Ross's Life Discoveries: Quotes from Literature on Trials, Tribulations, and Satisfactions

(Hardback)

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In this elegant but pocketable edition in the Ross's Discoveries series, passionate bibliophile Michael Ross has curated his favorite literary quotes spanning a multitude of important life topics from the collection of over 1500 well-read books on his shelves. In Ross's Life Discoveries Michael Ross brings together quotes from such a new perspective even the authors themselves will probably find this book useful and insightful.

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Praise for Michael Ross

"Truly exceptional and simply stated, Ross's Timely Discoveries is a bibliophile's treasure that is unreservedly and enthusiastically recommended for personal reading lists, as well as community, and academic library Literary Studies collection."
Midwest Book Review

"Reading Michael Rosss collection of quotes along with his comments feels like peeking into anothers diary and finding a relationship with the enclosed contents. Just as elusive time flies from us, so do we adapt to different identities at varied ages. As a consummate reader, the author, intrigued by the changing aspects of time, selects quotes from literature relating to how the present, past, and future are viewed. Take a quote from John Updike, who comments on how paradise always lies in the past or future, but not in the present. It seems the grass is always greener somewhere else. Pithy truisms related to impressions of mutable time, feelings of age, and the value of memory selected from American and British authors grace the pages with insightfully incisive editorial comments. Familiar authors such as Bernard Malamud, Garrison Keillor, Doris Lessing, Oscar Wilde, Elia Kazan, and more serve as the sources. The books design is unique; it resembles an old-fashioned hardback classic in pocket-book size with a valentine red binding. The script on the black and white pages is elegantly lettered, and these are interspersed with skillful illustrations of some of the included authors by Cara Lowe. An interesting collection of timely thoughts."
San Francisco Book Review

Author Bio

Michael Ross is a graduate of the University of Virginia. He practiced corporate law, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. He is the author of Ethics and Integrity in Law and Business: Avoiding Club Fed. He is the author of three other booksRoss's Novel Discoveries (2015), Ross's Timely Discoveries (2016), and Ross's Thoughtful Discoveries (2017). Ross and his wife, Virginia, live in Orinda, CA, and have two children.