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English
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Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared.
""There are books that are suitable for a million people, others...
Publisher
Harper One
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Moving, joyful, and insightful collection of conversations with today's living literary legends about the books that changed their lives, made them think, and brought them joy, from 'American's Librarian' Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager"--
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Series
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura EconÃçmica
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
Among the thousands of books in the library of his bibliophile uncle, Juan finds The Wild Book, a rebellious book that resists being read and that guards a secret destined for the reader who is capable of trapping it.
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Books, even obscure ones, are readily available online in the age of digital retail. As bookstores attempt to find their identity in a new era, some have survived by selling everything from toys to socks, coffee to stationery. In this short book, Jeff Deutsch, the director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago, aims to make the case for the value of spaces devoted to books and the value of the time spent browsing their stacks. It is a defense...
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Publisher
Heyday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness, and Jessica Mitford"--
Author
Publisher
McSweeney's Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Culling the best of his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading" in The Believer magazine, the author presents hilarious observations on a vast array of topics, and provides a wide-ranging reader list that serves as a reminder as to why we read.
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Edim, who grew up in Virginia to Nigerian immigrant parents, started the popular Well-Read Black Girl book club at age thirty, eventually reaching a community of half a million readers. But her own love of books stretches far back. Edim’s father moved back to Nigeria while she was still a child, marking the beginning of a series of traumatic changes and losses for her family. What became an escape, a safe space, and a second home for her and her...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"[A] book critic of The Washington Post digs into the books of the Trump era and ... [asserts] that our response to this presidency often reflects the same polarization, contradictions, and resentments that made it possible"--
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