Title: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume I: The Poems Author: William Butler Yeats Genre: Poetry Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: June 15, 2010 Pages: 576 The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats includes all of the poems authorized by Yeats for inclusion in his standard canon. Breathtaking in range, it encompasses the …
God the Poet
Title: God the Poet Author: Jeffrey Jay Niehaus Genre: God in literature Release Date: April 1, 2014 Pages: 159 In readable and nonscholarly fashion, Niehaus, who is both a theologian and poet, provides a theological and literary analysis of the epic poems of Dante (Divine Comedy), Milton (Paradise Lost), Cowper (The Task), and Wordsworth. Niehaus …
All Art Is Propaganda
Title: All Art Is Propaganda Author: George Orwell Genre: Literary Collections Release Date: 2009 Pages: 374 Offering commentary on the worlds of film, drama, literature, and language, a collection of criticism and essays by the author of 1984 includes such pieces as "Politics and the English Language," "Rudyard Kipling," and "Good Bad Books." This was …
The Life of Samuel Johnson
Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson Author: James Boswell Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Princeton University Press Release Date: 1992 Pages: 1278 (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) I recently included a “bucket book” in my line-up of books I am reading. These are books I really ought to have read by this time in my …
Mozart: A Life
Title: Mozart Author: Paul Johnson Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Viking Adult Release Date: 2013 Pages: 164 A portrait of the genius eighteenth-century composer focuses on his significant output of music and how it reflected his ability to master virtually all of the musical instruments of his period, and challenges myths about his health, finances, …
C.S. Lewis & Mere Christianity
Title: C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity Author: Paul McCusker Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Tyndale House Pub Release Date: May 30, 2014 Pages: 228 Tells the story of the dramatic events and personal sacrifice that went into the creation of Mere Christianity. I liked this one, filing it under biography. But it is actually …
Psmith in the City
Title: Psmith in the City Author: P. G. Wodehouse Genre: Fiction Release Date: 2003 Pages: 201 Psmith in the Cityfinds the inimitable Psmith working at a bank and determined not to let honest toil depress him. Standard Wodehouse fare, and very good. This was different, however, in that it contained no Wodehouse female of any …
The Pickwick Papers
Title: The Pickwick Papers Author: Charles Dickens, Mark Wormald, Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Release Date: 1837 Pages: 800 Four bumbling members of a nineteenth-century London social club, known as the legendary Pickwick Club, journey to places outside the city and become involved in romantic foibles, danger, and a few legal scrapes. Okay, so I have …
Samuel Adams: A Life
Title: Samuel Adams Author: Ira Stoll Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Free Press Release Date: November 3, 2009 Pages: 352 The gripping story of the man who was the American Revolution’s moral compass—Ira Stoll tells readers who Samuel Adams was, why he has been forgotten, and why he must be remembered. Thomas Jefferson called Samuel …
The Mischief of Sin
Title: The Mischief of Sin Author: Thomas Watson Publisher: CreateSpace Release Date: February 16, 2014 Pages: 54 Thomas Watson was a Puritan preacher and author whose writings are still popular among Christians today. In Watson's devotional, The Mischief of Sin, he explains the effect sin has on Christians and how hidden it can remain due …