Invisible Weapons

Literature & Fiction

Wolfe, Michael

United States

Creative Arts Book Co.

AGAINST THE CURRENT: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald

The author, Fitzgerald's secretary during the final months of his life, offers her reminiscences of the American novelist

Against the Current: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ring, Frances Kroll

Biographies & Memoirs

LA Fanfarlo

BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES

Magic, make-believe, and superstitions characterize these fourteen stories representative of Japanese folklore

The Dancing Kettle and Other Japanese Folk Tales

Children's Books

Uchida, Yoshiko

In 1939, F. Scott Fitzgerald was in Hollywood, in failing health, trying to work—write for the movies, sell some stories—and to continue to be the mainstay and anchor for his family, paying Zelda’s substantial hospital bills, educating Scottie and remaining, through letters, a protective and anxious father. The magazines were no longer clamoring for his stories; his books had nearly disappeared from the bookstores. The fame, money and high times of the early years seemed to have evaporated. Fortune had not deserted him entirely, however—Frances Kroll applied for the position as Fitzgerald’s secretary. Young and a little shy, but nevertheless level-headed, intelligent, practical, versatile and resilient, Miss Kroll played a vital role during the last quiet but difficult twenty months of Fitzgerald’s life. They worked at home where she typed from his handwritten pages, ordered groceries, made appointments and listened while he talked out ideas. Finally, it fell to her to make his funeral arrangements and deal with the modest belongings. Nearly a lifetime later, Frances Kroll Ring gives us both the youthful experience of Fitzgerald, and her mature vision of it. This frankly admiring and respectful memoir of the extraordinary writer creates a uniquely domestic picture. We see an admirable and talented man carrying on with dignity, purpose and commitment against a tide of troubles and disappointments.

A collection of fourteen tales from Japan representing universal folk themes.

The Magic Listening Cap: More Folk Tales from Japan

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Sitting Pretty

Loquacious ne'er-do-well and opinionated drifter Sidney J. Prettymoon, meanders around San Francisco, surviving on part-time jobs and easy-touch friends, managing touch relationships with various women, including his ex-wife, and ruminating on the attractions and shortcomings of modern life

Young, Al

Basic French Cooking

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

DEIGHTON, Len.

Regional & International

The Men in My Life: And Other More or Less True Recollections of Kinship

Houston, James D.

Essays & Correspondence

The author shares his memories of Aretha Franklin, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, the Supremes, Hugh Masekela, Bobby McFerrin, Tony Bennett, and Stan Getz

Things Ain't What They Used to Be: Musical Memoirs

Arts & Photography

Music

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