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100 Best Books for Childrenby Anita SilveyISBN 0618618775 (0-618-61877-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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100 Books for Girls to Grow on: Lively Descriptions of the Most Inspiring Books for Girls, Terrific Discussion Questions to Spark Conversation, Great Ideas for Book-Inspiredby Shireen DodsonISBN 0060957182 (0-06-095718-2)
Softcover, Perennial
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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: From the Zend Avesta of Zarathustra to B.F. Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignityby Martin Seymour-SmithISBN 0806518650 (0-8065-1865-0)
Hardcover, Carol Pub Group
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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Though from Ancient Times to Todayby Martin Seymour-SmithISBN 0806520000 (0-8065-2000-0)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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- The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Though from Ancient Times to Today: ISBN 0806521929 (0-8065-2192-9)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp - The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written : The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today: ISBN 0806520000 (0-8065-2000-0)
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- The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Though from Ancient Times to Today: ISBN 0806521929 (0-8065-2192-9)
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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Dieby Ackroyd, Peter (AFT), Peter BoxallISBN 0789313707 (0-7893-1370-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die'Book summary:For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word.The featured works have been handpicked by a team of international critics and literary luminaries, including Derek Attridge (world expert on James Joyce), Cedric Watts (renowned authority on Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene), Laura Marcus (noted Virginia Woolf expert), and David Mariott (poet and expert on African-American literature), among some twenty others.Addictive, browsable, knowledgeable1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die will be a boon companion for anyone who loves good writing and an inspiration for anyone who is just beginning to discover a love of books. Each entry is accompanied by an authoritative yet opinionated critical essay describing the importance and influence of the work in question. Also included are publishing history and career details about the authors, as well as reproductions of period dust jackets and book designs. [via]
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500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guideby Erica Bauermeister, Jesse Larsen, Holly SmithISBN 0140175903 (0-14-017590-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The African-American Bookshelf: 50 Must Reads from Before the Civil War Through Todayby Clifford MasonISBN 0806522046 (0-8065-2204-6)
Hardcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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Arco Reading Lists for College-Bound Studentsby Doug Estell, Michele L. Satchwell, Patricia S. Wright, Arco PublishingISBN 0671847120 (0-671-84712-0)
Softcover, Petersons
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arco Reading Lists for College-Bound Students'Book summary:Contains actual reading lists - straight from the professors' desks - from over 100 colleges and universities nationwide and an annotated list of the 100 books most often recommended by leading schools. It also includes guidance for setting up your own personal reading program and a tear-out checklist to help guide your reading selection. [via]
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The Armchair Detective Book of Listsby Kate StineISBN 1883402980 (1-883402-98-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African American Children's Booksby Donna Rand, Sheila Foster, Toni Trent Parker, Black Books GaloreISBN 0471193534 (0-471-19353-4)
Softcover, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African American Children's Books'Book summary:Kudos for Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children s Books
"Offers a wonderful overview of literature with black children in its focus." Jim Trelease, author, The Read-Aloud Handbook
"The perfect tool for parents and educators alike." Black Enterprise magazine
"This is a great resource that fills a tremendous need. It should be on parents shelves at home as well as in every school." Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Black Books Galore! the nation s leading organizer of African American children s book festivals enriches the world of reading for kids of every age. Find out what s new, acclaimed, and empowering in this up-to-the-minute guide.
Black Books Galore! Guide to More Great African American Children s Books includes the latest reviews along with other exciting new materials. This easy-to-use, illustrated reference guide features the best-written, most positive books starring African Americans, including:
* Quick and lively descriptions of over 400 titles, plus 200 additional recommendations
* A calendar of great books to match the holidays and seasons
* Age-specific guidelines for encouraging your young readers from babies to sixth graders
* Comprehensive indexes by title, topic, author, and illustrator
* Profiles and reflections of selected authors and illustrators
* Listings of award winners and Reading Rainbow Books [via]More editions of Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African American Children's Books:
- Black Books Galore!: Guide to More Great African American Children's Books: ISBN 047137525X (0-471-37525-X)
Softcover, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub - Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African-American Children's Books About Girls: ISBN 0471375268 (0-471-37526-8)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African-American Children's Books About Boys: ISBN 0471375276 (0-471-37527-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African American Children's Books: ISBN 0471193534 (0-471-19353-4)
Softcover, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
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Book Bookby Fiona FarrellISBN 1869416198 (1-86941-619-8)
Softcover, Vintage
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Book Bookby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517467836 (0-517-46783-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Book Bookby Steven GilbarISBN 0312088035 (0-312-08803-5)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reasonby Nancy PearlISBN 1570613818 (1-57061-381-8)
Softcover, Sasquatch Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason'Book summary:The response to Nancy Pearls surprise bestseller Book Lust was astounding: the Seattle librarian even became the model for the now-famous Librarian Action Figure. Readers everywhere welcomed Pearls encyclopedic but discerning filter on books worth reading, and her Rule of 50 (give a book 50 pages before deciding whether to continue; but readers over 50 must read the same number of pages as their age) became a standard MO. [via]
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The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter to Themby Roxanne Coady, Joy JohannessenISBN 1592402100 (1-59240-210-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Book Tree: A Christian Reference to Children's Literatureby Jane Scott, Elizabeth McCallumISBN 1885767714 (1-885767-71-4)
Softcover, Canon Pr
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Books Children Love: A Guide to the Best Children's Literatureby Elizabeth Laraway WilsonISBN 1581341989 (1-58134-198-9)
Softcover, Crossway Books
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Books to Check Out Journal: A JournalISBN 0811829863 (0-8118-2986-3)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
Find This BookBook summary:Inspired by the hand-stamped due date cards from public libraries, this clever journal has sections for keeping track of books to read, favorite passages, and books lent and borrowed. Includes a handy pocket for review clippings. [via]
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The Child That Books Builtby Francis SpuffordISBN 0312421842 (0-312-42184-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Child That Books Built'Book summary:In this extended love letter to children's books and the wonders they perform, Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother, his father, his school. Reading made him who he is. To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie, and The Chronicles of Narnia. He recreates the excitement of discovery, writing joyfully of the moment when fuzzy marks on a page become words. Weaving together child development, personal reflection, and social observation, Spufford shows the force of fiction in shaping a child: how stories allow for escape from pain and mastery of the world, how they shift our boundaries of the sayable, how they stretch the chambers of our imagination.[via]More editions of The Child That Books Built:
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The Child That Books Built: A Life in Readingby Francis SpuffordISBN 0805072152 (0-8050-7215-2)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading'Book summary:A wise and tender tribute to childhood reading and the power of fiction[via]
In this extended love letter to children's books and the wonders they perform, Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother, his father, his school. Reading made him who he is.
To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie, and the Narnia chronicles. He re-creates the excitement of discovery, writing joyfully of the moment when fuzzy marks on a page become words, which then reveal . . . a dragon. Weaving together child development, personal reflection, and social observation, Spufford shows the force of fiction in shaping a child: how stories allow for escape from pain and for mastery of the world, how they shift our boundaries of the sayable, how they stretch the chambers of our imagination.
Fired by humanity, curiosity, and humor, The Child That Books Built confirms Spufford as a profound and original thinker, evoking in the process the marvel of reading as if for the first time.More editions of The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading:
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The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapyby Valerie Ann WorwoodISBN 0931432820 (0-931432-82-0)
Softcover, New World Library
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The Complete Home Learning Source Book: The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic to Zoologyby Rebecca RuppISBN 0609801090 (0-609-80109-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Mostby Ronald B. ShwartzISBN 0425172945 (0-425-17294-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most'Book summary:William Faulkner. Great Expectations. Marcel Proust. Moby Dick. Mark Twain. War and Peace. Virginia Woolf. Ulysses. Ernest Hemingway. They all show up repeatedly in For the Love of Books, for which each of 115 writers was asked to discuss the three to six books that influenced him or her the most. But the Hardy Boys are here, too, and Archie comics, as well as the Bobbsey Twins and Harold and the Purple Crayon. We are most susceptible to the impact of literature when we are in our 20s and younger, it seems, and several of the authors included here focus their attention on those early influences--how well they hold up over time.
Many of the book's contributors liken relationships with treasured books to those with loved ones. Some of Louis Begley's favorites (The Divine Comedy, Remembrance of Things Past), "like my children, are always on my mind." Mona Simpson warns that "we fall in with books the way we fall in with friends, irrationally, often permanently, not always wisely." The reading of some books, adds Guy Davenport, can even forge friendships: "A friendship lasting thirty years," he says, "began with the discovery at a dull luncheon that we had both read Hugh Miller."
Narrowing down one's favorite books to a mere half-dozen would daunt any reader, but it must be particularly arduous for those who eat and breathe books. While D.M. Thomas believes that "there are just a few books that, once you've read them, flow in your bloodstream," Neil Simon complains that "pin[ning] down the three or even six books that have left the greatest impression on me ... denies the four or five hundred great books that have imperceptibly changed my outlook on life." Some writers, says David Leavitt, "one thinks of as great but cannot love"; others "one loves but cannot think of as great." What a great pleasure it is to see the great and the not great, the humbling and the inspiring, gathered under one literary roof. And what a terrific task it would be to follow all the tendrils growing and shooting off toward so many sources of light, each a promise from a renowned contemporary writer that some kind of delicious reading can be found there. --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Good Books: A Book Lover's Companionby Steven GilbarISBN 0899191320 (0-89919-132-0)
Softcover, Ticknor & Fields
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Great Books about Things Kids Love: More Than 750 Recommended Books for Children 3 to 14by Kathleen OdeanISBN 0345441311 (0-345-44131-1)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Great Books for Babies and Toddlers: More Than 500 Recommended Books for Your Child's First Three Yearsby Kathleen OdeanISBN 0345452542 (0-345-45254-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Great Books for Boys: More Than 600 Books for Boys 2 to 14by Kathleen OdeanISBN 0345420837 (0-345-42083-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Great Books for Every Book Lover: 2002 Great Reading Suggestions for the Discriminating Bibliophileby Thomas J. CraughwellISBN 157912044X (1-57912-044-X)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Great Books for Girlsby Kathleen OdeanISBN 034540484X (0-345-40484-X)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Great Books for Girls: More Than 600 Recommended Books for Girls Ages 3-14by Kathleen OdeanISBN 0345450213 (0-345-45021-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Great Books: My Adventures With Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western Worldby David DenbyISBN 0684835339 (0-684-83533-9)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books: My Adventures With Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World'Book summary:At the age of forty-eight, film critic David Denby, dissatisfied with his life within the media bubble, went back to Columbia University and took again the two famous courses in Western classics Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization required of all students--courses he first took in 1961. In recent years, collections of literary and philosophical masterpieces such as those taught in these courses have been reviled by the left as oppressive and exclusionary and adored by the right as bulwarks of patriotism. Denby, the film critic for "New York magazine, wanted to dispel these cliches and to confront the books in their naked power; he wanted to find the self he had lost in a daze of media images. In "Great Books, Denby lives the common adult fantasy of returning to school with some worldly knowledge and experience of life. A gifted storyteller, he leads us on a glorious tour--by turns eloquent, witty, and moving--through the works themselves and through his experiences as a middle-aged man among freshmen. He recounts his failures and triumphs as a reader and student taking an exam led to a hilarious near-breakdown . He celebrates his rediscovery or new appreciation of such authors as Homer, Plato, the biblical writers, Augustine, Boccaccio, Hegel, Austen, Marx, Nietzsche, and Virginia Woolf. He re-creates the atmosphere of the classroom--the strategies used by a remarkable group of teachers and the strengths and weaknesses of media-age students as they grapple with these difficult, sometimes frightening works. And all year long he watches the students grow and his own life and memories break out of hiding. The result is an extraordinarily engaging blend ofcriticism, reporting, autobiography, and cultural commentary, a book about self-discovery. Denby offers a nonprofessor's look at life on campus; he addresses the vexing questions of political correctness and relativism, and he suggests that a larger crisis surrounds the teaching of the humanities. [via]
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Great Books of the Christian Traditionby Terry W. GlaspeyISBN 1565073568 (1-56507-356-8)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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The Harvard Guide to Influential Books: 113 Distinguished Harvard Professors Discuss the Books That Have Helped to Shape Their Thinkingby C. Maury Devine, Claudia M. Dissel, Kim D. ParrishISBN 0060960841 (0-06-096084-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Honey for a Child's Heartby Gladys M. HuntISBN 0310263808 (0-310-26380-8)
Softcover, Zondervan Pub. House
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Honey for a Childs Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Lifeby Gladys M. HuntISBN 0310242460 (0-310-24246-0)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Honey for a Childs Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life'Book summary:Family favorite now revised and updated, including an annotated list of books for ages 0-12 Everything parents need to know to find the best books for their children Since its publication in 1969, this has been an essential guide for parents wanting to find the best books for their children. Now in its fourth edition, Honey for a Child's Heart discusses everything from the ways reading affects both children's view of the world and their imagination to how to choose good books. Illustrated with drawings from dozens of favorites, it includes an indexed and updated list of the best new books on the market and the classics that you want your children to enjoy. Author Gladys Hunt's tastes are broad, her advice is rooted in experience, and her suggestions will enrich the cultural and spiritual life of any home. [via]
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How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: A Parents Guideby Esme Raji CodellISBN 1565123085 (1-56512-308-5)
Softcover, Algonquin Books
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Let the Authors Speak: A Guide to Worthy Books Based on Historical Settingby Carolyn HatcherISBN 0964068117 (0-9640681-1-7)
Softcover, Old Pinnacle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Let the Authors Speak: A Guide to Worthy Books Based on Historical Setting'Book summary:This book offers approximately 1300 "living books" (books that make history come alive such as biographies, historical accounts, historical fiction and related literature) organized into several lists - chronologically, by author and by title. These books were chosen from a number of guides to worthwhile books, including Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt and the Masterplots series. They include many fine Catholic books and lives of the Saints. I must admit to being a little disappointed that the author hasn't read all the books herself. This would cause me to use extra care and I did find one book that I would hesitate recommending for teens - Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy. The introductory chapters (18 pages) provide an excellent, down-to-earth, discussion of the importance of reading good books, and other worthwhile aspects of the educational philosophies of Charlotte Mason. This introduction is probably worth the price of the book even without all the subsequent book lists! This book provides a helpful resource in adding good books to a history course and excellent background reading on educational philosophy for parents. [via]
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The Lifetime Reading Planby Clifton FadimanISBN 0060961740 (0-06-096174-0)
Softcover, Perennial Library
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A Literary Educationby Catherine LevisonISBN 1891400231 (1-891400-23-1)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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Literature Lover's Book of Lists: Serious Trivia for the Bibliophileby Judie L. H. StroufISBN 0735201218 (0-7352-0121-8)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Literature Lover's Book of Lists: Serious Trivia for the Bibliophile'Book summary:There are so many literary goodies in Judie L.H. Strouf's Literature Lover's Book of Lists that one gets a bit breathless trying to get across the full range of pleasures that await. Basically, this is a book of many lists, the sort of lists a lover of literature might seek and relish. There are lists of literature types and literary terminology, Nobel Prize winners and influential writers, schools of criticism and biblical allusions. There are reading lists of bestselling books, children's books, and lists of books for every genre of literature imaginable, from autobiography to Western masters. Strouf has a full section on poetry, as well, with lists pertaining to major poets from around the world, plus examples of ballad, elegy, and limerick. Drama is treated as thoroughly, as are literary periods, literary themes, and--of course--literary references. A brilliant reference itself for any student of literature, Strouf's opus is also an addictively browsable book, perfect for long car trips, Sunday mornings over coffee, and romantic evenings by the fire. It's every bibliophile's dream. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Literature Lover's Book of Lists : Serious Trivia for the Bibliophileby Ross, Stangl, Judie L. StroufISBN 0735200173 (0-7352-0017-3)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall Press
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The Literature Teacher's Book of Listsby Judie L. H. StroufISBN 0787975508 (0-7879-7550-8)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The National Book Awards: 48 Years of Literary Excellence, Winners and Finalists, 1950-1997by National Book FoundationISBN 1889099244 (1-889099-24-4)
Softcover, Natl Book Foundation
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All proceeds from the sale of this booklet will be contributed to The National Book Foundation's educational outreach programs. [via]
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The New Lifetime Reading Planby John S. Major, Clifton FadimanISBN 0062720732 (0-06-272073-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Lifetime Reading Plan'Book summary:In print for almost 40 years, The Lifetime Reading Plan has long been a worthy addition to any serious reader's bookshelf, providing entertaining and informative introductions to the great works of Western civilization. Now, this "classic about classics" has been updated to reflect more diverse traditions. The New Lifetime Reading Plan recommends great literature from around the globe, including writers and works from Confucius to Chinua Achebe, Gabriel García Márquez to the Koran. Also new is an appendix profiling books by 100 important 20th-century authors--or "temporary classics," as coauthor John S. Major calls them.
Readers may argue with some of the selections (or, more likely, the omissions). Others may quarrel with the editors' opinions; they routinely analyze artists' "characters,"with occasionally prissy or patronizing results. (Of Walt Whitman, for instance, coauthor Clifton Fadiman declares that "He had an original temperament, a certain peasant shrewdness, but only a moderate amount of brains.") But no one can argue with the book's mission: promoting the classics as "life companions." "Once part of you, they work in and on and with you until you die," Fadiman writes in the introduction. Anyone seeking a guide to the vast riches of world literature need look no further than the The New Lifetime Reading Plan; it provides a gateway to the greatest achievements of the human mind. [via]
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The New Read-Aloud Handbookby Jim TreleaseISBN 0140468811 (0-14-046881-1)
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The New York Public Library's Books of the Centuryby Elizabeth Diefendorf, New York Public Library, Diana BryanISBN 0195117905 (0-19-511790-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New York Public Library's Books of the Century'Book summary:To celebrate the library's 1895-1995 centennial, the librarians at the New York Public Library were asked which books helped shape and define the last hundred years. This book is their response: From The Time Machine by Herbert George Wells in 1895 to The Whole Internet: User's Guide & Catalog by Ed Krol in 1992, the librarians present their 204 selections. There's a page devoted to each work, with the author's dates and a few paragraphs summarizing the content and significance of the book. Divided into 12 categories (such as Landmarks of Modern Literature, Protest & Progress, Popular Culture, and Favorites of Childhood and Youth) the books form a fascinating view of the 20th century's literary canon while the text makes for a useful literary reference and excellent browsing. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Childrenby Eden Ross LipsonISBN 0812918894 (0-8129-1889-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Once upon a Heroineby Alison Cooper-Mullin, Jennifer Marmaduke CoyeISBN 0809230208 (0-8092-3020-8)
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The Polysyllabic Spreeby Nick HornbyISBN 1932416242 (1-932416-24-2)
Softcover, McSweeneys Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Polysyllabic Spree'Book summary:In his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading," Hornby lists the books he's purchased that month, and briefly discusses the books he's actually read.[via]
NIck Hornby's Polysyllabic Spree Includes selected passages from the novels, biographies, collections of poetry, and comics discussed in the column.More editions of The Polysyllabic Spree:
Pure Pleasure: A Guide to the Twenieth Century's Most Enjoyable Booksby John CareyISBN 0571204481 (0-571-20448-1)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Read-Aloud Handbookby Jim TreleaseISBN 0143037390 (0-14-303739-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Read-Aloud Handbook'Book summary:A new edition of the acclaimed literacy handbook explains the importance of reading aloud to children while offering guidance on how to set up a read-aloud atmosphere in the home or classroom and presenting more than 1,200 children's titles that are ideal for reading aloud. Tour. [via]
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The Reader's Catalog: An Annotated Selection of More Than 40,000 of the Best Books in Print in 208 Categoriesby Geoffrey O'Brien, Stephen Wasserstein, Helen MorrisISBN 0924322004 (0-924322-00-4)
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A Reader's Delightby Noel PerrinISBN 0874514320 (0-87451-432-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Reader's Delight'Book summary:One of America's finest essayists writes about 40 literary masterpieces that have been wrongfully forgotten or were ignored in the first place. [via]
The Reading Group Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Start Your Own Book Clubby Rachel W. JacobsohnISBN 0786883243 (0-7868-8324-3)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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The Reading Group Handbook: Everything You Need to Know, from Choosing Members to Leading Discussionsby Rachel W. JacobsohnISBN 0786880023 (0-7868-8002-3)
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Reading Lists for College-Bound Studentsby Doug Estell, Michele L. Satchwell, Patricia S. WrightISBN 0136352510 (0-13-635251-0)
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Real Boys' Voicesby William S. Pollack, Todd ShusterISBN 0141002948 (0-14-100294-8)
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Sacred Fire: The Qbr 100 Essential Black Booksby Carol Taylor, Angeli Rasbury, Max RodriguezISBN 0471348724 (0-471-34872-4)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sacred Fire: The Qbr 100 Essential Black Books'Book summary:"QBR's evolving canon is a splendid way to begin honoring black artists." --Charles Johnson, from the Foreword "From critiques of W. E. B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction in America to Alex Haley's Roots to Langston Hughes's The Ways of White Folks, these short, trenchant essays stimulate and challenge."--Booklist "A celebration of black literature . insightful commentary."--Ebony "A rich and surprising assortment."--American Legacy "Delving into a book is an entertaining and edifying way to celebrate and reflect on the rich tapestry of African American history. A great way to start is with Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books.' --Atlanta Journal-Constitution Capturing the full sweep of writing from the diaspora--from Africa tc the Caribbean to America--Sacred Fire is a soul-stirring collection of provocative analysis on 100 works of literature that have shaped and defined black culture for over 200 years. [via]
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The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authorsby Dwight L. Garner, Laura Miller, Adam BegleyISBN 014028088X (0-14-028088-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors'Book summary:Selling itself as a handbook for readers who consume books "for pleasure," The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors hopes to fill a perceived gap on the reference shelf. Its editor, Laura Miller, declares in the preface: "We didn't imagine an audience of researchers or scholars or critics or prize committees or members of the publishing industry, even if some of those people still do occasionally read a book with the hopes of enjoying it." The chief irony of this claim is that this Baedeker originated at Salon.com--a den of insiders, merciless critics, and juicy gossip. And there's plenty here that the "pure" reader wouldn't need to know: the dirt on big advances, whose career went into a tailspin, what the reviewers said. If Miller's aim was to escape the careerists of the publishing world, she has nevertheless assembled a book they'll eat like catnip.
And a highly original book it is, too. Like Salon.com itself, it collapses the distance between highbrow and lowbrow. Stephen King and Mario Puzo coexist with Lydia Davis and Donald Antrim; as a result, the game quickly becomes one of who is not included and who is. To Miller's credit, the answers continually surprise (though several omissions are regrettable). Loosely limiting authors to those who have some "contemporary" presence, entries attempt to place these writers in their time, to argue for their importance and influence. The entries themselves often suffer from bad writing; here's a metaphor that should be blocked: "If you could grab hold of one of O'Brien's images and wrestle it up from the page, you'd find long roots sunk deep into the earth. There's blood coursing through her exquisite prose, balancing its seeming delicacy with solidity and weight." Or, my favorite moment of exasperating silliness: "Are you sure you hate Bret Easton Ellis as much as you hate yourself?" A more limited pool of reviewers would have diminished a feeling of unevenness that undermines the book's authoritative posture. The best writing comes from Miller herself, who has emerged as the Pauline Kael of the book scene. Her prose is effortlessly provocative.
Often an entry about a writer's work will be followed by an essay by that author. These added essays and digressions are wonderfully varied and idiosyncratic: David Gates on "Breaking Up with the Beats," Dorothy Allison on why "Every Novel Is a Lesbian Novel," and though Calvin Trillin isn't assessed, he is allowed to write about "Books That Made Me Laugh." Combined with the guide's primary information, these additions allow the reader a glimpse into the chatter of famous authors--an imaginary tea party free of mercenaries and showoffs, of course, where pure-hearted readers hold forth about the joy of books and everybody has a turn. --Ellen Williams [via]
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The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Booksby J. Peder ZaneISBN 0393328406 (0-393-32840-6)
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The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Hadby Susan Wise BauerISBN 0393050947 (0-393-05094-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had'Book summary:An engaging, accessible guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition.
Have you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic and otherwise. In her previous book, The Well-Trained Mind, the author provided a road map of classical education for parents wishing to home-school their children, and that book is now the premier resource for home-schoolers. In this new book, Bauer takes the same elements and techniques and adapts them to the use of adult readers who want both enjoyment and self-improvement from the time they spend reading.
The Well-Educated Mind offers brief, entertaining histories of five literary genresfiction, autobiography, history, drama, and poetryaccompanied by detailed instructions on how to read each type. The annotated lists at the end of each chapterranging from Cervantes to A. S. Byatt, Herodotus to Laurel Thatcher Ulrichpreview recommended reading and encourage readers to make vital connections between ancient traditions and contemporary writing.
The Well-Educated Mind reassures those readers who worry that they read too slowly or with below-average comprehension. If you can understand a daily newspaper, there's no reason you can't read and enjoy Shakespeare's Sonnets or Jane Eyre. But no one should attempt to read the "Great Books" without a guide and a plan. Susan Wise Bauer will show you how to allocate time to your reading on a regular basis; how to master a difficult argument; how to make personal and literary judgments about what you read; how to appreciate the resonant links among texts within a genrewhat does Anna Karenina owe to Madame Bovary?and also between genres. Followed carefully, the advice in The Well-Educated Mind will restore and expand the pleasure of the written word. [via]More editions of The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had:
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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Homeby Jessie WiseISBN 0393059278 (0-393-05927-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home'Book summary:"Outstanding...should be on every home educator's reference bookshelf."Homeschooling Today
This book will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school. Two veteran home educators outline the classical pattern of educationthe triviumwhich organizes learning around the maturing capacity of the child's mind: the elementary school "grammar stage," the middle school "logic stage," and the high school "rhetoric stage." Using the trivium as your model, you'll be able to instruct your child in all levels of reading, writing, history, geography, mathematics, science, foreign languages, rhetoric, logic, art, and music, regardless of your own aptitude in those subjects.
Newly revised and updated, The Well-Trained Mind includes detailed book lists with complete ordering information; up-to-date listings of resources, publications, and Internet links; and useful contacts.
An excellent resource for any family with a desire to incorporate a classical education in their home, whether as a curriculum or as a reference. (Educational Freedom Press) [via]More editions of The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home:
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The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Agesby Harold BloomISBN 1573225142 (1-57322-514-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages'Book summary:Discussed and debated, revered and reviled, Bloom's tome reinvigorates and re-examines Western Literature, arguing against the politicization of reading. His erudite passion will encourage you to hurry and finish his book so you can pick up Shakespeare, Austen and Dickens once again to rediscover their original magic. In addition, his appendix listing of the "future" canon - the books today that will be timeless tomorrow - is sure to be the template for future debate. [via]
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What to Read: The Essential Guide for Reading Group Members and Other Book Loversby Mickey PearlmanISBN 0060953136 (0-06-095313-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The World Almanac and Book of Facts for Bookloversby Edward A. ThomasISBN 0886879795 (0-88687-979-5)
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El Canon Occidentalby H. BloomISBN 8433966847 (84-339-6684-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Canon Occidental'Book summary:El autor retoma la antigua idea del canon o catalogo de libros perceptivos, y propone un recorrido por la historia de la literatura occidental mediante 26 autores que el considera capitales, y que van desde Shakespeare hasta Dante, Cervantes, Joyce o Borges. Asi mismo reivindica la autonomia de la estetica y el placer de la lectura sin intenciones de redencion social, y basada en el puro goce intelectual. [via]
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