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Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading

2007-12-18 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2007-12-18
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 355/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading by : Maureen Corrigan

Download or read book Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading written by Maureen Corrigan. This book was released on 2007-12-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightful memoir, the book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air reflects on her life as a professional reader. Maureen Corrigan takes us from her unpretentious girlhood in working-class Queens, to her bemused years in an Ivy League Ph.D. program, from the whirl of falling in love and marrying (a fellow bookworm, of course), to the ordeal of adopting a baby overseas, always with a book at her side. Along the way, she reveals which books and authors have shaped her own life—from classic works of English literature to hard-boiled detective novels, and everything in between. And in her explorations of the heroes and heroines throughout literary history, Corrigan’s love for a good story shines.

Leave Me Alone!

2016-09-13 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2016-09-13
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 415/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Leave Me Alone! by : Vera Brosgol

Download or read book Leave Me Alone! written by Vera Brosgol. This book was released on 2016-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wry and funny modern folktale about one grandma's epic quest to finish her knitting, from Anya's Ghost author Vera Brosgol.

Leave Me Alone

2014-10-02 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2014-10-02
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 282/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Leave Me Alone by : Kes Gray

Download or read book Leave Me Alone written by Kes Gray. This book was released on 2014-10-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling team behind Mum and Dad Glue comes an important story to help raise awareness at home or at school about stopping bullying. A little boy is feeling sad because every day he has to face a bully. But this story's little boy also has friends. A frog, a cat, a rabbit, a cow, and other animal friends insist on helping him, even after he tells them: "There's nothing you can do for me/ There's nothing you can say." Fortunately, he is mistaken, because the next time the bully approaches, they all join with him and shout, "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" And it works! The bully turns around and goes away. The gently clever use of rhyming verse gives a difficult subject a wonderfully light touch. A must-have for any child who has to deal with bullies. 'An empowering story.' - Books for Keeps

So We Read On

2014-09-09 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2014-09-09
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 081/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis So We Read On by : Maureen Corrigan

Download or read book So We Read On written by Maureen Corrigan. This book was released on 2014-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Fresh Air" book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby -- "The Great American Novel we all think we've read, but really haven't." Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, it's now a revered classic and a rite of passage in the reading lives of millions. But how well do we really know The Great Gatsby? As Maureen Corrigan, Gatsby lover extraordinaire, points out, while Fitzgerald's masterpiece may be one of the most popular novels in America, many of us first read it when we were too young to fully comprehend its power. Offering a fresh perspective on what makes Gatsby great -- and utterly unusual -- So We Read On takes us into archives, high school classrooms, and even out onto the Long Island Sound to explore the novel's hidden depths, a journey whose revelations include Gatsby 's surprising debt to hard-boiled crime fiction, its rocky path to recognition as a "classic," and its profound commentaries on the national themes of race, class, and gender. With rigor, wit, and infectious enthusiasm, Corrigan inspires us to re-experience the greatness of Gatsby and cuts to the heart of why we are, as a culture, "borne back ceaselessly" into its thrall. Along the way, she spins a new and fascinating story of her own.

Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading

2007-01-02 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2007-01-02
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 037/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading by : Maureen Corrigan

Download or read book Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading written by Maureen Corrigan. This book was released on 2007-01-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightful memoir, the book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air reflects on her life as a professional reader. Maureen Corrigan takes us from her unpretentious girlhood in working-class Queens, to her bemused years in an Ivy League Ph.D. program, from the whirl of falling in love and marrying (a fellow bookworm, of course), to the ordeal of adopting a baby overseas, always with a book at her side. Along the way, she reveals which books and authors have shaped her own life—from classic works of English literature to hard-boiled detective novels, and everything in between. And in her explorations of the heroes and heroines throughout literary history, Corrigan’s love for a good story shines.

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