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In the Company of Writers

A Life in Publishing

by Charles Scribner ...

It was “the golden age” of American literature. Max Perkins edited Hemingway and Fitzgerald, royalties were still calculated by hand, and business was usually based on personal ties between publisher and author.It was into this world that Charles Scribner, Jr. was born, his career predetermined at the time of his christening. He grew up in publishing and cut his editorial teeth on giants like ... Read more

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It was “the golden age” of American literature. Max Perkins edited Hemingway and Fitzgerald, royalties were still calculated by hand, and business was usually based on personal ties between publisher and author.It was into this world that Charles Scribner, Jr. was born, his career predetermined at the time of his christening. He grew up in publishing and cut his editorial teeth on giants like
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In the Web of Ideas

by Charles Scribner ...

Charles Scribner, Jr.’s thoughts and essays on publishing, his fascinating career, and the love of ideas. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of publishing. ... Read more

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Charles Scribner, Jr.’s thoughts and essays on publishing, his fascinating career, and the love of ideas. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of publishing.
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Norms and Nobility

A Treatise on Education

by David V. Hicks ...

A reissue of a classic text, Norms and Nobility is a provocative reappraisal of classical education that offers a workable program for contemporary school reform. David Hicks contends that the classical tradition promotes a spirit of inquiry that is concerned with the development of style and conscience, which makes it an effective and meaningful form of education. Dismissing notions that ... Read more

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A reissue of a classic text, Norms and Nobility is a provocative reappraisal of classical education that offers a workable program for contemporary school reform. David Hicks contends that the classical tradition promotes a spirit of inquiry that is concerned with the development of style and conscience, which makes it an effective and meaningful form of education. Dismissing notions that
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A Life in Good Company

by Charles Scribner III ...

Join a literary insider for a behind-the-scenes tour of art heists, opera icons, and the golden age of publishing.From the author of Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing comes this new collection of personal essays reflecting on the past fifty years of his pursuits and passions in literature, art, and music. Beginning with a memoir of his father’s tutelage through letters to a young son away ... Read more

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Join a literary insider for a behind-the-scenes tour of art heists, opera icons, and the golden age of publishing.From the author of Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing comes this new collection of personal essays reflecting on the past fifty years of his pursuits and passions in literature, art, and music. Beginning with a memoir of his father’s tutelage through letters to a young son away
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The Fifth of November

by Charles S. Bentley & Frank Kimball Scribner ...

The title, "The Fifth of November," is likely a reference to the historical event known as the Gunpowder Plot, which occurred on November 5th, 1605, in England. The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt by a group of Catholic conspirators to assassinate King James I by blowing up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament. The plot was foiled, and its failure is commemorated annually in ... Read more

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The title, "The Fifth of November," is likely a reference to the historical event known as the Gunpowder Plot, which occurred on November 5th, 1605, in England. The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt by a group of Catholic conspirators to assassinate King James I by blowing up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament. The plot was foiled, and its failure is commemorated annually in
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Sacred Muse

A Preface to Christian Art & Music

by Charles Scribner III ...

This small book provides an introduction to the rich and variegated subject of Christian currents through art and music down the ages, from Early Christian art to the present. It is personal and selective in its focus on favorite major artists and their subjects as exemplars of a wide range of sacred themes. The author’s lifelong professional focus on the Baroque giants Rubens and Bernini, along ... Read more

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This small book provides an introduction to the rich and variegated subject of Christian currents through art and music down the ages, from Early Christian art to the present. It is personal and selective in its focus on favorite major artists and their subjects as exemplars of a wide range of sacred themes. The author’s lifelong professional focus on the Baroque giants Rubens and Bernini, along
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Scribners

Five Generations in Publishing

by Charles Scribner III ...

Scribners tells the inside story of five generations—over 150 years—at the legendary publishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons, beginning with its founding in an unused chapel in downtown New York, continuing through its golden era on Fifth Avenue above the famous landmark bookstore and down to the present day. The author, the fifth of the Charleses to work at that house of celebrated authors, ... Read more

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Scribners tells the inside story of five generations—over 150 years—at the legendary publishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons, beginning with its founding in an unused chapel in downtown New York, continuing through its golden era on Fifth Avenue above the famous landmark bookstore and down to the present day. The author, the fifth of the Charleses to work at that house of celebrated authors,
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Home by Another Route

A Journal of Art, Music, and Faith

by Charles Scribner III ...

In this spiritual journal written over the course of a year, the author reflects throughout the liturgical seasons on the serendipitous interweaving of music, art, and faith in daily life. ... Read more

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In this spiritual journal written over the course of a year, the author reflects throughout the liturgical seasons on the serendipitous interweaving of music, art, and faith in daily life.
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The Shadow of God

A Journey Through Memory, Art, and Faith

by Charles Scribner III ...

The Shadow of God is part memoir, part spiritual autobiography, and part tour of great works of art, literature, and music. In the form of a journal written over the course of a year, Charles Scribner shares childhood recollections of a household where figures like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald were family friends. He tells stories from his own noteworthy publishing career, from his ... Read more

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The Shadow of God is part memoir, part spiritual autobiography, and part tour of great works of art, literature, and music. In the form of a journal written over the course of a year, Charles Scribner shares childhood recollections of a household where figures like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald were family friends. He tells stories from his own noteworthy publishing career, from his
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The Fifth of November

Journeys through History and Memory: An Anthology of Remembrance and Change

by Frank Kimball Scribner, Charles S. Bentley ...

The Fifth of November weaves an intricate tapestry of tales and narratives exploring the themes of remembrance, revolution, and the capricious dance of fate and history. This anthology traverses a broad spectrum of literary styles, encompassing lyrical prose, arresting narratives, and profound musings that echo the tumultuous cadence of the fated day it commemorates'ÄîGuy Fawkes Night. While ... Read more

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The Fifth of November weaves an intricate tapestry of tales and narratives exploring the themes of remembrance, revolution, and the capricious dance of fate and history. This anthology traverses a broad spectrum of literary styles, encompassing lyrical prose, arresting narratives, and profound musings that echo the tumultuous cadence of the fated day it commemorates'ÄîGuy Fawkes Night. While
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The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts

by Charles S. Bentley, Frank Kimball Scribner ...

It has not been the intention of the authors of The Fifth of November to write an historical novel, though, throughout the story, they have endeavored to follow as closely as was consistent with the plot in hand, the historical facts collected by the various writers who have made the nature and workings of the Gunpowder Plot a special study. With one or two exceptions, the characters in the ... Read more

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It has not been the intention of the authors of The Fifth of November to write an historical novel, though, throughout the story, they have endeavored to follow as closely as was consistent with the plot in hand, the historical facts collected by the various writers who have made the nature and workings of the Gunpowder Plot a special study. With one or two exceptions, the characters in the
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Cry, the Beloved Country

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A worldwide bestseller when it was first published in 1948, Alan Paton’s impassioned novel about a black man’s country under white man’s law is a work of searing beauty.Cry, the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of Stephen Kumalo, a Zulu pastor, and his son, Absalom. Set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s, it is also the story of a land and a people torn by racial ... Read more

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A worldwide bestseller when it was first published in 1948, Alan Paton’s impassioned novel about a black man’s country under white man’s law is a work of searing beauty.Cry, the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of Stephen Kumalo, a Zulu pastor, and his son, Absalom. Set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s, it is also the story of a land and a people torn by racial
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