Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+5189 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1722579 Essays revisiting themes the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist, and activist has addressed throughout her career, exploring her conflicting impulses to retreat into inner contemplation and to remain deeply engaged with the world: racism, Africa, solidarity with the Palestinian people, the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, Cuba, health care, and the work of Aung San Suu Kyi. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731792 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750473 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707598 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736237 Si hay alguien capaz de describir con maestra, personalidad y humor la naturaleza caprichosa del amor, es Isabel Allende. Esta recopilacin de escenas de amor, seleccionadas de entre sus libros, es una invitacin a sumergirse en la lectura, soar y sonrer. La gran narradora chilena escribe abiertamente, haciendo un guio a sus lectores, sobre sus experiencias en el sexo y el amor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753630 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712574 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729685 Esta coleccin de historias presenta a doce prominentes escritores latinos que revelan cmo las amistades les han ayudado a superar los momentos ms difciles de sus vidas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731435 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712335 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750483 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750562 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712670 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667526 Penguins yearly offering of outstanding essays and poetry on faith and spirituality. Every year, the acclaimed Best Spiritual Writing series offers readers the opportunity to explore the most intriguing work on spirituality published in the past year. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615672 A collection of essays from #1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647315 Bakers second nonfiction collection, ranges over the map of life to examine what troubles us, what eases our pain, and what brings us joy. Baker moves from political controversy to the intimacy of his own life, from forgotten heroes of pacifism to airplane wings, telephones, paper mills, David Remnick, Joseph Pulitzer, the OED, and the manufacture of the Venetian gondola. He writes about kite string and about the moment he met his wife, and he surveys our fascination with video games while attempting to beat his teenage son at Modern Warfare 2. In a celebrated essay on Wikipedia, Baker describes his efforts to stem the tide of encyclopedic deletionism; in another, he charts the rise of e-readers; in a third he chronicles his Freedom of Information lawsuit against the San Francisco Public Library.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1630181 A humorous collection of tips for comfortable country living, this encyclopedia covers everything from borrowing tools to hunting gophers to driving tractors to weather forecasting--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668477 A collection of essays from NYT best selling author, will include his recent Innovation Starvation; where he calls for SF writers to invent the future with their stories. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685374 A compilation of fifteen of Wallaces seminal essays, all published in book form for the first time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668552 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668555 In twenty-three passionate, sparkling dispatches--which range over such crucial writers as Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy, Edmund Wilson, and Mikhail Lermontov--literary critic James Wood offers a panoramic look at the modern novel. He effortlessly connects his encyclopedic, passionate understanding of the literary canon with an equally in-depth analysis of the most important authors writing today, including Cormac McCarthy, Lydia Davis, and Aleksandar Hemon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681741 A collection of 250 or more epigraphs arranged thematically and chosen from a broad range of books and genres, approximately half of which will be annotated with original commentary by the author - - http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668029 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1578016 In a small Iranian town on a dark rain-soaked night, the Colonel paces back and forth waiting for the inevitable knock on the door. The secret police take him to the tortured body of his youngest daughter, for the Islamic revolution is devouring its own children. This shocking diatribe leaves no taboo unbroken. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694748 In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookstores and booksellers, 84 well-known writers pay tribute to the bricks-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second home. Writers include: Isabel Allende, Wendell Berry, Rick Bragg, Dave Eggers, Louise Erdrich, Fannie Flagg, Ian Frazier, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., John Grisham, Pete Hamill, Ann Hood, Stephanie Kallos, Laurie R. King, Kate Niles, Ann Packer, Chuck Palahniuk, Ann Patchett, Francine Prose, Tom Robbins, Lisa See, Brian Selznick, Lee Smith, Nancy Thayer, Terry Tempest Williams and more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713334 ... These works not only chronicle a leading dissidents struggle against tryranny but enrich the record of universal longing for freedom and dignity. Liu writes pragmatically, yet with deep-seated passion, about peasant land disputes, the Han Chinese in Tibet, child slavery, the CCPs Olympic strategy, the Internet in China, the contemporary craze for Confucius, and the Tiananmen massacre. Also presented are poems written for his wife, public documents and a foreward by Vclav Havel--Jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668393 A compilation of personal correspondence written over a sixty-year period offers insight into the iconic American authors literary personality, his experiences as a German POW, his struggles with fame, and the inspirations for his famous books. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658734 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674959 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668553 An Almanac with information about famous events and celebrations for each day of the year and related childrens book recommendations-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624103 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667603 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681742 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683049 A wide-ranging collection of essays by a contemporary critic and historian traces four decades of writing and considers such diverse topics as Beethoven, Kilimanjaro, and Britains Imperial War Museum. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679969 The author puts forth a hard and somber interpretation of our times. Our civilization has turned into entertainment, gossip, enjoyment, and has adopted a carefree, devil-may-care attitude, ignoring what is happening as long as it has its fix of soccer, bull fighting, baseball, cheap entertainment, talk shows, irresponsible yellow journalism, and exploitation of the poor. The idea is: have fun, keep boredom at bay, and avoid what bothers, worries and anguishes us. In fact modern culture makes it a social mandate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576392 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623865 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681626 Wood offers a panoramic look at the modern novel. He effortlessly connects his encyclopedic understanding of the literary canon with an equally in-depth analysis of the most important authors writing today. Also included are the title essay on Keith Moon and the lost joys of drumming and Woods essay on George Orwell. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616334 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658762 Between 1925 and 1945 thousands of ordinary Germans of both sexes and all ages wrote letters to Hitler. Lost for decades, a large cache of these letters was recently discovered in the KGB Special Archive in Moscow, having been carted off to the Soviet Union by the Soviet Secret Police at the end of the war. The letters range from gushing love letters ... to letters from teachers, students, priests, businessmen and others expressing gratitude for alleviating poverty or restoring dignity to the German people. There are a few protest letters and the occasional desperate plea to release a loved one from a concentration camp, but the overwhelming majority are positive and even rapturous, shedding fresh light on the nature of the Hitler cult in Nazi Germany.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678474 William Shawcrosss official biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, published in September 2009, was a huge critical and commercial success. One of the great revelations of the book was Queen Elizabeths insightful, witty private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as wonderful ... brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness. Now, Shawcross has put together a selection of her letters, drawing on the vast wealth of material in the Royal Archives and at Glamis Castle. Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent from her earliest childhood before the First World War to the very end of her long life at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the real person behind the public face.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668456 A sweeping, exhilarating collection of 15 essays never published in book form. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714200 A series of illustrated essays that unfold in cinematic fashion, LaCavas book explores her girlhood in the Parisian suburb of Le Vsinet, where her feelings of anxiety and depression are lifted when she begins to discover the uncommon, uncelebrated beauty in common objects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674335 In twenty-three passionate, sparkling dispatches--which range over such crucial writers as Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy, Edmund Wilson, and Mikhail Lermontov--literary critic James Wood offers a panoramic look at the modern novel. He effortlessly connects his encyclopedic, passionate understanding of the literary canon with an equally in-depth analysis of the most important authors writing today, including Cormac McCarthy, Lydia Davis, and Aleksandar Hemon. The Fun Stuffis indispensable reading for anyone who cares about contemporary literature. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577860 Reading for My Life is a monumenal collection of Leonards most significant writings--spanning five decades--from his earliest columns for the Harvard Crimson to his final essays for the New York Review of Books.--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668880 A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary musician and songwriter. John Lennon was one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known, creator of Help!, Come Together, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, and dozens more. But it was in his correspondences that he let his personality and poetry flow unguarded. Now, gathered for the first time in book form, are his letters to family, friends, strangers, and lovers from every point in his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616116 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684227 A collection of essays by the provocative cultural critic includes her controversial New York Times Book Review cover piece on sex and the contemporary American male writer as well as writings on topics ranging from Facebook and friendship to travel and single parenthood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1654358 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667739 Published together for the first time, this collection of letters to family, friends, lovers and complete strangers from the beloved Beatle offers an intimate look into the true personality and mind of one of popular musics most prolific and revered artists. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582368 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668619 The books that we choose to keep-let alone read-can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In The ideal bookshelf, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most-books that define their dreams and ambitions and in many cases helped them find their way in the world. With colorful and endearingly hand-rendered images of book spines by Jane Mount, and first-person commentary from all the contributors, this is a perfect gift for avid readers, writers, and all who have known the influence of a great book-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1538067 The tumultuous life of the Austrian writer best known for The Radetzky March is described through letters that recall his fathers and wifes mental illnesses, numerous mistresses, and travel to Paris. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1422839 Celebrates the relevance of the newspaper column through the simple power of excellent writing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1549901 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1298571 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1558341 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1394200 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1482105 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616271 The ten essays in this book tell us about the experience of reading, why access to books should never be taken forgranted, how reading transforms our brains, and how literature can save lives. In any 24 hours there are so many demands on your time and attention - books should be one of them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1372040 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1222820 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1284065 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1433317 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1311764 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1172593 Includes the work of 201 Latino writers from the Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and Dominican American traditions, as well as from the traditions of other Spanish-speaking countries. It traces five centuries of writing, from letters to the Spanish crown by sixteenth-century conquistadors to the cutting-edge expressions of twenty-first-century cartoonistas and artists of reggaetn. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1376812 Essayist Christopher Hitchens ruminates on why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men, the haunting science fiction of J.G. Ballard, the enduring legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell, the persistent agonies of anti-Semitism and jihad, the enduring relevance of Karl Marx, and how politics justifies itself by culture--and how the latter prompts the former. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1474516 Preserved in typed and hand-written notes and journal entries, letters and story sketches, Philip K. Dicks Exegesis is the magnificent and imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality and perception, the malleability of space and time, and the relationship between the human and the divine. The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick will make this tantalizing work available to the public for the first time in an annotated two-volume abridgement. Edited and introduced by Pamela Jackson and Jonathan Lethem, this will be the definitive presentation of Dicks brilliant, and epic, final work-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1300576 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1222150 A collection of Silverbergs essays from the years 1995-2010 which were originally published primarily in Asimovs Science Fiction magazine, chronicling events both in science fiction and the world in general. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1375529 Essayist Christopher Hitchens ruminates on why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men, the haunting science fiction of J.G. Ballard, the enduring legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell, the persistent agonies of anti-Semitism and jihad, the enduring relevance of Karl Marx, and how politics justifies itself by culture--and how the latter prompts the former. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1310294 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518861 A revelatory anthology of 19 personal essays and articles by the 20th-century literary master spans his career and includes a 1920 article written shortly after This Side of Paradise made him famous and a 1940 assessment of the times in which he lived. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351479 Features literary excerpts and articles written by sportswriters and authors that celebrate one hundred years of American boxing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1278500 From the bestselling editor of The Reagan Diaries come the newly disclosed notebooks of Ronald Reagan that bring to light his most intimate thoughts and favorite quotations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1376603 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1480805 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1536266 A inicios del siglo XX, en la apacible y neutral Suiza, convivieron dos grups revolucionarios: los primeros--bajo la frula de Lenin--se proponan transformar la sociedad, la economa, y la poltica; los segundos--agrupados en el dadasmo--se preparaban para alterar las mentes, las costumbres, los valores y la forma de vivir de las personas. Cules fueron los desenlaces de esas revoluciones? La socialista se derrumb en los aos ochentatras la cada del muro de Berlin y el colapso de la Unin Sovitica. La segunda, la de las vanguardias, se enfrent a un destino paradjico: a pesar de que cada una de las batallas utpicas condujo a la derrota, sus acciones lograron imponerse y ganar adeptos. Carlos Grans ofrece al lector el recuento de las corrientes vanguardistas (desde la irrupcin de Marinetti y el futurismo hasta los jvenes indignados de Espaa) y sus protagonistas, y se adentra en los distintos espacios donde se han hecho presentes: las artes plsticas--con Duchamp a la cabeza--, la literatura--desde el dad hasta los beats y obras ms recientes--, las propuestas educativas--como Black Mountain College--, la msica experimental y popular--como ocurre con los trabajos de John Cage y de los Sex Pistols--e, incluso, en algunos movimientos sociales como el hippismo y anlisis sociolgicos como el situacionismo. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1307123 When it comes to sex, what do women want? In this eye-opening collection, Erica Jong reveals that every woman has her own answer. Susan Cheever talks about the excruciating hazards of casual sex, while Gail Collins recounts her Catholic upbringing in Cincinnati and the nuns who passionately forbade her from having carnal relations. Jennifer Weiner explores how, in love, the body can play just as big a role as the heart. The octogenarians in Karen Abbotts sharp-eyed piece possess a passion that could give Betty White a run for her money. Molly Jong-Fast reflects on her unconventional upbringing and why a whole generation of young women have rejected free love in favor of Bugaboo strollers and Mommy-and-me yoga. Sex, it turns out, can be as fleeting, heavy, mundane, and intense as the rest of life. Indeed, as Jong states in her powerful introduction: the truth is--sex is life.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1486880 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393241 This collection of essays by Christopher Hitchens offers an indispensable key to understanding the passionate and skeptical spirit of one of the most dazzling writers, widely admired for his style, a result of his disciplined and candid thinking. Topics range from why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men to the science fiction of J.G. Ballard; from the legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell to the persistent agonies of anti-Semitism and jihad. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393267 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1198186 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1278037 From the NBCC Award-winning author of My Fathers Paradise: a book of true stories about ordinary people brought together by the strange romantic workings of New Yorks landscape. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392380 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393583 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1260833 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1431417 Gifted authors dont just tell us about unique or out-of-the-way places; they take us to them, show us what they look like, show us who their people are, and make us feel like weve experienced them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1187834 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1201440 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1166334 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1057427 At last together in one collection are Lisa Scottolines wildly popular Philadelphia Inquirer columns in which Lisa lets her hair down roots and all to show the humorous side of life from a womans perspective. After debuting in 2007 the column quickly gained momentum and popularity. Word of mouth spread and readers demanded a collection. This is that collection. Seventy charming and hilarious vignettes. Vintage Scottoline. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1275581 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1058179 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1116713 In this heartfelt and thought-provoking collection, 28 fathers explore the complex bond they have with their daughters, share experiences and examine relationships fraught with challenges and struggles, but that are always filled with love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1110517 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1211930 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1196568 Presents more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent. This collection opens the window on Julias deepest thoughts and feelings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1154833 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1199279