Roger Rosenblatt
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When his daughter, Amy, collapses and dies from an asymptomatic heart condition, Rosenblatt and his wife leave their home on Long Island to move in with their son-in-law and their three young grandchildren. He peels back the layers on this most personal of losses to create a testament to familial love.
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"In [his earlier book] 'Making Toast', Roger Rosenblatt shared the story of his family in the days and months after the death of his thirty-eight-year-old daughter, Amy. Now, in 'Kayak Morning', he offers a personal meditation on grief itself. 'Everybody grieves,' he writes. From that terse, melancholy observation emerges a work of art that addresses the universal experience of loss. On a quiet Sunday morning, two and a half years after Amy's death,...
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Harry March is something of a wreck and more than half nuts. Up until now, he has lived peacefully on an island in the Hamptons with his talking dog, Hector, a born-again Evangelical and unapologetic capitalist. But March's life starts to completely unravel when Lapham-an ostentatious multimillionaire who made his fortune on asparagus tongs-begins construction of a gargantuan mansion just across the way. To Harry, Lapham's monstrosity-to-be represents...
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"In The Book of Love, Roger Rosenblatt explores love in all its moods and variations?romantic love, courtship, battle, mystery, marriage, heartbreak, fury, confusion, melancholy, delirium, ecstasy; love of family, of friends; love of home, of country, of work, of writing, of solitude, of art; love of nature; love of life itself." --Amazon.com.
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Roger Rosenblatt's dazzling comic gifts are on enviable display.... Beet will settle the issue: is Roger Rosenblatt our most audacious comic visionary,or our most audacious visionary comic? "-Joyce Carol OatesBeet College is doomed... and nobody really cares. The Board of Trustees, led by developer Joel Bollovate, has squandered the endowment. Debutante-cum-self-styled-poet Matha Polite, an indiscriminate radical with a four-student following, wants...
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"The Cold Moon occurs in late December, auguring the arrival of the winter sol stice. Approaching the winter solstice of his own life, Roger Rosenblatt offers a book dedicated to the three most important lessons he has learned over his many years: an appreciation of being alive, a recognition of the gift and power of love, and the necessity of excercising responsibility toward one another. Rosenblatt's poetic reflections on these vital life lessons...
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In these 30 essays, Roger Rosenblatt draws on his 27 years of reporting and commenting on America to reaffirm the core values of our complex and wonderful country. Famous for his ability to put wise and important ideas into witty and instructive prose, the prize-winning journalist and commentator provides comfort and resolve for Americans in a time of threat. With his charm and humor, Rosenblatt reminds us of the fundamental political and moral strengths...
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In this insightful collection, an accomplished essayist and humorist offers a class in "Tyranny for Beginners;" warns about the snares of dinner parties; explains the mind-set of barbarians; suggests the perfect gift for Mother-a wildebeest-and tells what happens when his dog's barking drives him to thoughts of murder. Roger Rosenblatt forces us to laugh at the silliness of the world we have created, refocuses our minds on what really matters, and...
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Acclaimed and beloved prize-winning essayist Roger Rosenblatt has commented on most of the trends and events of our time. His columns in Time magazine and his commentaries on PBS's News Hour with Jim Lehrer have made him a household word and a trusted friend of millions. With a wry sense of humor and inimitable wit, Rosenblatt offers here guidelines for aging that are both easy to understand and, more importantly, easy to implement. More and more...
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Roger Rosenblatt's love song to the written word, in a collection of pieces that celebrate the art, craft, and the soul of writing, from someone who has done it joyfully and successfully all his life. Kirkus Reviews noted that he has excelled in every form. Here are essays and excerpts on the rewards and punishments of leading a life as a writer, along with thoughts on how to write, what to write, and why writing lies at the heart of human hope and...
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Esta es la receta, sabia y con un toque do ironia, para vivir mucho mejor el resto de nuestra vida. Desde ya, es la del autor, y usted puede adoptarla o no. Si no lo hace, no nos diga que no le avisamos. Si, si, lo sabemos. Usted esta harto de las guias que ofrecen diez reglas infalibles para vivir como Dios manda, de las reglas que le ensenaron sus padres, sus tios, sus profesores e incluso su mejor amigo. Porque usted ya ha vivido lo suficiente...