Washoe County Library System

"Adam Nicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past"-- "Nicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past. What is the nature of things? What is justice? How can I be myself? How should we treat each other? Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings and their priests. Twenty-five hundred years ago, in...

Chronicles the African American renaissance in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s, assessing how it rivaled Harlem and Chicago as a site of black culture and influence

"All American women aspire to have the nonchalant style and grace of French women, that je ne sais quoi that makes all of their habits seem natural and effortless. In Une Femme française , fashion designer Catherine Malandrino, a Frenchwoman who has lived and worked in the US for thirty years, reveals French women's secrets for an American audience. Readers who loved Ines de la Fressange's Parisian Chic and our own Entre Nous will grab a café and...

Presents the biography by James Boswell of his friend Samuel Johnson. Johnson's complex personality (his depression, fear of death, intellectual brilliance and rough humour) is set within a vivid picture of 18th century London.

This daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning will arouse curiosity, refresh knowledge, expand horizons, and keep the mind sharp. Millions of Americans keep bedside books of prayer and meditative reflection--collections of daily passages to stimulate spiritual thought and advancement. This is a secular version of the same--a collection of 365 short lessons that will inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year. Each daily digest...

"The Texas refinery town of Leechfield, perched on the swampy rim of the Gulf, is famous for mosquitoes and the manufacture of Agent Orange - a place where the only bookstores are religious ones and the restaurants serve only fried food. A handful of the Leechfield oil workers gather regularly at the American Legion Bar to drink salted beer and spin long, improbable tales. They're the Liars' Club. And to the girl whose father is the club's undisputed...

"A history of the thinkers, writers, and artists who shaped intellectual culture in Cold War Europe and America"--

Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies.