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Out of the massive research for an authoritative 1,500-page biography emerges this wunderkammer of 99 delightfully odd facts about Kafka In the course of compiling his highly acclaimed three-volume biography of Kafka, while foraying to libraries and archives from Prague to Israel, Reiner Stach...

This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

John Metcalf's Shut Up He Explained defies expectations and strict definition. Part memoir, part travelogue, part criticism -- wholly Metcalf -- it is thoughtful, engaged, contentious and often very funny. It offers a full does of Metcalfian wisdom and wit, and provides ample evidence that neither age...

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared: by Jonas Jonasson | Conversation Starters A Brief Look Inside: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson is a fun and quirky story about an old man who is on the run from the police,...

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker | Conversation Starters “Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams” by Matthew Walker is Dr. Walker’s exploration and explanation of why sleep should be valued by everybody. He uses his background in sleep...

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore | Conversation Starters The Radium Girls, the newest novel release from author Kate Moore, is the story of the women who worked in radium-dial factories in the United States. The radium they use to paint the numbers on...

The Rules of Magic: A Novel by Alice Hoffman | Conversation Starters The Owens family has been cursed in love since their ancestor, Maria Owens, was charged with being a witch in the 1600s. In 1960s New York City, Susanna Owens is raising her three children: Franny, Jet, and Vincent. Susanna...

The Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story by Paul Aurandt. It includes a detailed Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

The Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein. It includes a detailed Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud | Conversation Starters “Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No to Take Control of Your Life” is a concise life tool offered by authors Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. This guide book shows specific examples of life’s problems because boundaries...

Narrative has been central to human life for millennia, and the twentieth century has been preeminently the age of the story. Mass culture and mass leisure have enabled us to spend far more time absorbing stories, real and imaginary, than any of our ancestors. Whether or not this has been to our benefit...

In this unusual memoir of the life of the mind, the founding editor of The Threepenny Review reflects upon the choices she has made in pursuit of her vocation as a self-described "eighteenth-century man of letters." Wendy Lesser, one of our shrewdest cultural observers, describes how her...

The Grinding It Out Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of Grinding It Out by Ray Kroc. It includes a detailed Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.