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Дневник писателя Дневник писателя Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский A Writer's Diary (Russian: Дневник писателя; Dnevnik pisatelya) is a collection of non-fiction and fictional writings by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Taken from pieces written for a periodical which he founde… OL10419087W
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius A heartbreaking work of staggering genius Dave Eggers From Wikipedia: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (ISBN 0-330-48455-9) is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers … OL114661W
The abracadabra kid The abracadabra kid Sid Fleischman The autobiography of the Newbery award-winning children's author who set out from childhood to be a magician. OL114700W
Black suit, worn once $45 Black suit, worn once $45 Michael Greenberg In Beg, Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practice his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring do… OL11804090W
The kitchen readings The kitchen readings Michael Cleverly What's the right thing to do for mom and dad as they get older?Thanks to advances in science and medicine, more of our parents are living longer than ever before. And though we are rewarded with more… OL11882818W
Janet McDonald Janet McDonald Catherine Ross-Stroud "Much has been written about the state of black adolescence - often from a sociological point of view situating black teens in an at-risk category. However, through her characters, young adult author… OL11994815W
BRONTE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRONTE ENCYCLOPEDIA Robert Barnard A Bronte Encyclopedia is an A- Z encyclopedia of the most notable literary family of the 19th century highlighting original literary insights and the significant people and places that influenced the… OL12999355W
Kitchen Privileges Kitchen Privileges Mary Higgins Clark Lively memior of mystery author Mary Higgins Clark. She had been a secretary, stewardess, copywriter, radio writer, and bestselling author. The book has a humorous touch even when discussing tragi… OL13048W
Venices Venices Paul Morand This autobiography is a poetic evocation of certain scenes of Morand's varied encounters & experiences. All this is filtered through the one constant in his life - the one place to which he would alw… OL1331587W
The letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolfe The letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolfe Vita Sackville-West,Virginia Woolf,Alison Bechdel After they met in 1922, Vita Sackville-West, a British novelist married to foreign diplomat Harold Nicolson, and Virginia Woolf began a passionate relationship that lasted until Woolf’s death in 1941… OL1347349W
The shaking woman, or, a history of my nerves The shaking woman, or, a history of my nerves Siri Hustvedt Autobiographie. Essai OL13648986W
Casanova Casanova Ian Kelly In Casanova, noted author Ian Kelly traces the life of Giacomo Casanova, a man whose very name is synonymous with sensuality, seduction and sexual prowess. But Casanova was more than just a great lov… OL13696405W
Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott 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). OL13770103W
A great unrecorded history A great unrecorded history Wendy Moffat With the posthumous publication of his long-suppressed novel Maurice in 1970, E. M. Forster came out as a homosexual, though that revelation made barely a ripple in his literary reputation. As Wendy … OL13844329W
John Barleycorn John Barleycorn 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… OL144798W
The land remembers The land remembers Ben Logan The Land Remembers is the autobiographical account of Ben Logan, first published in 1975 by Heartland Press. Logan was raised on his family's farm, Seldom Seen, in the southwest Wisconsin hill countr… OL14852546W
Pictures from Italy Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens From the book:If the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its author's reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps… OL14869503W
On Gold Mountain On Gold Mountain Lisa See Documenting the history of her own Chinese-American family, a journalist shares the results of five years of research, including interviews with nearly one hundred Chinese and Caucasian relatives, in… OL14927215W
Letter to my daughter Letter to my daughter Maya Angelou For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around … OL14951921W
It's been a good life It's been a good life Isaac Asimov "As one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Asimov has become a literary legend. In reflecting on his years and his career in the last volume of his autobiographic… OL14959279W
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