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1974 - A Personal History by Francine Prose
Category: Biography Memoir
"In this remarkable memoir, the qualities that have long distinguished Francine Prose's fiction and criticism--uncompromising intelligence, a gratifying aversion to sentiment, the citrus bite of irony--give rigor and, finally, an unexpected poignancy to an emotional, artistic, and political coming-of-ag ...Show more
After by Francine Prose
Category: Children's
The shootings in Pleasant Valley were fifty miles away, but at Central High a grief and crisis counselor is hired, security is increased, and privileges are being taken away. No one knows why. If you break the new rules the punishment is severe. And the rules keep changing every day. School feels lik ...Show more
Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife by Francine Prose
Category: Biography
In June, 1942, Anne Frank received a red-and-white checked diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. For two years, with ever-increasing maturity, Anne crafted a memoir that has become one of the most compelling, intima ...Show more
Blue Angel by Francine Prose
Category: Fiction | Series: P. S. Ser.
The National Book Award Finalist from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Francine Prose--now the major motion picture Submission "Screamingly funny ... Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment hearing that rivals the Salem witch trials." --USA TodayIt's been years since Swenson, a professor ...Show more
Cecily Brown by Francine Prose; Courtney J. Martin; Jason Rosenfeld; Jacqueline Sather (Contribution by)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The first -- and highly anticipated -- monograph on one of the most influential painters of our time Cecily Brown is a British-born, New York-based artist who rose to prominence in the late 1990s. Originally influenced by Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Brown has over the years developed her unique v ...Show more
Cleopatra - Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose
Category: History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacyThe siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress who allegedly rolled out of a carpet she had herself smuggled in to see Caesar, Cleopatra is a figure shrouded in myth. Beyon ...Show more
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy
GOLDENGROVE LARGE PRINT by PROSE, FRANCINE
Category: Fiction
At the center of Francine Prose's profoundly moving new novel is a young girl facing the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift toward their own risky consolations, thirteen-year-old Nico is left alone to grope toward understanding and clarity, falling into a se ...Show more