Books Archives

William Steig [1] - “Shrek” --- yes, William Steig wrote and illustrated the book that led to the movie that became the marketing.

Anna Akhmatova [2] - "Poetry is respected only in this country,” said Russian poet Osip Mandelstam.

Bob Dylan [3] - Two hundred and twenty reviews into this venture, and not one about Bob Dylan. What does that tell you? It might suggest that the proprietor of

Stanley Kunitz [4] - It says a great deal about Stanley Kunitz that he was 95 when he was named Poet Laureate for the second time.

Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making, Michael Caine [5] - Michael Caine was a Cockney with burning ambition, unproven talent and few connections.

C.P. Cavafy [6] - Constantine Petrou Cavafy (1863-1933) may be one of the greatest poets of the last century, but he's mostly known for one poem.

Canal House Cooking Volume 4 [7] - “A beautiful woman is an invitation to a happiness she alone can fulfill.” Proust said that.

'A Christmas Carol' & Beyond: Shorter books, please! [8] - The writer I used to be would be appalled by the writer I have become. A butcher. Back in the days before you could get credit at Harvard for t

'wichcraft: Craft a Sandwich into a Meal -- And a Meal into a Sandwich, Tom Collicchio [9] - Tom Colicchio is on television so often that I can’t quite picture him actually having a day job.

100 Journeys for the Spirit [10] - Landscapes with spiritual power --- haven’t we been there before? Yes. We have. The book is Sacred Landscapes: The Threshold Between Worlds.

2182 Kilohertz, David Masiel [11] - I've just read a stunning news item: So much of the Arctic ice cover has disappeared “that a ship could sail unhindered from Europe's most n

740 Park, Michael Gross [12] - I was once married to an extremely rich woman. When we were out together, her set tended to forget I was a writer --- worse, a journalist.

A Butler's Life, Kimberly Allen [13] - Jeeves is no more.

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, Molly Wizenberg [14] - A book that begins with a father, surveying the dinner table, remarking, “You know, we eat better at home than most people do in restaurants&r

A Million Little Pieces, James Frey [15] - I am old enough to have lost friends to drugs and alcohol addiction.

A Month of Sundays: Searching for the Spirit and My Sister, Julie Mars [16] - "A Month of Sundays" is about the death of Shirley Kress Carter, born in 1937 and died as Christmas ended in 2000. Shirley was a mother

A New Path to the Waterfall, Raymond Carver [17] - What if you only had a year to live? How would you live it? There’s no easier question.

A Problem from Hell, Samantha Power [18] - June, 1989.

A Really Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson [19] - For almost half of her 7.75 years, our daughter has gone to sleep as her mother delivers a lecture.

A Round-Heeled Woman, Jane Juska [20] - You may not know her name, but you have probably heard of Jane Juska, the 66-year-old retired teacher from California who placed the following ad in

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[1] http://www.headbutler.com/books/children/william-steig
[2] http://www.headbutler.com/books/poetry/anna-akhmatova
[3] http://www.headbutler.com/books/biography/bob-dylan
[4] http://www.headbutler.com/books/poetry/stanley-kunitz
[5] http://www.headbutler.com/books/self-help/michael-caine
[6] http://www.headbutler.com/books/poetry/cp-cavafy
[7] http://www.headbutler.com/books/food-and-wine/canal-house-cooking-volume-4
[8] http://www.headbutler.com/books/fiction/christmas-carol-and-beyond-shorter-books-please
[9] http://www.headbutler.com/books/food-and-wine/wichcraft-craft-sandwich-meal-and-meal-sandwich
[10] http://www.headbutler.com/books/spirituality/100-journeys-spirit
[11] http://www.headbutler.com/books/fiction/2182-kilohertz
[12] http://www.headbutler.com/books/non-fiction/740-park
[13] http://www.headbutler.com/books/non-fiction/butlers-life
[14] http://www.headbutler.com/books/food-and-wine/homemade-life-stories-and-recipes-my-kitchen-table
[15] http://www.headbutler.com/books/fiction/million-little-pieces
[16] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/month-sundays-searching-spirit-and-my-sister
[17] http://www.headbutler.com/books/poetry/new-path-waterfall
[18] http://www.headbutler.com/books/non-fiction/problem-hell
[19] http://www.headbutler.com/books/non-fiction/really-short-history-nearly-everything
[20] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/round-heeled-woman
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