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- Books Published November 11, 2014
November 11, 2014
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Contextualizing Dickinson’s work, Gilpin reveals both a reverence for her poetry and a skill in exploring new meaning. W. Clark Gilpin’s new take on the enigmatic giant of American poetry, Emily Dickinson, eruditely weaves literary... Read More
Taitz’s style will appeal to an intellectual audience that craves more than a stereotypical rendering of ardent relationships. In this poignant story of young love derailed, a renowned actor returns to his first flame, only to discover... Read More
Please, Ms. Physicist, tell me a story, one that uses my language and down-to-earth images to bring your cosmic universe a few light years closer to me. Lo and behold, Tasneem Zehra Husain conjures the fly-on-the-wall experience of a... Read More
This book is a well-rounded portrait of China’s current environmental crisis and how it stretches far beyond its geographic borders. The rapid industrialization of the world’s most populous nation has far-reaching effects for the... Read More
In Herzl, readers meet a visionary driven by a desire to preserve human life and dignity, not only for Jews, but for those with whom he hoped they could share a land. From Israel Prize recipient Shlomo Avineri comes Herzl’s Vision, a... Read More
Kulski’s story heart-wrenchingly follows the arc of a boy becoming a young man in World War II Poland. "The Color of Courage" is the chronological diary of Julian Kulski, who was ten years old when Germany invaded his native Poland in... Read More
Young professionals will find insight in this look at how humility can aid in a businessperson’s career growth. Dedicated to “the hot intern” and opening with the line, “If she weren’t so pretty, I wouldn’t have fired her,”... Read More
A fun cat-and-mouse caper discusses American temptations through witty dialogue and a clever plot. Fast-paced and funny, John Morton’s "The Elephant on Sixth Street" is a classic caper wrapped around a social commentary on the... Read More