Susan Allen Toth, Author . Univ. of Minnesota $22.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-8166-4262-5
In today's turbulent world, there's certainly something to be said for Toth's almost fervent passion for the most universal of good old American topics: the weather. In this compilation of personal essays, she takes our favorite "stuf
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Susan Allen Toth, Author Ballantine Books $18 (320p) ISBN 978-0-345-37725-8
Toth ( Blooming ) makes no apologies here for her lack of authority about English history or current affairs; she is not ashamed to admit that she has ventured little beyond literary London and England's most picturesque locales; and she disdains...
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Susan Allen Toth, Author Little Brown and Company $16.95 (239p) ISBN 978-0-316-85095-7
Blooming: A Small-Town Girlhood and Ivy Days drew an affectionate reader response to Toth's reminiscences of her early days in Ames, Iowa, and at Smith College. Here we have her selections from published pieces on the daunting prospect of facing old
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Susan Allen Toth, Author Ballantine Books $19.95 (237p) ISBN 978-0-345-40390-2
Toth (England As You Like It) offers homely chats about the things she and her husband like to do and see on their travels to England. An irrepressible Anglophile, she raves about English rain and puddings. In London, the couple likes to stay in a...
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Susan Allen Toth, Author, Daniel J. Boorstin, Foreword by, John Coughlan, With Washington Square Press $12 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-74764-0
In this diverting and often enchanting anthology, dozens of notable American writers, including Eudora Welty, Isaac Asimov and Amy Tan, pay homage to public libraries. (Apr.)
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Susan Allen Toth, Author, Daniel J. Boorstin, Foreword by, John Coughlan, With Doubleday Books $27.5 (486p) ISBN 978-0-385-41291-9
Toth ( Blooming ) and Coughlan, ``an ardent library supporter,'' here assemble a diverting anthology of essays, stories, poems, memoirs and excerpts from novels, each in celebration of a great institution all too often taken for granted: the public...
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