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As I saw it
By Dean Rusk, Richard Rusk, Daniel S. Papp. 1990
A portrait of one of the United States's most enigmatic public figures. Dean Rusk was secretary of state during the…
Vietnam War years. His son Richard left home in 1970 primarily because he opposed his father's views. Fourteen years later, Richard returned to rediscover his relationship with his father by recording the elder Rusk's memoirs. BestsellerDangerous dossiers: exposing the secret war against America's greatest authors
By Herbert Mitgang. 1988
A correspondent for the "New York Times," with a background in Army Air Corps counterintelligence during World War II, brings…
to light the policies and procedures by which the FBI developed dossiers on authors thought to be subversive. His purpose is to demonstrate how dangerous the practice is--damaging not only to individual freedom, but also to national valuesThe story of language: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King
By Chuck Miller, Mario Pei, Tim Underwood. 1965
Of Pei's more than fifty books, this was his best-known effort to put all of language--its origin, history, growth, forms,…
and functions--into perspective. Pei's love for languages began at the age of seven when his family emigrated from Italy to the United States. As a teacher, he considered language study as part of the humanities, and promoted his hope of achieving a better understanding among peoples with a universal languageOh, the places you'll go! (Classic Seuss)
By Seuss, Dr Seuss. 1990
"Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away!" So begins the inimitable Dr. Seuss…
in this graduation speech for both young and old. Filled with wit, wisdom, and insight, this advice in rhyme humorously deals with coping with the various ups and downs of life, taking charge, and ultimately succeeding against the odds. For readers of all ages. BestsellerBob Knight: his own man
By Joan Mellen. 1988
Portrait of the successful and sometimes controversial Indiana University basketball coach. Written with Knight's cooperation, the book emphasizes Knight's methods…
which, at times, may appear offensive or inexplicable. The author insists that Knight always has the best interests of his players and friends at heart. Some strong language. Bestseller 1988Stress passages: surviving life's transitions gracefully
By John Mason, John O'Hara, L. John Mason, Hara John O. 1988
Divided into chapters on the major stress causing stages of life; pregnancy, parenting, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and work, midlife transition,…
aging, and death. This book presents techniques and exercises that are designed to help people relax in order to more effectively handle these stages and stresses. 1988The casualty
By Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz, Heinrich Boll. 1987
Twenty-two sketches and stories written by the Nobel laureate, who died in 1985. They reflect his experiences as an infantry…
corporal during World War II, along with his perceptions of everyday life in postwar GermanyThe stories of Heinrich Böll
By Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz. 1986
Taking into account his World War II experience as a young man and the political utterances of his later years,…
these stories by the Nobel laureate grow out of Boll's entire career. They display his humane sensibility and eye for the mindless cruelty and desolation of war. Some strong languageSeven nights
By Jorge Luis Borges, Eliot Weinberger. 1984
Seven lectures in which the famous Argentine writer shares his personal observations on poetry and on great poetic works such…
as "The Divine Comedy" and "The Thousand and One Nights." In the final essay he reminisces on his blindness and how blindness has served him and other blind poetsSmart cookies don't crumble: a modern woman's guide to living and loving her own life
By Sonya Friedman. 1985
A practicing psychologist examines the excuses and myths she believes women often use to avoid taking charge of their own…
lives. She offers woman of all ages and backgrounds advice on mining their individual strengths to shape more promising futures. Bestseller 1985Fine lines: the best of Ms. fiction
By Ruth Sullivan. 1981
Crisis: the last year of the Carter presidency
By Hamilton Jordan. 1982
Former President Carter's chief of staff chronicles the last year of his boss's administration. Drawing on his own records, official…
documents, his secretary's diary, and interviews, Jordan focuses on the two main issues that occupied the White House during this period--the hostage crisis and the reelection campaign. Bestseller 1982Reagan
By Lou Cannon. 1982
"I like and respect Ronald Reagan while remaining skeptical that his actions will achieve the results he intends." Expressing these…
sentiments in the foreword, Cannon, the veteran White House correspondent for the Washington Post, offers a critical though sympathetic assessment of the life and career of our fortieth president. Bestseller 1982Crucial conversations: a novel
By May Sarton. 1975
Arnold Bennett: a biography
By Margaret Drabble. 1974
An English novelist draws on the letters and memories of Bennett's contemporaries to convey the writer's struggle with his craft…
and to recreate the personality of this shy, brilliant man who was afflicted by a severe stammer. Also talks of his last love and friendships with Shaw, Colette, and WellsUne famille atypique: livre témoignage
By Catherine Bourgault. 2022
J'ai un "défaut de fabrication". J'ai un trouble du déficit de l'attention avec hyperactivité, aussi connu sous le nom de…
TDAH. Et j'en suis fière. Tu as l'impression que tu passes toutes tes journées sur un tapis roulant à faire du surplace sans rien accomplir ? Lis mon livre. Tu ressens de l'impuissance face à une situation. particulière avec tes enfants ? Lis mon livre. Ton instinct te pousse à croire que ton fils présente les symptômes d'un trouble neurodéveloppemental ? Lis mon livre. Ta fille a reçu un diagnostic préoccupant du neurologue et tu ne sais pas par quel bout commencer ? Lis mon livre. Installe-toi. Ensemble, on lâche prise. Recevoir un diagnostic n'est pas une fatalité. C'est juste le début d'une aventure haute en couleurExercises in style (New Directions paperbook #513)
By Raymond Queneau, Barbara Wright. 1981
"A new edition of a French modernist classic - a Parisian scene told ninety-nine different ways - with new material…
written in homage by the likes of Jonathan Lethem, Rivka Galchen, and many more. On a crowded bus at midday, Raymond Queneau observes one man accusing another of jostling him deliberately. When a seat is vacated, the first man appropriates it. Later, in another part of town, Queneau sees the man being advised by a friend to sew a new button on his overcoat. Exercises in Style--Queneau's experimental masterpiece and a hallmark book of the Oulipo literary group--retells this unexceptional tale ninety-nine times, employing the sonnet and the alexandrine, onomatopoeia and Cockney. An "Abusive" chapter heartily deplores the events; "Opera English" lends them grandeur. Queneau once said that of all his books, this was the one he most wished to see translated. He offered Barbara Wright his "heartiest congratulations," adding: "I have always thought that nothing is untranslatable. Here is new proof." To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the 1947 French publication of Exercises de Style, New Directions has asked several writers to contribute new exercises as a tribute. Tantalizing examples include Jonathan Lethem's "Cyberpunk," Harry Mathew's "Phonetic Eros," and Frederic Tuten's "Beatnik" exercises. This edition also retains Barbara Wright's original introduction and reminiscence of working on this book--a translation that in 2008 was ranked first on the Author's Society's list of "The 50 Outstanding Translations of the Last 50 Years."" -- Provided by publisher"A man faces the serious and mysterious consequences of his unusual paternity. A young peasant girl takes an eccentric villager…
as her lover and pays for her audacity. A group of revelers experience horror at the abuses and vicissitudes of a strange visitor. We accompany a sick man on his journey through the landscapes of his feverish delirium, only to get lost along the way and arrive at the end that was not. A man emigrates from his homeland in search of a bait in the form of a woman and ends up facing a fantastic opponent. These are some of Pedro Cabiya's Tremendous Stories, the first book by the then very young writer and a fundamental text that forever changed the rules of the game in Caribbean literature." -- Translation provided by NLSBreakfast with Neruda
By Laura Moe. 2016
Michael is just trying to get through his community service after he made the dumb decision to try to blow…
up his friend's car with fireworks--the same friend who stole Michael's girl. Being expelled and losing his best buddy and his girlfriend are the least of his problems: he's living in a car, his mother is a hoarder, and his life seems to be falling apart - until he meets Shelly, that is. UnratedA gathering of angels: Angels in Jewish Life and Literature
By Morris B. Margolies. 1994
Margolies, a rabbi and professor of Jewish history, examines the role of angels, including Satan, as portrayed in the Hebrew…
Bible, in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and in Jewish literature over several centuries. Considers religious, philosophical, and literary perspectives on angelic and demonic influences