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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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My Life in Dog YearsGary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs. In each chapter he tells of one special dog, among them Cookie, the sled dog who saved his life; Snowball, the puppy he owned as a boy in the Philippines; Ike, his mysterious hunting...
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Radiant Black, Volume 2: A Massive-Verse BookThe first wave of cosmic forces have arrived on Earth, desperate to reclaim the Radiant - and as they tear through Chicago, the only thing standing in their way is RADIANT BLACK and some unexpected new allies. In the aftermath, the city of Lockport...
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Home Is the Road: Wandering the Land, Shaping the Spirit"[Glancy's] long-distance drives take on the monastic qualities of a spiritual pilgrimage rather than serving merely as a means to a destination." --The New York Times Book Review The land carries voices. The land remembers what happened upon it. In traveling the land, I...
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Things My Son Needs to Know about the WorldThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove shares an irresistible and moving collection of heartfelt, humorous essays about fatherhood, providing his newborn son with the perspective and tools he'll need to make his way in the world. Things My...
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Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on WritingWhen the New York Times referred to Ursula K. Le Guin as America's greatest writer of science fiction, they just might have undersold her legacy. It's hard to look at her vast body of work?novels and stories across multiple genres, poems, translations, essays, speeches,...
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Mientras Escribo: Memorias de Un Oficio / On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftPocas veces un libro sobre el oficio de escribir ha resultado tan clarificador, til y revelador.Cuando Stephen King se decidi a escribir sobre su profesi n y su vida, un brutal accidente automovil stico puso ambas en riesgo. Durante su convalecencia, el novelista descubri...
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Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark TimesA double portrait of two of America's most influential writers that reveals the surprising connections between them--and their uncanny relevance to our age of crisis Up from the Depths tells the interconnected stories of two of the most important writers in American history--the novelist...
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Letters to a Young Poet: With the Letters to Rilke from the ''Young Poet''For nearly a century, eager writers and young poets, as well as those simply looking for a purpose in life, have embraced the wisdom of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, first published in 1929. Most readers and scholars have long assumed...
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Syntax of the River: The Pattern Which ConnectsBarry Lopez had no illusions about the seriousness of our global crisis, yet he also felt a deep conviction about the power of hope and the sources of renewal in the living world. Syntax of the River is an extended conversation spanning three days...
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Dust Tracks on a Road: A Memoir"Warm, witty, imaginative. . . . This is a rich and winning book."--The New YorkerDust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literature's most compelling and influential authors. Hurston's...
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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A MemoirA searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Family relationships are never simple. But Sherman Alexie's bond with his mother Lillian was more...
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More Than Words: A Memoir of a Writing LifeIn this combination memoir and craft book, award-winning author Jerry Apps shares the next phase in his life story begun in Limping through Life and Once a Professor. Beginning with a boyhood surrounded by storytellers, Jerry takes readers along on his path to becoming...
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Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams and Messy Manuscripts--With Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors. . . often funny and entertaining.--Publishers Weekly "I own every writing book ever written, and Linda Sivertsen has done the near-impossible: given writing itself a personality . . . Her stories are cinematic, hilarious, heartfelt, and pitch-perfect--with energy and punch, so often lacking...
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The Writer: A Dark Thriller"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." -Oscar WildeCollege journalist Adele Plank has been granted a rare interview with one-time bestselling author, Decklan Stone. He is a man largely...
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Bad Boy: A MemoirA classic memoir that's gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable from the bestselling former National Ambassador of Books for Young People. A strong choice for summer reading--an engaging and powerful autobiographical exploration of growing up a so-called "bad boy" in Harlem in the 1940s.As a...
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The Twist of a Knife CDIn New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's ingenious fourth literary whodunit following The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death, and A Line to Kill, Horowitz becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation--and only one man can prove his innocence: his newly...
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Letters to a Young PoetIn 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), replied to the novice in this series of letters -- an amazing archive...
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Ten Trends to Seduce Your BestfriendWinnifred Gobaldi and Byron Visser are not best friends.Yes, they've known each other for years, but they're not even friendly. Winnie considers them more like casual, distant acquaintances who find each other barely tolerable, especially when he's being condescending (which is all the time).The...
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The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway (A unique Ernest Hemingway biography, Gift for writers)An Ernest Hemingway Biography Like No Other"...illuminates his life and works in ways not seen before." --Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award winner and author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through#1 New Release in Historical Latin America BiographiesDiscover Hemingway's biography through the...
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