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The Life of an American Poet

by James Atlas ...

National Book Award Finalist: This biography of the celebrated and castigated New York poet is "a balanced account of a notoriously unbalanced life" ( Commentary).A child of Romanian Jewish immigrants whose marriage was tumultuous and short-lived, Delmore Schwartz began publishing poetry in his early twenties—and received praise from such luminaries as T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Allen Tate, John ... Read more

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National Book Award Finalist: This biography of the celebrated and castigated New York poet is "a balanced account of a notoriously unbalanced life" ( Commentary).A child of Romanian Jewish immigrants whose marriage was tumultuous and short-lived, Delmore Schwartz began publishing poetry in his early twenties—and received praise from such luminaries as T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Allen Tate, John
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Bellow

A Biography

by James Atlas ...

With this masterly and original work, Bellow: A Biography, National Book Award nominee James Atlas gives the first definitive account of the Nobel Prize–winning author’s turbulent personal and professional life, as it unfolded against the background of twentieth-century events—the Depression, World War II, the upheavals of the sixties—and amid all the complexities of the Jewish-immigrant ... Read more

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With this masterly and original work, Bellow: A Biography, National Book Award nominee James Atlas gives the first definitive account of the Nobel Prize–winning author’s turbulent personal and professional life, as it unfolded against the background of twentieth-century events—the Depression, World War II, the upheavals of the sixties—and amid all the complexities of the Jewish-immigrant
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Thalia Book Club: Autobiography of a Biographer, The

by James Atlas, Edmund Morris, Stacy Schiff ...

Narrated by Various ...

Series series Thalia Book Club
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1 hour 5 min

A panel of James Atlas (Delmore Schwartz, Saul Bellow), Edmund Morris (Theodore Roosevelt) and Stacy Schiff (Vladimir Nabokov, Antoine de Saint-Exupery) discuss the process of researching and writing another person's story. ... Read more

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A panel of James Atlas (Delmore Schwartz, Saul Bellow), Edmund Morris (Theodore Roosevelt) and Stacy Schiff (Vladimir Nabokov, Antoine de Saint-Exupery) discuss the process of researching and writing another person's story.
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The Shadow in the Garden

A Biographer's Tale

by James Atlas ...

The biographer—so often in the shadows, kibitzing, casting doubt, proving facts—comes to the stage in this funny, poignant, endearing tale of how writers’ lives get documented. James Atlas, the celebrated chronicler of Saul Bellow and Delmore Schwartz, takes us back to his own childhood in suburban Chicago, where he fell in love with literature and, early on, found in himself the impulse to study ... Read more

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The biographer—so often in the shadows, kibitzing, casting doubt, proving facts—comes to the stage in this funny, poignant, endearing tale of how writers’ lives get documented. James Atlas, the celebrated chronicler of Saul Bellow and Delmore Schwartz, takes us back to his own childhood in suburban Chicago, where he fell in love with literature and, early on, found in himself the impulse to study
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The Shadow in the Garden

A Biographer's Tale

by James Atlas ...

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The biographer—so often in the shadows, kibitzing, casting doubt, proving facts—comes to the stage in this funny, poignant, endearing tale of how writers’ lives get documented. James Atlas, the celebrated chronicler of Saul Bellow and Delmore Schwartz, takes us back to his own childhood in suburban Chicago, where he fell in love with literature and, early on, found in himself the impulse to study ... Read more

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The biographer—so often in the shadows, kibitzing, casting doubt, proving facts—comes to the stage in this funny, poignant, endearing tale of how writers’ lives get documented. James Atlas, the celebrated chronicler of Saul Bellow and Delmore Schwartz, takes us back to his own childhood in suburban Chicago, where he fell in love with literature and, early on, found in himself the impulse to study
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Eminent Lives: The Presidents Collection

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Ulysses S. Grant

by James Atlas, Michael Korda, Paul Johnson, Christopher Hitchens ...

Narrated by Sam Tsoutsouvas ...

Unabridged

13 hours 21 min

Three great historians write compelling, relevent biographies of three of our most important and famous presidents in this collection of Eminent LivesMichael Korda brings his acclaimed storytelling talents to the life of Ulysses S. Grant—a man who managed to end the Civil War on a note of grace, serve two terms as president, write one of the most successful military memoirs in American literature, ... Read more

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Three great historians write compelling, relevent biographies of three of our most important and famous presidents in this collection of Eminent LivesMichael Korda brings his acclaimed storytelling talents to the life of Ulysses S. Grant—a man who managed to end the Civil War on a note of grace, serve two terms as president, write one of the most successful military memoirs in American literature,
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In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories

by Delmore Schwartz, Irving Howe ...

A new edition of the definitive book on the depression-era immigrant experience in New York City.Now with an exciting new preface by rock musician Lou Reed (Delmore Schwartz’s student at Syracuse), In Dreams Begin Responsibilities collects eight of Schwartz’s finest delineations of New York’s intellectuals in the 1930s and 1940s. As no other writer can, Schwartz captures the speech, the ... Read more

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A new edition of the definitive book on the depression-era immigrant experience in New York City.Now with an exciting new preface by rock musician Lou Reed (Delmore Schwartz’s student at Syracuse), In Dreams Begin Responsibilities collects eight of Schwartz’s finest delineations of New York’s intellectuals in the 1930s and 1940s. As no other writer can, Schwartz captures the speech, the
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Soul of Japan, The

151 Strange, Surprising, and Unforgettable Facts About Japanese Culture, History, and Everyday Life, Revealing the Traditions, Customs, and Stories Behind Modern Japan

by Annie Atlas ...

Narrated by James Whitfield ...

Unabridged

3 hours 47 min

A village of one hundred and seventy people lives inside the crater of an active volcano.⛩️ The summit of the country's most sacred mountain is privately owned.⚔️ For centuries, the samurai — Japan's most feared warriors — were paid not in gold, but in rice**.Most people think they know Japan. They know the bullet trains, the cherry blossoms, the sushi. But the country keeps its most interesting ... Read more

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A village of one hundred and seventy people lives inside the crater of an active volcano.⛩️ The summit of the country's most sacred mountain is privately owned.⚔️ For centuries, the samurai — Japan's most feared warriors — were paid not in gold, but in rice**.Most people think they know Japan. They know the bullet trains, the cherry blossoms, the sushi. But the country keeps its most interesting
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Handbook of Media for Clinical and Public Health Microbiology

by Ronald M. Atlas, James W. Snyder ...

The detection and/or isolation and identification of pathogenic microorganisms is critical for the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. With growth-dependant methods providing reliable means for identifying pathogens, traditional culturing continues to play an integral role in the detection and characterization of known and "new" microbial ... Read more

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The detection and/or isolation and identification of pathogenic microorganisms is critical for the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. With growth-dependant methods providing reliable means for identifying pathogens, traditional culturing continues to play an integral role in the detection and characterization of known and "new" microbial
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Handbook of Media for Clinical Microbiology

by James W. Snyder, Ronald M. Atlas ...

While evolving molecular diagnostic methods are being heralded for the role they will play in improving our ability to cultivate and identify bacteria, fungi, and viruses, the reality is that those new methods are still beyond the technical and financial reach of most clinical laboratories. Most clinical microbiology laboratories still rely upon cu ... Read more

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While evolving molecular diagnostic methods are being heralded for the role they will play in improving our ability to cultivate and identify bacteria, fungi, and viruses, the reality is that those new methods are still beyond the technical and financial reach of most clinical laboratories. Most clinical microbiology laboratories still rely upon cu
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Our Boston

Writers Celebrate the City They Love

by Andrew Blauner, Kevin Cullen, Mike Barnicle, E. M. Swift, Charles McGrath, Madeleine Blais, George Howe Colt, Susan Orlean, David M. Shribman, Joan Wickersham0, David Michaelis1, Katherine A. Powers2, Jabari Asim3, Lesley Visser4, Hugh Delehanty5, George Plimpton6, Leslie Epstein7, Bud Collins8, Nell Scovell9, Israel Horovitz0, Shira Springer1, Dennis Lehane2, Susan Sheehan3, James Atlas4, Leigh Montville5, Tova Mirvis6, Pagan Kennedy7, Scott Stossel8, Robert Pinsky9, Bill Littlefield0, Carlo Rotella1, Neil Swidey2, Jessica Shattuck3, John Updike4, Pico Iyer5, Sally Taylor6, André Aciman0 ...

Narrated by various narrators7, Peter Berkrot8, Johnny Heller9, Malcolm Hillgartner0, Jim Meskimen1, Joe Barrett2, Bernadette Dunne3, Bronson Pinchot4, Carrington MacDuffie5, Susan Boyce6, Kevin Kenerly7, Meredith Mitchell8, Ralph Lister9 ...

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10 hours 57 min

What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines?Perhaps the question should be, who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of men and women to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and ... Read more

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What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines?Perhaps the question should be, who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of men and women to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and
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Lou Reed & The Velvet Undergroud

by Diana Clapton ...

Biography of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground. Discography with an album-by-album review, all of this fully illustrated with great b&w and colour photos. ... Read more

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Biography of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground. Discography with an album-by-album review, all of this fully illustrated with great b&w and colour photos.
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