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Bill Doyle alongside Jeannie Ammermann created this quit. Doyle lost his son Joseph in 9/11. Being apart of the creation process of the quilt was important to him. This was hung up in the 9/11 Museum.

In the preface to James' first collection of ghost stories, he expresses his unmet desire to have had a greater amount of illustrations alongside his novel. The four that did make it to publication, none of which accompanied "The Mezzotint, "were…

Here, James details his personal qualifications for writing a worthy ghost story. He holds in high regard one's ability to create a setting that is utterly normal and strikingly mundane. It is unsurprising that this qualification tops James' list,…

At the time of its dissemination, An International Episode received both praise and scrutiny from readers. A look into the periodicals of the late 19th century showcase a world of critics deeply invested in James's work. As engrossed as they were, it…

In his book, preventing violence, James Gilligan shows the reader what contributes to the offenders violent outbursts. He shows the readers the internal and socioeconomic reasons that someone is pushed to the edge and returns with violence.

In the Author's Introduction that appears on the first pages of this novel, Kerouac writes that "Lonesome Traveler is a collection of published and unpublished pieces connected together because they have a common theme: Traveling.” Coined for his…

This book details how to pull off simple magic tricks as well as how to communicate with spirits. Published in 1855, we can get a sense as to the fascination Victorians had of the supernatural and how this fascination inspired many writers in the…

Almost two decades after founding Life Magazine, in 1901, John Ames Mitchell, a Harvard University educated architect, artist, and author, published The Pines of Lory with Life Publishing Company. The novel follows the unfolding of the unlikely…

The title page of the book that records the activities of the Christian Brothers during the Franco-Prussian War.