Baker, Nicholson

Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, in pursuit of the realities of American public education, signed up as a substitute teacher in a Maine public school district.

A series of short vignettes and quotations that examines the words and actions of notable and lesser-known people around the world that influenced events leading up to World War II, beginning in 1892 with Alfred Nobel's wish that his explosives would promote peace.

Collection of seventeen essays and journalistic writings that provide in-depth studies of everyday objects and occurrences not usually singled out for deep thought.

Presents a collection of comic strips, illustrations, and graphic design from Joseph Pulitzer's "New York World" magazine from 1898-1911. Includes introductory essay by Nicholson Baker.

A collection of essays explores what ails humanity, what eases pain, and what brings joy, in an anthology that considers subjects ranging from political controversies and the human fascination with video games to the forgotten heroes of pacifism.

A businessman digresses on all of the aspects of his afternoon, from an escalator ride, to plastic straws, to tying his shoes.

Explains the marketing of the brittle-paper crisis which forced libraries to destroy original bound newspapers and so-called brittle books, replacing them with inferior copies on microfilm.