Graduation season is upon us, and the best gifts you can give to a young graduate are wisdom, courage, and inspiration! Such treasures are of course rare, but can be best found in any of these top 10 rare books for graduates: 1. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Albee Edward Albee Edward’s play, Who’sContinue reading “Top 10 Best Rare Gifts for Graduates”
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Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Mathematician And Passionate Author
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[fusion_text]Benoit B. Mandelbrot was a mathematician who would completely change the way biologists view nature, the way financial advisors see patterns in markets, and eventually, the way computer animators design lively scenes in Pixar movies. But before his famous discovery of the Mandelbrot set in 1979, outlined in Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension, the mathematicianContinue reading “Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Mathematician And Passionate Author”
Influential and Innovative Writings by David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York in February of 1962 to parents Sally Foster and James Wallace. He spent his early childhood and adolescent years in Illinois and was regionally ranked as a junior tennis player in his teens. Wallace’s parents were both professors and when it came time to go toContinue reading “Influential and Innovative Writings by David Foster Wallace”
The Award-Winning Novels and Short Stories of Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud’s story began like many self-made persons in America during his era, as a child born to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Malamud came of age during the start of the Great Depression and attended Erasmus Hall High School, a popular public high school at the time while Brooklyn’s populationContinue reading “The Award-Winning Novels and Short Stories of Bernard Malamud”
The Prize-Winning Literature of V.S. Naipaul
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, also known as V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in the early 1930s. Naipaul’s father had emigrated from India with his grandparents in the 1880s, who sought work as indentured servants in Trinidad’s sugar plantations. Three years before Naipaul’s birth, his father began contributing to the Trinidad Guardian as an English-languageContinue reading “The Prize-Winning Literature of V.S. Naipaul”
The Satirical Works of Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was an author who found humorous and imaginative ways to write about disconcerting realities that face us every day, from the plagues of war to the looming presence of technology. In his first novel, Player Piano, Vonnegut brings the two themes together in the setting ten years after a third world war, aContinue reading “The Satirical Works of Kurt Vonnegut”
The Famous Works of James Joyce
“Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.” Those words were famously written by one of the most influential writers in the 20th century, James Joyce. The quote comes from Joyce’s work Ulysses, an epic novel that was originally published in parts throughout continuous issues of magazine TheContinue reading “The Famous Works of James Joyce”
Frank Lloyd Wright, America’s Finest 20th Century Architect
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Considered one of the greatest American architects of all time, Frank Lloyd Wright believed that structures should be designed in harmony with humanity and its environment. He coined this philosophy “organic architecture,” and it would eventually become what distinguished his innovative work. The best example of this philosophy is the Fallingwater house he designed inContinue reading “Frank Lloyd Wright, America’s Finest 20th Century Architect”
The Life and Works of Honoré de Balzac
Known for his magnum opus, The Human Comedy, Honoré de Balzac was one of those natural born talents that constantly went against the mold. As a child, his headstrong personality caused him much frustration as he navigated his way through grammar school. Shortly after graduation, Balzac took an apprenticeship in a law office but soonContinue reading “The Life and Works of Honoré de Balzac”
How to Care for Rare and First Edition Books
[fusion_text]A rare book is a treasure that is meant to be preserved for your lifetime and beyond. Building your own personal library is a way to conserve a cultural heritage and create a lasting legacy for future generations. These books cannot be easily replaced, and it is vitally important that you understand how to takeContinue reading “How to Care for Rare and First Edition Books”