On Grief and Reason: Essays

Author	Boileau-Narcejac
ISBN	0747531870

D'entre les Morts = Among the Dead = Vertigo = The Living and the Dead, Boileau-Narcejac (Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac)
The Living and the Dead (also published as Vertigo) (French: D'entre les morts, "Among the Dead") is a 1954 crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Pierre Ayraud (Thomas Narcejac),...

Author	Leo F. Buscaglia
ISBN	0449901815

I read it as a teenager and I remember that I loved it.
One of the highlights---this poem by a female student who wished to remain anonymous:

'Things you didn't do'


Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car,

And I dented it?

I thought you'd kill me,

But...

Author	Henrik Ibsen
ISBN	0413775755

Vildanden = The Wild Duck, Henrik Ibsen
The Wild Duck an 1884 play, by the Norwegian playwright: Henrik Ibsen. Characters: Håkon Werle, a wholesale merchant; Gregers Werle, his son; Old Ekdal, the former business partner of Håkon Werle; Hjalmar Ekdal, Old Ekdal's son, a photographer; Gina...

Author	Philip Roth
ISBN	0099477564

Following the wild success of his novel, Carnovsky, Nathan Zuckerman has been catapulted into the literary limelight. As he ventures out onto the streets of Manhattan he finds himself accosted on all sides, the target of admonishers, advisers, would-be literary critics, and – worst of all – fans.

An...

Author	Hermann Hesse
ISBN	9500725959

Rosshalde is the classic story of a man torn between obligations to his family and his longing for a spiritual fulfillment that can only be found outside the confines of conventional society.Johann Veraguth, a wealthy, successful artist, is estranged from his wife and stifled by the unhappy union....