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Here are a couple of my recommendations... "The Snow Leopard" by Peter Mathiassen (sp). He writes of his trip with a colleague to actually see snow leopards in Tibet. I read a few years ago. If you like books with a zen quality, you will like this. I didn't like Bill Bryson's 'A Walk in the...

Thank you.... thanks to both of you, but, I found the BookMarks and didn't find the review. I am wondering if it could me a review of 'Encyclopedia of Ordinary Lives" or something like that. There was another memoir written by a 90+ yo woman....I can't seem to find that title either. So, thanks...

Hello, I posted a few days ago that I am trying to find a book (probably a memoir) whose title and author I have forgotten. I read a review of the book. In that review the critic wrote something to this effect, "I will use this book in my writing class as many of my students think they have...

clarification on my request I am trying to locate a book.........the title I cannot remember. I read a review of the book and the reviewer stated something to this effect <I will use this book in my writing class. Most of my students think nothing has ever happened to them worth writing about...

I only read reviews from Daedalus, BookMarks or the NYT Sunday Book Review, so one of those was the likely source. All I can remember is the reviewer talked about "using this book in a writing class, as most people think they have nothing to write about". Thus, I believe this was a memoir. Also...