Biography Lover Gifts

"My Aunt Agatha – feminist, civil rights activist, philanthropist, sound engineer for 'Cheap Trick at Budokan.'"

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

Thomas Mann.

"Meet the author"

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

First Novels.

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

The DaVinci Code

Mr. Metamorphosis: "At least this better than waking up as a cockroach."

"Once upon a time, there was a princess who wasn't about to take anyone's sh*t."

Jean-Paul Sartre

'Dr Hodges, here, is from England and he's been observing us for 14 years. Mr Ferrell, an American, has been here only 3 weeks. Monique Corveu, from Paris, has practically been living with us for about nine years...'

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

Kid in time-out writes 'it was the best of time out...'

"Not to be a motion picture - will remain just a book'

Servicemen.

Television Readers.

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'