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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st Farrar, Straus and Giroux ed.
Physical Desc
441 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Book one of a six-volume autobiographical novel. Unafraid of the big issues of death, love, art, and fear and yet committed to the intimate details of life as it is lived, My Struggle is an essential work of contemporary literature.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition.
Physical Desc
592 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Book two of autobiographical fiction by Karl Ove Knausgaard that is a compulsively readable exploration of the inner landscape of a man falling in love and the joys he faces as a new father.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition.
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Perhaps the most Proustian in the series, My Struggle: Book 3 gives us Knausgaard's vivid, technicolor recollections of childhood, his emerging self-understanding, and the multilayered nature of time's passing, memory, and existence.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother--and how she retook control of her life"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
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When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Every innovator started out as a kid--and in some cases, were kids when they began experimenting with ideas to change the world! Kid Innovators tells the stories of a diverse group of trailblazers in fields like technology, education, business, science, art, and entertainment. Featuring kid-friendly text and full color illustrations on nearly every page, readers will learn about the exciting discoveries, advancements, and inventions made by Grace...
Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xiii, 289 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nadis presents a rollicking true story of Ray Palmer, the Amazing Stories editor who ruled over America's fantasy and supernatural pulp journals in the mid-twentieth century and shaped today's UFO and sci-fi cultures.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Catherine Raven finished her PhD in biology, she built herself a tiny cottage on an isolated plot of land in Montana. She was as emotionally isolated as she was physically, but she viewed the house as a way station, a temporary rest stop where she could gather her nerves and fill out applications for what she hoped would be a real job that would help her fit into society. In the meantime, she taught remotely and led field classes in nearby Yellowstone...
Author
Language
English
Description
The internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner speaks out for the first time about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, when an attempt was made on his life, in this deeply personal meditation on violence, art, loss, love and finding the strength to stand up again.