The Seattle librarian who created the popular program "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book" organizes readers' interests into 150 sometimes unusual categories, recommending great books in each. Original. 30,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo.
Although The Quincunx by Charles Palhser is ostensibly the story of a K young man's search for his true identity, the main character is early 1800s 3 London itself — its smells, its sights, and above all its people.
Many readers have wished for a way to record their thoughts after finishing a book, or to remember their impressions of their book club meeting. Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Journal is the perfect place to do these things and more.
Two enjoyable characterdriven novels about trips down the Colorado River are In theHeartof the Canyon by ElisabethHyde andAmbition byLisa Michaels. Hyde's novel tellsofa groupofstrangers whocome togetherfora multiday raft trip that ...
... The Burgess, Gelett Burgess, Melvin Burleigh, Robert Burned Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnford, Sheila Burn Journals, The Burrough, Augusten Burton,VirginiaLee Buscaglia,Leo Buss, FranLeeper Butterworth, Oliver Buttons Buz Byng, ...
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 ...
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.
Add to those its grand story, its fine sense of irony and humor, its emotional accuracy, and One Sweet Quarrel becomes one sweet — and unforgettable — novel.” — New York Times Book Review Leaving behind their provincial Midwestern ...
George and Lizzie are a couple, meeting as college students and marrying soon after graduation, but no one would ever describe them of being soulmates.
I could not put it down.” – Helen Bryan, bestselling author of War BridesA dramatic chapter of American history comes vividly to life in this evocative tale of a mother and daughter navigating the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor ...
Funny, sweet, alarming, and ultimately, moving and tender, Lust & Wonder is an experience of a book that will resonate with anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.