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The Last WordAfter posting a negative review of a horror novel, a woman staying at an isolated beach house begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy--or very, very dangerous--in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of...
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Stephen King: His Life, Work, and Influences (Young Readers' Edition)A thrilling visual companion curated for young adults voraciously reading their way through Stephen King's colossal corpus of creepy books. *2025 CBC Young Adult Favorites Winner**2025 CBC Teacher Favorites Winner**2025 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner* For many young readers, when the last page of Goosebumps...
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James Baldwin: A Biography"The most revealing and subjectively penetrating assessment of Baldwin's life yet published." --The New York Times Book Review. "The first Baldwin biography in which one can recognize the human features of this brilliant, troubled, principled, supremely courageous man." --Boston Globe James Baldwin was one...
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How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal MindFINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION - ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR - ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S CRITICS' PICKS - ONE OF THE BOSTON GLOBE'S 55 BOOKS WE LOVED THIS YEAR - ONE OF KIRKUS'S...
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Goethe: His Faustian Life - The Extraordinary Story of Modern Germany, a Troubled Genius and the Poem That Made Our World** A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR **'Wild, brilliant and has all the intelligence to rival its subject. Five Stars.' - Frances Wilson, The Telegraph'Exuberant and wide-ranging' - Literary Review'Passionate' - The Times A spellbinding recreation of Goethe's life and work from one of...
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Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus BoschIn his great triptych "The Millennium," Bosch used oranges and other fruits to symbolize the delights of Paradise. Whence Henry Miller's title for this, one of his most appealing books; first published in 1957, it tells the story of Miller's life on the Big...
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Believe in the World: Wisdom for Grown-Ups from Children's BooksAn inspiring and delightful illustrated collection of quotations from a diverse range of our most beloved children's books that will help teach all of us how to live in the world today, perfect for gift season and for readers of books like The Boy,...
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Because Barbara: Barbara Cooney Paints Her World"Will intrigue many adult readers as well as children, particularly those familiar with Cooney's timeless picture books." -Booklist Starred Review Legendary picture book creator Barbara Cooney once noticed that the library in her little town by the sea needed attention. A library, she knew,...
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Bard of Avon: The Story of William ShakespeareCelebrate 400 years of Shakespeare's legacy with this repackage of award-winning author Diane Stanley's tribute to the world-famous playwright William Shakespeare. Nobody knows exactly when or why William Shakespeare left his boyhood home of Stratford-on-Avon for the great city of London, but it didn't...
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A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953A "lyrical, impassioned" document of the intimate relationship between the two authors that was first disclosed in Henry and June (Booklist).This exchange of letters between the two controversial writers--Anaïs Nin, renowned for her candid and personal diaries, and Henry Miller, author of Tropic of...
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The Terrible Speed of Mercy: A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O'Connor"Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that it is these beliefs that give my work its chief characteristics."--Flannery O'ConnorFlannery O'Connor's work has been described as "profane,...
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The Snow Leopard: (Penguin Orange Collection)Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books 50 Covers competition For...
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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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The Blob That Ate Everyone (Classic Goosebumps #28): Volume 28Goosebumps now on Disney+!A famous horror writer. That's what Zackie Beauchamp wants to be. He's writing a story about a giant blob monster. A pink, slimy creature who eats up an entire town!Then Zackie finds the typewriter. In a burned-down antiques store. He takes...
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The Addams Family: Wednesday's LibraryTake a step inside The Addams Family: Wednesday's Library, a mysterious collection of delightfully dark quotes and gothic tales from the mind of everyone's beloved character, Wednesday Addams, featured in the Addams Family animated films.This chilling anthology brimming with quotes from literary figures like...
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Pete the Cat's Groovy Guide to LoveSpread the love, Pete style! Pete the Cat shares some groovy words from the heart in this fun collection of all his favorite famous quotes about self-love, pursuing your passions (or doing what makes you happy), and friendship.This cool cat adds his heartfelt take...
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Pete the Cat's Groovy Guide to KindnessKindness is cool! Pete the Cat shares some groovy words on kindness in this fun collection of his favorite famous quotes about sharing, lending a helping hand, and having compassion for others.Cool cat Pete adds his own spin on well-known classic quotes from luminaries...
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Malaparte: A BiographyA sweeping, definitive biography of the polarizing Italian writer whose infamous politics, relationship with Mussolini, and irrepresable knack for invention made him one of the most provocative artists and thinkers of his time. Curzio Suckert--best known by his pen name, Malaparte--was not only a...
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Letter to the Father/Brief an Den Vater: Bilingual EditionA son's poignant letter to his father--from the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial, and one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. - "One of the great confessions of literature." --The New York Times Book Review Franz Kafka wrote this...
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Letters to a Young PoetBorn in 1875, the great German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898 and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems,...
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