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The Complete NotebooksThe first complete translation of Albert Camus's personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, published for the first time in one comprehensive volume. Throughout his career, French writer and philosopher Albert Camus kept a series of notebooks that offers an unrivaled glimpse into the...
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Inspiring Quotes from Children's Classics: For Growing UpA delightful treasury of quotes to spark joy and imagination while growing up! This beautifully illustrated collection offers quotes from historical and modern classics for today's kids. Centered around helpful themes, such as courage, kindness, and self-confidence, these inspirational words from some of the...
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I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 2As the second volume of S. T. Joshi's comprehensive biography of H. P. Lovecraft begins, we find Lovecraft dwelling in misery in a one-room apartment in Brooklyn Heights: his wife, Sonia, has had to move to the Midwest for work, and he must rely...
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Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920sThe adventures and attitudes shared by the American writers dubbed "the lost generation", are brought to life in this book of prose works. Feeling alienated in the America of the 1920s, Fitzgerald, Crane, Hemingway, Wilder, Dos Passos, Cowley and others "escaped" to Europe, as...
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A Novel ChristmasA USA TODAY BESTSELLER! A prominent romance author has a slump in her love life and book sales, but a chance encounter with a hot firefighter helps her ignite her muse in this swoony holiday romance, perfect for book romantics. "If you're looking for...
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The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 3 1939-1944: Vol. 3 (1939-1944)Nin's years of struggle and final triumph as an author in America. "Transcending mere self-revelation... the diary examines human personality with a depth and understanding seldom surpassed since Proust...dream and fact are balanced and...in their joining lie the elements of masterpiece" (Washington Post). Edited...
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Degas at the Gas Station: EssaysIn his latest collection, Thomas Beller trains his piercing literary eye on how a single, seismic event indelibly shapes the trajectory of the common and mundane experiences of one's life. Weaving together a charming set of autobiographical stories, Beller interrogates the randomness and contingencies...
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A Short Introduction to AnnelieseA Short Introduction to Anneliese is the second volume in author James Elkins' multi-volume mega-novel Five Strange Languages being published by Unnamed Press, all of which trace the final year of Samuel Emmer's life before he disappears. When Samuel Emmer meets unemployed biologist Anneliese...
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Hitch-22: A Memoir"If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him." ―Ian McEwan A stylish new paperback edition of HITCH-22, the incendiary memoir of a brilliant contrarian and one of Hitchens' most wry and provocative works. In this timeless and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces...
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The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'ConnorWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award "I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters . . . There she stands, a phoenix...
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Rooms of Their Own: Where Great Writers WriteRooms of Their Own travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals in which famous writers created their most notable works. The perennial question asked of all authors is, 'How do you write?'. What do they require of their room or...
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Small Town AuthorMore than fifty years ago, John R. Erickson took a vow of discipline. Every day, he would retreat to some quiet place and write for four hours. For nearly as many years, readers have eagerly awaited the fruits of those labors, whether they be...
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One Writer's BeginningsFeaturing a new introduction, this updated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author and one of the most revered figures in American letters is "profound and priceless as guidance for anyone who aspires to write"...
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No Stars in Jefferson Park: A MemoirA Chicagoan's coming-of-age memoir finds courage in the face of immense loss In her early twenties, Maggie Andersen was a founding ensemble member of Chicago's storied Gift Theatre with her then-boyfriend, Michael Patrick Thornton. But after a series of spinal strokes left Thornton paralyzed,...
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North Toward HomeWith his signature style and grace, Willie Morris, arguably one of this country's finest Southern writers, presents us with an unparalleled memoir of a country in transition and a boy coming of age in a period of tumultuous cultural, social, and political change. In...
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CAM Jansen: CAM Jansen and the Mystery Writer Mystery #27No mystery is too great for super-sleuth Cam Jansen and her amazing photographic memory! Mysteries follow super-sleuth Cam Jansen everywhere she goes...even to the book fair. Cam Jansen, her friends, and their parents are at school for a book fair. Everyone's favorite mystery writer,...
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Airman's OdysseyThree classic adventure stories, reminders of both the romance and the reality of the pioneer era of aviation: Night Flight; Wind, Sand and Stars; and Flight to Arras. Introduction by Richard Bach. Translated by Lewis Galantière and Stuart Gilbert.Author: Antoine de Saint-ExupéryPublisher: Mariner Books...
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84, Charing Cross Road"Those who have read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a novel comprised of only letters between the characters, will see how much that best-seller owes 84, Charing Cross Road." -- Medium.com A heartwarming love story about people who love books for...
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The Queen of SwordsIn what was at first meant to be a short essay about the influential Mexican writer Elena Garro (1916-1988), Jazmina Barrera's deep curiosity and exploration give us a singular portrait of a complex life.Sifting through the writer's archives at Princeton, Barrera is repeatedly thwarted...
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Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures: A Biography of Denis JohnsonThe year was 1988, and Denis Johnson was at a low point. He caught malaria on a reporting trip into the jungles of the Philippines and was nearly pronounced dead. The disease left him unable to write. His second wife left him. He didn't...
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