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Cigarette packet with Timothy Findley’s handwritten book proposal for Pilgrim

While at lunch with his editor, Iris Tupholme, Canadian author Timothy Findley reached into his pocket to read from a note that he had written on the inside flap of his cigarette package. More

Handwritten letter from John Gray regarding his manuscript for Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

John Gray sent 330 pages of his manuscript for Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus to his editor Susan Moldow on September 25, 1991, accompanied by this handwritten note. More

Wicked

Bestseller that is the basis for the hit Tony Award–winning Broadway musical. More

Publishing Firsts: The Historical Romance Genre

Two classic Avon romance titles, Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers (1974) and Shanna by Kathleen Woodiwiss (1977).

At the time of its publication in 1972, nothing like Kathleen Woodiwiss’s The Flame and the Flower had ever been published. More

Flow

The psychology classic that explored creativity and happiness. More

Summer of ’49

Halberstam’s classic chronicle of baseball’s most magnificent season. More

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Pulitzer Prize winner; considered one of the classic works of creative nonfiction of the late twentieth century. More

The Beginner’s Bible

Revolutionized the way children are introduced to the stories of the Bible. More

The Boys of Summer

Beloved sports classic published to immediate critical success about Ebbets Field and the Brooklyn Dodgers. More

The Hours

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award; made into an Oscar-winning film. More

A Game of Thrones

First volume in the internationally bestselling series that has sold upward of 70 million copies. More

1993: Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher publishes The Downing Street Years…

Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years.

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher publishes The Downing Street Years, which recounts her eleven and a half years at London’s 10 Downing Street, the official prime minister’s residence, with HarperCollins. More

Longitude

Story of an epic scientific quest, which won British Book of the Year in 1997. More

Bridge to Terabithia

Newbery Medal–winning novel; a true modern classic and touchstone of children’s literature. More

The Poisonwood Bible

Pulitzer Prize finalist and runaway bestseller. More

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

This 1972 Booker Prize–nominated novel was also made into a 1978 Australian film. More

A People’s History of the United States

Classic national bestseller that made a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history. More

Sharpe’s Eagle

The first Sharpe novel published in Cornwell’s classic series. More

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Award-winning first book in the If You Give series, which has sold more than 15 million copies. More

I Can Read!

Inspired by an occasion in which she attempted to find an appropriate book for a young boy who had just learned to read, Boston librarian Virginia Haviland telephoned her friend Ursula Nordstrom, the head of children’s publishing at Harper & Brothers. More

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