In this captivating memoir, Steinberg, a Harvard grad and struggling obituary writer, spends two years as a librarian and writing instructor at a Boston prison, attracting con men, minor prophets, ghosts, and an assortment of quirky regulars searching for the perfect book and a connection to the outside world.

Avi Steinberg is stumped. After defecting from yeshiva to attend Harvard, he has nothing but a senior thesis on Bugs Bunny to show for himself. While his friends and classmates advance in the world, Steinberg remains stuck at a crossroads, his “romantic” existence as a freelance obituary writer no longer cutting it.
 
Seeking direction (and dental insurance) Steinberg takes a job running the library counter at a Boston prison.

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Un libro de sol, abejas y sueños. Aforismos, imágenes, poesías y un cuento, para reflexionar sobre sueño y realidad, ser humano y naturaleza, espíritu y materia. Apto para niñas y niños hasta los 100 años. «...Y así, las abejas mensajeras del sol, encabezadas por Maya, continuaron volando por los prados y los campos, esparciendo la energía solar y recordando al mundo la importancia de valorar y cuidar la naturaleza y nuestras conexiones...

"In New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. This provocative and persuasive argument opened thousands of minds to the vast possibilities of our universe and the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. But a crucial question remained:...

While searching for his bicycle that disappeared on Halloween, ayoung boy and his two friends become involved in a magic adventure.

After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.

Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America; their fates continue to intertwine on board ship and in the New World.

This book helps to understand the debate within Israel about the possibility of peace with the Palestinians.

A guide intended to teach single men to cook features such offerings as cheesy sausage potatoes, puff pastry pizza, lobster baked ziti, and Mexican shredded chicken.