Book of Books: Pearls from the Meandering Stream of Time that Runs Across Continents (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781911451105)

James Mathew, MD, is a Cardiologist. Besides research papers in scientific journals, he has published articles in literature and humanities. He has presented papers at the Annual Gathering of the Thoreau Society in Concord, MA. He wrote and directed the dramatic reading performance, Life and Legacy of Henry David Thoreau [DVD, US Library of Congress Registration Number PAU 3-897-476]. He lives in Milwaukee, WI. Dr. Mathew is the first author of this book and the curator of the museum of rare books which form the basis of this book. Kent Bicknell, Ed. D, is an educator. In 1973, he became the founding head of Sant Bani School in Sanbornton, NH. He is a scholarly collector with special interest in the Transcendentalists and their inspiration from the East. Kent Bicknell and Professor Todd Lewis published "The Asian Soul of Transcendentalism." [ Published online by the Association for Asian Studies, 2011] In 1995, he acquired the manuscript of a Gothic thriller by Louisa May Alcott, A Long Fatal Love Chase, which he transcribed, edited, and published. This book became a New York Times best-seller. He lives in New Hampshire.