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1) Roughing it
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Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical travel memoir, "Roughing It" was written between 1870-1871 and subsequently published in 1872. Billed as a prequel to "Innocents Abroad", in which Twain details his travels aboard a pleasure cruise through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867, "Roughing It" conversely documents Twain's early days in the old wild west between the years 1861-1867. Employing his characteristically humoristic wit and flare for regional dialect,...
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With color, irony, and sensitivity, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes, The Writing Life offers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.
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Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
c1986
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1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Investigates the personal history and creative process of Jack Kerouac, father of the Beat Generation, author of "On the road", and a pivotal figure of the fifties countercultural revolution. Shows what happened when fame and notoriety were thrust upon an essentially reticent man.
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At age fifty-eight, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. This chronicle of their trip meanders from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Written during a time of upheaval and racial tension in the South-which Steinbeck witnessed firsthand-Travels with Charley is a stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade.
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He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Under the...
13) Walden
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Henry D. Thoreau (1817–62) was an American author, naturalist, poet, and philosopher. He wrote many essays and books, including Civil Disobedience, Walking, and The Maine Woods, among others. John Updike (1932–2009) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and poet.
One of the most influential and compelling books in American literature, Walden is a vivid account of the years that Henry D. Thoreau spent alone in a secluded...
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Hieronymus Inc
Pub. Date
c2004
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1 DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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"The city of Los Angeles has been at the heart of all Michael Connelly's bestselling novels. In this limited edition DVD, Michael Connelly himself provides an insider's tour of the places that give his stories and characters their spark and texture. Directed by author and filmmaker Terrill Lee Lankford, Blue Neon Night brings Michael Connelly's Los Angeles to life and captures the essence of a writer's relationship with the place that inspires, frustrates,...
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Createspace Independent Pub
Pub. Date
2014
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302 p. ; 21 cm
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This entertaining and life-affirming collection of autobiographical stories explores the rewards and challenges of building a happy life of self-knowledge and creative inspiration, from a writer who has been through it all.
It's a series of observations about life, small new ways of seeing things that have made a difference to me. Many of the essays involve my big hikes in the great outdoors, and how they helped me change my perception of the world...
17) Big Sur
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2013
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1 DVD (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In an attempt to heal from the deterioration caused by the pressures of sudden fame and too much alcohol, famous Beat author Jack Kerouac escapes to an isolated, mist-shrouded cabin in the primitive landscape of the Big Sur woods. Instead of finding the peace he desires, he is foiled once again by his own inner demons and sets off on a visceral collision course of paranoia, sex, delirium tremens, misery and madness.
19) Hemingway
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Lance Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
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2 DVDs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A dramatized portrait of Ernest Hemingway as revealed through his relationships with each of his four wives.
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