List Of Some Books In The Library

Author : Leah Price
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780300170924

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Unpacking My Library by Leah Price Pdf

As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object—whether pristine collectible or battered relic—is growing as well. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite novelists who share their collections with readers. Stunning photographs provide full views of the libraries and close-ups of individual volumes: first editions, worn textbooks, pristine hardcovers, and childhood companions. In her introduction, Leah Price muses on the history and future of the bookshelf, asking what books can tell us about their owners and what readers can tell us about their collections. Supplementing the photographs are Price's interviews with each author, which probe the relation of writing to reading, collecting, and arranging books. Each writer provides a list of top ten favorite titles, offering unique personal histories along with suggestions for every bibliophile. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books features the personal libraries of Alison Bechdel, Stephen Carter, Junot Díaz, Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker, Lev Grossman and Sophie Gee, Jonathan Lethem, Claire Messud and James Wood, Philip Pullman, Gary Shteyngart, and Edmund White.

Author : Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375420528

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House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Pdf

“A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

Author : Susan Orlean
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476740195

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The Library Book by Susan Orlean Pdf

Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.

Author : Patrick Ness
Publisher : Thorndike Striving Reader
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1432875833

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A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Pdf

Large Print�s increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in young readers of all abilities, especially struggling, reluctant, and striving readers.

Author : Michelle Knudsen
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781536237924

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Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen Pdf

"A reminder that sometimes, there is a good reason to break the rules. . . .This winsome pairing of text and illustration is a natural for storytime." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review) (Ages 4-7) Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. There aren't any rules about lions in the library. And, as it turns out, this lion seems very well suited to library visiting. His big feet are quiet on the library floor. He makes a comfy backrest for the children at story hour. And he never roars in the library, at least not anymore. But when something terrible happens, the lion quickly comes to the rescue in the only way he knows how. Michelle Knudsen's disarming story, illustrated by the matchless Kevin Hawkes in an expressive timeless style, will win over even the most ardent of rule keepers.

Author : Muriel Spark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:249567588

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The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel Spark Pdf

Author : Jorge Luis Borges
Publisher : Pocket Paragon
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015049977229

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The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges Pdf

"Not many living artists would be sufficiently brave or inspired to attempt reflecting in art what Borges constructs in words. But the detailed, evocative etchings by Erik Desmazieres provide a perfect counterpoint to the visionary prose. Like Borges, Desmazieres has created his own universe, his own definition of the meaning, topography and geography of the Library of Babel. Printed together, with the etchings reproduced in fine-line duotone, text and art unite to present an artist's book that belongs in the circle of Borges's sacrosanct Crimson Hexagon - "books smaller than natural books, books omnipotent, illustrated, and magical.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Martin Seymour-Smith
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : PSU:000049137330

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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written by Martin Seymour-Smith Pdf

The hundred books discussed here have radically altered the course of civilisation , whether they have embodied religions practised by millions, achieved the pinnacle of artistic expression, pointed the way to scientific discovery of enormous consequence, redirected beliefs about the nature of man, or forever altered the global political landscape. For each there is a historical overview, an analysis of the work's effect on our lives today and a lively discussion of the reasons for inclusion.

Author : Young Men's Association (Albany, N.Y.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024014435

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Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Young Men's Association of the City of Albany. [For 1837, 40, 48.] by Young Men's Association (Albany, N.Y.) Pdf

Author : John Davis Mullins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590704862

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Birmingham free libraries. Catalogue of the reference library by John Davis Mullins Pdf

Author : Newark Public Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B72272

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Finding List of the Free Public Library of Newark, N.J. by Newark Public Library Pdf

Author : Lincoln city, cathedral, libr,George Frederick Apthorp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Cathedral libraries
ISBN : BL:A0018225162

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A Catalogue of the Books and Manuscripts in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral by Lincoln city, cathedral, libr,George Frederick Apthorp Pdf

Author : Lincoln Cathedral. Library,George Frederick Apthorp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Cathedral libraries
ISBN : OXFORD:590027381

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A catalogue of the books and manuscripts in the library of Lincoln cathedral by Lincoln Cathedral. Library,George Frederick Apthorp Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B263438

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Suggested Books for Indian Schools; an Annotated List Which Includes Library Books, Recommended Textbooks, Reference Material, and Maps, Selected with Special Reference to the Interests and Activities of Rural Communities by United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590093589

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Catalogue of some books omitted from the sale of the ... library of ... dr. Bliss ... also ... books ... from the library of a well-known Irish collector ... which will be sold by auction by Anonim Pdf