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Great Books for Girls: More Than 600 Books to Inspire Today's Girls and Tomorrow's Women
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""My old mother used to say that every little girl should be able to cook, play the piano, sing, and shoot."" So declares dastardly Mr. Grimshaw to orphan Sylvia Green in Joan Aiken's 1960 children's novel THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE. The meek Sylvia "thought of Aunt Jane's very different catalogue of accomplishments for little girls, in whi... »
The Irresponsible Self: On Laughter and the Novel
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that there is no current literary critic who writes as brilliantly as James Wood. His metaphoric precision, his moral rigor, his exacting standards of literary excellence, his humanistic compassion dwarfs all competitors for the title. One would have to revert to Lionel Trilling, Edmund Wilson and Alfred Kazin to ... »
First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game
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What has particularly excited me is the opening chapter on "Cyberdrama"... it discusses approaches to story, game play and engagement in terms that echo what we are trying to achieve in Drama education. Throughout the book (and this is from preliminary browsing) there are discussions about narrative and simulation and disticntions being drawn bewteen... »
Leaves of Grass, Second Edition (Norton Critica
I bought this and returned it. There must be someone out there with the right voice and reading skills to bring us Whitman's words and rhythms. Ms. Gibson... »
Christianity and the Transformation of the Book
There is much to like about this book. While a few assertions and historical models are certainly debatable, Grafton and Williams have authored a fascinat... »
I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land
In this collection of essays, Patricia Hampl attempts to explain the lure of the memoir. It is today one of the most popular literary genres, but not long... »
Little Guide To Your Well-Read Life: How To Get
I felt this book was worth the investment of time (it's short and can be read quickly) and money (I think it's a good reference book to have). That being... »
The Essential Guide to Children's Books and The
This children's books reference is so prized because the biography of the creators inspired me to look at how I can enrich my children now - in ways these... »
Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Li
Mr. Dirda adopts a wonderful tone as he shares with his readers his fine appreciations of the books included in this compilation. He is never pedantic or... »
Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Liter
I bought this book as a gift for a friend who is a great lover of literature. She loved it, and she and her partner enjoyed reading aloud to each other fr... »
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