West Routt Library District

"'I've always believed that everything you need to know you can find in a book,' writes Will Schwalbe in his introduction to this thought-provoking, heartfelt, and inspiring new book about books. In each chapter he makes clear the ways in which a particular book has helped to shape how he leads his own life and the ways in which it might help to shape ours. He talks about what brought him to each book--or vice versa; the people in his life he associates...

"A woman finds solace in Jane Austen following the death of her father and the birth of her child"--

The author of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy shares insights into the art of writing while exploring how education, religion, and science, as well as his favorite classics, helped shaped his literary life.

"In 1987, Terry Waite was in Beirut working for the release of the hostages when he was taken prisoner and put in solitary confinement. For the first year, he was given nothing to read. During those days he passed the endless hours by writing his autobiography in his head, and by remembering the books, stories, and poems he had read before his captivity. Eventually his guards relented, and he was given books. The first book he received was Beyond...