Literary Figures

  • Omaha Blues: A Memory Loop

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    The profoundly moving family history of one of America’s greatest newspapermen.

    As his father lies dying, Joseph Lelyveld finds himself in the basement of the Cleveland synagogue where Arthur Lelyveld

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    • Author: Lelyveld, Joseph
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: March 21 2006
    • ISBN10: 0312425104
    • Language: English
  • Wait for Me!

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    The autobiography of one of Britain’s most beloved figures, last of the Mitford sisters, renowned writer and social figure.

    Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously wi

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    • Author: Mitford, Deborah
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: September 13 2011
    • ISBN10: 0312610645
    • Language: English
  • Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace

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    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING JASON SEGAL AND JESSE EISENBERG, DIRECTED BY JAMES PONSOLDT

    An indelible portrait of David Foster Wallace, by turns funny and inspiring, based on a five-day trip w

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    • Author: Lipsky, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: April 13 2010
    • ISBN10: 030759243X
    • Language: English
  • The Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism — The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens

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    Over the past few decades, the bestselling author of Hitch-22 has crisscrossed the globe debating religious scholars, Catholic clergy, rabbis, and devout Christians on the existence of God — appearan… [more below]

    • Author: Mann, Windsor
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: May 10 2011
    • ISBN10: 0306819589
    • Language: English
  • Anybody Can Do Anything

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    “The best thing about the Depression was the way it reunited our family and gave my sister Mary a real opportunity to prove that anybody can do anything, especially Betty.”

    After surviving both the fai

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    • Author: MacDonald, Betty
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: September 01 2016
    • ISBN10: 0295999799
    • Language: English
  • Undertones of War

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    “I took my road with no little pride of fear; one morning I feared very sharply, as I saw what looked like a rising shroud over a wooden cross in the clustering mist. Horror! But on a closer study I r… [more below]

    • Author: Blunden, Edmund
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 252
    • Publish Date: November 01 2007
    • ISBN10: 0226061760
    • Language: English
  • The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 3 1939-1944: Vol. 3 (1939-1944)

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    Nin’s years of struggle and final triumph as an author in America. “Transcending mere self-revelation… the diary examines human personality with a depth and understanding seldom surpassed since Prou… [more below]

    • Series: Diary of Anais Nin #03
    • Author: Nin, Anaïs
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 348
    • Publish Date: March 24 1971
    • ISBN10: 0156260271
    • Language: English
  • 1966-1974

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    The final volume ends as the author wished-not with her last two years of pain but at a joyous, reflective moment on a trip to Bali. “One of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters” (Rob… [more below]

    • Series: Diary of Anais Nin #07
    • Author: Nin, Anaïs
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: October 14 1981
    • ISBN10: 0156260352
    • Language: English
  • Sex Object: A Memoir

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    New York Times Bestseller

    “Sharp and prescient… The appeal of Valenti’s memoir lies in her ability to trace objectification through her own life, and to trace what was for a long time her own oblivio

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    • Author: Valenti, Jessica
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: February 28 2017
    • ISBN10: 0062435094
    • Language: English
  • Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer

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    “A fine, invaluable book. . . . Certain to become essential to our understanding of the 16th president. . . . Kaplan meticulously analyzes how Lincoln’s steadily maturing prose style enabled him to co

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    • Author: Kaplan, Fred
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: February 02 2010
    • ISBN10: 0060773367
    • Language: English
  • The Little Book of HP Lovecraft: Cosmic Horror from the Creator of Cthulhu

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    Howard Phillips Lovecraft had a short life, and he died of cancer in 1936 at the age of 46. But in that relatively short time he had a significant, varied and outstanding output, and although he was n… [more below]

    • Series: Little Books of Music #7
    • Author: Hippo! Orange
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: November 15 2022
    • ISBN10: 180069234X
    • Language: English
  • James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

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    How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? This “fizzing, funny, often deeply moving” (Daily Mail) #1 New York Times bestselling memoir is “dam

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    • Author: Patterson, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 464
    • Publish Date: June 06 2022
    • ISBN10: 0316445215
    • Language: English
  • Narrative of William W. Brown

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    Originally published in 1847, William W. Brown offers a first-person narrative that details his enslavement and the daring escape that ultimately led to his freedom. It’s a captivating tale and testam

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    • Series: Mint Editions (Black Narratives)
    • Author: Brown, William Wells
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 56
    • Publish Date: May 21 2021
    • ISBN10: 1513278657
    • Language: English
  • The Diaries of Franz Kafka

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    A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – An essential new translation of the author’s complete, uncensored diaries–a revelation of the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century’s[more below]

    • Series: Schocken Kafka Library
    • Author: Kafka, Franz
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 704
    • Publish Date: September 03 2024
    • ISBN10: 0805212795
    • Language: English
  • Salvage: Readings from the Wreck

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    One of Literary Hub‘s most anticipated books of 2024

    Dionne Brand explores English and American literature, and the colonial aesthetic that shaped her sense of self and the world, of what was possible

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    • Author: Brand, Dionne
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: October 01 2024
    • ISBN10: 0374614849
    • Language: English
  • In Pursuit of Love: The Search for Victor Hugo’s Daughter

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    From Normandy to the Caribbean Islands, this innovative biographical pursuit follows Ad?le Hugo on her reckless journey of unrequited love – and the writer who chased after her more than 150 years lat

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    • Author: Bostridge, Mark
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 03 2024
    • ISBN10: 1399416022
    • Language: English
  • Temple Stream: A Rural Odyssey

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    Populated by an oddball cast of characters, this book chronicles one man’s determined effort–occasionally with hilarious results–to follow the stream that runs by his house to its elusive source.

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    • Author: Roorbach, Bill
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 300
    • Publish Date: December 01 2014
    • ISBN10: 1608933938
    • Language: English
  • Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis

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    As I walked away from New Buildings, I found the man that Lewis had called “Tollers” sitting on one of the stone steps in front of the arcade.

    “How did you get on?” he asked.

    “I think rather well. I t

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    • Author: Sayer, George
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 464
    • Publish Date: June 20 2005
    • ISBN10: 1581347391
    • Language: English
  • It’s Been a Good Life

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    New one-volume autobiography spans Asimov’s life for the first time!As one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Asimov became legendary for his inexhaustible creativ… [more below]

    • Author: Asimov, Isaac
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 310
    • Publish Date: March 01 2002
    • ISBN10: 1573929689
    • Language: English
  • Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?

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    In this remarkable book, Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, author of Shakespeare in a Divided America, explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays. For … [more below]

    • Author: Shapiro, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: April 19 2011
    • ISBN10: 1416541632
    • Language: English
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