More Book Lust

Author : Nancy Pearl
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781570616556

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More Book Lust by Nancy Pearl Pdf

Whether you’re searching for the perfect read for yourself or for a friend, More Book Lust offer eclectic recommendations unlike those in any other reading guide available. In this followup to the bestselling Book Lust, popular librarian, Nancy Pearl, offers a fresh collection of 1,000 reading recommendations in more than 120 thematic, intelligent and wholly entertaining reading lists. For the friend wanting to leave her job: "Living Your Dream" offers good armchair dreaming books about people who have left stodgy jobs to do what they love. Are you a budding chef? "Fiction For Foodies" includes books that sneak in a recipe or two along with a tantalizing plot. For the James Bond wannabe: "Crime is a Globetrotter" features crime novels set in various locations around the world such as Tibet, Sweden, and Sicily. In the book’s introduction, Pearl jokes, “If we were at a twelve-step meeting together, I would have to stand up and say, ‘Hi, I’m Nancy P., and I’m a readaholic.” Booklist magazine plays off this obsession while echoing a sentiment of Nancy Pearl’s fans everywhere: “A self-confessed ‘readaholic,’ Pearl lets us benefit from her addiction. May she never seek recovery.” Indeed.

Author : Nancy Pearl
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781570616594

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Book Lust by Nancy Pearl Pdf

What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised reading lists that cater to every mood, occasion, and personality. These annotated lists cover such topics as mother-daughter relationships, science for nonscientists, mysteries of all stripes, African-American fiction from a female point of view, must-reads for kids, books on bicycling, "chick-lit," and many more. Pearl's enthusiasm and taste shine throughout.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Books and reading
ISBN : 1570614539

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Book Lust Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nancy Pearl
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781570617010

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Book Lust to Go by Nancy Pearl Pdf

Adventure is just a book away as best-selling author Nancy Pearl returns with recommended reading for more than 120 destinations around the globe. Book Lust To Go connects the best fiction and nonfiction to particular destinations, whether your bags are packed or your armchair is calling. With stops from Texas to Timbuktu, Nancy Pearl's reading recommendations will send you on your way.

Author : Nancy Pearl
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Best books
ISBN : 1417782102

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Book Crush by Nancy Pearl Pdf

Presents lists of recommended book titles for children and teenagers divided into three age groups and then further subdivided into more than 118 categories, including animals, folktales, girl power, autobiographies, comic books, and many others.

Author : Amy Werbel
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231547031

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Lust on Trial by Amy Werbel Pdf

Anthony Comstock was America’s first professional censor. From 1873 to 1915, as Secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, Comstock led a crusade against lasciviousness, salaciousness, and obscenity that resulted in the confiscation and incineration of more than three million pictures, postcards, and books he judged to be obscene. But as Amy Werbel shows in this rich cultural and social history, Comstock’s campaign to rid America of vice in fact led to greater acceptance of the materials he deemed objectionable, offering a revealing tale about the unintended consequences of censorship. In Lust on Trial, Werbel presents a colorful journey through Comstock’s career that doubles as a new history of post–Civil War America’s risqué visual and sexual culture. Born into a puritanical New England community, Anthony Comstock moved to New York in 1868 armed with his Christian faith and a burning desire to rid the city of vice. Werbel describes how Comstock’s raids shaped New York City and American culture through his obsession with the prevention of lust by means of censorship, and how his restrictions provided an impetus for the increased circulation and explicitness of “obscene” materials. By opposing women who preached sexual liberation and empowerment, suppressing contraceptives, and restricting artistic expression, Comstock drew the ire of civil liberties advocates, inspiring more open attitudes toward sexual and creative freedom and more sophisticated legal defenses. Drawing on material culture high and low, including numerous examples of the “obscenities” Comstock seized, Lust on Trial provides fresh insights into Comstock’s actions and motivations, the sexual habits of Americans during his era, and the complicated relationship between law and cultural change.

Author : Salem Press
Publisher : Salem Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Best books
ISBN : 1619258676

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Recommended Reading by Salem Press Pdf

Covers 600 noteworthy works that have endured the test of time and continue to hold the interest of general readers and literary specialists year after year. Each review approaches one work of literarture - fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama - and introduces brief, ready-reference data for the user's convenience.

Author : Nancy Pearl,Jeff Schwager
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780062968517

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The Writer's Library by Nancy Pearl,Jeff Schwager Pdf

NEW & NOTEWORTHY ~ THE NEW YORK TIMES With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in this intimate, moving, and insightful collection from "American's Librarian" and recipient of the National Book Foundation's Literarian Award for Outstanding Service Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager that celebrates the power of literature and reading to connect us all. Before Jennifer Egan, Louise Erdrich, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Jonathan Lethem became revered authors, they were readers. In this ebullient book, America’s favorite librarian Nancy Pearl and noted-playwright Jeff Schwager interview a diverse range of America's most notable and influential writers about the books that shaped them and inspired them to leave their own literary mark. Illustrated with beautiful line drawings, The Writer’s Library is a revelatory exploration of the studies, libraries, and bookstores of today’s favorite authors—the creative artists whose imagination and sublime talent make America's literary scene the wonderful, dynamic world it is. A love letter to books and a celebration of wordsmiths, The Writer’s Library is a treasure for anyone who has been moved by the written word. The authors in The Writer’s Library are: Russell Banks TC Boyle Michael Chabon Susan Choi Jennifer Egan Dave Eggers Louise Erdrich Richard Ford Laurie Frankel Andrew Sean Greer Jane Hirshfield Siri Hustvedt Charles Johnson Laila Lalami Jonathan Lethem Donna Tartt Madeline Miller Viet Thanh Nguyen Luis Alberto Urrea Vendela Vida Ayelet Waldman Maaza Mengiste Amor Towles

Author : Gabriele Froböse,Rolf Froböse
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781782625506

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Lust and Love by Gabriele Froböse,Rolf Froböse Pdf

Philosophers have mused over them, poets have written about them and musicians have sung about them. Love, desire and passion will at some point touch everyone's life - yet they are little understood and some of the oldest mysteries of mankind. Why do people fall in love and what is love anyway? What makes people attractive? How do these emotions tie in with our physiology and how we have evolved? Lust and Love: Is it more than Chemistry? provides answers to some of these questions through the eyes of science. It takes a light hearted and entertaining approach in explaining the current scientific knowledge of why people are attracted to each other, from the first moments of meeting to how emotions change in a long lasting partnership. The book covers research from the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, neurology, psychiatry, psychology, physics and medicine while using the love story of a fictional couple to take the reader on a journey explaining the science. Additional topics on the 'tools of attraction', including the history of the lipstick, and the development of perfumes and aphrodisiacs, provide an absorbing insight into the subject. Medical treatments and conditions including contraception, erectile dysfunction and the climacteric phenomenon are also discussed. This engaging and unusual book is ideal for anyone interested in the science behind love, desire and passion.

Author : James Clear
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780735211292

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Atomic Habits by James Clear Pdf

The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 15 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; design your environment to make success easier; get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

Author : Deirdre McNamer
Publisher : Amazon Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1477807640

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One Sweet Quarrel by Deirdre McNamer Pdf

"Introduction and Readers' Guide copyright 2013 by Nancy Pearl"--Title page verso.

Author : Karla Nikole
Publisher : Karla Nikole Publishing
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735589802

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Lore and Lust by Karla Nikole Pdf

Queer and gay vampire romance series set in modern-day society (England, Italy and Japan). Slow burn, multi-cultural friends-to-lovers romance where love is love, no questions asked. Mature content.

Author : Pamela Paul
Publisher : Henry Holt
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781627796316

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My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul Pdf

"For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. For Paul, as for many readers, books reflect her inner life--her fantasies and hopes, her dreams and ideas. And her life, in turn, influences which books she chooses, whether for solace or escape, diversion or self-reflection, information or entertainment. My Life with Bob isn't about what's in those books; it's about the relationship between books and readers"--

Author : Jon Cohen
Publisher : Amazon Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1477848932

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The Man in the Window by Jon Cohen Pdf

A poignant, darkly comic novel by the author of Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger. A disfigured man stays in the safety of his parents' house for 16 years--until a fateful accident causes him to meet the woman who changes his life. "A gentle romantic fantasy of piercing and eccentric beauty".--Boston Globe. Optioned for a film by Scott Rudin (Flatliners).

Author : Karla Nikole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735589853

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Lore and Lust Book Two by Karla Nikole Pdf

Queer and gay vampire romance series set in modern-day society (Italy and Japan). Slow burn, multi-cultural friends-to-lovers romance where love is love, no questions asked. Mature content.