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Author: Howard Engel Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 031238209X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 182
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Howard Engel woke to a morning newspaper that was unreadable. He had experienced a stroke as he slept, leaving him unable to read, not even the books he himself had written. This uplifting story chronicles how he overcame this and the other effects of the stroke to read - and write another novel.
Author: Howard Engel Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 031238209X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 182
Book Description
Howard Engel woke to a morning newspaper that was unreadable. He had experienced a stroke as he slept, leaving him unable to read, not even the books he himself had written. This uplifting story chronicles how he overcame this and the other effects of the stroke to read - and write another novel.
Author: Genghis Swan Publisher: ISBN: 9781977639738 Category : Feces Languages : en Pages : 24
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An ancient superhero has kept this world safe for eons, but he's about to square off against his toughest opponent yet...his own pooper. This book answers the age-old question of what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable bowel movement. Dive into an adventure that will tug on your heartstrings, challenge your perception of reality, and educate you on the importance of defecation.
Author: John O'Farrell Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1409031020 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 321
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Lots of husbands forget things: they forget that their wife had an important meeting that morning; they forget to pick up the dry cleaning; some of them even forget their wedding anniversary. But Vaughan has forgotten he even has a wife. Her name, her face, their history together, everything she has ever told him, everything he has said to her - it has all gone, mysteriously wiped in one catastrophic moment of memory loss. And now he has rediscovered her - only to find out that they are getting divorced. The Man Who Forgot His Wife is the funny, moving and poignant story of a man who has done just that. And who will try anything to turn back the clock and have one last chance to reclaim his life.
Author: Isaiah Wilner Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0060505494 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 356
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Traces the controversial origins of "Time" magazine, revealing how it was created in 1923 by twenty-five-year-old Briton Hadden, whose work was claimed by friend and rival Henry R. Luce upon Hadden's death six years later.
Author: Pierre Bayard Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1596917148 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 129
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In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of "non-reading"-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them.
Author: Howard Engel Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1429986727 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 132
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The remarkable journey of an award-winning writer struck with a rare and devastating affliction that prevented him from reading even his own writing One hot midsummer morning, novelist Howard Engel picked up his newspaper from his front step and discovered he could no longer read it. The letters had mysteriously jumbled themselves into something that looked like Cyrillic one moment and Korean the next. While he slept, Engel had experienced a stroke and now suffered from a rare condition called alexia sine agraphia, meaning that while he could still write, he could no longer read. Over the next several weeks in hospital and in rehabilitation, Engel discovered that much more was affected than his ability to read. His memory failed him, and even the names of old friends escaped his tongue. At first geography eluded him: he would know that two streets met somewhere in the city, but he couldn't imagine where. Apples and grapefruit now looked the same. When he returned home, he had trouble remembering where things went and would routinely ?nd cans of tuna in the dishwasher and jars of pencils in the freezer. Despite his disabilities, Engel prepared to face his dilemma. He contacted renowned neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks for advice and visited him in New York City, forging a lasting friendship. He bravely learned to read again. And in the face of tremendous obstacles, he triumphed in writing a new novel. An absorbing and uplifting story, filled with sly wit and candid insights, The Man Who Forgot How to Read will appeal to anyone fascinated by the mysteries of the mind, on and off the page.
Author: Jo Witek Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 164700828X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.
Author: Max Brand Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8027222613 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 58
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After a successful prison breakout Lou Alp, a thief, and Jack Chapel, a wrongly accused person, form an unlikely pair and plan to rob a bank. But when the attempt at bank robbery goes awry with a bullet wound on Alp's legs, Chapel comes forward to take care of him. But things are not going to be as easy as both of them fall for the same girl, Kate. What happens after this is sure to melt many hearts. "It was snowing. A northwester was rushing over the mountains. As the storm wind shifted a few points west and east, the mountains cut it away, so that one valley lay in a lull of quiet air, with the snow dropping in perpendicular lines; or else the mountains caught the wind in a funnel and poured a venomous blast, in which the snow hardened and became cold teeth. The two men lying in a covert saw Skinner Mountain, due south of them, withdraw into the mist of white and again jump out at them, blocking half the sky. The weather and the sudden appearances of Mount Skinner troubled Lou Alp." (excerpt) Frederick Schiller Faust was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Brand also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare in a series of pulp fiction stories. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. His love for mythology was a constant source of inspiration for his fiction, and it has been speculated that these classical influences accounted in some part for his success as a popular writer. Many of his stories would later inspire films.
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