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Green Hills of AfricaThe most intimate and elaborately enhanced addition to the Hemingway Library series: Hemingway's memoir of his safari across the Serengeti--presented with archival material from the Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Library, and with the never-before-published safari journal of Hemingway's second wife, Pauline...
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Foreskin's Lament: A MemoirA New York Times Notable Book, and a "chaotic, laugh riot" (San Francisco Chronicle) of a memoir. Shalom Auslander was raised with a terrified respect for God. Even as he grew up and was estranged from his community, his religion and its traditions, he...
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Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward GoreyThe definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil...
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The Act of Disappearing"Hauntingly beautiful."--Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue"A thrilling story, remarkably told."--Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We KeptJulia White is struggling: her bartending job isn't cutting it and her first book has sold...
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Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the WildernessWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award Indian Creek Chronicles is Pete Fromm's account of seven winter months spent alone in a tent in Idaho guarding salmon eggs and coming face to face with the blunt realities of life as a contemporary...
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The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and EssaysFrom one of America's most beloved authors, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces, offering a fresh perspective on the remarkable literary mind of Harper Lee.Harper Lee remains a landmark figure in the American canon -...
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Zero to Sixty: The Motorcycle Journey of a LifetimeNearing sixty, diagnosed with heart disease and feeling his mortality, Gary Paulsen buys his first Harley-Davidson and rides from his home in New Mexico to Alaska-and from the present into his past, through the landmarks of a singular life. Paulsen's journey is peopled with...
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Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's ClassroomIn the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie, a devoted student and friend of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel invites readers to witness one of the world's greatest thinkers in his own classroom in this instructive and deeply moving read, a...
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We Took to the WoodsIn her early thirties, Louise Dickinson Rich took to the woods of Maine with her husband. They found their livelihood and raised a family in the remote backcountry settlement of Middle Dam, in the Rangeley area. Rich made time after morning chores to write...
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Walden: A Fully Annotated EditionThe ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars "Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this great American book."--Joel Porte, author of Consciousness and Culture: Emerson and Thoreau Reviewed This is the...
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True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter MatthiessenThe first biography of Peter Matthiessen, the novelist, naturalist, and Zen roshi, whose trailblazing work championed Native American rights and helped usher in the modern environmental movement, by award-winning writer Lance Richardson. "A stunning, formidable achievement by a brilliant biographer. Lance Richardson takes his...
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The Story of Stan Lee: An Inspiring Biography for Young ReadersDiscover the life of Stan Lee--a story about creating your own adventures for kids ages 6 to 9Stan Lee was a famous comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher for Marvel Comics. Before he helped create heroes like the Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, the X-Men,...
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The Maine Woods"What a wilderness walk for a man to take alone!...Here was traveling of the old heroic kind over the unaltered face of nature." -Henry David Thoreau Over a period of three years, Thoreau made three trips to the largely unexplored woods of Maine. He...
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The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861Henry David Thoreau's Journal was his life's work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right--one of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday...
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The House by the SeaHere she found the peace and aloneness she sought--and partly feared. The journal records the renewing of her life and work in this place.Author: May SartonPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 01/01/1996Pages: 290Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80dISBN: 9780393313901Review Citation(s): New...
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The Drowned and the SavedIn his final book before his death, Primo Levi returns once more to his time at Auschwitz in a moving meditation on memory, resiliency, and the struggle to comprehend unimaginable tragedy. Drawing on history, philosophy, and his own personal experiences, Levi asks if we...
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SixAn Instant New York Times Bestseller "Riveting. The Six captures all the wayward magnetism and levity that have enchanted countless writers without neglecting the tragic darkness of many of the sisters' life choices and the savage sociopolitical currents that fueled them." --Tina Brown, The...
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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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Roughing ItA marvelously vivid, many-sided portrait of America's frontier days. Mark Twain's rambling took him all over the American West during teh 1860's. He prospected for gold and silver, speculated on timber and mining stocks, sailed to Hawaii, and worked for a succession of small...
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Philip Roth: Stung by LifeA landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Philip Roth (1933-2018), one of America's most celebrated writers. Born in Newark, New Jersey--where his...
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