An odd biography, there is nothing in this book in Chris’s own words, except in the beginning that includes a short motivation speech he once delivered about going through rehab and one letter at the end that he wrote to his parents during his last relapse. However there are no other in...
BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history....
James Carmin, and Uta Schneider. 2005.Half-life: 25 years of books by Barbara Tetenbaum & Triangular Press. Portland, OR: Triangular Press. Three key works not in the collection are described in Half-Life. The first would be an edition from theGymnopaediaseries, based on the artist’s re...
building its collection by scanning physical book copies in its possession. It lends the digital versions to readers worldwide, with more than three million digitized books on offer. Titles range from Stephen King’s scary bestseller “It” to Kristin Hannah’s historical novel “The Nightingale....
an antiquarian bookseller in London. Another favorite isMy Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and JohnAdams, which contains just a fraction of the 1,100 letters that the couple wrote to each other during the many separations they endured over the course of their 54-year marriage. Their letters...
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The writer: Straka, the incendiary and secretive subject of one of the world’s greatest mysteries, a revolutionary about whom the world knows nothing apart from the words he wrote and the rumors that swirl around him. The readers: Jennifer and Eric, a college senior and a disgraced grad ...
"The reason I wrote the book—which is called Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell’s Protectorate—is because the period has relatively little purchase with the wider public unlike, say, the Tudors or the Victorians or the Normans. That situation is particularly puzzling because there...
Even though he started his writing career later than most other authors, over the last 10 years he wrote close to 20 books, anthologies and short stories. In 2000, he published his first book, and between 2001 and 2009, he wrote books in the ChristianThe Steven James Storytelling Library ...
He wrote a version of the screenplay including almost every detail of the book. It gave Chbosky a chance to self-edit, cutting back on small details or scenes that didn’t focus on central characters. Chbosky wanted to maintain the audience of his readers, both from 1999 and now, bringing...