New Search
|
Bibliography Information:
|
|
Collection:
|
Adult Nonfiction |
|
Call Number:
|
028.9 |
|
Author:
|
Schwalbe, Will |
|
Title:
|
Books for living |
|
Summary, etc. note:
|
"From the author of the best-selling and beloved The End of Your Life Book Club--a wonderfully engaging new book: both a celebration of reading in general and an impassioned recommendation of specific books that can help guide us through our daily lives. 'I've always believed that everything you need to know you can find in a book,' writes Will Schwalbe in his introduction to this thought-provoking, heartfelt, and inspiring new book about books. In each chapter he makes clear the ways in which a particular book has helped to shape how he leads his own life and the ways in which it might help to shape ours. He talks about what brought him to each book--or vice versa; the people in his life he associates each book with; how each has led him to other books; how each is part of his understanding of himself in the world. And he relates each book to a question of our daily lives, for example: Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener speaks to quitting; 1984 to disconnecting from our electronics; James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room to the power of finding ourselves and connecting with one another; Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea to taking time to recharge; Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird to being sensitive to the surrounding world; The Little Prince to making friends; Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train to trusting. Here, too, are books by Dickens, Daphne du Maurier, Haruki Murakami, Edna Lewis, E. B. White, and Hanya Yanagihara, among many others. A treasure of a book for everyone who loves books, loves reading, and loves to hear the answer to the question: 'What are you reading?'"-- |
|
|
International Standard Book Number:
|
9780385353540 (hardback) |
|
Description conventions:
|
rda |
|
Authentication code:
|
pcc |
|
Geographic area code:
|
n-us--- |
|
Classification number:
|
Z1003.2 |
|
Item number:
|
.S39 2017 |
|
Edition number:
|
23 |
|
Classification number:
|
028/.9 |
|
Source of number:
|
bisacsh |
|
Classification number:
|
BIO026000 |
|
Classification number:
|
FAM014000 |
|
Classification number:
|
LIT007000 |
|
Relator term:
|
author. |
|
Statement of responsibility, etc.:
|
by Will Schwalbe. |
|
Place of publication:
|
New York, NY |
|
Name of publisher:
|
Knoff |
|
Date of publication:
|
2017 |
|
Projected publication date:
|
1701 |
|
:
|
New York : |
|
:
|
Alfred A. Knopf, |
|
:
|
2017. |
|
Extent:
|
pages cm |
|
:
|
rdacontent |
|
:
|
text |
|
:
|
txt |
|
:
|
rdamedia |
|
:
|
unmediated |
|
:
|
n |
|
:
|
rdacarrier |
|
:
|
volume |
|
:
|
nc |
|
Summary, etc. note:
|
"From the author of the best-selling and beloved The End of Your Life Book Club--a wonderfully engaging new book: both a celebration of reading in general and an impassioned recommendation of specific books that can help guide us through our daily lives. "I've always believed that everything you need to know you can find in a book," writes Will Schwalbe in his introduction to this thought-provoking, heart-felt, and often inspiring new book about books. In each chapter he makes clear the ways in which a particular book has helped to shape how he leads his own life and the ways in which it might help to shape ours. He talks about what brought him to each book--or vice versa; the people in his life he associates each book with; how each has led him to other books; how each is part of his understanding of himself in the world. And he relates each book to a question of our daily lives, for example: Melville's Bartelby, the Scrivener speaks to quitting; 1984 to disconnecting from our electronics; James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room to the power of connecting with people face to face; Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea to taking time to recharge; Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird to being sensitive to the surrounding world; The Little Prince to finding friends; Elie Wiesel's Night to choosing to do something in the face of injustice; Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train to trusting. Here, too, are books by Dickens, Daphne Du Maurier, Murakami, Edna Lewis, E.B. White, and Hanya Yanagihara, among many others. A treasure of a book for everyone who loves books, loves reading, and loves to hear the answer to the question: "What have you been reading lately?""-- |
|
:
|
Provided by publisher. |
|
:
|
Provided by publisher. |
|
Source of acquisition:
|
B & T 1/11/17 |
|
Purchase price:
|
25.95 |
|
Personal name:
|
Schwalbe, Will |
|
General subdivision:
|
Books and reading. |
|
Source of heading or term:
|
bisacsh |
|
Source of heading or term:
|
bisacsh |
|
Source of heading or term:
|
bisacsh |
|
Subject:
|
Books and reading |
|
Subject:
|
Books and reading |
|
Subject:
|
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. |
|
Subject:
|
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement. |
|
Subject:
|
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. |
|
General subdivision:
|
Psychological aspects. |
|
Geographic subdivision:
|
United States. |
|
Main entry heading:
|
Schwalbe, Will, author. |
|
Place, publisher, and date of publication:
|
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 |
|
Display text:
|
Online version: |
|
Title:
|
Books for living |
|
Record control number:
|
(DLC) 2016050435 |
|
International Standard Book Number:
|
9780385353557 |
|
:
|
acquire |
|
:
|
2 shelf copies |
|
:
|
policy default |
|
:
|
xk11 2016-10-31 |
|
:
|
xk11 2016-10-31 ONIX to Dewey |
|
:
|
xb07 2016-10-31 |
|
:
|
Christine Chunn; phone: 212-5724979; email: cchunn@penguinrandomhouse.com; bc: nlatimer@randomhouse.com |
Bibliography Copy Information:
|
Barcode # |
Description |
Status |
Status Dt |
Due Back |
|
48152 |
|
checked in |
2022-01-05 09:55:44 |
|
|