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1. Isabel Waidner

As If

Wonderfully implausible and absurdly humorous, the latest novel from a Goldsmiths Prize-winner follows a rich tradition . . . As If is a great step forward, a maturing of Waidner's talent with no loss of the quixotic qualities that gave the other books their charm . . . It adds depth without sacrificing energy . . . Kafka and Beckett are good touchstones, because, like Waidner, they are very funny without telling obvious jokes . . . the language in As If never does what we expect . . . it gives the story an impressive dynamism

Allan Holtz

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Allan Holtz is a comic strip historian who researches and writes about newspaper comics for his Stripper's Guide, launched in 2005. His research encompasses some 7,000 American comic strips and newspaper panels. In addition to his contributions to Hogan's Alley and other publications about vintage comic strips, he is the author of the forthcoming American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide.

Walter Millis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Walter Millis (March 16, 1899 - March 17, 1968) was an editorial and staff writer for the New York Herald Tribune from 1924 to 1954. Millis was a staff member of the Fund for the Republic from 1954 to 1968. He later became the director of the Fund for the Republic's study of demilitarization in 1954.Millis, widely recognized as a historical writer, wrote Road to War: America 1914-1917, Arms and Men: A study of American Military History, The Martial Spirit: A Study of Our War with Spain, An End to Arms. He also edited The Forrestal Diaries.

Robert Cowley

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Cowley is an American military historian, who writes on topics in American and European military history ranging from the Civil War through World War II. He has held several senior positions in book and magazine publishing and is the founding editor of the award-winning MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History; Cowley has also written extensively and edited three collections of essays in counterfactual history known as What If? As part of his research he has traveled the entire length of the Western Front, from the North Sea to the Swiss Border. He currently lives in New York and Connecticut.

1. Nicholson Baker

Mezzanine

1. Nicholson Baker

A Box of Matches

A man gets up earlier and earlier each day, dresses in the dark, makes his coffee and lights the fire with a box of matches.