In high school I turned to American fiction. I also took French and started reading short French fiction. My first real exposure to Chinese was to the Daoist classic, the Daodejing. When I was in high school my stepfather had a large-format edition with mysterious Chinese calligraphy ...
I enjoyed it because I related to Mulgrew’s dysfunctional family but I also really enjoyed reading about a childhood on Two Street and being part of a mummers family. Cuyahoga by Pete Beatty This book was an unexpected gem this year. It has also been sitting in my hallway for a LONG ...
”—Ron Charles, Washington Post From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees and the recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a ...
Barton L. Beneš, Mirella Bentivoglio, Agnes Denes, Robert Filliou, Dick Higgins, Dennis Oppenheim and Tibor Papp to mention a handful), the Oldenburg catalogue’s chief claim to a place in the Collection remains its status of “catalogue as book art”, a claim to “book art” that ...
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Click on Image to view multiple images Andrews, William Loring: Fragments of American History Illustrated Solely By The Works of Those of Our Own Engravers Who Flourished In the XvIIIth Century. New York: Privately Printed for William Loring Andrews, 1898. First Edition. Near fine in a more ...
Chapter 1: if you want to gather honey don’t kick over the beehive As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation Don’t criticise, condemn or complain as it never works Chapter 2: the big secret of dealing with people ...
It’s similar to a longstanding feature in the reMarkable 2 tablet, the established player in the market for E-Ink notebooks and the Scribe’s biggest competitor. Amazon says the update will also offer the ability to convert handwritten notes to text when exporting a notebook to a designated...
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Banks’s first novel, Black Ivory, was a turgid potboiler set in 18th century Louisiana, but it sold well enough to earn an invitation to come to Hollywood, where his next book, Street of Women, became a starring vehicle for Kay Francis under the same name in 1932. Sophie Kerr. ...