Search Results: Returned 12 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 12
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2000., Perennial Classics Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography in which American author Mark Twain, writing from his deathbed, tells the story of his life and experiences.
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2005., Back Bay books Call No: Humor 814.54 Sed Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of stories written by humorist David Sedaris drawn from his experiences as a child growing up in North Carolina and a struggling writer in New York City. Sedaris describes his family, friends, and various odd acquaintances.
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-- Let us pretend this never happenedc2012., G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2004., Greenwood Press Call No: 921 TWAIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Greenwood biographiesSummary Note: Presents a biography on Mark Twain and profiles his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri and the injustices he witnessed during the era of slavery, and his career as an author and includes the Clemens family ancestry and a listing of the books by the author.
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1984., Simon & Schuster Call No: 818 .409 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The life of the famous humorist whose numerous occupations included printer's apprentice, steamboat pilot, gold miner, frontiersman, and reporter.
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c2006., Adolescent, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: 921 TWAIN McA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Writers and their worksSummary Note: "A biography of writer Mark Twain, describing his life, his major works, and the legacy of his writing"--Provided by publisher.
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2006, Benchmark Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Writers and their works.Summary Note: A biography of writer Mark Twain, describing his life, his major works, and the legacy of his writing.
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c1997., Back Bay books Call No: B Sedaris Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of memoirs from humorist David Sedaris.
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c1904, The Century Co Call No: FIC BAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Collection GalliaSummary Note: The hero of this novel is an old man, whose consuming passion is to deprive himself of everything for the sake of his two ungrateful daughters Mme. deNucingen and Mme. deRestaud. The two daughters are married to wealthy men of position, but both, though ashamed of the bourgeois manners of their vemicelli-manufacturing father, expect him to extricate them from financial difficulties. Goriot living in a state of shabbiness in a cheap boardinghouse dies of apoplexy, after he has sacrificed his last silver plate. The two daughters reward him by sending empty carriages to the funeral.
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2009., Back Bay books Call No: Humor 814.54 Sed Edition: 1st Back Bay trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Features a collection of essays written by David Sedaris that explore his mother-in-law's battles with a parasitic worm that lived in her leg, an encounter with a dingo, the recreational uses for an external catheter, the buying of a human skeleton, and David's attempts to quit smoking while in Tokyo.
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c2002., Harcourt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the man from Oklahoma, known for his wise and witty sayings.
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[1971], Juvenile, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the cowboy who became one of America's noted humorists.