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"At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big-league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended."--from...
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Surely all this is not without meaning: Exploring Moby-Dick
"It's an American icon for a reason. Even if you never read Moby-Dick or only read it under duress as a student, I encourage you to (re)consider this incredible book, and take a dive with the ungraspable phantom of life. It's the key to it all. Tit..."
"Dayswork tells the story of a woman who spends the endless days of the pandemic sorting fact from fiction in the life and work of Herman Melville. Obsessed by what his devotion to his art reveals about cost, worth, and debt, she delves into...
Shares expert guidelines on how to read and appreciate Herman Melville's classic work, offering insight into its history, characters, and themes while explaining its literary relevance in the modern world.
