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Released: Nov. 20, 2012
"Obviously limited in its format, but these motivating quotes bring together the rousing thoughts of a global leader."
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Released: Nov. 20, 2012
"Not every piece will connect with every reader, but Barnes is a fine literary companion."
The focus on books and literature makes this more cohesive than the usual collection of journalistic miscellany.
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A bibliophilic feast for the eye, mind, heart and soul."
An illustrated compendium of first-person musings by writers, artists and other creative types about the books that inspired them and helped shape their identities.
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Informative, amusing and idiosyncratic--just like an interesting letter written in unique hand."
Critic and novelist Hensher (Creative Writing/Univ. of Exeter;
King of the Badgers, 2012, etc.) laments the loss of handwriting instruction and surveys the history of our love affair with the pen.
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Just one volume in Nelson's long story that remains much like its author: funny, inspirational and bawdy, with a well-honed sense of humor."
Legendary musician Nelson and his friends share a year's worth of stories, lyrics, riffs and dirty jokes.
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"An outspoken wordsmith offers more intelligent, humorous and against-the-grain perspectives."
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Everyone who really loves books loves bookstores, and anyone who loves bookstores will appreciate this labor of love."
A celebration of the independent bookstore by 84 authors who consider them personally and culturally indispensable and who find the ones they favor thriving and vital, despite common impressions to the contrary.
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Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A text that thrums with life and assures the rest is not silence."
The inspiring, salacious, sad, materialistic, insecure, arrogant, hilarious and dull ruminations of a most gifted actor.
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Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A wealth of historical and personal detail builds a suspenseful story."
A plucky spirit and revolutionary sympathy emerge from these richly detailed dispatches by America's intrepid minister to France during the Franco-Prussian War.
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Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"Isherwood was unquestionably a fascinating man. True fans of his work as well as gossip lovers will no doubt read all three volumes of his diaries. For the rest of us, a simple biography should be sufficient."
Final volume of the meticulously detailed diaries of the acclaimed author of
Goodbye to Berlin (1939) and other celebrated works.
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Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A compelling documentary portrait of the real Marmee, whose life provided the impetus for Little Women and who emerges here as a noteworthy woman in her own right."
This revealing collection of Abigail May Alcott's writings provides previously unknown details of the life of a 19th-century daughter, sister, wife and mother who associated with transcendental luminaries, suppressed her own dreams to provide for her family, inspired her famous daughter Louisa, and remained an ardent reformer for abolition and women's rights.
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Some interesting reading for armchair travelers."
An uneven collection of pieces that extend and expand the typical notion of travel writing.
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