Results for "Wilkinson, Alec"

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“Wilkinson has accomplished something more moving and original, braiding his stumbling attempts to get better at math with his deepening awareness that there’s an entire universe of understanding that will, in some fundamental sense, forever lie outside hi... Read More about A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age

"Illuminating . . . Handling strong emotions--shame, love, grief--without fuss, Maxwell gives the bald facts of life a poignant shimmer."--Wall Street Journal As a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975, William Maxwell helped shaped several generations' sense of the literary short sto... Read More about The Writer as Illusionist: Uncollected & Unpublished Work (Nonpareil Books #11)

A vivid portrait of legendary liquor agent Garland Bunting, an American original who patrolled rural North Carolina when moonshiners worked their stills in the backcountry. For thirty-five years, Garland Bunting slid his "sweet potato shape--small at both ends and big in the middle" onto the front... Read More about Moonshine: A Life in Pursuit of White Liquor (Nonpareil Books #13)

"Midnights is both a comedy of errors and an affectionate portrait of small-town police, those beleaguered souls charged with the task of keeping their neighbors in line....A reminder that those assigned to protect are often vulnerable and quietly heroic."--Time Funny, touching, revealing, here is... Read More about Midnights: A Year with the Wellfleet Police (Nonpareil Books #2)

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Wilkinson has accomplished something more moving and original, braiding his stumbling attempts to get better at math with his deepening awareness that there’s an entire universe of understanding that will, in some fundamental sense, forever lie outside hi... Read More about A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age

A spirited and intimate look at American icon and activist Pete Seeger. Throughout his life, Pete Seeger transformed a classic American musical style into a form of peaceful protest against war, segregation, and nuclear weapons. Drawing on his extensive talks with Seeger, Alec Wilkinson deliver... Read More about The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger