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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The autobiography of a super-tramp	W. H. Davies	“A young poet tramped across America, crossed and re-crossed the Atlantic as a cattleman, begged and peddled in England, developing meanwhile in the power to write with rare perception and beauty.” …	OL1092945W
Moonlight on linoleum	Terry Helwig	"Forced by her mother's instability to care for her five siblings, Helwig crafts a moving story of a mother she loved and struggled to understand"--	OL15941930W
The house in France	Gully Wells	"Set in Provence, London, and New York: a daughter's wonderfully evocative and witty memoir of her mother and stepfather--Dee Wells, the glamorous and rebellious American journalist, and A. J. Ayer, …	OL16014013W
The genius in my basement	Alexander Masters	"Simon Norton won a gold medal at the International Math Olympiad at the age of 15 and again at 16; folks said he was the greatest English mathematician since Sir Isaac Newton. A Daily Mail headline …	OL16142231W
Butterfly in the typewriter	Cory MacLauchlin	"The saga of John Kennedy Toole is one of the greatest stories of American literary history. After writing A Confederacy of Dunces, Toole corresponded with Robert Gottlieb of Simon & Schuster for two…	OL16489763W
Autobiographical writings	Mark Twain	"An intimate look at Mark Twain that only he himself could offerA must-have for all lovers of Mark Twain, this selection of his autobiographical writings opens a rare window onto the writer's life, p…	OL16521313W
Every love story is a ghost story	D. T. Max	"The first biography of the most influential writer of his generation, David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace was the leading literary light of his era, a man who not only captivated readers with…	OL16558246W
From Germany to Germany	Günter Grass	"In January 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gunter Grass made two New Year's resolutions: the first was to travel extensively in the newly united country and the second was to ke…	OL16607524W
The boy kings of Texas	Domingo Martinez	"Domingo Martinez lays bare his interior and exterior worlds as he struggles to make sense of the violent and the ugly, along with the beautiful and the loving. Partly a reflection on the culture of …	OL16637669W
Sugarhouse	Matthew C. Batt	"'You're married, you're getting older, and your parents are looking more and more like the grandparents they are pestering you to make them. It's getting embarrassing. Your pathetic renter's mailbox…	OL16679844W
Chaucer's Tale	Paul Strohm	In 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer endured his worst year, but began his best poem. The father of English literature did not enjoy in his lifetime the literary celebrity that he has today—far from it. The mi…	OL17072513W
The White Road	Edmund De Waal	"An intimate narrative history of porcelain, structured around five journeys through landscapes where porcelain was dreamed about, fired, refined, collected, and coveted"--	OL17323213W
The Heming Way	Marty Beckerman	"More than fifty years have passed since the death of Ernest Hemingway, history's ultimate man, and young males today--obsessed with Facebook, Twitter, and Playstation--know nothing about his legenda…	OL17435816W
After visiting friends	Michael Hainey	"A decade in the writing, the haunting story of a son's quest to understand the mystery of his father's death--a universal memoir about the secrets families keep and the role they play in making us w…	OL17805676W
Bookmarked	Wendy W. Fairey	"Wendy W. Fairey grew up among books. Her mother, the famous Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham, was F. Scott Fitzgerald's last love--he died in her living room in 1940. As part of a 'College of One'…	OL17863249W
El mundo amarillo	Albert Espinosa	El mundo amarillo es un mundo fantástico que quiero compartir contigo. Es el mundo de los descubrimientos que hice durante los diez años que estuve enfermo de cáncer. Es curioso, pero la fuerza, la v…	OL17914496W
The blue box	Sallie Bingham	"This family history centered around three women from three generations spans the Civil War through the Jazz Age. Fans of Sallie Bingham's work will especially appreciate her parents Mary and Barry's…	OL17932908W
The fortunes of Francis Barber	Michael Bundock	"This compelling book chronicles a young boy's journey from the horrors of Jamaican slavery to the heart of London's literary world, and reveals the unlikely friendship that changed his life. Francis…	OL19663087W
Curiosity	Alberto Manguel	"Curiosity has been seen through the ages as the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden waters. The question "Why?" has appeared und…	OL19671796W
Careless people	Sarah Bartlett Churchwell	" Tracing the genesis of a masterpiece, a Fitzgerald scholar follows the novelist as he begins work on The Great Gatsby. The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame, days f…	OL19704513W