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1) Tolstoy and the purple chair: my year of magical reading

Author

Sankovitch, Nina

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

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Books About Books

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Torn apart by grief after losing her sister, the author, a mother of four, turned to literature for comfort, devoting herself to reading one book a day for a year, which brought much needed joy, healing, and wisdom into her life.

2) 1,000 books to read: a life-changing list before you die

Author

Mustich, James

Publisher

Workman Publishing

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

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Books About Books

3) Books for living

Author

Schwalbe, Will

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

Description

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Presents a highly personal celebration of reading, sharing impassioned recommendations for specific books that can offer guidance through daily life.

4) What do children and young adults read next?: a reader's guide to fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults

Author

Carter, Betty

Series

Gale eBooks

Publisher

Gale Cengage Learning

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

Description

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Provides a comprehensive readers advisory for children's and young adult literatures to help readers independently choose titles of interest published in the last year. Features numerous entries listing everything young readers, librarians and teachers need to know to make reading selections.

5) The book of books: explore America's 100 best-loved novels

Publisher

Black Dog & Leventhal

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Description

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Illustrated with original-manuscript and first-edition covers, a companion to the PBS 2018 summer series reveals America's 100 best-loved novels, profiling each for author stories, social relevance, media adaptations, rejections, and bannings.