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Penguin classicsParks, Tim.
Summary: "Why do we need fiction? Why do books need to be printed on paper, copyrighted, read to the finish? Why should a group of aging Swedish men determine what "world" literature is best? Do books change anything? Did they use to? Do we read to challenge our vision of the world or to confirm it? Has novel writing turned into a job like any other? In Where I'm Reading From, the internationally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 PARParks, Tim
Summary: "Beloved guide to Italian culture and history Tim Parks traces Garibaldi's famous journey across the Apennines in search of the country's past and present. In the summer of 1849 Giuseppe Garibaldi, the legendary hero of guerrilla wars and future architect of a united Italy, was finally forced to concede defeat to the French in his defense of a revolutionary Roman republic. But determined to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.083 PARParks, Tim.
Summary: An Italian travelogue describes the trains that traverse the country, from the architecture of old train stations to the new high-speed railways, and portrays the author's memorable encounters along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.22 PARParks, Tim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Weidenfeld 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.34 PARMachiavelli, Niccolò
Summary: Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is a political treatise sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. It was also in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines of the time concerning how to consider politics and ethics. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Books 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320 MACSummary: After beating a murder rap for selling faulty e-cigarettes at a music festival, Tim launches a campaign for San Bernardino District Attorney despite a complete lack of experience. Fueled by ego and ignorance, he tries to surmount the obstacles facing him by personally connecting with unsuspecting voters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MISPears, Tim
Summary: "Somerset, 1911. The forces of war are building across Europe, but this pocket of England, where the rhythms of lives are dictated by the seasons and the land, remains untouched. Leo, a talented rider and son of the underkeeper to the head groundskeeper, grows up alongside the master's spirited daughter Charlotte"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017