Good Prose: The
Art of Nonfiction by Tracy Kidder: Good Prose explores three major nonfiction forms: narratives,
essays, and memoirs. Kidder and Todd draw candidly, sometimes comically, on
their own experience--their mistakes as well as accomplishments - to
demonstrate the pragmatic ways in which creative problems get solved. They also
turn to the works of a wide range of writers, novelists as well as nonfiction
writers, for models and instruction. They offer some tart and emphatic opinions
on the current state of language. And they take a clear stand against playing
loose with the facts. Their advice is always grounded in the practical world of
writing and publishing. Good Prose - like Strunk and White's The Elements of
Style - is a succinct, authoritative, and entertaining arbiter of standards in
contemporary writing, offering guidance for the professional writer and the
beginner alike. This wise and useful book is the perfect companion for anyone
who loves to read good books and longs to write one. Check Availability
Habits of the
House by Fay Weldon: The Earl of Dilberne is
facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the
household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks
a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan,
and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Robert's wife Isobel, who
orders the affairs of the household in Belgrave Square; and Grace, the lady's
maid who orders the life of her mistress. Lord Robert can see no financial
relief to an already mortgaged estate, and, though the Season is over, his
thoughts turn to securing a suitable wife (and dowry) for his son. The arrival
on the London scene of Minnie, a beautiful Chicago heiress with a reputation to
mend, seems the answer to all their prayers. Check Availability
The Fifth
Assassin by Brad Meltzer: From John Wilkes Booth to
Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been more than two dozen assassination attempts
on the President of the United States. Four
have been successful. But now, archivist
Beecher White discovers a killer in Washington, D.C., who's meticulously
re-creating the crimes of these four men. Historians have branded them as four
lone wolves. But what if they were wrong?
Beecher is about to discover the truth: that during the course of a
hundred years, all four assassins were secretly working together. What was
their purpose? For whom do they really work? And why are they planning to kill
the current President? Beecher's about to find out. And most
terrifyingly, he's about to come face-to-face with the fifth assassin. Check Availability
To Rome With Love (DVD): Set in the romantic city of Rome. The
intertwining stories of a worker who wakes up to find himself a celebrity, an
architect who takes a trip back to the street he lived on as a student, a young
couple on their honeymoon, and a frustrated opera director who has a talent for
discovering talented singers.Check Availability
Won’t Back Down (DVD): Frustrated by her dyslexic daughter's
struggles at a failing inner-city school, Jamie Fitzpatrick tries to enroll her
somewhere else. When this fails, Jamie recruits a disillusioned but caring
teacher to try to fix the broken school. Check availability
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