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English language Prepositions Juvenile literature English literature 18th century History and criticism English literature History and criticism English literature Old English, ca. 450-1100 History and criticism English literature Women authors History and criticism Japanese fiction Translations into English Literature Literature, Modern Quotations, American Quotations, EnglishWellesley, Mary
Summary: "The Gilded Page is the story of the written word in the pre-Gutenberg age. Ranging from the earliest intact book in Europe, to the only known literary manuscript to be written in Shakespeare's hand, scholar Mary Wellesley reveals the secret lives of these literary and artistic treasures. Traipsing through the remarkable history, she recounts fires (the only surviving Beowulf manuscript is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word WellesleyTargoff, Ramie
Summary: "A remarkable work about women writers in the Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period and brings us in close to four women who were committed to their craft before there was any possibility of "a room of one's own." In a sparkling and engaging narrative of everyday life in Shakespearean England, Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.309 TARDreyer, Benjamin
Summary: "Full of advice, insider wisdom, and fascinating facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to anyone who wants to be confident in their writing skills, or anyone who enjoys the power of language. Explored throughout are the mysteries of using punctuation, word choice decisions, and more, presented in a clear, concise and accessible manner made fun!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Word DreyerShaffer, Andrew.
Summary: Rock stars, rappers, and actors haven't always had a monopoly on misbehaving. There was a time when authors fought with both words and fists, a time when poets were the ones living fast and dying young. This witty, insightful and wildly entertaining narrative profiles the literary greats who wrote generation-defining classics such as The Great Gatsby and On the Road while living and loving like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber and Faber 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828 AUDSummary: Originally published: The reader's companion to twentieth-century writers. London : Fourth Estate ; Oxford : Helicon, 1995.Companion volume to A reader's guide to the twentieth-century novel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 920 REAFawkes, Glynnis
Summary: "A graphic novel biography of Charlotte Brontë, following her and her siblings from childhood to the publication of Jane Eyre"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney - Hyperion 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FAWWrenn, C. L. (Charles Leslie)
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 1968
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 829 WREBartlett, John
Summary: While continuing to draw on timeless classi-cal references, this edition also incorporates more than 3,000 new quotes from more than 700 new sources, including Alison Bechdel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Pope Francis, Atul Gawande, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hilary Mantel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Claudia Rankine, Fred Rogers, Bernie Sanders, Patti Smith, and Malala Yousafzai. Bartlett's showcases the thoughts not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.88 BAR1 available in Reference, Call number: R 808.88 BAR
Rebman, Nick
Summary: "Look at pictures to figure out what item is on top of another."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR ORANGE REBMorgan, Ann (Ann Beatrice)
Summary: "A beguiling exploration of the joys of reading across boundaries, inspired by the author's year-long journey through a book from every country. Following an impulse to read more internationally, journalist Ann Morgan undertook first to define "the world" and then to find a story from each of 196 nations. Tireless in her quest and assisted by generous, far-flung strangers, Morgan discovered not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810 MORNatsume, Sōseki
Summary: "Natsume Soseki's Kusamakura follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the establishment. Nami, or 'beauty, ' is the center of this elegant novel, the still point around which the artist moves and the enigmatic subject of Soseki's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NATSaffer, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB HUDSON SAFSummary: Masterpieces of Women's Literature features critical summaries and descriptions of the greatest works of literature by women authors. All the important facts and dates of authorship, along with analyses of characters, settings, themes, and plots, are included for works in every genre, including autobiographies, novels, poetry, plays, essays, and short stories. Containing works by women of all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.8928 MASAckroyd, Peter
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 ACKKalz, Jill.
Summary: "Simple text paired with themed illustrations invite the reader to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J CHINESE 495.1 KALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468.3 CAPColes, Robert.
Summary: Dr. Coles shows how the work of writers, artists, and thinkers of the past two centuries can inspire our own reflections on our daily lives. He offers a compelling call to venture outside our own selves and lives and to listen, attentively and with growing humanity, to the way others get through life, and he encourages us to examine our own character, kindness, and complexity by studying the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9355 COLKalz, Jill.
Summary: "Simple text paired with themed illustrations invite the reader to learn to speak Japanese."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J JAPANESE 495.6 KALKalz, Jill.
Summary: "Simple text paired with themed illustrations invite the reader to learn to speak Spanish"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468.3 CAPKalz, Jill.
Summary: "Simple text paired with themed illustrations invite the reader to learn to speak Arabic."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J ARABIC 492.7 KALPorter, Roy
Summary: "How did we come to a modern understanding of our bodies and souls? ... Roy Porter charts how, through figures as diverse as Locke, Swift, Johnson, and Gibbon, ideas about medicine, politics, and religion fundamentally changed notions of self"--p. [2] of jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9 PORKiberd, Declan.
Summary: "One country, two languages, and a sequence of great artists in every generation. From the Gaelic bards to the Belfast Agreement, Irish writers have drawn equally on two traditions to heal the rifts of their land." "A celebration of the enduring Irish classics, this book by one of their most eloquent and adept readers offers an unusually brilliant and accessible survey of the greatest works...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2001