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An autobiography of American novelist Jeanne Darst, detailing her childhood, her early years of writing and drinking, and her later years of finding herself.

Presents more than thirty photos of Walden Pond and its adjoining woods, accompanied by quotations from Henry David Thoreau's "Walden.".

Presents the full text of nineteenth-century American writer Henry David Thoreau's "Walden"; selections from "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," "Cape Cod," and "The Maine Woods"; and five significant essays by Thoreau.

Tomie's life seems to go on as usual despite the war, and when he falls prey to a group of bullies, Tomie learns what it means to have a battle worth fighting.

A memoir in which Lori Smith discusses her experiences following the footsteps of author Jane Austen throughout England, a journey that gave her insights into the value of an ordinary life and provided her with relief from her own physical and mental struggles.

American children's author Jane Kurtz presents a guide to her works, discussing her childhood in Ethiopia, her writing influences, and the inspirations for her books.

Explores the time Adolf Hitler spent in Vienna, detailing his efforts to expand as an artist and revealing how his failure prompted his exploration of Vienna's underbelly. Examines how this turn of events prompted the development of his views on conservatism, anti-Semitism, and racial prejudice.

Mary-Ann Tirone Smith chronicles her French-Italian family's struggle to survive in a housing project in Hartford, Connecticut, in the years following World War II.

Discusses how Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's lives were influenced by their summer home on Campobello Island.

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.