“[An] affectionate and perceptive tribute.”—Wendy Smith, Boston Globe In Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Anne Boyd Rioux brings a fresh and engaging look at the circumstances leading Louisa May Alcott to write Little Women and why this beloved ...
... Mark F. Boyd , “ The Fortifications at San Marcos de Apalache , ” Florida Historical Quarterly 15 ( July 1936 ) , 5 ; St. Petersburg Times , July 12 , 1977 ; Neil Hurley , " Anclote Keys Light , " c . 1990s , unpublished manuscript in ...
From National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Alice Walker and edited by critic and writer Valerie Boyd, comes an unprecedented compilation of Walker’s fifty years of journals drawing an intimate portrait of her ...
Perrin examines the life and work of one of the towering figures of American pop culture, the prime artistic force behind an entire generation of humorists and satirists, including John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, P.J. O'Rourke, and ...
In this wry, judiciously balanced, and thoroughly engaging book, Galya Diment explores the complicated and fascinating relationship between Vladimir Nabokov and his Cornell colleague Marc Szeftel who, in the estimate of many, served as the ...
Kickback is the third novel in the highly acclaimed DI Nick Dixon Crime Series. Revised edition: This edition of Kickback includes editorial revisions.
Powerful and poignant, a masterpiece. 'Through the Wheat' depicts the horrors of World War 1: the first modern war fought in trenches with mustard gas, artillery, and tanks.
In this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted ...