Imagine Publishing, 2016. — 164 p. — ISBN: 978-1785462924. There is a reason he’s called the World’s Greatest Detective. Discover the incredible history behind crime fiction’s most iconic character of all time, and find out why the world can’t get enough of his genius. Inspired by his brilliant lecturer Joseph Bell, Arthur Conan Doyle first wrote about the famous Holmes and...
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. — 236 p. Who killed Tolstoy. Babel in California. Summer in Samarcand. The House of Ice. The Possessed. Works Consalted.
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Facsimile Edition, 2008. — 331 p. Bram Stoker's initial notes and outlines for his landmark horror novel Dracula were auctioned at Sotheby's in London in 1913 and eventually made their way to the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia, where they are housed today. Until now, few of the 124 p. have been transcribed or analyzed. This...
London: Imagine Publishing Ltd. 2016. — 164 p. — (All About History). — ISBN: 9781785462924. His name is Sherlock Holmes, and it is his business to know what other people don’t know. Is there any other fictional character as instantly recognisable as the great detective? From his deerstalker and pipe to his science of deduction, Holmes is iconic, and he’s synonymous with crime...
Updated Edition. — Cassell Illustrated, 2011. — 2079 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-84403-614-1. Fed up with the endless reams of chick lit on the shelves? Want a really quality book, not a celebrity-endorsed 'Essential Summer Reading' book? This is the guide for you, so read on… They're called the classics for good reason. Whether they're a work of wacky imagination, a piercing insight...
Counterpoint, 2008. — 240 p. — ISBN10: 1593761872, 13 978-1593761875. Mikita Brottman wonders, just why is reading so great? It's a solitary practice, one that takes away from time that could be spent developing important social networking skills. Reading's not required for health, happiness, or a loving family. And, if reading is so important, why are catchy slogans like...
Einaudi, 2011. — 661 p. I libri possono essere la causa di efferati delitti: si può uccidere per la prima edizione aldina del libro piú bello del Rinascimento o anche per odio verso i libri, per invidia e gelosia. I libri possono essere pericolosi e maledetti: è il caso del famigerato e terribile Necronomicon, o di uno strano manoscritto che sembra avere il potere di far...
Dey Street Books, 2018. — 180 p. — ISBN10: 0062696386, 13 978-0062696380. A rollicking illustrated history of alcohol and its literary imbibers, from Jane Austen's beer brewing to James Joyce's passion for Guinness to E.B. White's cure for writers' block-a dry martini-by celebrated illustrator Greg Clarke and award-winning editor/art director Monte Beauchamp. "The tools that I...
Zest Books TM, 2015. — 130 p. — ISBN10: 1936976862, 13 978-1936976867. NB: a single book of three parts (1/3+2/3+3/3). This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps-all inspired by literary classics-offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The Odyssey,...
Zest Books TM, 2015. — 130 p. — ISBN10: 1936976862, 13 978-1936976867. NB: a single book of three parts (1/3+2/3+3/3). This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps-all inspired by literary classics-offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The Odyssey,...
Zest Books TM, 2015. — 130 p. — ISBN10: 1936976862, 13 978-1936976867. NB: a single book of three parts (1/3+2/3+3/3). This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps-all inspired by literary classics-offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The Odyssey,...
Stanford University Press, 2010. — 165 p. — ISBN10: 0804768765 In this path-breaking new work, Gregory Jusdanis asks why literature matters. Why are we afraid to admit our pleasures of reading, to defend the arts to the school board, to discuss the importance of literature in life? Drawing on a wealth of references from Aristophanes to Eudora Welty, from Fernando Pessoa to...
2nd edition. — Checkmark Books, 2011. — 560 p. — ISBN10: 0816082324. — ISBN13: 978-0816082322. From Gossip Girl to The Kite Runner: a completely updated look at the history of censorship in world literature. Praise for the previous editions: "A must-have for all of us who enjoy the right to choose what we read." Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union....
Some of New Zealand’s most enduring short stories, plays, poems and novels were written on, and at least to some extent inspired by, the North Shore. Today North Shore City continues to be home to many of the country’s leading writers. Long attracted to the area by its beaches, easy-going way of life and proximity to, but physical separation from, the central city, the writers...
Regan Arts, 2018. — 206 p. — ASIN B014A0IYI0. One hundred of today's most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their hearts-that made them who they are today. Leading authors, politicians, CEOs, actors, and other notables share the books that changed their life, why they love them, and their passion with readers everywhere....
A&C Black Publishers Limited, 2008. — 161 p. The individual entries in the guide are arranged A to Z by author. They describe the chosen books as concisely as possible and say something briefly about the writer and his or her life. Each entry is followed by a "Read on" list which includes books by the same author, books by similar authors or books on a theme relevant to the entry.
Prometheus Books, 2013. — 300 p. — ISBN: 1616146567. What do the great books of your youth have to say about your life now? Remember reading Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby in high school? How about Slaughterhouse-Five and Pride and Prejudice? Would you read them again now that no one's grading you, just for your own enjoyment? This book helps you decide to do just...
Ventura Press, 2019. — 300 p. — ISBN: 978-1925384673. What was it exactly? Wonder, rapture delight, surprised recognition, laughter – but also darker feelings that made my heart beat fast and my stomach turn over, and sometimes a frantic urge to close the book before whatever it was sucked me in and destroyed me. But always, I read on. In Storytime, author and literary critic...
New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, 2019. — 240 p., tables. A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature. Do you know: Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning? Why Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China? Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature? What superstitions Truman Capote kept...
Lyons Press, 2013. — 291 p. — ISBN10: 0762785403. — ISBN13: 978-0762785407. From Anna Karenina and Beowulf to Ulysses and Wuthering Heights, The Faker's Guide to the Classics condenses the great (but long and complicated) novels, plays, and poems of world lit into bite-size nuggets, cutting out the bloated analysis and nauseating debate of other reading guides. Each of the 100...
10th Anniversary Edition: Updated and Expanded. — Picador Edition, 2018. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-0-312-42847-1, 978-1-4299-0865-8. 10th anniversary revised edition with new Introduction. "How Fiction Works" is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction — an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power. Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics...
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