Publication year 1789
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Nature Versus Nurture, Religion & Spirituality, Appearance & Reality, Animals
Tags Romanticism, Religion & Spirituality, World History, Arts & Culture
Books About Art
This assortment of study guides focuses on the arts, from cinema to cuisine. Read on to explore Aristotle’s Poetics, which analyzes the nature and uses of poetry; An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski, a manual for actors based on the author’s work and teachings at the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia; and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, which chronicles the art of fine dining.
Night
Night Flying Woman
No Logo
No Two Persons
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
Now is the Time for Running
Oil and Marble
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
One Amazing Thing
One Art
One Crazy Summer
One! Hundred! Demons!
One in a Millennial
One Size Fits None
On Liberty
On Photography
On the Sublime
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Orwell's Roses
Other Words for Home
Publication year 1789
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Nature Versus Nurture, Religion & Spirituality, Appearance & Reality, Animals
Tags Romanticism, Religion & Spirituality, World History, Arts & Culture
Publication year 1983
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Colonialism, Religion & Spirituality, Community, Coming of Age, Childhood & Youth, The Past, Family, Shame & Pride, Hope
Tags Women`s Studies, Education, Education, US History, Coming of Age, Religion & Spirituality, American Literature, Anthropology, Anthropology, World History, Arts & Culture
Publication year 2000
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Economics, Community
Tags Business & Economics, Sociology, World History, Philosophy, Philosophy, Arts & Culture, Politics & Government
First published in 2000, No Logo is Naomi Klein’s classic examination of globalization and its discontents at the close of the 20th century. What started as a journalistic “hunch” about growing anticorporate sentiment on university campuses evolved into a full-scale exposé of the subterranean social and economic system lurking behind our logo-driven consumption. The stated hypothesis of the book is that “as more people discover the brand-name secrets of the global logo web, their outrage... Read No Logo Summary
Publication year 2023
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Hope, Perseverance, Love, Coming of Age, Death, Marriage, Self Discovery, Literature
Tags Psychological Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Relationships, Arts & Culture, American Literature, Modern Classic Fiction
Publication year 2022
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Art
Tags Coming of Age, Southern Literature, Modern Classic Fiction, Arts & Culture
Publication year 2009
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Siblings, Safety & Danger, Nation, Politics & Government, Community, Teamwork
Tags Military & War, Historical Fiction, Arts & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Trauma & Abuse, Sports, African Literature
Publication year 2016
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Art, Conflict, Fear, Guilt, Hate & Anger, Hope, Joy, Love, Memory, Sexual Identity, Death, Appearance & Reality, Place, Family, Fathers, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Social Class, Community, Politics & Government, War, Beauty, Fate, Order & Chaos, Power & Greed, Safety & Danger, Science & Technology
Tags Life-Inspired Fiction, Historical Fiction, Arts & Culture, Renaissance
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Truth & Lies, Fame, Art, Beauty, Fate, Nation, Self Discovery, Fear
Tags Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Arts & Culture, Horror & Suspense, Addiction & Substance Abuse, Depression & Suicide, US History, Mental Illness, World History
Publication year 2009
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Fate
Tags Psychological Fiction, Natural Disaster, Modern Classic Fiction, Asian Literature, Indian Literature, Arts & Culture
Published in 2010, novelist and poet Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s One Amazing Thing tells the story of nine people from diverse backgrounds who become trapped inside the visa office of the Indian Consulate after a major earthquake hits. As they wait for help to arrive, each person takes a turn telling a story from their own life, often revealing feelings or tales previously unshared. Told in third-person perspective from the point of view of each character... Read One Amazing Thing Summary
Publication year 1976
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Grief, The Past, Language
Tags Lyric Poem, American Literature, Arts & Culture, LGBTQ+, Classic Fiction, Biography
Throughout her life, Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) suffered many losses. Her father died before her first birthday and her mother entered a mental institution when Bishop was only five, leaving her to the guardianship of maternal and paternal grandparents. Later, Bishop’s lover committed suicide in Brazil, prompting Bishop’s return to the US. “One Art” (1976) alludes to several of these prominent losses, though the poem objectively approaches loss. “One Art” defines loss as a special form... Read One Art Summary
Publication year 2010
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Daughters & Sons, Family
Tags Historical Fiction, Children`s Literature, Realistic Fiction, World History, Arts & Culture
One Crazy Summer, a Coretta Scott King Book Award winner and National Book Award nominee, is a historical novel for children that was published in 2009 by Rita Williams-Garcia. Other works by this author include P.S. Be Eleven, Like Sisters on the Homefront, and Clayton Byrd Goes Underground.This guide is based on the 2009 Amistad/HarperCollins Kindle edition. Set in 1968, the novel describes what happens when Delphine Gaither and her two younger sisters, Vonetta and... Read One Crazy Summer Summary
Publication year 2002
Genre Graphic Memoir , Nonfiction
Themes Art, Memory, Guilt, Hate & Anger, Hope, Shame & Pride, Femininity, Language, Race, Childhood & Youth, Midlife, Animals, Food, Mothers, Self Discovery, Social Class, Education, Immigration, Beauty, Literature
Tags Humor, Arts & Culture, Biography
One! Hundred! Demons! is a semi-autobiographical genre-defying graphic novel by American cartoonist and pedagogue, Lynda Barry. Over the course of her career as a prominent cartoonist with nationally syndicated comic strips, published collections, and illustrated novels, Barry has received many national and state-wide awards for her work, including two Eisner awards and MacArthur Genius Grant.Originally published serially in Salon magazine, the collected cartoon chapters were collected and published by Sasquatch Books in 2002, and later... Read One! Hundred! Demons! Summary
Publication year 2024
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Memory, Nostalgia, Shame & Pride, Femininity, Gender Identity, Mental Health, Sexual Identity, Childhood & Youth, Self Discovery
Tags World History, Humor, Arts & Culture, Gender & Feminism, Women`s Studies
Publication year 2019
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Community, Animals, Food, Environment
Tags Food, Agriculture, Social Justice, Science & Nature, Arts & Culture
One Size Fits None: A Farm Girl’s Search for the Promise of Regenerative Agriculture is a 2019 book on how the American food production system must move beyond conventional and sustainable farming to embrace regenerative farming strategies tailored to individual environments. Anderson, who grew up on a conventional ranch outside of Bison, South Dakota, has firsthand knowledge of US conventional farming strategies. As a young journalist for the Tri-State Neighbor newspaper, she started off wanting... Read One Size Fits None Summary
Publication year 1859
Genre Essay / Speech, Nonfiction
Themes Literature, Politics & Government, Nation
Tags Philosophy, Politics & Government, Arts & Culture, European History, British Literature, Victorian Period, Business & Economics, World History, Philosophy, Classic Fiction
On Liberty is a philosophical essay on ethics, society, and politics published in 1859 by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill. His work on the subject matter extended back several years, through an illustrious career as a politician and philosopher. Mill’s ideas center on the concept of utilitarianism, which emphasizes efficiency and collective well-being. The book remains in print in the 21st century.SummaryOn Liberty is divided into five chapters: an introduction; “On the liberty of... Read On Liberty Summary
Publication year 1977
Genre Essay Collection, Nonfiction
Themes Art, Colonialism, Power & Greed, Beauty, Economics, Nation, Politics & Government
Tags Arts & Culture, Philosophy, World History, Business & Economics, Social Class, Finance, Sociology, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Classic Fiction
On Photography is a 1977 collection of seven essays by American scholar, activist, and philosopher Susan Sontag. The essays were published in the New York Review of Books from 1973 to 1977 before publication in a single volume. Sontag explores the history of photography and its relationship to reality, the fine arts, and sociopolitical power structures. Individual essays explore these various relationships between photography and the world through a different lens before the culminating exploration... Read On Photography Summary
Publication year 100
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Literature, Beauty
Tags Philosophy, Arts & Culture, Ancient Greece, Italian Literature
On the Sublime is a treatise on aesthetics and literary criticism originally written in Greek between the first and third centuries AD. The author is not definitively known, but the text is typically credited with the name Longinus. Although the work has come to be known as On the Sublime in English, its subject is advice to writers on “the essentials of a noble and impressive style.” For this reason, G. M. A. Grube translates... Read On the Sublime Summary
Publication year 2000
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Art, Childhood & Youth, Language
Tags Arts & Culture, Self-Improvement, Biography
Stephen King’s 2000 memoir, On Writing, details King’s formation as an author and provides writing advice. The memoir is divided into five sections: “C.V.,” “What Writing Is,” “Toolbox,” “On Writing,” and “On Living.”In “C.V.,” King provides a curriculum vitae describing how he was formed as a writer. He begins in his early childhood and describes his life with his mother, Nellie, and older brother, David. King’s father is not in the picture, and the family... Read On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Summary
Publication year 2021
Genre Biography, Nonfiction
Themes Literature, Politics & Government, Environment, Beauty, Truth & Lies
Tags Arts & Culture, World History, Politics & Government, Philosophy, Social Justice, Science & Nature, Biography
Publication year 2019
Genre Novel/Book in Verse, Fiction
Themes Power & Greed, Fear, Race, Family
Tags Realistic Fiction, Coming of Age, Immigration & Refugeeism, Diversity, Race & Racism, American Literature, Children`s Literature, Modern Classic Fiction, Arts & Culture