Author : Henry Miller
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 39,61 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780811201087
In this unique work, Henry Miller gives an utterly candid and self-revealing account of the reading he did during his formative years.
Author : Girolamo Cardano
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 2002-10-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781590170168
A bright star of the Italian Renaissance, Girolamo Cardano was an internationally-sought-after astrologer, physician, and natural philosopher, a creator of modern algebra, and the inventor of the universal joint. Condemned by the Inquisition to house arrest in his old age, Cardano wrote The Book of My Life, an unvarnished and often outrageous account of his character and conduct. Whether discussing his sex life or his diet, the plots of academic rivals or meetings with supernatural beings, or his deep sorrow when his beloved son was executed for murder, Cardano displays the same unbounded curiosity that made him a scientific pioneer. At once picaresque adventure and campus comedy, curriculum vitae, and last will, The Book of My Life is an extraordinary Renaissance self-portrait—a book to set beside Montaigne's Essays and Benvenuto Cellini's Autobiography.
Author : Pamela Paul
Publisher : Henry Holt
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,18 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1627796312
"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 : Janet Tashjian
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 2010-07-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1466830689
Summer's finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Derek's dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since he's been labeled a "reluctant reader," his mom has pushed him to read "real" books-something other than his beloved Calvin & Hobbes. As Derek forges unexpected friendships and uncovers a family secret involving himself (in diapers! no less), he realizes that adventures and surprises are around the corner, complete with curve balls. My Life as a Book is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Author : Pat Williams
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 27,83 MB
Release : 2007-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0757305458
With a deluge of electronic conveniences and cable channels well into the hundreds, it's no wonder that many people aren't sitting down with a good old-fashioned book more often. Motivational speaker and lifelong reader Pat Williams is changing all of that, in this energetic book, Read for Your Life. With anecdotes and interviews from some of today's greatest icons in business, sports and academia, including Phoenix Suns' star Steve Nash (voted NBA's Most Valuable Player in 2005-06), Yankees' star Alex Rodriguez, Grant Hill of the Orlando Magic and former New York City mayor Rudy Guiliani, Read for Your Life will help readers discover how reading can enhance their personal and professional thinking. Read for Your Life features 11 ways to transform one's life through books. - Publisher.
Author : Martine Leavitt
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 23,14 MB
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0374351244
When sixteen-year-old Angel meets Call at the mall, he buys her meals and says he loves her, and he gives her some candy that makes her feel like she can fly. Pretty soon she's addicted to his candy, and she moves in with him. As a favor, he asks her to hook up with a couple of friends of his, and then a couple more. Now Angel is stuck working the streets at Hastings and Main, a notorious spot in Vancouver, Canada, where the girls turn tricks until they disappear without a trace, and the authorities don't care. But after her friend Serena disappears, and when Call brings home a girl who is even younger and more vulnerable than her to learn the trade, Angel knows that she and the new girl have got to find a way out.
Author : Michael McGirr
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 35,98 MB
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1925774058
A profound, funny and uplifting collection of reminiscences about a life in books, now available in a smaller, competitively priced format.
Author : Bethanne Patrick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,85 MB
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1941393659
Collects one hundred reflections by prominent authors, politicians, actors, musicians, and celebrities on a book that changed their lives, including Keith Carradine on The book of Daniel, Tim Gunn on Let us now praise famous men, and R.L. Stine on Pinocchio.
Author : Roxanne J. Coady
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,9 MB
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1101043466
Now in paperback, a delightful collection of essays on the transformative power of reading In The Book That Changed My Life, our most admired writers, doctors, professors, religious leaders, politicians, chefs, and CEO s share the books that mean the most to them. For Doris Kearns Goodwin it was Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August, which inspired her to enter a field, history writing, traditionally reserved for men. For Jacques Pépin it was The Myth of Sisyphus, which taught him the importance of personal responsibility, dignity, and goodness in the midst of existentialist France. A testament to the life-altering importance of literature, this book inspires us to return to old favorites and seek out new treasures. All proceeds go to The Read to Grow Foundation, which partners with urban hospitals to provide books and literacy information to newborns and their families.
Author : Ben Carey
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,52 MB
Release : 2003-10-28
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780452284890
Is the year ahead looking much the same as the last? Another 365-day grind of meetings, dinner dates, and deadlines? If so, try this book--the perfect gift for the adventurous reader. Part instruction manual, part therapy, part religious cult, part sheer anarchy, This Book Will Change Your Life will help you poke a stick in the spokes of your routine. It's not the soft-hearted kind of book that's interested in what you have to say; rather it contains 365 daily orders, each one of which could turn your humdrum existence into a daily free-fall. Whether learning to tell one joke properly, spending an hour talking to a tree, or choosing a motto to live by, This Book Will Change Your Life will lead you to make every day of the next year the first day of your new life.
