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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The beloved and bestselling author takes an intimate look back at a life of reading and writing. "The memory that we live with is the moth-eaten version of our own past that each of us carries around, depends on. It is our ID; this is how we know who we are and where we have been." Memory and history have been Penelope Lively's terrain in fiction over a career that has spanned five decades. But she has only rarely given readers a glimpse into her...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Braver Than You Think is the life-affirming story of how Downs, newly married and established in her career as a journalist, quits her job, sells her belongings, and embarks on the solo trip of a lifetime: Her mother's. Over the course of one year backpacking through seventeen countries - visiting all the places her mother, struck with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, cannot visit herself - Maggie faces some of the world's most exotic locales while...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Dive into the fascinating, unexpected, and inspiring stories behind 18 of the English language's greatest women writers in this graphic anthology. Why She Wrote brings together both famous and obscure writers from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries and highlights their history, hardships, and influence-on the written word and each other-through accessible and engaging comics. Framed by short biographies, bibliographies, and fun facts"--
94) Maya Angelou
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Find out about the life of American poet and writer Maya Angelou and her work as an activist in the US civil rights movement. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children"--
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A study of the popular and celebrated authors Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. This absorbing film examines the women behind the famous name, the great works, the family and the locations key to lives of the Bronte sister. The Brontes remain among the most popular and best-known writers ever, a staple for hundreds of thousands of students whose works are still studied and read around the world.
99) Lois Lowry
Author
Series
Publisher
AV² by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lois Lowry's heartfelt stories about human relationships have connected with millions of readers since she released her first book, A Summer to Die, in 1977.
100) The writers
Author
Series
Publisher
Cassell Illustrated
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Forgotten Women is a new series of books that uncover the lost herstories of influential women who have refused over hundreds of years to accept the hand they've been dealt and, as a result, have formed, shaped and changed the course of our futures. From leaders and scientists to artists and writers, the fascinating stories of these women that time forgot are now celebrated, putting their achievements firmly back on the map." --
"The Writers celebrates...