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Up Is Up, But So Is Down: New York's Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992Among The Village Voices 25 Favorite Books of 2006Winner of the 2007 AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show in the Trade Illustrated Book Design category. Sometime after Andy Warhol's heyday but before Soho became a tourist trap, a group of poets, punk rockers, guerilla...
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The Whole Staggering Mystery: A Story of Fathers Lost and FoundSylvia Brownrigg's "wise, intimate, and deliciously entertaining memoir" (Carol Edgarian) reconstructs a poignant story of fathers lost and found When Sylvia Brownrigg received a package addressed to her father that had been lost for over fifty years, she wanted to deliver it to him...
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Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life: Especially If You've Had a Lucky LifeA rich and comic portrait of the radical changes in American life and the literary world over the last eighty years. An autobiography usually requires a justification. The great autobiographies--those by Benvenuto Cellini, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Brooks Adams--were justified by their...
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Letters to Friends, Family, and EditorsCollected after his death by his friend and literary executor Max Brod, here are more than two decades' worth of Franz Kafka's letters to the men and women with whom he maintained his closest personal relationships, from his years as a student in Prague...
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Year of Plenty: A Family's Season of GriefIn October 2020, B.J. Hollars answered a call from his father-in-law while teaching a class. "When will you be home?" Steve asked. "I have news." So began the Hollars family's year of plenty--a year of cancer; COVID; and falling short as parents, partners, and...
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A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian LifeWinner of the 2007 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Biography, Autobiography & Memoir A powerful memoir of war, politics, literature, and family life by one of Europe's leading intellectuals. When George Konrad was a child of eleven, he, his sister, and...
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A Chance Meeting: American EncountersWeaving a tapestry of creativity and circumstance, this lauded chronicle of the many links and serendipitous meetings between giants of American culture--from Henry James to Gertrude Stein to Zora Neale Hurston to Marcel Duchamp--now includes a new introduction by the author."They met in ordinary...
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One Soul We Divided: A Critical Edition of the Diary of Michael FieldThe first book-length selection from the extraordinary unpublished diary of the late-Victorian writer "Michael Field"--the pen name of two female coauthors and romantic partners Michael Field was known to late-Victorian readers as a superb poet and playwright--until Robert Browning let slip Field's secret identity:...
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On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to CaliforniaA young South Asian American woman's story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming In 2012, 25-year-old Jackie Moyer--the daughter of a forbidden marriage between a white American father and a Punjabi American mother--leased 10 acres of land in Gold...
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Letters to Palestine: Writers Respond to War and OccupationOperation Protective Edge, Israel's seven-week bombing campaign and ground invasion of Gaza in the summer of 2014, resulted in half a million displaced Gazans, tens of thousands of destroyed homes, and more than 2,000 deaths--and, yet, it was only the latest in a long...
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The Bower Atmosphere: A Biography of B. M. BowerB. M. (Bertha Muzzy) Bower was the first author to make a living writing popular westerns, creating more than sixty novels and hundreds of short stories that were read by millions of Americans. Bower's were among the first westerns adapted to film, and the...
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Sharing Too Much: Musings from an Unlikely LifeThe #1 New York Times bestselling author and "king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) delivers a charming and inspirational collection of essays. Featuring his most important life lessons, strongest advice, and plenty of heartwarming tales, Richard Paul Evans tackles a variety of...
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Gertrude and AliceGertrude Stein and Alice Babette Toklas met on Sunday 8 September 1907, in Paris. From that day on they were together, until Gertrude's death on Saturday 27 July 1946. Everyone who was anyone went to their salons at the rue de Fleurus. They became...
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Walden & Civil Disobedience (Masterpiece Library Edition)Read 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.Author: Henry David ThoreauPublisher: Peter Pauper PressPublished: 01/01/2024Pages: 319Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781441341501
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Not a Tame Lion: The Spiritual Legacy of C. S. Lewis and the Chronicles of NarniaNOT A TAME LION offers a clear view of the character of C.S. Lewis.Author: Terry W. GlaspeyPublisher: Cumberland House PublishingPublished: 10/01/2005Pages: 254Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.06h x 5.08w x 0.76dISBN: 9781581824834This title is not returnable
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Kafka: A Very Short IntroductionFranz Kafka is among the most intriguing and influential writers of the last century. During his lifetime he worked as a civil servant and published only a handful of short stories, the best known being The Transformation. His other three novels, published after his...
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Joseph Addison: An Intellectual BiographyThe name Joseph Addison was once synonymous with the finest of English prose. Eminent writers from Voltaire to Lord Macaulay to John Steinbeck considered him a consummate master to be studied and emulated. According to Benjamin Franklin, Addison's writings "contributed more to the improvement...
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Joseph Addison: An Intellectual BiographyThe name Joseph Addison was once synonymous with the finest of English prose. Eminent writers from Voltaire to Lord Macaulay to John Steinbeck considered him a consummate master to be studied and emulated. According to Benjamin Franklin, Addison's writings "contributed more to the improvement...
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ScatterlingsAuthor: Resoketswe Martha ManenzhePublisher: HarperviaPublished: 12/19/2023Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780063264120
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Wandering Through Life: A MemoirIn a series of vignettes full of affection, irony, and good humor, Donna Leon narrates a remarkable life she feels has rather more happened to her than been planned. From a childhood in the company of her New Jersey family, with frequent visits to...
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