Books and reading
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- An experiment in criticism
- A reader's book of days, true tales from the lives and works of writers for every day of the year, Tom Nissley ; with illustrations by Joanna Neborsky
- Every book its reader, the power of the printed word to stir the world, Nicholas A. Basbanes
- The polysyllabic spree, by Nick Hornby
- How to talk about books you haven't read, Pierre Bayard ; translated from the French by Jeffrey Mehlman
- 10 books that screwed up the world, and 5 others that didn't help, Benjamin Wiker
- Books that have made history, books that can change your life, J. Rufus Fears
- Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional statements of the amount of duties which have accrued on books imported into the United States. April 4, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States
- The bright book of life, novels to read and reread, Harold Bloom
- Comme un roman, Daniel Pennac
- Life sentences, literary judgments and accounts, William H. Gass
- You've got to read this book!, 55 people tell the story of the book that changed their life, [compiled by] Jack Canfield, Gay Hendricks, with Carol Kline
- The new lifetime reading plan, Clifton Fadiman and John S. Major
- More alive and less lonely, on books and writers, Jonathan Lethem ; edited and with an introduction by Christopher Boucher
- The case for books, past, present, and future, Robert Darnton
- U.S. international book programs, 1981, edited by John Y. Cole
- Amending the act entitled "An Act To Provide Books for the Adult Blind." March 27, 1952. -- Ordered to be printed
- Reading is my window, books and the art of reading in women's prisons, Megan Sweeney
- Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed
- Remarkable reads, 34 writers and their adventures in reading, edited by J. Peder Zane
- G. De Lirac. July 23, 1850
- Reading and writing, Robertson Davies
- Planet on the table, poets on the reading life, editors, Sharon Bryan & William Olsen
- Why I read, the serious pleasure of books, Wendy Lesser
- 101 horror books to read before you're murdered, Sadie "Mother Horror" Hartmann, co-owner of Night Worms and editor-in-chief of Dark Hart ; foreword by Josh Malerman ; illustrations by Marco Fontanili
- Return of minute book to Savannah, Ga., Masonic Lodge. March 12, 1926. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
- Casanova was a book lover, and other naked truths and provocative curiosities about the writing, selling, and reading of books, John Maxwell Hamilton
- Book lust to go, recommended reading for travelers, vagabonds, and dreamers, Nancy Pearl
- Still no word from you, notes in the margin, Peter Orner
- The upstairs delicatessen, on eating, reading, reading about eating, and eating while reading, Dwight Garner
- Good books lately, the one-stop resource for book groups and other greedy readers, Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens
- The well-educated mind, a guide to the classical education you never had, Susan Wise Bauer
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1857
- Bookless in Baghdad, reflections on writing and writers, by Shashi Tharoor
- Lewis Marks and Alexander O. Brodie. December 28, 1831
- Curiosities of literature, John Sutherland ; with illustrations by Martin Rowson
- Books in my life, Robert B. Downs
- International copyright. Memorials of John Jay and of William C. Bryant and others, in favor of an international copyright law. March 22, 1848. -- Referred to a select committee. April 29, 1848. -- Ordered to be printed
- In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on the Library, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States transmitting the correspondence relative to certain valuable publications presented to the Library of Congress by the trustees of the British Museum, have had the same under consideration, and now respectfully report ..
- Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Duane, with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow
- Professional reading program, operate forward, warfighting first, be ready, Chief of Naval Operations
- In Senate of the United States. June 25, 1838. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ruggles submitted the following report, (To accompany Senate Bill No. 32.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred a bill to amend the act entitled "An Act To Amend the Several Acts Respecting Copyright" ..
- Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 10th of January last, a statement of the duties which have accrued on books imported into the United States during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820 and 1821. April 2, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States
- The magician's book, a skeptic's adventures in Narnia, Laura Miller
- Memorial of the Rector and visitors of the University of Virginia. December 10, 1821. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
- The joy of reading, a passionate guide to 189 of the world's best authors and their works, Charles Van Doren
- A. L. A. catalog, 8,000 volumes for a popular library, with notes : 1904, prepared by the New York State Library and the Library of Congress, under the auspices of the American Library Association publishing board ; editor, Melvil Dewey ; associate editors, May Seymour, Mrs. H. L. Elmendorf
- Books ordered by Congress. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- The well-educated mind, a guide to the classical education you never had : updated and expanded, Susan Wise Bauer
- Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st January, 1824, instructing said committee to inquire into the expediency of appropriating $5,000 for the use of the Library of Congress, accompanying a bill for effecting that object. February 24, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House
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