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New Book: Frank Collymore, A Biography « Repeating Islands
Drawn from Collymore's letters, journals and interviews with friends, colleagues and the many people whose lives he touched, Frank Collymore: A Biography captures this Barbadian Man-of-the-Arts as he will always be remembered, ...
http://repeatingislands.com/2009/11/17/new-book-frank-collymore-a-biography/
Tolkien Studies
Reviews and suggestions for published books of Tolkien studies, from scholarly reviews to biographies to books that touch upon the source material of JRR Tolkien. ... There are also several societies dedicated to Tolkien studies, namely The Tolkien Society and The Mythopoeic Society, both of which publish annual and quarterly journals featuring essays related to Tolkien and the other Inklings. Mythlore, the scholarly journal of the Mythopoeic Society, is among my personal ...
http://www.tolkien-online.com/tolkien-studies.html
Neither God nor Devil by Daniel J. Flynn, City Journal 11 November ...
The titles of two new biographies—Anne C. Heller's Ayn Rand and the World She Made and Jennifer Burns's Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right—imply a subject more deity than mortal. The books describe a woman driven to ...
http://www.city-journal.org/2009/bc1111df.html
Catholicism Popes Books: Journal of a Soul: The Autobiography of ...
It also includes several of his most moving prayers, sixty brief thoughts and aphorisms, his "Rules for the Ascetic Life," many of his letters, even his last will and testament. Christians everywhere will welcome the ... This book is a collection of ideas written in a journal, a spiritual practice or exercise, as it were. This is not a book of profound essays nor a set of directions for imitation along the spiritual journey. This is a private collection of one man's ...
http://catholicism-popes-books.blogspot.com/2009/11/journal-of-soul-autobiography-of-pope.html
The Anatomist » Scribe Publications
By uncovering a treasure trove of forgotten letters and diaries, it illuminates the astonishing relationship between the fiercely gifted young anatomist, Gray, and his younger colleague, Carter, whose exquisite anatomical illustrations are masterpieces of ... 'Bill Hayes has written a thrilling book that is simultaneously an autobiography, a biography of Henry Gray, a scientific essay on our human anatomy, and a heart-breaking elegy. I do not know another book like it.' ...
http://www.scribepublications.com.au/book/theanatomist
The Tao of D&D: Books
Other English Prose (Essays, Journals and Stories) (26) E. French Literature (26) 1. History of French Literature (12) a) General Accounts (9) b) The Early Period (1) c) Renaissance Period (2) 2. French Prose (4) a) General Works (1) b) Pierre Abelard and Heloise (Letters) (1) c) Michel de Montaigne (Essays) (1) d) Francois Rabelais (1) 3. French Poetry (9) a) General Works (6) b) The Song of Roland (1) c) Francois Villon (2) 4. French Drama (1) F. German Literature (20) ...
http://tao-dnd.blogspot.com/2009/11/books.html
Bibliography of Indiana Women's History Books and Articles
Indiana's African-American Heritage: Essays from Black History News & Notes. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society, 1993: 139-150. A biographical sketch of Lillian Thomas Fox. Toler, Frances A. Lillian Thomas Fox: Black Woman .... A short biography of Mary Ritter Beard and a compilation of her letters. Bibliographical references included. 378 pages. Lane, Ann J. Mary Ritter Beard: a Sourcebook. New York: Schoken Books, 1977. A biography of Mary Ritter Beard. ...
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/15095841/Bibliography-of-Indiana-Womens-History-Books-and-Articles
Best Books of 2009
We expect you'll be surprised: there's a graphic novel, an adventure story, possibly the next Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a delicious biography that could bring Cheever back into the literary firmament. We ignored gender and genre ..... Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays Zadie Smith (Penguin Press) Smith's first nonfiction book—a collection of her essays on reading, writing and being—is erudite and shines with uncommon wit, warmth and generosity of spirit. ...
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Christianity Monasticism: Living With Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton
Numerous journal passages previously unavailable are added to the chapter entitled "A Proverb Named Margie" (193-203), as well as elsewhere throughout the book. Quotations from "A Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra concerning Giants," the lovely poem "Grace's House" and the essay .... As one who has written and taught about Merton widely, in my opinion this book is the most complete, balanced, readable, wide-ranging and up-to-date biography of Thomas Merton on the market. ...
http://christianity-monasticism-books.blogspot.com/2009/11/living-with-wisdom-life-of-thomas_21.html
Conjunctus: Interview With Gregory Wolfe
The biggest challenge we face today is the difficulty of convincing people that reading a literary journal is worth the effort. In an era of short attention spans a publication that contains long stories and essays, and challenging ... I write nonfiction of many types: literary criticism, cultural reflections, biography, etc. I have begun research for a book I hope to write: a group biography of several Renaissance Christian Humanists, including Erasmus, Thomas More, ...
http://conjunctus.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-with-gregory-wolfe.html
