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Me and Kaminski - Daniel Kehlmann
SUMMARY: From the internationally best-selling author Daniel Kehlmann, a provocative and wickedly funny novel about two unpredictable menone an artist and the other a journalist, w... -
Lightnin' Hopkins - Alan Govenar
By the time of his death in 1982, Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins was likely the most recorded blues artist in history. This brilliant new biography--the first book ever written about h... -
In Search of Lost Time, Volume - Marcel Proust
'The transmutation of sensation into sentiment, the ebb tide of memory, waves of emotion such as desire, jealousy, and artistic euphoria--this is the material of this enormous and ... -
I Love a Broad Margin to My Lif - Maxine Hong Kingston
From Publishers WeeklyTold in free verse reminiscent of one of Kingston's idols, Walt Whitman, this uncommon memoir of the artist at 65 is informed by the wide margins on the pages... -
Hiroshima - Nakazawa Keiji
This compelling autobiography tells the life story of famed manga artist Nakazawa Keiji. Born in Hiroshima in 1939, Nakazawa was six years old when on August 6, 1945, the United St... -
Hard Candy - Andrew Vachss
In this mercilessly compelling thriller, Burke — the private eye, sting artist, and occasional hit man who metes out a cruelly ingenious vengeance on those who victimize children —... -
Good Daughters - Joyce Maynard
SUMMARY: They were born on the same day, in the same hospital, into families that could hardly have been less alike. Ruth is an artist and a romantic, with a rich and passionate im... -
George Mills - Stanley Elkin
Review"A comedy that cuts so many ways that it leaves us bleeding with laughter." -- New York Times "A true artist . . . Stanley Elkin never lets us down. . . . I read... -
Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unico - James Randi; Isaac Asimov
Synopsis:James Randi is internationally known as a magician and escape artist. But for the past thirty-five years of his professional life, he has also been active as an inv... -
Farmyard Beat - Lindsey Craig
Author Lindsey Craig teams up with Arthur creator and bestselling artist Marc Brown in a toe-tapping farmyard dance-a-thon--perfect for toddler and preschooler read-alouds. As soon...