Marianna Mayer, Adapted by, Mark Twain, Author, Marianna Mayer, Author Dial Books $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2099-2 Made less satirical than Mark Twain's classic and simplified for younger ...

From the inscription in this copy of "Little Lord Fauntleroy," the book appears to have been a Christmas gift from Twain to his daughter Clara Clemens in 1886. The inscription is signed "From Papa." ...

A posthumous collection of Joan Didion’s diaries, biographies of Yoko Ono and Mark Twain, a history of The Onion — and plenty ...

Quincy University added more than 420 books to its collection — all from the Mark Twain Collection from Fontbonne University ...

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is a big honor, but that doesn't mean every would-be recipient accepted. Robin Williams actually refused.

National Book Award-winning novel, 'James,' Percival Everett grapples with philosophical and metaphysical questions as well ...

His own publishing house foundered after some early success. He had moderate success selling a self-pasting scrapbook dubbed, naturally, "Mark Twain's Scrap Book," and patented a peculiar replacement ...

the retelling of Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” “gets under your skin and you keep thinking about it and James long after you read the last words.” Books by Black authors make a mighty ...