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Walden & Civil Disobedience (Masterpiece Library Edition)Read Henry David Thoreau's most influential works in one stunning volume! With reflections on politics, simplicity, and independent living, Thoreau's writings ask readers to question the status quo and live in accordance with their principles. - Rediscover these beloved classics in this elegant yet...
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SexusHenry Miller's monumental venture in self-revelation was begun with his Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, which on their American publication were hailed as "miraculous," "superb," "ribald," "brilliant," and "shamelessly shocking." Sexus is the first volume of a series called The Rosy Crucifixion,...
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Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)A collectible 50th anniversary deluxe edition featuring an updated introduction by Jay Parini and first edition cover art and illustrated maps of Steinbeck's route by Don Freeman A Penguin Classic In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that...
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Book of Lives: A Memoir of SortsHow does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from the author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures.'Every writer is at least two beings: the one...
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A literary tour de force that chronicles a prize-winning author's descent into an almost suicidal depression. "Compelling ... Harrowing ... a vivid portrait of a debilitating disorder ... It offers the solace of a shared experience."--The New York TimesA work...
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Beatrix Potter: A Life in NatureIn this now classic biography, reissued in a new edition for the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, Linda Lear offers the astonishing portrait of an extraordinary woman who gave us some of the most beloved children's books of all time. Potter found freedom...
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Letter to My DaughterNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter transcends genres and categories: guidebook,...
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Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth* TOLKIEN * Now a major motion picture *Acclaimed as "the best book about J.R.R. Tolkien" (A. N. Wilson), this award-winning biography explores J.R.R. Tolkien's wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Hobbit and The Lord of The...
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Norman MacLean: A Life of Letters and RiversThe first biography of one of Montana's most celebrated writers A River Runs Through It and Other Stories turned Norman Maclean into a late-in-life literary phenomenon and then a household name after the success of the Hollywood film based on the title story. Yet...
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The Illustrated Walden: Or, Life in the WoodsA beautiful illustrated edition of Thoreau's classic treatise on man and nature. "Our life is frittered away by detail. . . . Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in 1845. For the next two...
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Out of AfricaSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the...
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1q84: 3 Volume Boxed SetA deluxe boxed set edition of Haruki Murakami's bestselling masterpiece, featuring the full novel split across three gorgeously designed paperback editions in a see-through case, with a removeable sticker on the shrink wrap packaging "Brilliant . . . an irresistibly engaging literary fantasy."--The Washington...
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The Return (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Fathers, Sons and the Land in BetweenWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - The acclaimed memoir about fathers and sons, a legacy of loss, and, ultimately, healing--one of The New York Times Book Review's ten best books of the year, winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and a finalist for...
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The Guest CatA bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide, is a subtly moving and exceptionally beautiful novel about the transient nature of life and idiosyncratic but deeply felt ways of living. A...
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Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting ThingFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Three Dog Life, a witty and irreverent look at aging and the writing life, delivered with trademark brevity, humor, and wise wit. "The Emily Dickinson of memoirists" (Stephen King) Abigail Thomas shares her thoughts on...
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Travels with Charley: In Search of AmericaAn intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light--these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out,...
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Beach Read: Deluxe EditionEmily Henry's beloved New York Times bestselling novel now in this stunning hardcover collector's edition featuring: - A shimmering revamped cover - Sunset sky art endpapers and sprayed edges - Gold foil stamped case, and... - A new introduction from the author and a...
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Distant Neighbors: The Selected Letters of Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder"The letters are valuable for ecologists, students, and teachers of contemporary American literature and for those of us eager to know how these two distant neighbors networked, negotiated, and remained friends." --San Francisco Chronicle In 1969 Gary Snyder returned from a long residence in...
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Modern American Memoirs: 1917-1992In "Modern American Memoirs", two very discerning writers and readers have selected samples from 35 of the finest memoirs written in this century, including contributions by such diverse writers as Margaret Mead, Malcolm X, Maxine Hong Kingston, Loren Eisely, and Zora Neale Hurston. Chosen...
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Three by Annie Dillard: The Writing Life, an American Childhood, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek"One of the most distinctive voices in American letters today." --Boston GlobeA stunning collection of Annie Dillard's most popular books in one volume.Pilgrim at Tinker Creek took American letters by storm when it was published in 1974, winning the Pulitzer Prize, the accolades of...
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