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c2008., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 813.54 R134f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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1989., Juvenile, Collins Lions Call No: 823.912 S564l Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A companion to "The Chronicles of Narnia," explaining how their creator, C.S. Lewis, came to write them, what sort of person he was, and the hidden meaning of the Narnia stories.
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[c1970], Twayne Publishers Call No: 819 D339h Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Twayne's world authors series, TWAS 129. Canada
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1971., Faber and Faber Ltd Call No: 809.3 B955n Edition: New ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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[2017]., Adult, Other Press Call No: 843.709 M952p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "With the wit and penetration well known to readers of Balzac's Omelette and Monsieur Proust's Library, Anka Muhlstein revisits the delights of the French novel. This time she focuses on late 19th- and 20th-century writers - Balzac, Zola, Proust, Huysmans, and Maupassant - through the lens of their passionate involvement with the fine arts. She delves into the crucial role that painters play as characters in their novels, which she pairs with an exploration of the profound influence that painting exercised on the novelists' techniques, offering an intimate view of the intertwined worlds of painters and writers at the time. Muhlstein's deftly chosen vignettes bring to life a portrait of the nineteenth century's tight-knit artistic community, where Cezanne and Zola befriended each other as boys and Balzac yearned for the approval of Delacroix. She leads the reader on a journey of spontaneous discovery as she explores how a great painting can open a mind and spark creative fire"--Provided by publisher.
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2015., Adult, Bantam Books Call No: 813.6 C536m Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Fans of Lee Child know well that the muscular star of his bestselling novels, Jack Reacher, is a man of few words -- and a lot of action. Andy Martin shadows Child like a literary private eye in a yearlong investigation of what it takes to make fiction's hottest hero hit the page running. The result is an up-close-and-personal look into the world and ways of a storyteller's creative process as he undertakes the writing of the much anticipated twentieth Jack Reacher novel, Make Me. Fueled by copious mugs of black coffee, Lee Child squares off against the blank page (or, rather, computer screen), eager to follow his wandering imagination in search of a plot worthy of the rough and ready Reacher. While working in fits and starts, fine-tuning sentences, characters, twists and turns, Child plies Martin with anecdotes and insights about the life and times that shaped the man and his methods: from schoolyard scraps and dismal factory jobs to a successful TV production career and the life-changing decision to put pencil to paper. Then there's the chance encounter that transformed aspiring author James Grant into household name "Lee Child." And there are jaunts to writers' conventions, book signings, publishing powwows, chat shows, the Prado in Madrid, American diners, and English pubs. Jack Reacher may be a man of few words, but this book says it all about a certain tall man with a talent for coming out on top.
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2022., BenBella Books, Inc. Call No: NEW 813.54 E53u Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, Go Ask Alice terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, Go Ask Alice remains a divisive bestseller, outraging censors and earning new fans, all of them drawn by the book's mythic premise: A Real Diary, by Anonymous. But Alice was only the beginning. In 1979, another diary rattled the culture, setting the stage for a national meltdown. The posthumous memoir of an alleged teenage Satanist, Jay's Journal merged with a frightening new crisis—adolescent suicide—to create a literal witch hunt, shattering countless lives and poisoning whole communities. In reality, Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal came from the same dark place: Beatrice Sparks, a serial con artist who betrayed a grieving family, stole a dead boy's memory, and lied her way to the National Book Awards. Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries is a true story of contagious deception. It stretches from Hollywood to Quantico, and passes through a tiny patch of Utah nicknamed "the fraud capital of America." It's the story of a doomed romance and a vengeful celebrity. Of a lazy press and a public mob. Of two suicidal teenagers, and their exploitation by a literary vampire.
