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Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives

No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language,from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson’s Lives of the Poets, acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers whose works illustrate the best of every kind of fiction—from gothic,penny dreadful,and pornography to fantasy,romance,and high literature. Each author was chosen,Professor Sutherland explains,becaus

  The Sanctity of Louis IX: Early Lives of

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The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mike Leonard, PUBLISHER: Books On Tape, Mike Leonard is a lucky man. It's not everyone who gets parents like Jack and Marge. At eighty-seven, Jack is a pathological optimist with an inexhaustible gift of gab. Marge, Jack's bride of sixty years, though cut from the same rough bolt of Irish immigrant cloth, is his polar opposite-pessimistic and proud of it. What was their son, Mike, thinking when he took a sabbatical from his job with NBC News so he could pile these two world-class originals along with three of his grown kids and a daughter-in-law into a pair of rented RVs and hit the road for a month? Mike was thinking that he wanted to give his parents the ultimate family reunion. And so, one February morning, three generations of Leonards set out on their journey under the dazzling Arizona sky. Thirty minutes later, one of the humongous recreational vehicles has an unplanned meeting with a concrete island at a convenience store. Thus begins the adventure of a lifetime-and an absolute gem of a book. In the course of their humorous, often poignant cross-country tour, from the desert Southwest to the New England coastline, the Leonards reminisce about their loves, their losses, and their rich and heartwarming (and sometimes heartbreaking) lives, while encountering a veritable Greek chorus of roadside characters along the way. The home stretch finds the clan racing back to Chicago, hoping to catch the arrival of the next generation, Jack and Marge's first great-grandchild. Through it all, Mike pieces together acentury of family lore and lunacy-and discovers surprising sides to his parents that allow him to see them in a whole new light. Mike Leonard has captivated millions of television viewers with his wry and witty feature stories for NBC's Today. Now he brings that same engaging charm and keen insight to the foibles and passions of his own blessedly unique family. By turns uproariously funny and deeply moving, The Ride of Our Lives delivers a lifetime of laughs, lessons, and priceless memories. "From the Hardcover edition."

Lives of the Bigamists: Marriage, Family, and Community in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Richard Boyer, PUBLISHER: University of New Mexico Press, NA Buy Now

Encyclopaedia of the Geniuses of Islam: The Lives and

ISBN No.: Publisher: Koros Press Encyclopaedia of the Geniuses of Islam: The Lives and History of the Great Muslims Who Contributed to Make Islam the Great Relig Contributors/Editors: Mohammad Mahtab Alam Publisher: Koros Press Pub. Date: Price: £ http://www.korospress.com/islam-other-religions/779-Encyclopaedia_of_the_Geniuses_of_Islam:_The_Lives_and_History_of_the_Great_Muslims_Who_Contributed_to_Make_Islam_the_Great_Relig.html

Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives (Paperback)

Oil is not pretty,but it is a resource that drives the modern world. It has made fortunes for the lucky few and provided jobs for millions of ordinary folks. Thick and slippery,crude oil has an evil smell. Yet without it,life as we live it today would be impossible. Oil fuels our engines,heats our homes,and powers the machines that make the everyday things we take for granted,from shopping bags to computers to medical equipment. Nations throughout the last century have gone to war over it. Inde

Gas Boiler Services in Solihull- Easing the Lives of People

Choosing the right company and the right people for Gas Boiler Services is essential because a service that goes bad is dangerous for your life and for that of your loved ones. Keeping this in mind if you are looking for the right people for Gas Boiler Services in Solihull then the best company with the best people is definitely JSM Heating Limited. The experience coupled with the expertise of their heating engineers is the primary reason why they are UK"s most successful people for providing gas boiler services to people. Another major reason why they are counted as the best is because of their low cost of services. Log on to http://www.jsmheating.co.uk/services-view/boiler-service for more details.

The Lives of Enoch Powell

The Lives of Enoch Powell, written by Patrick Cosgrave, Published , come with Original Dust Jacket, in used condition, but no damage, all pages are intact, Read more

Lives of the Great Composers

The complete set of three volumes. Published by Pelican first in . These three are probably from the first Pelican reprint of . Condition is good. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

The Lives of Enoch Powell

The Lives of Enoch Powell, written by Patrick Cosgrave, Published , come with Original Dust Jacket, in used condition, but no damage, all pages are intact, Read More

Who Am I in the Lives of Children?: An Introducton to Early

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Feeney, Stephanie / Moravcik, Eva / Nolte, Sherry, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, "Who Am I in the Lives of Children "is a warm and comprehensive introduction to early childhood education that is dedicated to helping you promote the development of the whole child--physical, social, emotional, and intellectual. Its practical orientation, personal voice, appealing photographs, and numerous stories and examples set it apart. Because of its emphasis on respecting and honoring the individual child and showing you how your values and ethics impact your work with children, it has become one of most well-respected books in the field. You will be encouraged to begin with children as they are and focus on getting to know each individual's strengths, interests, challenges, and circumstances. This will enable you to support each child in growing and learning in ways that are in harmony with who they are, rather than according to a predetermined plan.

Various - The Best Years Of Our Lives

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Lives of the Writers: Comedies,Tragedies (And What the

Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink; Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen; Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter. But what did such writers do when they weren't writing? What did Jane Austen eat for breakfast? What could make Mark Twain throw his shirts out the window? Why would Zora Neale Hurston punch a fellow elevator passenger?Lives of the Writers tells all that and more.

In the lives of Claire and Adam - paperback book in Stoke On

This is a great adult paperback book which is also available to buy from Amazon as well as kindle

The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids

With record numbers of students competing fiercely to get into college,schools are no longer primarily places of learning. Theyre dog-eat-dog battlegrounds in which kids must set aside interests and passions in order to strategize over how to game the system. In this increasingly stressful environment,kids arent defined by their character or hunger for knowledge,but by often arbitrary scores and statistics. In The Overachievers,journalist Alexandra Robbins delivers a poignant,funny,riveting narrati

Caravan - The Show Of Our Lives Live At The BBC

1-11 and 1-12 recorded for the BBC

The Best Days of our Lives Destiny 1

2X piece puzzles used but in excellent condition.Collection from Mirfield, West Yorks or can post for £ 2.90 Read more

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (Hardcover)

SOME STORIES CANNOT BE TOLD IN JUST ONE LIFETIME. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes,when death comes,Harry always returns to where he began,a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life,a little girl appears at

The Norton Book of Women's Lives (Paperback)

This magnificent,handsome,handful of an anthology... * includes sixty-one substantial selections from the twentieth-century literature of women's lives: autobiographies,journals,and memoirs. As varied in humanity as in geography,** the women whose life stories are collected here include the famous-Maya Angelou,Maxine Hong Kingston,Anne Frank,Virginia Woolf-and the surprising-Emma Mashinini,a black South African labor organizer; Onnie Lee Logan,an Alabama granny midwife; Sara Suleri,an expa

Lives of the Saints - 18th century illustrated French

[Les Vies des Saints]. French manuscript album with engravings. [France or Belgium?, 18th century]. 4to. [18.5 x 16 cm]. 133 pp + (3) pp of index. Lacking pp . With 24 mounted engravings by various artists including Jean Messager, Cornelis Van Merlen, Andre Basset, Cornelis Galle, and Michel van Lochem. Bound in 18th century patterned boards with thin velum spine and four twine ties. Lower section of spine very chipped but holding. One engraving lost or removed (from p. 10). Generally good. Charming vernacular album in French, recounting the lives of various saints including Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena, St. Apollonia, Elizabeth of Hungary, Peter of Alcantara, John of God, Charles Borromeo, Vincent de Beauvais, etc. etc. The 2 largest engravings (Blessed John of God and St. Jerome) are very fine, and are signed by Michel van Lochem. They appeared in the book by Louis Beurier, Sommaire des Vies des Fondateurs et Reformateurs des Ordres Religieux (Paris, ). But many of these plates many be 18th century re-strikes of the originals? Read More

The Lives of Others Neel Mukherjee PB Book

This PB is in excellent condition, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize

Vintage s planet of the apes & Dracula lives comics

Selling our vintage marvel comics from numbers see pics for collection in good condition for their age.selling all together for only £10 Read More

2 prints - Unknown artist (18th century) - The lives of

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Two engravings, one fro the 18th century on fresh laid paper, another from the early 19th century. With various views of how Laplanders gather food, travel, and showing their daily routines. Fascinating historical depictions on How they ride sledge by an Rain-deer, or carry their goods. Read more

House of Exile: The Lives and Times of Heinrich Mann and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Juers, Evelyn, PUBLISHER: Farrar Straus Giroux, "Scintillating and rather magical... "House of Exile" is an extraordinary book, and a really rare accomplishment." --Michael Hoffman, "The Times Literary Supplement" In the author and political activist Heinrich Mann and his partner, Nelly Kroeger, fled Nazi Germany, finding refuge first in the south of France and later, in great despair, in Los Angeles, where Nelly committed suicide in and Heinrich died in . Born into a wealthy middle-class family in Lubeck, Heinrich was one of the leading representatives of Weimar culture. Nelly was twenty-seven years younger, the adopted daughter of a fisherman and a hostess in a Berlin bar. As far as Heinrich's family was concerned, she was from the wrong side of the tracks. In "House of Exile," Heinrich and Nelly's story is crossed with others from their circle of friends, relatives, and contemporaries: Heinrich's brother, Thomas Mann; his sister, Carla; their friends Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Doblin, and Joseph Roth; and, beyond them, the writers James Joyce, Franz Kafka, and Virginia Woolf, among others. Evelyn Juers brings this generation of exiles to life with tremendous poignancy and imaginative power. In train compartments, ship cabins, and rented rooms, the Manns clung to what was left to them--their bodies, their minds, and their books--in a turbulent and self-destructive era.

Signed First Edition of 'My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece'

Hardback First Edition of 'My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece' by Annabel Pitcher signed by the author. The book has been read once but is in excellent condition. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

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