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The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom
Toni Morrison · Knopf
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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At once the ideal introduction to Toni Morrison and a lovely and moving keepsake for her devoted readers: a treasury of quotations from her work. With a foreword by Zadie Smith."She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truthteller." --Oprah WinfreyThis inspirational book juxtaposes... |
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Poems About Trees
Harry Thomas · Everyman's Library
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A unique anthology of poems--from around the world and through the ages--that celebrate trees. For thousands of years humans have variously worshipped trees, made use of them, admired them, and destroyed them--and poets have long chronicled the relationship. Poets from Homer and Virgil... |
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One Fatal Flaw: A Daniel Pitt Novel
Anne Perry · Ballantine Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve a forensic crisis in this explosive new novel from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. When a desperate woman comes to Daniel Pitt seeking a lawyer for her boyfriend, Rob Adwell,... |
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Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote
Craig Fehrman · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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"One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years." - Thomas Mallon, The Wall Street Journal "Fun and fascinating ... It's witty, charming, and fantastically learned. I loved it." - Rick Perlstein Based on a decade of research and reporting,... |
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Am I Overthinking This?: Over-answering life's questions in 101 charts
Michelle Rial · Chronicle Books
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover
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Am I overthinking this? Probably. This is a book of questions with answers, over-answers, and many charts: Did I screw up? How do I achieve work-life balance? Am I eating too much cheese? Do I have too many plants? Like a conversation with your non-judgmental best friend, Michelle Rial... |
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These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson
Martha Ackmann · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An engaging, intimate portrait of Emily Dickinson, one of America's greatest and most-mythologized poets, that sheds new light on her groundbreaking poetry.On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, "All things are ready"?and with this resolute statement, her life... |
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A Reasonable Doubt: A Robin Lockwood Novel
Phillip Margolin · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A magician linked to three murders and suspicious deaths years ago disappears in the middle of his new act in New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin's latest thriller featuring Robin LockwoodRobin Lockwood is a young criminal defense attorney and partner in a prominent law firm... |
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The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison · Random House
Pages: 1072
Format: Hardcover
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A radiant collection of letters from the renowned author of Invisible Man that trace the life and mind of a giant of American literature, with insights into the riddle of identity, the writer's craft, and the story of a changing nation over six decades These extensive and revealing... |
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The American Canon: Literary Genius from Emerson to Pynchon
Bloom, Harold · Library of America
Pages: 435
Format: Hardcover
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Our foremost literary critic celebrates the American pantheon of great writers from Emerson and Whitman to Hurston and Ellison, to Ursula K. LeGuin, Philip Roth, and Thomas Pynchon.Harold Bloom is our greatest living student of literature, "a colossus among critics" (The New York... |
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The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
Lynskey, Dorian · Doubleday
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of 1984--its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its deep and lasting effect on the Cold War, and its vast influence throughout world culture at every level, from high to pop.1984 isn't just a novel; it's a key to understanding... |
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