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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
by Thomas C. Foster  Publisher Comments What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey? Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface — a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or...
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How to Read a Book
by Mortimer J Adler Publisher Comments How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated. You are told...
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1001 Books for Every Mood: A Bibliophile's Guide to Unwinding, Misbehaving, Forgiving, Celebrating, Commiserating
by Hallie Ephron Synopsis Acclaimed novelist and critic Ephron serves up a literary feast, sure to satisfy a reader's emotional appetite. "1001 Books for Every Mood" includes quizzes to test readers' novel sensibilities and features interesting book facts every bibliophile will...
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Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books (Vintage)
by Maureen Corrigan Publisher Comments “It’s not that I don’t like people,” writes Maureen Corrigan in her introduction to Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading. “It’s just that there always comes a moment when I’m in the company of others—even my...
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Book Smart: The Ultimate Reading Plan for a More Literary You
by Jane Mallison Publisher Comments Unleash your literary side--one great book at a time! Like taking a private class with an engaging literature professor, Book Smart is your ticket for literary enlightenment all year long and for the rest of your life. Whether you're a passionate turner...
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Good Books Lately
by Ellen Moore 
Publisher Comments The inside scoop on book groups--from the nation's leading experts!As book group members across the country have discovered, Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens know everything there is to know about book groups, and then some. The founders of the country's...
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Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
by Websters Book News Annotation Provides summaries of authors' careers (classic authors of the past and well-known authors of today) and literary works (same formula: the literary canon and well-known modern works) as well as mythological and folkloric figures, fictional characters,...
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How Reading Changed My Life (Library of Contemporary Thought)
by Anna Quindlen Publisher Comments In the national bestseller, "How Reading Changed My Life", Anna Quindlen writes, "There was waking and there was sleeping. And then there were books". Quindlen is not alone in her passion for books. Here she explores what many of us feel (but may not be...
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The Mother-Daughter Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh and Learn Through Their Love of Reading
by Shireen Dodson Publisher Comments Combining the practical with the personal, The Mother-Daughter Book Clubtells the story of 10 mothers and their preteen daughters and how their relationships were enriched through a monthly reading club. With step-by-step guidelines, stories, anecdotes...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to English Literature (Complete Idiot's Guides)
by Jay Stevenson Synopsis "Explore the canon of great writers." In this incredible volume, English professor Jay Stevenson teaches readers everything they wantand needto know about English literature. From Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats, to more modern figures like...
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Virtual Apprentice:: Author (Virtual Apprentice)
by Gail Karlitz Synopsis Virtual Apprentice: Author introduces young readers to a possible career path for writers. This illustrated new career guide features a behind-the-scenes look at this creative industry, including profiles of working professionals, Reality Check sidebars,...
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The Book Club Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Reading Group Experience
by Diana Loevy Publisher Comments A novel approach to gathering and entertaining literary friends. Booksellers know very well how ubiquitous the reading group has become, and The Book Club Companion is full of innovative ideas designed to entertain their members and enrich the book...
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Good Fiction Guide
by Jane Rogers Publisher Comments Covering everyone from Leo Tolstoy and Mark Twain to Don De Lillo and Lorrie Moore, Good Fiction Guide offers an informative reference work on novelists and their works, with an emphasis of twentieth-century fiction and popular classics, but with ample...
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The Mother-Daughter Book Club REV Ed.: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh, and Learn Through Their Love of Reading
by Shireen Dodson Publisher Comments An account of ten mothers and their preteen daughters describes how their relationships were enhanced through a monthly reading club and offers step-by-step guidelines, reading lists, enrichment activities, and other advice on how to start a book club...
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Time Out 1000 Books to Change Your Life (Time Out Guides)
by Jonathan Derbyshire
Powells.com Staff Pick Generously illustrated and lovingly compiled, 1000 Books to Change Your Life is a treasure chest of book recommendations. There is no better gift for the book lover in your life. Recommended by Indira, Powells.com...
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Wild Women and Books
by Brenda Knight Synopsis Updated from its original version with an introduction from Ntozake Shange,...
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Read Aloud Handbook 5TH Edition
by Jim Trelease Publisher Comments Every child can become an avid reader, and this beloved, classic guide shows how to make it happen. Jim Trelease explains: ? How reading aloud awakens children's imaginations and improves their language skills ? How to begin reading aloud and which books...
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Philosophies of Reference Service
by Celia Hales Mabry Publisher Comments In Philosophies of Reference Service, reference librarians share with you their reflective thinking about what they do as service providers. An important addition to the personal and occupational library of anyone in reference services, this book...
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Benets Readers Encyclopedia of American Literatu
by Benet Book News Annotation Portions of this book appeared in a somewhat modified form in The Reader's encyclopedia of American literature (T.Y. Crowell, 1962) and in Benet's reader's encyclopedia, 3d ed. (Harper & Row, 1987). Some 1,500 entries are new; those that are not new...
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Reading Group Journal: Notes in the Margin
by Martha Burns Publisher Comments This charming fill-in journal will be an invaluable resource and keepsake for anyone who already belongs to a reading group, and an inspiration to anyone who wants to join or organize one. Reading group members show up at meetings with their books...
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