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Extra Innings
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Doris Grumbach |
Extra Innings continues the intense, sometimes funny, sometimes tart, and sometimes very moving account of a closely examined life begun by Doris Grumbach in her widely praised day book Coming into t… |
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Judy Blume
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Jen Jones |
"A biography of author Judy Blume"--Provided by publisher. |
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Mark Twain, unsanctified newspaper reporter
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James Edward Caron |
"A fresh perspective on the early years of Samuel Clemens's career as a writer and newspaper reporter. Caron examines Clemens's developing comic voice in his journalism in Nevada and San Francisco, t… |
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Lois Duncan
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Kimberly Campbell |
"A biography of American author Lois Duncan"--Provided by publisher. |
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Nevermore
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Karen E. Lange |
Nevermore brings one of America's most enigmatic writers to the attention of a new generation of children. This intriguing photobiography examines the life and times of the author and poet who would … |
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Louisa May Alcott
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Harriet Reisen |
A biography of Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) that provides a solid description of the life and thoughts of the author most famous for "Little Women" (1968). |
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Goddess of the market
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Jennifer Burns |
Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets s… |
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John Barleycorn
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Jack London |
It all came to me one election day. It was on a warm California afternoon, and I had ridden down into the Valley of the Moon from the ranch to the little village to vote Yes and No to a host of propo… |
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The writing life
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Annie Dillard |
A meditative reflection in anecdote and vignette on Annie Dillard's writing process. Beautiful and vivid prose.
Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An Amer… |
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Meet Shel Silverstein
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S. Ward |
A brief biography of the author of "The Giving Tree." |
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Lost in the meritocracy
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Walter Kirn |
Percentile is destiny in America."So says Walter Kirn, a peerless observer and interpreter of American life, in this whip-smart memoir of his own long strange trip through American education. Working… |
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Closing Time
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Joe Queenan |
A deeply funny and affecting memoir about a great escape from a childhood of povertyJoe Queenans acerbic riffs on movies, sports, books, politics, and many of the least forgivable phenomena of pop cu… |
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Beerspit Night and Cursing
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Charles Bukowski |
Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised … |
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Pioneers of wonder
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Eric Leif Davin |
Long before Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, Gene Roddenberry, and Chris Carter, the names of David Lasser, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Hugo Gernsback, and Sam Moskowitz were well known by the first fans of a… |
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Sandra Cisneros
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Karen Clemens Warrick |
"Discusses the life of Latina author Sandra Cisneros, including her childhood in Chicago, her path to becoming an accomplished author, and her work in the Latino community"--Provided by publisher. |
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Five pages a day
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Peg Kehret |
A biography of the author of numerous books for young people, describing her childhood bout with polio, how she became a writer, family relationships, and the importance of writing in her life. |
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The underground heart
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Ray González |
"Returning home after a long absence is not always easy. For Ray Gonzalaz, it is more than a visit; it is a journey to the underground heart.".
"He has lived in other parts of the country for more t… |
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Jack London
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Daniel Dyer |
Biography of the colorful American writer who had been an oyster pirate, a seal hunter, a mill worker, a hobo, and a political activist before becoming a popular author at the age of twenty-nine. |
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The Chicago of fiction
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James A. Kaser |
The importance of Chicago in American culture has made the city's place in the American imagination a crucial topic for literary scholars and cultural historians. While databases of bibliographical i… |
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Without a map
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Meredith Hall |
"Meredith Hall grew up bonded to her insular New Hampshire community, comforted by the hallmarks of belonging: perfect attendance in Sunday school, classmates who seemed more like cousins, teachers w… |
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