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Books & Authors brings ease, authority and fun to the question of “what do I read next?” It is the reader’s go-to site for everything: book suggestions from experts, titles, biographies and more. Readers can use Books & Authors to enhance the experience of the book they are reading; dig deeper into its themes and origins; or learn how the author's life and times contributed to the work.
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Unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from a variety of publishers. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on your computer, tablet or phone—no holds or wait lists required.
Search and browse bibliographies of over 50,000 bestselling fiction authors, with the latest books and series information for free.
Gale Literary Index provides quick and easy access to author and title listings from over 130 literature products from Gale and the imprints Charles Scribner's Sons, St. James Press, and Twayne Publishers. The referenced products themselves will contain complete biographies on authors and critical essays on their writings.
An integrated research experience, Gale Literature brings together Gale's premier literary databases in a new digital environment that allows researchers, faculty and students to search across these resources to discover and analyze content in entirely new ways. No other publisher offers this unmatched combination of uniquely rich literary content, dependable metadata, and intuitive subject indexing - all enriched by features and design that breathes new life into the study of literature.
Access original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context.
Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series is an ideal starting point for research papers on literary works and figures, special projects and presentations.
Greater Phoenix Digital Library is a web-based, digital media service that allows library patrons to download popular digital audio books, eBooks, music, and video from the library's web site.
Information and digital collections in American history, culture, government and more.
Type in an author, and get a customized map showing other authors that readers of that author like to read. It's a tourist map for literature.
Full-text articles from scholarly journals and literary magazines are combined with critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, biographies, and more to provide a wealth of information on authors, their works, and literary movements.
NoveList is a Readers’ Advisory database that provides author read-alikes, reviews, discussion guides and more on thousands of fiction titles.
NoveList K-8 Plus is a database of book recommendations for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. NoveList K-8 is your starting place for learning about the books that you and your students need and will want to read.
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
WorldCat contains bibliographic records of books and other materials in OCLC from member libraries worldwide.