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Let me tell you: new stories, essays, and other writings
Par Shirley Jackson, Laurence Hyman, Sarah Hyman DeWitt. 2015
Since her death in 1965, Shirley Jackson's reputation as a master of creepy short stories has only grown. Stories featuring…
her signature eerie style, as well as essays about writing and her family, make up the fifty-six entries in this collection, most previously unpublished. Some violence. 2015The opposite of loneliness: essays and stories
Par Marina Keegan. 2014
Collection of essays and short stories by Keegan (1989-2012), who was killed in a car accident five days after her…
college graduation. In the title essay--which appeared in the graduation issue of the Yale Daily News--she reflects on the bright future awaiting the graduates. Bestseller. 2014The Keillor reader
Par Garrison Keillor. 2014
Front porch tales: WARM-HEARTED STORIES OF FAMILY, FAITH, LAUGHTER AND LOVE
Par Philip Gulley. 2000
The present: the gift that makes you happy and successful at work and in life
Par Spencer Johnson. 2003
Bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese? (DB 49513) offers a "practical parable" for rediscovering what is truly important in…
life. Relates a young man's journey to adulthood and search for a magical "present"--the power to focus on right now, learn from the past, and plan for the future. Bestseller. 2003Ces Récits infectés donnent la parole à des autrices et auteurs qui tentent de prendre la mesure de la crise…
de la COVID-19, de ses aspects tragiques ou comiques, de ses désastres comme des utopies qu'elle a fait naître. Ils se demandent comment elle a agi et continue d'agir sur nous, puis la croise avec d'autres périodes noires, collectives ou plus intimes. Parce que toutes les grandes crises ont une chose en commun : elles révèlent le meilleur comme le pire de l'être humainThe present: the gift that makes you happier and more successful at work and in life
Par Spencer Johnson. 2003
A "practical parable" for rediscovering what is truly important in life. Relates a young man's journey to adulthood and search…
for a magical "present"--the power to focus on right now, learn from the past, and plan for the future. BestsellerSpeak, memory: an autobiography revisited (Vintage International Ser.)
Par Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. 1989
Autobiographical sketches chronicle the author's upper-class childhood in Russia, the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution that forced his family into exile in…
Europe, and his 1940 move to the United States. First published in 1951 under the title Conclusive Evidence and revised in 1966. 1947Kevin Kling's Holiday Inn
Par Kevin Kling. 2009
National Public Radio commentator pens good-humored autobiographical stories about holidays throughout the year. Describes celebrating his fourth birthday inside a…
glass "cage" at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, after measles postponed his operation, and holding his breath--and fainting--during Easter services at church. 2009La femme rompue ; L'âge de discrétion ; Monologue (Soleil #223)
Par Simone De Beauvoir. 1967
Trois récits, les "voix de trois femmes qui se débattent avec des mots dans des situations sans issue" (S. de…
Beauvoir) aux prises avec la jalousie, la vieillesse, l'isolement, l'échec professionnel, la déception causée par les enfants, etc. [SDMApple of Sodom
Par Mary Hoffman. 2015
Emily Crawford, a young American wife and mother, seeks a long-overdue self-respect in this absorbing and dramatic portrait of an…
expatriate family experi-encing life in an exotic Arab culture at the start of the 1960s. Revelatory episodes unfold against the enter¬tainments of the well-to-do and influential, among the lives of ordinary citizens, and during explorations of ancient cities in the Holy Land and beyond.The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy
Par Laurent Gounelle. 2012
At the end of a holiday in Bali Julian an unhappy schoolteacher decides to meet a renowned local…
healer Samtyang Through daily sessions at the wise man s house he begins to identify the source of his unhappiness as a series of simple questions and answers point to his own limiting beliefs and fears Day after day their dialogue is punctuated by live examples and challenges Julian is asked to experience on the island s mainland and its surroundings From international best-selling author Laurent Gounelle The Man Who Wanted to be Happy explores the world of new possibilities that are open to us when we discover how to break free of what prevents us from being truly happyLet Me Tell You
Par Shirley Jackson, Ruth Franklin, Laurence Hyman, Sarah Hyman Dewitt. 2015
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * From the renowned author of "The Lottery" and…
The Haunting of Hill House, a spectacular new volume of previously unpublished and uncollected stories, essays, and other writings. Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American writers of the last hundred years. Since her death in 1965, her place in the landscape of twentieth-century fiction has grown only more exalted. As we approach the centenary of her birth comes this astonishing compilation of fifty-six pieces--more than forty of which have never been published before. Two of Jackson's children co-edited this volume, culling through the vast archives of their mother's papers at the Library of Congress, selecting only the very best for inclusion. Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie short stories Jackson is best known for, along with frank, inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays about her large, boisterous family; and whimsical drawings. Jackson's landscape here is most frequently domestic: dinner parties and bridge, household budgets and homeward-bound commutes, children's games and neighborly gossip. But this familiar setting is also her most subversive: She wields humor, terror, and the uncanny to explore the real challenges of marriage, parenting, and community--the pressure of social norms, the veins of distrust in love, the constant lack of time and space.For the first time, this collection showcases Shirley Jackson's radically different modes of writing side by side. Together they show her to be a magnificent storyteller, a sharp, sly humorist, and a powerful feminist. This volume includes a Foreword by the celebrated literary critic and Jackson biographer Ruth Franklin.Praise for Let Me Tell You"Stunning."--O: The Oprah Magazine"Let us now--at last--celebrate dangerous women writers: how cheering to see justice done with [this collection of] Shirley Jackson's heretofore unpublished works--uniquely unsettling stories and ruthlessly barbed essays on domestic life."--Vanity Fair "Feels like an uncanny dollhouse: Everything perfectly rendered, but something deliciously not quite right."--NPR "There are . . . times in reading [Jackson's] accounts of desperate women in their thirties slowly going crazy that she seems an American Jean Rhys, other times when she rivals even Flannery O'Connor in her cool depictions of inhumanity and insidious cruelty, and still others when she matches Philip K. Dick at his most hallucinatory. At her best, though, she's just incomparable."--The Washington Post "Offers insights into the vagaries of [Jackson's] mind, which was ruminant and generous, accommodating such diverse figures as Dr. Seuss and Samuel Richardson."--The New York Times Book Review"The best pieces clutch your throat, gently at first, and then with growing strength. . . . The whole collection has a timelessness."--The Boston Globe"[Jackson's] writing, both fiction and nonfiction, has such enduring power--she brings out the darkness in life, the poltergeists shut into everyone's basement, and offers them up, bringing wit and even joy to the examination."--USA Today"The closest we can get to sitting down and having a conversation with . . . one of the most original voices of her generation."--The Huffington PostFrom the Hardcover edition.Celebrando os Quietos
Par Prasenjeet Kumar, Cristina Rocha. 2016
Celebrando os Quietos é uma coleção única de histórias motivacionais, inspiradoras, animadoras e REAIS sobre introvertidos e pessoas altamente sensíveis…
que você não pode perder...Essas histórias nos contam de que maneira introvertidos famosos como Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, J.K. Rowling e Walt Disney superaram, com determinação de aço, os desafios mais difíceis que apareceram em seu caminho. Acima de tudo, essas histórias destacam a importância da dedicação, persistência, autodisciplina e de se ter uma visão ou uma imaginação fértil, características que, felizmente, todas as pessoas quietas possuem por natureza. O autor espera sinceramente que as histórias despertem em você a coragem de buscar seus sonhos e ambições, independentemente do quão "extravagantes" eles possam parecer para os outros.Celebriamo le Persone Calme: Storie Di Ispirazione Per Gli Introversi E Gli Ipersensibili
Par Prasenjeet Kumar, Consuelo Tuzio. 2016
Una collezione unica di storie VERE, motivazionali, edificanti e fonte di ispirazione per tutti gli introversi e le persone iper-sensibili…
che non potete perdere... Queste storie raccontano di come famosi introversi quali Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, J.K. Rowling e Walt Disney abbiano superato, con una volontà d'acciao, le sfide più difficili che la vita abbia messo loro davanti. Soprattutto, sottolineano l'importanza di lavorare sodo, di persistere, dell'avere auto-disciplina e un'idea ben precisa e una fervida immaginazione, di cui, fortunatamente, tutte le Persone Tranquille sono dotate per natura. L'autore spera che queste storie possano darvi il coraggio di realizzare le vostre ambizioni e i vostri sogni, per quanto "strambi" possano apparire agli altri.Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
Par Shirley Jackson, Ruth Franklin, Laurence Hyman, Sarah Hyman Dewitt. 2015
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * From the renowned author of "The Lottery" and…
The Haunting of Hill House, a spectacular new volume of previously unpublished and uncollected stories, essays, and other writings.Features "Family Treasures," nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Short Story Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American writers of the last hundred years. Since her death in 1965, her place in the landscape of twentieth-century fiction has grown only more exalted. As we approach the centenary of her birth comes this astonishing compilation of fifty-six pieces--more than forty of which have never been published before. Two of Jackson's children co-edited this volume, culling through the vast archives of their mother's papers at the Library of Congress, selecting only the very best for inclusion. Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie short stories Jackson is best known for, along with frank, inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays about her large, boisterous family; and whimsical drawings. Jackson's landscape here is most frequently domestic: dinner parties and bridge, household budgets and homeward-bound commutes, children's games and neighborly gossip. But this familiar setting is also her most subversive: She wields humor, terror, and the uncanny to explore the real challenges of marriage, parenting, and community--the pressure of social norms, the veins of distrust in love, the constant lack of time and space.For the first time, this collection showcases Shirley Jackson's radically different modes of writing side by side. Together they show her to be a magnificent storyteller, a sharp, sly humorist, and a powerful feminist. This volume includes a Foreword by the celebrated literary critic and Jackson biographer Ruth Franklin.Praise for Let Me Tell You"Stunning."--O: The Oprah Magazine"Let us now--at last--celebrate dangerous women writers: how cheering to see justice done with [this collection of] Shirley Jackson's heretofore unpublished works--uniquely unsettling stories and ruthlessly barbed essays on domestic life."--Vanity Fair "Feels like an uncanny dollhouse: Everything perfectly rendered, but something deliciously not quite right."--NPR "There are . . . times in reading [Jackson's] accounts of desperate women in their thirties slowly going crazy that she seems an American Jean Rhys, other times when she rivals even Flannery O'Connor in her cool depictions of inhumanity and insidious cruelty, and still others when she matches Philip K. Dick at his most hallucinatory. At her best, though, she's just incomparable."--The Washington Post "Offers insights into the vagaries of [Jackson's] mind, which was ruminant and generous, accommodating such diverse figures as Dr. Seuss and Samuel Richardson."--The New York Times Book Review"The best pieces clutch your throat, gently at first, and then with growing strength. . . . The whole collection has a timelessness."--The Boston Globe"[Jackson's] writing, both fiction and nonfiction, has such enduring power--she brings out the darkness in life, the poltergeists shut into everyone's basement, and offers them up, bringing wit and even joy to the examination."--USA Today"The closest we can get to sitting down and having a conversation with . . . one of the most original voices of her generation."--The Huffington PostFrom the Hardcover edition.Celebrando a la Gente Reservada
Par Prasenjeet Kumar, Marcela Gutiérrez Bravo y María Florencia Lavorato. 2016
Celebrando a la Gente Reservada: Una colección única de historias VERDADERAS inspiradoras, motivacionales y edificantes, para personas introvertidas y altamente…
sensibles que no te deberías perder... Estas historias nos cuentan sobre cómo introvertidos realmente famosos como Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, J.K. Rowling y Walt Disney superaron, con resolución de acero, los más difíciles retos en su camino. Sobre todo, resalta la importancia del trabajo duro, la perseverancia, la creatividad, la auto-disciplina y el tener una visión o una rica imaginación que son atributos afortunados y naturales de todas las personas Reservadas. El autor sinceramente espera que estas historias te den el valor de perseguir tus sueños y ambiciones, sin importar cuán "extravagantes" puedan parecer a los demás.Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
Par Ruth Franklin, Sarah Hyman Dewitt, Shirley Jackson, Laurence Hyman. 2015
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * From the renowned author of "The Lottery" and…
The Haunting of Hill House, a spectacular new volume of previously unpublished and uncollected stories, essays, and other writings.Features "Family Treasures," nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Short Story Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American writers of the last hundred years. Since her death in 1965, her place in the landscape of twentieth-century fiction has grown only more exalted. As we approach the centenary of her birth comes this astonishing compilation of fifty-six pieces--more than forty of which have never been published before. Two of Jackson's children co-edited this volume, culling through the vast archives of their mother's papers at the Library of Congress, selecting only the very best for inclusion. Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie short stories Jackson is best known for, along with frank, inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays about her large, boisterous family; and whimsical drawings. Jackson's landscape here is most frequently domestic: dinner parties and bridge, household budgets and homeward-bound commutes, children's games and neighborly gossip. But this familiar setting is also her most subversive: She wields humor, terror, and the uncanny to explore the real challenges of marriage, parenting, and community--the pressure of social norms, the veins of distrust in love, the constant lack of time and space.For the first time, this collection showcases Shirley Jackson's radically different modes of writing side by side. Together they show her to be a magnificent storyteller, a sharp, sly humorist, and a powerful feminist. This volume includes a Foreword by the celebrated literary critic and Jackson biographer Ruth Franklin.Praise for Let Me Tell You"Stunning."--O: The Oprah Magazine"Let us now--at last--celebrate dangerous women writers: how cheering to see justice done with [this collection of] Shirley Jackson's heretofore unpublished works--uniquely unsettling stories and ruthlessly barbed essays on domestic life."--Vanity Fair "Feels like an uncanny dollhouse: Everything perfectly rendered, but something deliciously not quite right."--NPR "There are . . . times in reading [Jackson's] accounts of desperate women in their thirties slowly going crazy that she seems an American Jean Rhys, other times when she rivals even Flannery O'Connor in her cool depictions of inhumanity and insidious cruelty, and still others when she matches Philip K. Dick at his most hallucinatory. At her best, though, she's just incomparable."--The Washington Post "Offers insights into the vagaries of [Jackson's] mind, which was ruminant and generous, accommodating such diverse figures as Dr. Seuss and Samuel Richardson."--The New York Times Book Review"The best pieces clutch your throat, gently at first, and then with growing strength. . . . The whole collection has a timelessness."--The Boston Globe"[Jackson's] writing, both fiction and nonfiction, has such enduring power--she brings out the darkness in life, the poltergeists shut into everyone's basement, and offers them up, bringing wit and even joy to the examination."--USA Today"The closest we can get to sitting down and having a conversation with . . . one of the most original voices of her generation."--The Huffington PostFrom the Hardcover edition.The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Par Anne Fadiman, Marina Keegan. 2014
An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured…
the world's attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation. Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at the New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash. As her family, friends, and classmates, deep in grief, joined to create a memorial service for Marina, her unforgettable last essay for the Yale Daily News, "The Opposite of Loneliness," went viral, receiving more than 1.4 million hits. She had struck a chord. Even though she was just twenty-two when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation. The Opposite of Loneliness is an assemblage of Marina's essays and stories that, like The Last Lecture, articulates the universal struggle that all of us face as we figure out what we aspire to be and how we can harness our talents to make an impact on the world.The Unknown Kerouac (LOA #283)
Par Jack Kerouac, Todd Tietchen, Jean-Christophe Cloutier. 2016
In On the Road and other iconic works, Jack Kerouac created a quintessentially American voice and a revolutionary prose style.…
This remarkable gathering of previously unpublished writings reveals as never before the extraordinary literary journey that led to his phenomenal success—a journey with deep roots in the language and culture of Kerouac’s French Canadian childhood.Edited and published with unprecedented access to the Kerouac archives, The Unknown Kerouac presents two lost novels, The Night Is My Woman and Old Bull in the Bowery, which Kerouac wrote in French during the especially fruitful years of 1951 and 1952. Discovered among his papers in the mid-nineties, they have been translated into English for the first time by Jean-Christophe Cloutier, who incorporates Kerouac’s own partial translations.Also included are two journals from the heart of this same crucial period. In Private Philologies, Riddles, and a Ten-Day Writing Log, Kerouac recounts a brief stay in Denver—where he works on an early version of On the Road, reads dime novels, and even rides in a rodeo—and shows him contemplating writers like Chaucer and Joyce and playing with riddles and etymologies. Journal 1951, begun during a stay in a Bronx VA hospital, charts, in ecstatic, moving, and self-revealing pages, the wave of insights and breakthroughs that led Kerouac to the most singular transformation of American prose style since Hemingway. This landmark volume is rounded out with the memoir Memory Babe, a poignant evocation of childhood play and reverie in a robust immigrant community, in which Kerouac uncannily retrieves and distills the subtlest sense impressions. And finally, in an interview with his longtime friend and fellow Beat John Clellon Holmes and in the late fragment Beat Spotlight Kerouac reflects on his meteoric career and unlooked for celebrity.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.