|
|
|
|  | Novels, 1886-1890 by Daniel M. Fogel, Henry James
The orphaned Hyacinth Robinson, in THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA, is raised by a spinster, Mrs. Pynset, in lower-class London. Inspired by the anarchist movement, Robinson pledges his life to the cause. When he meets the Princess Casamassima, separated from her wealthy Italian husband, he sees in her a kindred spirit, one whose proud artistic and aristocratic temperament is accompanied by a profound sympathy for the downtrodden. The satiric short novel THE REVERBERATOR is about a brash American journalist named George M. Flack, an ingenue named Francine Dosson, and the Parisian society that surrounds them. Based on two newspaper scandals of 1887, it is one of James's most comic and lighthearted works. THE TRAGIC MUSE is about two people who risk everything for art: a successful politician who gives up politics for painting, and a woman who chooses acting over marriage. Essentially about the failure that so often is part of an artist's personal life, it was neither a critical nor a popular success. AUTHOR: Daniel M. Fogel, Henry James
PUBLISHER: Library of America, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction 
|
 | The Job
Click on the link for a complete description.
An adrenaline-pumping story that also delivers surprisingly shrewd ruminations on the frustrations of modern life. Brutally fired after several years of working for a successful computer magazine, Ned Allen desperately solicits employment from a somewhat disreputable real estate tycoon. All too soon, he realizes the terrible, irrevocable repercussions of his Faustian bargain.
CATEGORY: Fiction
|
 | Lewis Carroll, Photographer by Edward Wakeling, Roger Taylor
Description not available.Spanning some twenty-five years of work, an intriguing study of the photography of Charles Lutwidge Dogson ( Lewis Carroll ) presents a rich array of more than 450 images that capture diverse facets of Victorian society, his relationship with the children he photographed, portraits of famous personalities of the time, narrative tableaux, and bizarre studies of anatomical skeletons. (Fine Arts) AUTHOR: Edward Wakeling, Roger Taylor
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
|
 | White Man in The Tree & other Stories
These stories draw on Kurlansky's intimate experience of the Caribbean Islands, gleaned from years on the job as a newspaper correspondent.
PUBLISHER: Atria Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
|
 | The Bitch in the House by Cathi Hanauer
Description not available.Original essays by contemporary women of all ages consider what they have learned in the past twenty years of their lives, in a collection that addresses such topics as careers, sex, motherhood, self-esteem, power, and relationships. AUTHOR: Cathi Hanauer
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
|
 | Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote
This collection of nonfiction pieces includes essays on Marilyn Monroe and Pearl Bailey, as well as Capote's celebrated chronicle of a bizarre murder, entitled Hand-Carved Coffins. AUTHOR: Truman Capote
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
|
|
|
