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Sinners Welcome
HarperCollins 2007; US$ 10.99Mary Karr describes herself as a black-belt sinner, and this -- her fourth collection of poems --traces her improbable journey from the inferno of a tormented childhood into a resolutely irreverent Catholicism. Not since Saint Augustine wrote "Give me chastity, Lord -- but not yet!" has anyone brought such smart-assed hilarity to a conversion... more...
Lit
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99Mary Karr?s bestselling, unforgettable sequel to her beloved memoirs The Liars? Club and Cherry ?and one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year? Lit is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. The Boston Globe calls Lit a book that ?reminds us not... more...
Sinners Welcome
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99Mary Karr describes herself as a black-belt sinner, and this -- her fourth collection of poems --traces her improbable journey from the inferno of a tormented childhood into a resolutely irreverent Catholicism. Not since Saint Augustine wrote "Give me chastity, Lord -- but not yet!" has anyone brought such smart-assed hilarity to a conversion story.... more...
Cherry
Penguin Group US 2001; US$ 12.99From Mary Karr comes this gorgeously written, often hilarious story of her tumultuous teens and sexual coming-of-age. Picking up where the bestselling The Liars' Club left off, Karr dashes down the trail of her teen years with customary sass, only to run up against the paralyzing self-doubt of a girl in bloom. Fleeing the thrills and terrors... more...
The Liars' Club
Penguin Group US 2005; US$ 12.99When it was published in 1995, Mary Karr?s The Liars? Club took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely new level, as well as bringing about a dramatic revival of the form. Karr?s comic childhood in an east Texas oil town brings us characters as darkly hilarious as any of J. D. Salinger?s?a hard-drinking daddy, a sister... more...
Lit
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableMary Karr?s bestselling, unforgettable sequel to her beloved memoirs The Liars? Club and Cherry ?and one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year? Lit is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. The Boston Globe calls Lit a book that ?reminds us not... more...
The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success
Practical Psychology Press 2008; US$ 9.99Whether enrolling in college for the first time or returning after an extended absence, this motivational guide provides adult students with a wealth of practical guidance. This thorough handbook explores not only how to succeed academically while balancing family, work, and other important responsibilities, but also addresses how students can learn... more...
The Waste Land and Other Writings
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 8.00First published in 1922, "The Waste Land" is T.S. Eliot's masterpiece, and is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twentieth century. A richly allusive pilgrimage of spiritual and psychological torment and redemption, Eliot's poem exerted a revolutionary influence on his contemporaries,... more...
Circling Faith
University of Alabama Press 2012; US$ 29.95Circling Faith is a collection of essays by southern women that encompasses spirituality and the experience of winding through the religiously charged environment of the American South. Mary Karr, in “Facing Altars,” describes how the consolation she found in poetry directed her to a similar solace in prayer. In “Chiaroscuro:... more...
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