{"product_id":"9780061243417","title":"Temptation and Surrender (Cynster Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAEDMON ESSENTIALS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOne Great Author.  One Great CD\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"'What are you doing now?' he asked.  'Do you keep a journal?'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSo I make my first entry today.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWith these words in response to prodding from Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau embarked on a writing enterprise—his \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e—that occupied him continously over the entire period of his literary career, from 1837 to 1862.  In one sense Thoreau's \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e is his greatest achievement as a writer, the remarkable record of a remarkable man's view of the world.  Ranging in topic from the entries titled \"Young Women at Parties\" to \"Sunlight after the Storm\", the \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e is neither diary nor autobiography in the usual meaning of these terms, because the daily chronicle and the narrative of outward events are minor aspects of this voluminous work.  The \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e is clearly not the work of a diarist, but the notebook of a writer dedicated to the continuous practice of composition.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021936050416,"sku":"9780061243417","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061243417_p0.jpg?v=1763622083","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061243417","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}