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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Waldo Emerson	Gay Wilson Allen	A detailed biography of Emerson's life which also analyzes the development of his poetry and prose.	OL11243445W
The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent	Washington Irving	The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon is the compilation of 34 short stories and essays by Washington Irving. It includes some of his most famous stories, such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van…	OL13096162W
Credos and curios	James Thurber	21 previously uncollected pieces, including 3 short stories and 7 profiles of fellow-craftsmen. Foreword by Helen Thurber.	OL14857133W
Here and Now	Paul Auster,J. M. Coetzee,Paul Auster	The high-spirited correspondence between New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster and Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee Although Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee had been reading each other’s books f…	OL16811783W
La vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert	Joël Dicker	Sous ses airs de thriller à l'américaine, La vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert est une réflexion sur l'Amérique, sur les travers de la société moderne, sur la littérature, sur la justice et sur les …	OL17231165W
The Fixed Stars	Molly Wizenberg	At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to r…	OL20983662W
Recapitulations	Vincent Crapanzano	392 pages ; 21 cm	OL21090600W
L'enfance d'un cow-boy solitaire	Will James	Deux chapitres d'un roman publié en 1930 par un écrivain et dessinateur, "authentique" cow-boy, amoureux du Far West et des chevaux, et pourtant né Ernest Dufault, à Montréal (ville qu'il quitta à l'…	OL26178751W
Ma vie et moi ; suivi de "Ici la voix du Pacifique	Henry Miller	Cette autobiographie d'Henry Miller évoque son enfance à Brooklyn et son métier d'écrivain, sa façon d'écrire ses livres, en passant par ses années vécues en France.	OL26433604W
This stubborn self	Bert Almon	"According to Bert Almon, Texas autobiographies reveal as much about the state as about their authors, recording geography and history, economic, social and religious practices. A. sense of place dis…	OL2724858W
Le vieux saltimbanque	Jim Harrison	Dans ce dernier livre publié moins d'un mois avant sa mort, Jim Harrison a choisi de poursuivre ses mémoires sous la forme d'un texte à la troisième personne pour "échapper à l'illusion de réalité pr…	OL27676629W
Cuba after dark	B. White	"Imagine an island that offered a couple an erotic fantasy for their benchmark 40th birthday. And it this milestone was the one time to step out on a ledge ad take a risk, would they?"--P. [4] of cov…	OL27739636W
In Other Words	Jhumpa Lahiri	A series of reflections on the author's experiences learning a new language and living abroad. Il primo libro che nasce direttamente in italiano da un'autrice di madrelingua bengalese che ha sempre …	OL28303207W
A gift of sunshine	Hope Hollinsworth Coaxum	An innocent child requires love, understanding, nurturing, guidance, acceptance and care. Nia received them all even after being born of a drug addicted mother and having four siblings residing with …	OL28774341W
Two-Part Invention	Madeleine L'Engle	This moving memoir documents a marriage of more than forty years between two gifted people, a long term marriage that was: "full of wonderful things, terrible things, joyous things, grievous things, …	OL41486W
Anatomy of an illness as perceived by the patient: reflections on healing and regeneration	Norman Cousins	The story of a recovery from a crippling disease and the physician patient partnership that beat the odds by using the patient's own capabilities.	OL4216703W
Claude McKay	Wayne F. Cooper	Although he is recognized today as one of the genuine pioneers of black literature in this century -- the author of "If We Must Die," Home to Harlem, Banana Bottom, and A Long Way from Home, among ot…	OL4802942W
Meet the authors and illustrators	Deborah Kovacs	Brief biographies of a variety of authors and illustrators from different parts of the world accompany a description of their work.	OL73913W
Point to Point Navigation	Gore Vidal	The brilliant sequel to Gore Vidal's acclaimed, bestselling memoir, Palimpsest.In Point to Point Navigation, the celebrated novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Gore Vidal ranges freely o…	OL7974919W
Minor characters	Joyce Johnson	Joyce Johnson grew up bright and sensitive in Manhattan in the '50s of the cold war and gray flannel suits. "Attracted to decadence," with "little respect for respectability," she had a boundless - a…	OL894826W