Paris examines the intersection of food and culture throughout France's history. Discusses historical markets that…
still exist in the twenty-first century, the importance of food in literature as well as in the lives of the writers, the impact of war shortages, and more. 2017A collection of previously published essays covering a wide variety of topics. Discusses Vladimir Nabokov, the Republican party, Iris Murdoch,…
the Windsor family, journalism, the porn industry, A Clockwork Orange (DB 15213), terrorism, Philip Roth, Christopher Hitchens, and more. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017By David Mason. 2018
Collection of nineteen essays divided among three themes: "Travelers"; "Exiles, Eccentrics, Immigrants"; and "Voices, Places." Some essays examine the ties…
to a region of particular writers, including Herodotus, Omar Khayyam, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Wallace Stegner, and Edward Abbey. 2018By Mike Thomson. 2019
An account of a hidden library organized in 2013 in the war-torn town of Daraya, which was besieged early in…
the Syrian Civil War. The author recounts how the books inside were salvaged and scavenged. 2019By Jason Heller. 2018
A journalist explores the intersection of science fiction and music in the 1970s. Beginning with the twin events in 1969…
of the Apollo moon landing and David Bowie's song "Space Oddity," he examines the musicians influenced by the science fiction books and movies of the time. Some strong language. 2018By Mark Eisner. 2018
La vida del poeta chileno ganador del Premio Nobel Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). Sigue la trayectoria de Neruda de sus primeras…
escrituras en su adolescencia; su carrera como cónsul y político; sus amistades consecuentes en la España republicana; el giro dramático de sus fortunas políticas; y las circunstancias controvertidas que rodearon su muerte. Traducido del inglésBy Ngũgĩ Wa Thiongʼo. 2018
Accounting of a man's incarceration for a year in Kenya for political activism through theater. Discusses Kenyan history leading to…
the ruling regime, his living conditions, his fellow prisoners, and the work he did in order to maintain his sanity--including writing a novel on toilet paper in his native language. 2018By Jens Andersen, Caroline Waight. 2018
Biography of the author of the popular children's classic Pippi Longstocking (DB 71967). Details her early life in Sweden, which…
included an unplanned pregnancy with her married boss. Also covers her work during WWII and the origins of her famous, irrepressible heroine, Pippi. Translated from the 2014 Danish edition. 2018By Fiona Sampson. 2018
Biography of the author (1797-1851) who wrote the novel Frankenstein (DB 25835) at the age of nineteen. Discusses her childhood…
as the daughter of radical philosophers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, her troubled marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the creation and legacy of her famous novel. 2018By Leslie Budewitz. 2011
Attorney and author presents concepts about the American legal system for people interested in portraying attorneys and criminal law in…
fiction. Topics covered include trial procedures, legal issues in criminal investigations, crimes, punishment, civil matters, terminology, estate planning, legal miscellany, thinking like a lawyer or judge, and legal ethics. 2011By Michael Dirda. 2014
Author of Browsings (DB 83222) reflects on his lifelong love of the work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Also provides…
an introduction to the scholarship done by literary society, The Baker Street Irregulars, which was founded in 1934. Places Conan Doyle's work in the context of literary canon. 2012By Lawrence Senelick. 2010
A wide-ranging collection of essays and works of criticism with contributions from playwrights, actors, directors, critics, and others who love…
the theater. Early writings include pieces by Mark Twain and Willa Cather, alongside more modern ones by David Mamet, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and more. 2010By Deborah Baker. 2018
A look at the rivalry between John Auden and Michael Spender, who both vied to participate on an expedition to…
Everest's summit in the midst of Britain's waning power in India. The author portrays a generation, including writers, artists, explorers, spies, nationalists, political rogues, informers, and more. 2018By Vera Tobin. 2018
Cognitive scientist examines the use of surprise endings in literary fiction and popular literature and challenges two common beliefs: that…
biases are a form of moral weakness and surprise endings are shallow gimmicks. Delves into plot twists, unreliable narrators, and more. 2018By Susan Gubar. 2019
A reflection on the nature of relationships between older individuals, comparing them with those of younger lovers and with ageist…
stereotypes. The author, in her seventies, considers her own marriage as well, and discusses the consolations and complications of an older relationship. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2018By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. 2007
Historian--and coiner of the title phrase embraced by feminists--explores women who made their mark on history, defying societal expectations and…
challenging the very way that history is written. She gives examples of such women, including warriors, artists, writers, slaves, and modern feminists. 2007By Claire Tomalin. 2018
Award-winning biographer and author of Jane Austen: A Life (DB 46312) tackles a new subject: herself. Discusses her turbulent childhood,…
escape to Cambridge University, marriage to journalist Nick Tomalin and his subsequent death, a fleeting love affair, her daughter's suicide, and the trajectory of her own career. Some descriptions of sex. 2017By Javier Marías. 2018
A collection of personal and critical texts by the Spanish novelist. Includes "La biblioteca invasora," "Mi libro favorito," and "De…
no haber nacido." Edited by Margaret Jull Costa and Alexis Grohmann. Spanish language. 2018