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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1956
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
409 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is more than a biography of the great humorist from Niles, Michigan. In a penetrating full-length portrait, Donald Elder has explored Ring Lardner's whole world-the vibrant and inventive times in which he lived, the unforgettable people who surrounded him, and the impudent words that came from his typewriter. At the height of Lardner's fame in the middle twenties he was known simultaneously as a baseball reporter unlike any the world had ever...
Author
Publisher
J. B. Lippincott Company
Pub. Date
c1972
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 322 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Late John Marquand is an engrossing and well-studied literary biography of one of twentieth century America's finest writers of fiction, by the bestselling protégé who took up his mantle.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a memoir written with his brother, the popular author describes how the two of them dealt with their grief over the untimely deaths of their parents and only sister by embarking on a three-week odyssey around the world.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
192 p.
Language
English
Description
Written from the crossroads of sex, race, and power in America, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir and a haunting reflection of the nation as a whole.
Author
Publisher
South Dakota Historical Society Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wilder's never-before-published autobiography reveals the true stories of her pioneering life. Pioneer Girl re-introduces readers to the woman who defined the pioneer experience for millions of people around the world.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You fall down. You get hurt. You get up again. You know Jennifer Weiner as many things: a bestselling author, a Twitter phenomenon, and "an unlikely feminist enforcer" (The New Yorker). She's also a mom, a daughter, and a sister; a former rower and current runner; a best friend and a reality TV junkie. Here, in her first foray into nonfiction, she takes the raw stuff of her personal life and spins it into a collection of essays on womanhood as uproariously...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xiii, 182 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this irresistible memoir, Anna Quindlen, bestselling author, writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead--and celebrating it all--as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 21
Physical Desc
315 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the personal crisis the author endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous 1,100-mile solo hike that both drove her to rock bottom and helped her to heal.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
Presents a tribute to the life and work of the author known for her books portraying ordinary life in China, covering her fundamentalist upbringing, witness to the Boxer Rebellion, and two marriages.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author describes his all-American childhood growing up as a member of the baby boom generation in the heart of Iowa, detailing his rich fantasy life as a superhero known as the Thunderbolt Kid and his remarkably normal 1950s family life.