In the wake of family collapse, a writer moves to London with her two young sons. The process of upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions—personal, moral, artistic, practical—as she endeavors to construct a new reality for...
English teachers
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Author:Rachel CuskSummary: -
Author:Dobson, JoanneSummary:In classic noir tradition, English Professor Karen Pelletier gains a client when her office door opens and Trouble walks in. The dog, a Rottweiler, brings with him a famous Private Eye novelist and a problem. And since Sunny Hardcastle...
- Author:Riordan, RickSummary:
When two professors are killed in quick succession at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Tres is asked to finish teaching the semester's literature classes. All he has to do is keep his investigation of the murders quiet--and stay...
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Author:Bush, Harold K.Summary:The allure of literary letters and rare first editions captures the imaginations of three professors of English literature and leads to tragedy in the wake of the Great Kobe Earthquake of 1995.
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Author:Wright, EricSummary:Joe Barley, full-time English professor and part-time private detective, is given a simple case: to track Jason Tyler and find proof of his adultery. But as he’s investigating, Barley stumbles across the story of a missing manuscript...
- Author:King, LilySummary:
Fifteen years ago Vida Avery arrived alone and pregnant at elite Fayer Academy. By living on campus, on an island off the New England coast, Vida has cocooned herself and her son, Peter, from the outside world and from an inside secret...
- Author:Riordan, RickSummary:
Tres Navarre, Ph.D., has taken a summer teaching job at the University of Texas at Austin. He plans to live with his brother Garrett, a computer wizard, while enjoying a laid-back academic term. But when Garrett's partner in a start-up...
- Author:Riordan, RickSummary:
With his gang of murderous thugs, Stirman pursues Erainya, the boss of college professor turned P.I. Tres Navarre. Erainya's husband Fred helped put Stirman behind bars, and although Fred is dead, Stirman wants his revenge. Now only...
- Author:Boylan, Jennifer FinneySummary:
Narrated by the author with two afterwords: one written and read by Deirdre Finney Boylan, and one written and read by Richard Russo. The provocative bestseller She's Not There is the winning, utterly surprising story of a person...
- Author:Cotugno, Katie, Bushnell, CandaceSummary:
Marin, a star student and editor of the school paper, is shocked when her charismatic English teacher comes on to her. When Marin works up the courage to report it to the administration, no one believes her. As things heat up at school...
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Author:Cusk, RachelSummary:"Rachel Cusk's Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and stark, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing during an oppressively hot summer in Athens. She leads her students in storytelling exercises. She...
- Author:Woo, X. L.Summary:
Written in a literary, narrative style, the book gives readers a picture of Chinese society and the country as it evolved beyond recognition in one lifetime. A few details suffice to give the flavor of life under Japanese rule in...
- Author:Napoli, RoseSummary:
Ten years ago, Laura was a student in Alan Wells' English class. She was uncharacteristically smart for a fifteen-year-old - perceptive and vulnerable - a dream for a flailing teacher. Now, at twenty-five, Laura has written her...
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Author:Duncan, LoisSummary:A teenager casually suggests playing a cruel trick on the English teacher, but did he intend it to end with murder?
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Author:Pickering, SamSummary:Sweeping in and out of real and imagined places, Dreamtime highlights the curious character of an unconventional teacher, writer, traveler, husband and father as he takes stock of his multifaceted life. Sam Pickering — the inspiration...
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Author:Dobson, JoanneSummary:Karen Pelletier is about to realize her dream. After six years in the English Department at New England’s exclusive Enfield College, she is up for a tenured position. But when her rival for the one available tenured spot is found dead...
