Froth on the Daydream - Boris VianBoris Vian ( March 10, 1920 June 23, 1959) was a French writer, poet, singer, and musician, who also wrote under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan . He was born in Ville-d'Avray, near Paris, and educated at the Ecole Centrale Paris. His works were often highl
God Is For White Folks - Thomas Will
Goodnight MoonGoodnight Moon is a children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. It was first published in 1947, and is a highly-acclaimed example of a bedtime story. The content of the book is itself a bedtime story, depicting the proc - Margaret Wise BrownMargaret Wise Brown ( 23 May 1910 13 November 1952) was a United States author of children's literature, which include Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny''. Brown was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and she attended boarding school in 1923 in Switzerland
A High Wind Rising - Elsie Singmaster
I, the JuryI, The Jury (1947) is Mickey Spillane's (b. Brooklyn, 1918) first novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. The novel is set in and around New York City in the summer of 1944. Although she runs a successful private psychiatric clinic on New York's - Mickey SpillaneFrank Morrison Spillane (born March 9, 1918), better known as Mickey Spillane is an American author of crime novels. Early life He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in a tough neighborhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Crime fiction He created the f
Les Jeux InconnusJeux interdits (Forbidden Games), is a 1952 French language motion picture based on the Francois Boyer novel, Les Jeux Inconnus about which Hollywood film critic Leonard Maltin said: "Jeux interdits is almost unquestionably the most compelling and intense - François Boyer
Knock On Any Door - Willard Motley
Masquerade, a Historical Novel - Oscar MicheauxOscar Micheaux ( January 2, 1884 March 25, 1951) was a pioneer African American author and filmmaker. Micheaux was born near Metropolis, Illinois, one of eleven children of former slaves. As a young boy he shined shoes and worked as a porter on the railwa