Why We Read What We Read: A Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Bestselling Books
10 best books like Why We Read What We Read: A Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Bestselling Books (Lisa Adams): Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books, A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books, More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason, Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits, Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction, 500 Great Books By Women, Bizarre Books, Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books, Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited, Through the Wardrobe: Your Favorite Authors on C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia
Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books
The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creations
Before Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the English language. A work sure to captivate all...
| Author | Alex Beam |
| ISBN | 1586484877 |
Today the classics of the western canon, written by the proverbial “dead white men,” are cannon fodder in the culture wars. But in the 1950s and 1960s, they were a pop culture phenomenon. The Great Books of Western Civilization, fifty-four volumes chosen by intellectuals at the University of Chicago,...
| Author | Nancy Pearl |
| ISBN | 1570614350 |
The response to Nancy Pearl's surprise bestseller Book Lust was astounding: the Seattle librarian and winner of the 2004 Women's National Book Award even became the model for the now-famous Librarian Action Figure. Readers everywhere welcomed Pearl's encyclopedic but discerning filter on books...
| Author | Jack Murnighan |
| ISBN | 0307409570 |
Feel bad about not reading or not enjoying the so-called great books? Don’t sweat it, it’s not your fault. Did anyone tell you that Anna Karenina is a beach read, that Dickens is hilarious, that the Iliad’s battle scenes rival Hollywood’s for gore, or that Joyce is at his best when he’s talking...
| Author | Tom Raabe |
| ISBN | 1555912400 |
A hilarious guide for book lovers that brings book addiction out of the closet.
Have you ever...
awakened, the morning after a book-buying spree, unable to remember how many you bought or how much you spent?
been reprimanded or fired for reading on the job?
purchased or rented...
| Author | Erica Bauermeister |
| ISBN | 0140175903 |
Here is an articulate guide to more than 500 books written by women, a unique resource that allows readers the joy of discovering new authors as well as revisiting familiar favorites. Organized by such themes as Art, Choices, Families, Growing Old, Growing Up, Places and Homes, Power, and Work, this...
| Author | Russell Ash |
| ISBN | 0965887642 |
A unique, long-awaited collection of the world's most unusual books and authors, completely revised and updated from the bestselling original.
Funnier than The Wit of Prince Philip and more fasciniating than Songs of a Chartered Accountant, this is the perfect gift for bibliophiles and lovers...
Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books
| Author | Lynne Sharon Schwartz |
| ISBN | 0807070831 |
(2.5) This 1996 memoir was sparked by reading a quote from a Chinese Buddhist in a New York Times article: he suggested that reading is dangerous as it imposes others’ ideas on you and doesn’t allow you to use your own mind freely. Schwartz, of course, begs to differ. As a novelist, reading has been...
Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited
| Author | Jonathan Yardley |
| ISBN | 1609450086 |
For seven years, beginning in 2003, the Washington Post ran a series of articles by Jonathan Yardley, the subtitle of which included, "the Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past." Yardley's criteria for his selections were admirably informal: "books I remember...
| Author | Herbie Brennan |
| ISBN | 0979233135 |
The third in the latest film version of C.S. Lewis' beloved Chronicles of Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, will be released in December 2010. In a crowded market of predictable tie-ins, Through the Wardrobe - a collection of always thoughtful, frequently clever explorations of the series by...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List
| Author | Shelley Mosley |
| ISBN | 1592576451 |
Great reads for busy people.
This is a guide to help busy people find great reads in fiction and non-fiction. Filled with recommendations of popular, entertaining reading, this book covers mystery and suspense, romance, women’s fiction and chick lit, westerns, science fiction, such...
| Author | Thomas J. Craughwell |
Can't decide what to read? Imagine a list of the greatest books described in concise, insightful and witty profiles to browse in search of the next perfect read. 2002 Great Books for Every Book Lover offers all this and more, reviewing each book with the wit and wisdom of a seasoned book critic in this unique...
Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures
| Author | Margo Hammond |
| ISBN | 0738212296 |
With wit and wisdom, the bibliophile’s Ebert & Roeper recommend more than 600 books based on what women care about most. Between the Covers is organized around their wide-ranging curiosity—about themselves, friends and family, the larger world—and their concerns, from health to sex...
| Author | Alan Powers |
| ISBN | 1579590241 |
Some people never have more than a shelf or two of books. Others are more committed: they hoard books, rearrange them, and seldom get rid of any. Living with Books, aimed at the latter group, addresses the challenges and joys of a home masquerading as a library, from storage to display to the use of books...
| Author | Emma Beare |
| ISBN | 0753714159 |
While I often agreed with the authors chosen, I did not always agree with the specific books of these chosen as their "best" works.
I also personally would have re-arranged the genre sections to have a proper non-fiction section.
..and how come we are doing SF and thrillers, but no horror...
This collection of more than five hundred quotations captures the wisdom and wit of the most insightful things ever said about books, spoken and written by such legendary figures as: Aeschylus; Ernest Hemingway; John Ruskin; Woody Allen; Thomas Jefferson; Charles Scribner; Maya Angelou; Franz...
The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors
Since it began in 1995, Salon.com has been showered with awards and praise. Now, its 150,000 devoted readers can devour The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors -- an all-original, A-to-Z guide to 225 of the most fascinating writers of our time, penned by an international cast of talented...
| Author | Robert Darnton |
| ISBN | 1586488260 |
The invention of writing was one of the most important technological, cultural, and sociological breakthroughs in human history. With the printed book, information and ideas could disseminate more widely and effectively than ever before—and in some cases, affect and redirect the sway of history....
| Author | Elaine Showalter |
| ISBN | 0860682854 |
Readers of this new, enlarged edition of the classic feminist study of British women novelists will find themselves delighted by Elaine Showalter's astute and acerbic critical intelligence. Showalter is one of the few scholars who can make her readers rush to their bookshelves to refute her point,...
Book Smart: Your Essential Reading List for Becoming a Literary Genius in 365 Days
| Author | Jane Mallison |
| ISBN | 0071482717 |
This is nothing more than a bound copy of any 1001/BBC Book List you can find on the internet, free. If you're still interested, definitely pick this up from your library.
'...each book comes alive with historical notes, highlights on key themes and characters, and advice on how to approach...
Women Who Love Books Too Much: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings & Prolific Pens from the Algonquin Hotel to the Ya-YA Sisterhood
| Author | Brenda Knight |
| ISBN | 1573240249 |
This book contains a series of biographical profiles of women writers from ancient times to the late 20th-century. (The book was published in 2000 when J.K. Rowling had only published 3 Harry Potter books). The book is arranged by topic: First Ladies of Literature, about women who broke the mold and...
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books
| Author | J. Peder Zane |
| ISBN | 0393328406 |
You'll find the answer in The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books: the ultimate guide to the world's greatest books. As writers such as Norman Mailer, Annie Proulx, Stephen King, Jonathan Franzen, Claire Messud, Margaret Drabble, Michael Chabon and Peter Carey name the ten books that have meant...
100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature
| Author | Nicholas J. Karolides |
| ISBN | 0816040591 |
O istorie a cenzurii, desigur. Volumul cuprinde 4 liste de cărți.
Unele scrieri au fost interzise (și uneori distruse) - sugerează autorii - din patru pricini:
a) politice (John Milton, Areopagitica, Boris Pasternak, Doctor Jivago etc);
b) religioase (Martin Luther,...
How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form
| Author | Thomas C. Foster |
| ISBN | 0061340405 |
Of all the literary forms, the novel is arguably the most discussed . . . and fretted over. From Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote to the works of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and today's masters, the novel has grown with and adapted to changing societies and technologies, mixing...
Bibliotopia Or, Mr. Gilbar's Book of Books & Catch-all of Literary Facts And Curiosities
| Author | Steven Gilbar |
| ISBN | 1567922953 |
What is the origin of the word "book"? What is the oldest working library still in existence? What is an "enchiridion"? An "amphigory"? A "duodecimo"? Which two Nobel laureates refused the prize in literature? How many trees must sacrifice their lives to produce a thousand copies of a 96-page volume...
