A Fan’s Notes

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Author: Frederick Exley

This fictional memoir, the first of an autobiographical trilogy, traces a self professed failure’s nightmarish decent into the underside of American life and his resurrection to the wisdom that emerges from despair…..Read More

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Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson writes about the dark, uncanny sides of humanity with clarity and humor. Lost at Sea reveals how deep our… Continue Reading Posted in: Audiobook, Nonfiction, Writing

Barely Breathing

Emma’s struggle with an abusive home life came to a heart pounding conclusion in the final chapters of "Reason to Breathe". Now everyone in Weslyn knows Emma’s secret, but Carol… Continue Reading Posted in: High Schools, Teenage Girls, Young Adult Fiction

Her Body and Other Parties

In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has… Continue Reading Posted in: LGBT Literary Fiction, LGBT Science Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction, Women Identity

Nothing to See Here

Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their boarding school. But then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and… Continue Reading Posted in: Humorous, Literary, Nannies

Night of the Shifter’s Moon

With the Royal Scepter in hand, Princess Arianna and her unicorn are armed with Royal Magic. They are ready to reclaim the throne and conquer evil. Continue Reading Posted in: Children's, Fantasy

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Upon its publication in 1968, Slouching Towards Bethlehem confirmed Joan Didion as one of the most prominent writers on the literary scene. Her unblinking vision and deadpan tone have influenced… Continue Reading Posted in: California San Francisco, Social Conditions, Social History

You Can’t Win

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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

Three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare with Iraqi insurgents has transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into America's most sought-after heroes. Now they're on a media-intensive… Continue Reading Posted in: Dark Humor, Fiction, Football And War, Iraq War (2003 2011), Movie & Game Tie-In Fiction, TV

The Breaks of the Game

A New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team… Continue Reading Posted in: Portland Trail Blazers (Basketball Team)

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us – people who, say, made a joke… Continue Reading Posted in: Guilt, Interpersonal Relations

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell’s revolutionary understanding of comparative… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Management Science, PMP Exam, Psychoanalysis

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