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Seeks to evaluate major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. Each essay-review analyes and presnets the focus, intent, and relative success of the author, as well as the makeup and point of view of the work under discussion
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monografia Rebiun29515903 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun29515903 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 120525s2012 caua obo 001 0 eng d 9781587659676 electronic bk.) 1587659670 electronic bk.) N$T eng pn N$T ZMC OCLCQ GGVRL OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCL OCLCQ OCL OCLCO LIT 007000 bisacsh Magill's literary annual, 2012 essay-reviews of 200 outstanding books published in the United States during 2011, with an annotated list of titles edited by John D. Wilson and Steven G. Kellman Pasadena, Calif. Salem Press 2012 Pasadena, Calif. Pasadena, Calif. Salem Press 1 online resource illustrations 1 online resource Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical reference and indexes After Midnight Joseph Dewey. -- Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World Lisa Scoggin. -- Alfred Kazin's Journals Henry L. Carrigan Jr. -- All Our Worldly Goods Shawncey J. Webb. -- Almost a Family: A Memoir Daniel P. Murphy. -- Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other Julia A. Sienkewicz. -- American Eden: From Monticello to Central Park to Our Backyards: What Our Gardens Tell Us about Who We Are Julia A. Sienkewicz. -- The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life William Nelles. -- And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life David Peck. -- Apricot Jam: And Other Stories R.C. Lutz. -- Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust without Reason David Peck. -- The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise Amira Hanafi. -- The Art of Fielding Steven G. Kellman. -- An Atlas of Impossible Longing R.C. Lutz. -- Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions Leon Lewis. -- Bad Intentions Joseph Dewey. -- Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game Richard Adler. -- Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Victor Lindsey. -- Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry Jeffry Jensen Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography Batya Weinbaum. -- Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories Charles E. May. -- Bismarck: A Life Daniel P. Murphy. -- The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America Micah L. Issitt. -- Blake and the Bible Julia A. Sienkewicz. -- Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef Kathryn Kulpa. -- Blue Nights Joseph Dewey. -- A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers Batya Weinbaum. -- Bowstring: On the Dissimilarity of the Similar Julia A. Sienkewicz. -- The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs Raymond Pierre Hylton. -- The Buddha in the Attic Joseph Dewey. -- Bye-and-Bye: Selected Late Poems Jeffry Jensen. -- Caleb's Crossing Cheryl Lawton Malone. -- The Call Sally S. Driscoll. -- The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands T. Fleischmann. -- The Chameleon Couch Leon Lewis. -- Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes Jeffry Jensen. -- Charles Dickens: A Life Daniel P. Murphy. -- China in Ten Words Robert C. Evans. -- Civilization: The West and the Rest Robert C. Evans Cloud of Ink Grant Klarich Johnson. -- Coda Grant Klarich Johnson. -- The Cold War Kathryn Kulpa. -- The Color of Night Joseph Dewey. -- Come and See T. Fleischmann. -- Confessions of a Young Novelist Shawncey J. Webb. -- Conversations with Scorsese Robert C. Evans. -- The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism Victor Lindsey. -- A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS Batya Weinbaum. -- Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid into College Victor Lindsey. -- Culture of One Amira Hanafi. -- The Curfew James Flaherty. -- Dante in Love Robert C. Evans. -- Devotions T. Fleischmann. -- Don't Shoot: One Man, a Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America Keith M. Finley. -- The Drop Jack Ewing. -- A Drop of the Hard Stuff Barbara C. Lightner. -- The Eichmann Trial Batya Weinbaum. -- 1861: The Civil War Awakening Richard Adler. -- Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music Batya Weinbaum. -- 11/22/63 Pegge Bochynski. -- Elizabeth Bishop and the New Yorker: The Complete Correspondence Micah L. Issitt. -- Embassytown Melissa A. Barton Emily, Alone Shawncey J. Webb. -- An Empty Room R.C. Lutz. -- Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall--From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness Melissa A. Barton. -- The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore Matthew J. Bolton. -- The Fates Will Find Their Way Grant Klarich Johnson. -- The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe David Barratt. -- Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile Shawncey J. Webb. -- Field Gray Jack Ewing. -- The Fifth Witness Robert Jacobs. -- The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture David Peck. -- Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation Nicholas A. Kirk. -- 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created Richard Adler. -- The Girl in the Blue Beret Elizabeth D. Schafer. -- The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress Elizabeth D. Schafer. -- G.K. Chesterton Laurence W. Mazzeno. -- Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Keith M. Finley. -- The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris Richard Adler. -- The Great Night Margaret Boe Birns Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India Pegge Bochynski. -- The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better Robert C. Evans. -- The H.D. Book: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan Batya Weinbaum. -- Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters Batya Weinbaum. -- Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961 Cheryl Lawton Malone. -- The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life Steven G. Kellman. -- The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos Jennifer L. Campbell. -- Horoscopes for the Dead Jeffry Jensen. -- The Illumination David W. Madden. -- The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death Robert C. Evans. -- In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination Melissa A. Barton. -- In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Patricia King Hanson. -- Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest Victor Lindsey. -- Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial John Wilson A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me about Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter Myra Junyk. -- J.D. Salinger: A Life Robert C. Evans. -- Jerusalem: The Biography David Barratt. -- Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter, A Life Barbara C. Lightner. -- Joe Dimaggio: The Long Vigil Richard Adler. -- Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller David Peck. -- The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George David Barratt. -- The King James Bible: A Short History from Tyndale to Today Raymond Pierre Hylton. -- The Land at the End of the World Batya Weinbaum. -- Last Man in Tower R.C. Lutz. -- Lee Krasner: A Biography Julia A. Sienkewicz. -- The Leftovers Margaret Boe Birns. -- The Lessons T. Fleischmann. -- The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907-1922 Henry L. Carrigan Jr. -- Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World Elizabeth D. Schafer. -- Life Itself: A Memoir Patricia King Hanson. -- Life on Mars Cheryl Lawton Malone. -- Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention Thomas Tandy Lewis. -- The Marriage Plot Cheryl Lawton Malone. -- Metropole Jeffry Jensen. -- Micro Jack Ewing. -- Miss New India Margaret Boe Birns Modigliani: A Life Batya Weinbaum. -- Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Keith M. Finley. -- Mr. Fox T. Fleischmann. -- Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets Lisa Scoggin. -- My Father's Fortune: A Life Michael Auerbach. -- My New American Life Barbara C. Lightner. -- Nanjing Requiem Laurence W. Mazzeno. -- Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age Robert C. Evans. -- The Night Circus Grant Klarich Johnson. -- Night Soul and Other Stories Charles E. May. -- Nod House T. Fleischmann. -- No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf Raymond Pierre Hylton. -- Once Upon a River Henry L. Carrigan Jr. -- On China David Barratt. -- One Day I Will Write about This Place Amira Hanafi. -- One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing David W. Madden. -- 1Q84 Amy Sisson. -- One Was a Soldier Marcia B. Dinneen. -- Open City Sally S. Driscoll. -- Orientation: And Other Stories Charles E. May. -- Otherwise Known as the Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews Nicholas A. Kirk. -- The Pale King Micah L. Issitt The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at Seventy-Two T. Fleischmann. -- A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians Laurence W. Mazzeno. -- The Philosophical Breakfast Club : Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World Micah L. Issitt. -- Please Look After Mom R.C. Lutz. -- The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction Laurence W. Mazzeno. -- The Prague Cemetery Shawncey J. Webb. -- The Preacher Laurence W. Mazzeno. -- The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry Batya Weinbaum. -- Pulphead: Essays Daniel P. Murphy. -- Pym Matthew J. Bolton. -- Reading My Father: A Memoir Briana Nadeau. -- Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America Shawncey J. Webb. -- Rodin's Debutante Amy Sisson. -- Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza Melissa A. Barton. -- The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party Myra Junyk. -- Say Her Name Sally S. Driscoll. -- The Seamstress and the Wind Joseph Dewey. -- The Selected Stories of Mercè Rodoreda R.C. Lutz. -- Seven Years Sally S. Driscoll The Shadow of What We Were Patricia King Hanson. -- She-Wolves : The Women Who Ruled England before Elizabeth Elizabeth D. Schafer. -- Silver Sparrow Amy Sisson. -- A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother Pegge Bochynski. -- The Sly Company of People Who Care C.L. Chua. -- Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America Micah L. Issitt. -- Sobbing Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Rózewicz T. Fleischmann. -- The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement Robert C. Evans. -- Songs of Kabir David Barratt. -- Space, in Chains T. Fleischmann. -- The Splendor of Portugal R.C. Lutz. -- Steve Jobs Robert C. Evans. -- Stone Arabia Jeffry Jensen. -- The Stranger's Child Shawncey J. Webb. -- The Summer Without Men Kathryn Kulpa. -- Swamplandia! Henry L. Carrigan Jr. -- The Swerve: How the World Became Modern Robert C. Evans. -- Swim Back to Me Elizabeth Bellucci. -- Tabloid City Barbara C. Lightner. -- Taller When Prone Jeffry Jensen. -- The Tiger's Wife Margaret Boe Birns To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion: 1914-1918 Daniel P. Murphy. -- Tolstoy: A Russian Life Henry L. Carrigan Jr. -- Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart Micah L. Issitt. -- Townie: A Memoir Elizabeth Bellucci. -- The Tragedy of Arthur Robert Jacobs. -- Traveler T. Fleischmann. -- The Trouble Ball Jeffry Jensen. -- The Troubled Man Patricia King Hanson. -- Twice a Spy Joseph Dewey. -- The Uncoupling Joseph Dewey. -- Unseen Hand T. Fleischmann. -- Vaclav and Lena Barbara C. Lightner. -- We, the Drowned Marcia B. Dinneen. -- We Others: New and Selected Stories Charles E. May. -- When the Killing's Done Patricia King Hanson. -- Widow Sally S. Driscoll. -- A Widow's Story: A Memoir Marjorie Podolsky. -- Words Made Fresh: Essays on Literature and Culture Jeffry Jensen. -- The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture Michael Auerbach. -- The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan Daniel P. Murphy. -- You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake T. Fleischmann. -- You Think That's Bad James Flaherty v. 1. A-J -- v. 2. K-Z Seeks to evaluate major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. Each essay-review analyes and presnets the focus, intent, and relative success of the author, as well as the makeup and point of view of the work under discussion Books- Reviews Literature, Modern- 21st century- History and criticism Literature, Modern- History and criticism- Bibliography Literature- Stories, plots, etc LITERARY CRITICISM- Books & Reading. Books. Literature. Literature, Modern. Electronic books Bibliographies. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Reviews. Stories, plots, etc. Wilson, John Kellman, Steven G. 1947-)