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Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak · 1963 · ★ 4.3 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Moderate This is an inspired children's book about a boy's passage through tempestuous aspects of life. Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their king. Shares: Community pick

The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss · 1957 · ★ 4.2 · 63p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who shows them some tricks and games. Includes a Latin-English glossary and a note on the verse form and rhythm. Shares: Community pick

Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey · 1941 · ★ 4.3 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Challenging First published in 1941, the book tells the story of a pair of mallard ducks who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, a park in the center of Boston, Massachusetts. [1][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Way_for_Ducklings Shares: Community pick

Encyclopedia of Life Writing Margaretta Jolly · 2001 · 1150p · ≈ 38h · Moderate First published in 2001. This is the first substantial reference work in English on the various forms that constitute "life writing." As this term suggests, the Encyclopedia explores not only autobiography and biography proper, but also letters, diaries, memoirs, family histories, case histories, and other ways in which individual lives have been recorded and structured. It includes entries on… Shares: Presidents & Heads of State, Rich & Famous, Royalty, Political

The House of Kennedy James Patterson · 2020 · ★ 4.0 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: "To whom much is given, much is expected" and "Win at all costs." And they do--but at a price. Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed, at once familiar and unknowable. The House of… Shares: Presidents & Heads of State, Rich & Famous, Biography & Memoir

Early modern English lives Ronald Bedford · 2007 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Moderate How did early modern English people write about themselves, and how do we listen to their voices four centuries later? The authors of Early Modern English Lives: Autobiography and Self-Representation 1500-1660 argue that identity is depicted through complex, subtle, and often contradictory social interactions and literary forms. Diaries, letters, daily spiritual reckonings, household journals,… Shares: Personal Memoirs, Reference, Historical, Literary Criticism

Life Writing after Empire Astrid Rasch · 2016 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A watershed moment of the twentieth century, the end of empire saw upheavals to global power structures and national identities. However, decolonisation profoundly affected individual subjectivities too. Life Writing After Empire examines how people around the globe have made sense of the post-imperial condition through the practice of life writing in its multifarious expressions, from… Shares: Oral history, Biography & Memoir

Mémoires Giacomo Casanova · 1830 · ★ 3.8 · 10p · ≈ 20m · Challenging "The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-98), is now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in his memoirs. But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. In his time he was a diplomat, businessman, trainee priest, traveler, prisoner, magician, confidence man, gambler, professional entertainer, and charlatan. He financed business… Shares: Personal Memoirs, Biography & Memoir

Not quite what I was planning Rachel Fershleiser · 2008 · ★ 3.5 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A collection of six-word memoirs, contributed by both famous and obscure writers, records the human experience in works that are by turn whimsical, poignant, and bizarre, by such authors as Joyce Carol Oates and Joan Rivers. Shares: Personal Memoirs, Biography & Memoir

S.J. Perelman Steven H. Gale · 1985 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Moderate First published in 1992, this book focuses on the oeuvre of S. J. Perelman. Taken together, the essays included serve as an introduction to this important humorist’s work, both in terms of the specific short prose pieces, plays, and films examined and as an overview of his lengthy professional career. They provide insightful and in-depth literary analyses as well. The work encourages a better… Shares: Reference, Literary Criticism

The life of Niccolò Machiavelli Roberto Ridolfi · 1963 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A narrative biography of the Florentine in which his own deeds and his own words speak for themselves. Shares: Political, Biography & Memoir

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

Shoe Dog Phil Knight · 2014 · ★ 4.4 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import… Shares: Personal Memoirs, Biography & Memoir

My lobotomy Howard Dully · 1998 · ★ 4.5 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody and messy, rambunctious with his brothers, contrary just to prove a point, and perpetually at odds with his parents. Yet somehow, this normal boy became one of the youngest people on whom Dr. Walter Freeman performed his barbaric transorbital--or ice pick--lobotomy.Abandoned by his family within a year of… Shares: Personal Memoirs, Biography & Memoir

The name of the mother Marie Maclean · 1994 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In this original and highly accomplished study, Marie Maclean studies the writings of social rebels and explores the relationship between their personal narratives and illegitimacy. The case studies which Maclean examines fall into four groups: those which stress alternative family structures and 'female genealogies'; those which pair female illegitimacy and revolution; those which question the… Shares: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir

The ghost Jefferson Morley · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States government in the mid-20th century, a ghost of American power. From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president. In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells Angleton's dramatic story. From the agency's MKULTRA… Shares: Political, Biography & Memoir

The faraway nearby Rebecca Solnit · 2013 · ★ 4.2 · 259p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A companion to "A Field Guide for Getting Lost" explores the ways that people construct lives from stories and connect to each other through empathy, narrative, and imagination, sharing anecdotes about historical figures and members of the author's own family. Shares: Personal Memoirs, Biography & Memoir

Narrative fiction Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan · 1983 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate What is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan provides a synthesis of contemporary approaches to narrative fiction, considering in particular Anglo-American New Criticism, Russian Formalism and French Structuralism. Shares: Reference, Literary Criticism, Philosophy

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