books by Anchor Books     books:     Anchor Books      Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe Anchor Books, 2000 What makes fiction important I know this is the classic debate of all time when it comes to literature: Is it about beautifully written prose (THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, incidentally, is a good example of this problem) or does it tell a compelling story? (yet the prose itself is not its strong ...             The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007: The Best Stories of the Year Anchor Books, 2007 Diverse collection with several exceedingly well-crafted, transcendent stories Every year for the past 10+ years I have read both the O. Henry Prize Stories anthology and The Best American Short Stories anthology. My main complaint about O. Henry series editor Laura Furman has been her tendency to pick stories which focus on loss, illness, death ...             The Right Attitude to Rain (An Isabel Dalhousie Mystery) Alexander McCall Smith Anchor Books, 2007 *SLEUTHING for Future Choices /OR/ Leaving all to INTUITION?* Whether you have been reading "The Right Attitude to Rain" . . . "Love Over Scotland" or "Blue Shoes & Happiness" . . . you and your book friends will probably have a discussion eventually . . . about the author! For two of his series, author Alexander McCall Smith ...             Beyond Culture Edward T. Hall Anchor Books, 1977 Chapter 1: Education doesn't necessarily mean Learning I read this book for the first time over 20 years ago after I graduated from college with an unrelated science major which I found loathesome and never used. I had already read "The Hidden Dimension" when working with an architect. I am not about to read this one again ...             Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of ... Janet Wallach Anchor Books, 2005 Illuminating and timely It's remarkable that a book written about events that took place 100 years ago has direct relevance to today, but that's just one of the many strengths of "Desert Queen." When you read about Gertrude Bell's political savvy about Iraq and the stubborness of the male ...             Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation John Ehle Anchor Books Doubleday, 1997 Not all shame belongs to the white man No one can doubt that the Native Americans were robbed of their land and wealth in the white mans rapid expansion and desire for land. What this book brings to light are the other culprits in this tragedy. It is difficult to picture a leader of the Cherokee people ...             Lust, Caution: The Story Eileen Chang Anchor Books, 2007 A Woman's Heart It is difficult to fully appreciate the significance of this short novel in the English translation, and so for people who may not understand the original Chinese version, the key to understanding it is to watch the uncensored version of the film by Lee Ang as well. ...             Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy William Barrett Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1962 Between the immediate and the theoretical Nothing is more exhausting than the search for meaning. Every question has a thousand answers, each claiming to be correct. And each can be challenged by a thousand objections. Evermore we come out the same door as in we went, and return to -- ourselves. We alone are ...             The Annotated Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Anchor Books, 2007 Excellent background information The notes on the opposite page of teach page of the book are very helpful in understanding the exact meanings and the connotations of many words and phrases that were in use in the period when Jane Austen is writing. The historical background of that era and ...             Black Mountain Martin Duberman Anchor Books, 1973 Artists and Intellectual community (From Back Cover) This is the first complete story of Black Mountain College, perhaps the most important community of artists and intellectuals in American history. During its 23 year existence (1933-1956) in the foothills of North Carolina, this experimental ...             BEE SEASON MYLA GOLDBERG Anchor Books, 2004 If You Believe.... I give Bee Season high marks for Myla Goldberg's vivid and incisive writing style and her fresh treatment of the common literary theme of the dissolution of a well-to-do American family (Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and, more recently, Judith Guest's ...             The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006: The Best Stories of the Year Anchor Books, 2006 Editor Furman's darkest and best collection yet As in her two previous volumes (2003, 2005 - there was no O. Henry Prize volume dated 2004, forever throwing a kink into the collection on my bookshelf), series editor Laura Furman has gravitated toward subject matter that can only be described as dark and depressing. ...          products you might be interested in search for books adventurer, annotated, existential, extraordinary, irrational, philosophy      toavi.com    web we recommend What makes fiction important randomly chosen book: Praying with the Dominicans: To Praise, to Bless, to Preach