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It is hard to find a more polarizing author than Austen, who was revered by her admirers and despised by her critics. Either way, her works demand a passionate response two hundred years after they were published. Born in 1775 in England to a middle-class family, Austen had her greatest success shortly before her death....[more]
Isaac Yudovich Ozimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American author, best known for his science fiction novels and short stories. He also wrote mystery, fantasy, and non-fiction. Asimov wrote or edited approximately five hundred books and more than nine thousand letters and postcards. One of his short sto....[more]
Minister and best-selling Christian author Max Lucado was educated at Abilene Christian University. He has been pastor of the Oak Hills Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas since 1988. He also hosts UpWords, a fifteen minute radio show that can be heard in thirty states. Lucado has authored over twenty books, three o....[more]
When Mike Shatzkin was 8 years old, he would amuse himself typing tabular lists of presidents of the United States on a portable Underwood he found at his grandmother’s house. Mike’s father, Leonard Shatzkin figured he’d better learn to touch-type. “Either we teach him the right way or he’ll teach himself the wrong way....[more]
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Dik Browne was born in Manhattan on August 11, 1917. He spent a year at the Cooper Union Art School before taking his first job with a newspaper in 1936. As a copy boy with the New York Journal, he tried to become a reporter but accepted a transfer to the art department. There, he drew maps and charts, and went on to d....[more]
Cynthia Ceilan tends to find humor where others fear to tread: death, crazy relationships, and the fragile sensibilities of people who are offended by words like "death" and "crazy." She lives in New York City.
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Louisa May Alcott was born November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She was the second of four daughters born to Amos Bronson Alcott, a well-known transcendentalist philosopher and educator, and Abigail May Alcott. In 1834, the Alcott family moved to Massachusetts, where they became acquainted with writers and ....[more]
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Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. In 1973, Bryson went backpacking in England, where he eventually decided to settle. He wrote for the English newspapers The Times and The Independent, as well as supplementing his income by writing travel articles. Bryson moved back to the States in 1995. His first tra....[more]
Humor, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
Mike Thaler was born in Los Angeles, California in 1936. He started his professional career drawing cartoons for adults. A children's book editor saw one of these cartoons and encouraged Mike to try his hand at writing for children. His first attempt met with success, and The Magic Boy was published in 1961. The creato....[more]
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Consumer Guide The Consumer Guide is a resource that helps consumers make informed buying decisions. A team of editors review thousands of products and every new car each year. They provide information that includes pricing, features and specifications and provide feature-by-feature comparisons to make the choices easi....[more]
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