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VJP Saldanha
by J. F. D’souzaVincent John Peter Saldanha (June 9, 1925 - 2000) was an Indian litterateur, dramatist, musician, and poet. He made lasting contributions to Konkani literature as a poet, dramatist, novelist, and a litterateur.
Paravastu Chinnaya Suri
by B. RadhakrishnaParavastu Chinnaya Suri (1809-1862) spent all his life in and around Madras. He was acclaimed as a profound scholar in Telugu and Sanskrit in the traditional education.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings
by Edward GibbonThe great historian reviews 'the simple transactions of a private and literary life'.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: An Unauthorized Autobiography
by Chuck BarrisAutobiography of creator of game shows including The Dating Game and The Gong Show.
The Universe and Dr. Einstein
by Lincoln BarnettAcclaimed by Einstein himself, this is among the clearest, most readable expositions of relativity theory. It explains the problems Einstein faced, the experiments that led to his theories, and what his findings reveal about the forces that govern the universe.
An Area of Darkness: A Discovery of India
by V. S. NaipaulA classic of modern travel writing, "An Area of Darkness" is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul's profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India. Traveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely self-serving holy man and a deluded American religious seeker. "An Area of Darkness" also abounds with Naipaul's strikingly original responses to India's paralyzing caste system, its apparently serene acceptance of poverty and squalor, and the conflict between its desire for self-determination and its nostalgia for the British raj. The result may be the most elegant and passionate book ever written about the subcontinent.
Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui
by Suleiman Akhtar Javed Rakhshanda JalilOn the life and works of Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui, 1894-1977, Urdu writer.
Golden Codgers: Biographical Speculations
by Richard EllmannA historical survey of the literary biography, looking at the founding fathers of literary thought.
Pioneers in Protest
by Lerone Bennett"Pioneers In Protest" celebrates the determination and achievement of twenty men and women who initiated the revolutionary fight against racism that is taking place in American society today.
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
by Mahasveta DeviThis book depicts the life story of this great novelist, who is like a historiographer, narrating the saga of the rise, fall, continuation and resurrection of a people.
Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation
by Shirley Idelson Sue Levi Elwell Rebecca T. AlpertStories of eighteen lesbian rabbis.
A Redefined Life: Lessons from a Pitchfork
by Ashlee LundvallAfter a paralyzing ranching accident when she was sixteen years old, Ashlee Lundvall was forced to redefine her life. What she discovered was that through hard changes and loss comes beautiful hope and life-changing lessons. Once a basketball player, she has found she can continue to be competitive in a new stadium--the great outdoors. Join her on her journey home as she shares her struggles, triumphs, and the lessons she learned along the way following her Pitchfork Moment.
Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters
by Harold E. MeyerProvides letters that can help you think of what to write.
The Sixties: The Last Journal, 1960-1972
by Lewis M. Dabney Edmund O. WilsonEdited by Wilson's biographer, this volume poignantly -- and defiantly -- records the final years of one of our foremost critics and writers, taking its place alongside his major works, including "To the Finland Station", "Patriotic Gore", "The Shores of Light, and Letters on Literature and Politics", as an enduring contribution to American culture. In "The Sixties" Wilson also struggles with his aging, as intellectual and personal curiosity contend against weakening physical powers, and flirtations that afford a sense of biological revival strain his relationship with his wife, Elena. He watches his children establishing their own lives and is aware of unfulfilled relationships with them. Yet, as he plunges into the contemporary scene of art, thought, and public affairs, the pull of his personal and cultural past is strengthened by the sense of his approaching end. Witnessing his own foibles and the ironies of human nature, expressing feeling more deeply than he often had in his journal, he writes his account of this decade with a concentration undiluted by other large-scale projects. The extraordinary personal record begun in another pivotal period in American life, with "The Twenties", comes to a fitting culmination in "The Sixties".
Adultery and Other Diversions
by Tim ParksIn Adultery and Other Diversions, author Tim Parks gives his own intellect free rein to cartwheel and skylark among a variety of subjects from the dangerous allure of adultery to the creative power of rancor. With each essay, Parks begins by grounding himself and the reader in a concrete experience--a bus ride across Europe, for instance, or cleaning his daughter's room, or translating an Italian novel into English--then lets his mind loose to joyously observe, reflect, and comment on what it all means.
Francis Bacon and the Modern Dilemma
by Loren C. EiseleyA critical examination of Francis Bacon, the scientist and educator who founded the scientific method that is used even today to deduce the answer to a given problem.
Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman
by Queen Latifah Karen HunterAutobiography of a rap star.