TY - BOOK AU - McMurtry,Larry TI - Books: a memoir SN - 9781416583349 AV - PS 3563 M478b 2008 U1 - 813/.54 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - McMurtry, Larry KW - Antiquarian booksellers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Libreros anticuarios KW - Estados Unidos KW - Novelists, American KW - 20th century KW - Novelistas estadounidenses KW - Siglo XX KW - Biografías N1 - I: How JUMP started -- 1. A series of fortunate events -- 2. Myths about math -- 3. Copying, counting, and comparing -- 4. The failure of failure -- 5. Breaking the cycle of ignorance -- II: The JUMP method -- 6. Fractions -- 7. Multiplication and division -- 8. Coordinate systems -- 9. Ratios and percents -- 10. Logic and systematic search -- 11. Finite state automata N2 - In a prolific life of singular literary achievement, Larry McMurtry has succeeded in a variety of genres: in coming-of-age novels like The Last Picture Show; in collections of essays like In a Narrow Grave; and in the reinvention of the Western on a grand scale in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Lonesome Dove. Now, in Books: A Memoir, McMurtry writes about his endless passion for books: as a boy growing up in a largely "bookless" world; as a young man devouring the vastness of literature with astonishing energy; as a fledgling writer and family man; and above all, as one of America's most prominent bookmen. He takes us on his journey to becoming an astute, adventurous book scout and collector who would eventually open stores of rare and collectible editions in Georgetown, Houston, and finally, in his previously "bookless" hometown of Archer City, Texas--From publisher description UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008010565-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008010565-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008010565-b.html ER -