homes and haunts

Thoreau discusses his philosophy of life and observations of nature written while spending two years in a cabin on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts.

The author shares the delights of his return to Provence after a brief stay in the United States.

Cultural reporter for "Newsweek" Malcolm Jones reflects on his childhood in North Carolina during the 1950s and 1960s, discussing how the marriage of his parents failed and its effect on him, his education, religious upbringing, pastimes, and other related topics.

The author shares the delights of his return to Provence after a brief stay in the United States.

Profiles the friendship between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, discussing how the two met, why they were so competitive, and how their friendship was affected by their writing.

Contains seventeen essays which explore the influence authors Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald had on each other's work, and the role of France, where the two men first met, on their relationship and careers.

Explores how differences in temperament between artists Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh created an explosive form of inspiration for both while the two men lived together for nine weeks in 1888.

Presents volume two of the author's first-hand account of the joys and oddities of life in Provence, France where he and his wife are fulfilling their dream of living in a restored farmhouse in the countryside.

Homar Hickam chronicles the experiences he has as a young boy growing up in the small coal-mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia.