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Ignorance, Confidence, and Filthy Rich Friends
Wiley 2007; US$ 22.95While the entire world knows Mark Twain as the renowned author of many classic American novels, few people are aware that he was also a highly successful businessman. In fact, more than half of his life was consumed by moneymaking pursuits, which often resulted in writing projects being neglected--but at the same time, these adventures were the inspiration... more...
Poe
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 22.95Gothic, mysterious, theatrical, fatally flawed, and dazzling, the life of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America?s greatest and most versatile writers, is the ideal subject for Peter Ackroyd. Poe wrote lyrical poetry and macabre psychological melodramas; invented the first fictional detective; and produced pioneering works of science fiction and fantasy.... more...
Aunties
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 13.95An aunt is not just another mother?and aunts defy any sort of archetypal image. Like humanity, they span the spectrum, from down-home Auntie Em to the uninhibited Auntie Mame. Some aunts are smart, others are crazy. Some act bravely, others downright foolish. Now in Ingrid Sturgis?s marvelous Aunties , she gives these extraordinary women their due,... more...
Awakenings
LSU Press 2009; US$ 17.95One of the most often repeated anecdotes about the direction of literary studies over the past three decades concerns a graduate student who complained of reading Kate Chopins The Awakening in three classes and Herman Melvilles Moby-Dick in none. But Chopin has not always been featured in the literary curriculum. Though she achieved national... more...
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain
Simon & Schuster 2008; US$ 25.99A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. more...
Passing in the Works of Charles W. Chesnutt
University Press of Mississippi 2010; US$ 50.00Passing in the Works of Charles W. Chesnutt is a collection that reevaluates Chesnutt's deft manipulation of the "passing" theme to expand understanding of the author's fiction and nonfiction. Nine contributors apply a variety of theories---including intertextual, signifying/discourse analysis, narratological, formal, psychoanalytical,... more...
J. D. Salinger
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 17.00NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, the author of the classic Catcher in the Rye , J. D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. Now he is the subject of this definitive biography, which is filled with new information and revelations garnered from countless interviews,... more...
Hemingway's Boat
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 16.95From a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, a brilliantly conceived and illuminating reconsideration of a key period in the life of Ernest Hemingway that will forever change the way he is perceived and understood. Focusing on the years 1934 to 1961?from Hemingway?s pinnacle as the reigning monarch of American letters until his suicide?Paul Hendrickson... more...
Saint Joan of Arc
Pauline Books and Media 2011; US$ 6.36Many have been introduced to the story of Saint Joan of Arc through big screen movies and TV. This biography follows her life, illustrating how she heard God's call to fight for her country. more...
The Write Type
F+W Media 2010; US$ 12.95Fitzgerald locked himself in his attic until The Great Gatsby was finished. Hemingway took a more casual approach, writing along the banks of the Seine River. Hawthorne found inspiration while working and living on Brook Farm. Three great writers chose three different methods of writing-each one uniquely suited to the quirks and qualities of the individual... more...









