Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg Milton Meltzer A biography of the poet who became known for his ability to speak to the common people, by shaping out of the plain English of ordinary Americans the voice of their vast experience. OL14941635W
Absolution Absolution Patrick Flanery In modern-day South Africa, Clare Walde tells the story of her sister's death and the disappearance of her daughter during apartheid twenty years earlier. OL16415810W
The city of your final destination The city of your final destination Cameron, Peter "Omar Razaghi has made a grave error in judgment. A doctoral student at the University of Kansas, he had contacted the estate of the Latin American author Jules Gund, requesting permission to write G… OL1841426W
Shoot the widow Shoot the widow Meryle Secrest The first rule of biography, wrote Justin Kaplan: “Shoot the widow.” In her new book, Meryle Secrest, acclaimed biographer (“Knowing, sympathetic and entertainingly droll”—The New York Times), wri… OL1858539W
The shadow in the garden The shadow in the garden James Atlas "The biographer's autobiography: a funny, endearing tale of how writers' lives get documented, by the celebrated chronicler of Saul Bellow and Delmore Schwartz. The biographer--so often in the shadow… OL19715311W
The Paper Man The Paper Man William Golding,Andrew Martin,Fernando Santos Fontenla A novel about the conflict between a curmudgeonly writer with many secrets and the professor who wants to gain access to his personal papers and become his official biographer. OL2430170W
An Evening of Long Goodbyes An Evening of Long Goodbyes Paul Murray Acclaimed as one of the funniest and most assured Irish novels of recent years: An Evening of Long Goodbyes is the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inherit… OL3619972W
The seduction of water The seduction of water Carol Goodman "Iris Greenfeder, ABD (All But Dissertation), has just turned forty, lives in Manhattan, and works three teaching jobs to support herself. Recently she's felt that the "buts" are taking over her life… OL5729073W