William Deresiewicz

William Deresiewicz

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A Jane Austen Education
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A Jane Austen Education
  • By: William Deresiewicz
  • Narrator: Sean Pratt
  • Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Publish date: January 01, 2011
  • Language: English
An eloquent memoir of a young man’s life transformed by literature. In A Jane Austen Education, Austen scholar William Deresiewicz turns to the author’s novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and... Read more
Excellent Sheep
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Excellent Sheep
  • By: William Deresiewicz
  • Length: 8 hours 35 minutes
  • Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
  • Publish date: August 19, 2014
  • Language: English
  • (6156 ratings)
(6156 ratings)
As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation’s brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively, and how to find a... Read more
The Death of the Artist
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The Death of the Artist
  • By: William Deresiewicz
  • Narrator: Sean Patrick Hopkins
  • Length: 13 hours 55 minutes
  • Publisher: Macmillan Audio
  • Publish date: July 28, 2020
  • Language: English
  • (248 ratings)
(248 ratings)
A deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens artists’ lives and work–the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our souls and societies–from an award-winning essayist and critic There are two stories you... Read more
The End of Solitude
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The End of Solitude
  • By: William Deresiewicz
  • Length: 12 hours 57 minutes
  • Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
  • Publish date: August 23, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (80 ratings)
(80 ratings)
What is the Internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? What is the purpose of art, and what can we learn from the past?These are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of... Read more

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Is There a Monster in My Closet? Benjamin is NOT afraid of the dark or of monsters. That is, until one night when the bumps in his closet become too noisy to ignore. He bravely explores his room, finding fuzzy monster friends who are just as afraid of him and his little dog, Rex, as he is of them! Enjoy this story of bravery and friendship even in unlikely places! Read Book
The Shaytan Bride The true story of how one Muslim woman shaped her own fate and escaped her forced wedding.Sumaiya Matin was never sure if the story of the Shaytan Bride was truth or myth. When she moved at age six from Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Thunder Bay, Ontario, recollections of this devilish bride followed her. At first, the Shaytan Bride seemed to be the monster of fairy tales, a woman possessed or seduced by ... Read Book
The Monet Murders Private-investigator-to-the-stars Riley Fitzhugh finds himself caught up in the case of a missing Hollywood beauty—and a stolen Monet—in a 1930s hard-boiled caper as deadly as it is delightful. Hollywood, 1934. Prohibition is finally over, but there is still plenty of crime for an ambitious young private eye to investigate. Though he has a slightly checkered past, Riley Fitzhugh is well ... Read Book
Tachando días (Ticking off Days) Cuando he llegado a la redacción esta mañana juro que pensaba que sería un día tranquilo. Pero entonces viene Almudena, mi jefa, y me ofrece un puesto que nadie en su sano juicio rechazaría, y yo por ahora me considero bastante cuerda.—Para que tú puedas ocupar ese puesto, alguien debe ocupar el tuyo—ha dicho después, y yo he pensado: joder, perfecto. Almudena me entrega el currículum ... Read Book
The Case of the Love Commandos In this contemporary Romeo and Juliet story set within India’s caste system, private investigator Vish Puri faces his most difficult challenge to date–a high-stakes mystery involving one of India’s most controversial commodities: love. When Ram and Tulsi fall in love, the young woman’s parents are dead set against the union. She’s from a high-caste family, but her boyfriend is an ... Read Book
Un mes para vivir (A Month to Live) QUE PASARIA SI SOLO TE QUEDARA UN MES DE VIDA? oComo conseguirias que cada dia importara de verdad? oQue empezarias o dejarias de hacer? oComo te relacionarias con los demas? Un mes para vivir te da los instrumentos para concentrarte y ser tal como Dios te creo: apasionado, plenamente vivo y sin remordimientos. En Un mes para vivir aprenderas los cuatro principios para vivir una vida sin ... Read Book
Tale of the Thunderbolt (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] It’s the forty-eighth year of the Kurian Order. The alien, vampiric Kur and their avatars, the Reapers, control most of the Earth- their new feeding ground. Humanity is scattered and survives only at their new master’s whims. But the Resistance is attempting to reclaim Earth. David Valentine, member of the elite Cat spy force, is in enemy uniform aboard the aging gunboat Thunderbolt. Whispers ... Read Book
Pawn Nicole Lee’s life is going nowhere. No family, no money, and stuck in a relationship with a thug named Bungie. But, after one of Bungie’s “deals” goes south, he and Nicole are whisked away by a mysterious moth-like humanoid to a strange ship called the Fyrantha.Once aboard, life on the ship seems too good to be true. All she has to do is work on one of the ship’s many maintenance crews. ... Read Book
Year of Living Happy How would your life be different if you were just a bit happier every day for a year? What would you do to enjoy life just a little more day by day? Take your first step toward increased happiness with The Year of Living Happy: Finding Contentment and Connection in a Crazy World by Alli Worthington.You do your best to live life well-you work hard to be present in the moment, take care of the ... Read Book
KK Undercover Mystery: The Cookie Caper Remember what it was like to see the world with the curious eyes of innocence? KK Undercover Mystery: The Cookie Caper is a remarkable tale that reminds us how cool it was to be a kid. The author’s lighthearted message of perseverance and loyalty appeals to people of all ages; you don’t have to be a kid to smile at these pages. The story will touch your heart, and the characters will imprint ... Read Book
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