Sentences with phrase «acclaimed works of nonfiction»
Poet, essayist, and naturalist, Diane Ackerman is the author of many highly acclaimed works of nonfiction, including A Natural History of the Senses — a book beloved by readers all over the world and the volumes Deep Play, A Slender Thread, The Rarest of the Rare, A Natural History of Love, The Moon by Whale Light, and a memoir on flying, On Extended Wings.
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Since that epic chronicle of two inner - city Chicago teens» crusades to become professional basketball players — one of the most acclaimed and successful nonfiction features of its decade — James has gone on to make other probing studies of American life, such as the intensely personal Stevie, the capital - punishment exposé At the Death House Door, and last year's The Interrupters, a devastating immersion in the work of street - violence mediators.
Robert Stone was the acclaimed author of nine novels, and two short story collections, plus several nonfiction works.
The Pulitzer Prize - winning author — «an immensely gifted writer and a magical prose stylist» (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)-- offers his first major work of nonfiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful, and powerful as his acclaimed, award - winning fiction.
Featuring ten all - new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good — or evil.
Diane Ackerman is the author of two dozen highly - acclaimed works of poetry and nonfiction, including New York Times bestsellers The Zookeeper's Wife, A Natural History of the Senses, The Human Age, and Pulitzer Prize Finalist, One Hundred Names for Love.
Featuring ten all - new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good — or evil.