A warm but extremely accurate account of "home front" life in a small town on Maryland's Eastern Shore during the War. Written as a first-person account through the eyes of a boy with an exceptional memory and a curiosity for...

This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor...

“I’ve got the name for our publishing operation. We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random. Let’s call it Random House.” So recounts Bennett Cerf in this wonderfully amusing memoir of the...

Thomas Carlyle was one of the most influential commentators of the nineteenth century: writer, critic, historian, biographer and brilliant correspondent, he dominated his age. Described as 'the greatest writer of his time' his Reminiscences lovingly trace the triumphs, sorrows, and...

Here is Conrad's story, told in his own words, about how he came to writing after a life at sea. The Polish-born English novelist and short-story writer is noted for the richness of his prose and for his understanding of...

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Here is Conrad's story, told in his own words, about how he came to writing after a life at sea. The Polish-born English novelist and short-story writer is noted for the richness of his prose and for his understanding of...

Here is Conrad's story, told in his own words, about how he came to writing after a life at sea. The Polish-born English novelist and short-story writer is noted for the richness of his prose and for his understanding of...

"One of the great writers of our generation" (The New Republic) weaves together memories of his life before the Holocaust and his great struggle to find meaning afterwards. Included are Wiesel's landmark speeches, among them his powerful testimony at the...

Here is Conrad's story, told in his own words, about how he came to writing after a life at sea. The Polish-born English novelist and short-story writer is noted for the richness of his prose and for his understanding of...