Descriptionary: A Thematic Dictionary

Author	Anne Lamott
ISBN	0385480016

"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and...

Author	James Herriot
ISBN	0312965788

The classic multimillion copy bestseller

Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients.

For over forty years, generations of readers have thrilled to...

Author

Mira Jacob

A bold, wry, and intimate graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing.

“By turns hilarious and heart-rending, it’s exactly the book America needs at this moment.”—Celeste...

Author	Edna St. Vincent Millay
ISBN	0060908890

When an interviewer once asked Ray Bradbury what he did to prepare to write every day, he answered, “I read poetry.”

He read poetry, to write prose.

It made me want to read more poetry than I already do, and it also inspired me to find new poets, too. I recently came home from the library...

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Susan Hill

From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday is invaded by the otherworldly in this unforgettable collection of new ghost stories from the bestselling author of The Woman in Black.

In the title story, on a murky evening in a club off St James,...

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Lisa Gerard-Sharp

I read this a number of years ago before visiting Ireland, then reread many parts of it while in Ireland. And just this morning I felt like a brief visit to Ireland, so I read through numerous articles again. I love the slick magazine-like pages, the maps, all the great information. I can't vouch that every...