Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom: Words on Love, Life, Society and Literature by KIRK ASSAF ANDREA
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Category: Reading & writing
Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size quotes of inspiration and wisdom from one of the greatest females writers in the English language.Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated female writers in history, best known for her novels about love, life, friendship and faith, all ...Show more
TL;DR Literature - Dynamically Illustrated Plot and Character Summaries for 13 Modern Classics by SparkNotes
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Category: Reading & writing | Series: Too Long; Didn't Read Ser.
A compilation of brief summaries of approximately thirteen contemporary novels, illustrated with infographics for easy consumption, and bearing Spark's TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read) brand.Chapters in this volume consist of six-page summaries of well-known contemporary novels illustrated with four-color ...Show more
Fifty Forgotten Books by R. B. Russell
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Category: Reading & writing
Fifty Forgotten Books is a very special sort of book about books, by a great bookman and for book-people of all ages and levels of experience. Not quite literary criticism, not quite an autobiography, it is at once a guided tour through the dusty backrooms of long vanished used bookstores, a love letter ...Show more
Janesplains: A Compendium of Jane Austen’s Wit and Wisdom by Jane Austen
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Category: Politics & society | Series: Literary Wit and Wisdom Ser.
Jane Austen is one of the most eminently quotable authors in all of English letters and her books abound with delightful observations that are memorable for their sparkling wit and humor. A thematically organised wit-and-wisdom-style packaging of quotes and excerpts from the works of Jane Austen. Jane A ...Show more
The Attachment: Letters from a most unlikely friendship by Ailsa Piper, Tony Doherty
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Category: Reading & writing
Dear Ailsa, Sometimes I wonder whether the friendship that has caught us both-a most unlikely friendship I must confess-might find an echo in a far off Irish village somewhere in the wild, windy hills of old Donegal. Or am I allowing that uncontrollable imagination of mine too much slack? This is the st ...Show more
Tales from Shakespeare by CHARLES LAMB
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Category: Reading & writing | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: 2+
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb was written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare', but are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style, and their literary quality has made them popular and ...Show more
Great Novels: The World's Most Remarkable Fiction Explored and Explained by DK
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Category: Reading & writing
A beautifully illustrated guide to the greatest novels ever writtenDiscover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's greatest novels.From medieval romances and tales of chivalry through the realist novels of the 19th century to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the sel ...Show more
One True Sentence - Writers and Readers in Pursuit of Hemingway's Art by Mark Cirino (Editor); Michael Von Cannon (Editor); Ken Burns (Introduction by); Lynn Novick (Introduction by)
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Category: Reading & writing | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A selection of the greatest sentences by the master, Ernest Hemingway. Sentences that can take a reader's breath away and are not easily forgotten. Each sentence has been selected and examined by authors such as Elizabeth Strout, Sherman Alexie, Paula McLain, and Russell Banks; filmmakers Ken Burns and ...Show more
Spine Poems - An Eclectic Collection of Found Verse for Book Lovers by Annette Dauphin Simon
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Category: Reading & writing
A charming, clever, and original collection of more than 100 spine poems-a popular form of found poetry composed by arranging book spines--illustrated with 110 full-color photographs. Easy to create and share online, spine poems--also known as collage poems or centos--have become a fun and popular way o ...Show more
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jane Mount, Jamise Harper
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Category: Reading & writing | Series: Bibliophile Ser.
It's time to diversify your reading list.This richly illustrated and vastly inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen knowledge and deep love for all things literary, coauthors Jamise Harper (founder of the Diverse Spines boo ...Show more
Jane Austen - A Literary Celebrity by Peter J. Leithart
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Category: Reading & writing | Series: Christian Encounters Ser.
Jane Austen is famous for such books as Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. Now learn about the author's journey through a life spent making up stories that touched the lives of millions. Jane Austen is now what she never was in life, and what she would have been horrified to become--a literary ...Show more
Writes of Passage: Words To Read Before You Turn 13 by Nicolette Jones
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Category: Reading & writing
A collection of 100 pieces of writing - poems, prose, letters, speeches, song lyrics, quotations, and more - from Shakespeare to Philip Pullman and from John Donne to Oliver Jeffers, which are in turn powerful, funny, moving, wise, and thought-provoking, expertly curated and with accessible, thoughtful ...Show more