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Author:Cory Leadbeater
The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion: A Memoir
A brilliant debut memoir about a young writer--struggling with depression, family issues, and addiction--and his life-changing decade working for Joan DidionAs an aspiring novelist in his early twenties, Cory Leadbeater was presented with an opportunity to work for a well-known writer whose identity was...- $36.99
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Author:Ian Garner
Z Generation: Into the Heart of Russia's Fascist Youth
How did Vladimir Putin galvanize the Russian people to back his genocidal war in Ukraine, and why are so many of them willing to embrace fascism? This vivid, on-the-ground narrative reveals how Russia's fascist generation came into being--and the dark future that awaits the...- $45.95
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Author:Judith Thurman
A Left-Handed Woman: Essays
WINNER OF THE 2023 PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY A collection of essays from Judith Thurman, the National Book Award-winning biographer and New Yorker staff writer. Judith Thurman, a prolific staff writer at The New Yorker for more than two decades,...- $59.95
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Author:Thersa Matsuura
The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth: The Stories of the Mischievous Kappa, Trickster K
Discover everything you've ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Japanese folklore including how they have found their way into every corner of our pop culture from the creator of the podcast Uncanny Japan.Welcome to The Book of Japanese Folklore: a...- $29.99
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Author:Roland Barthes
Mythologies Lib/E: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation
Author: Roland BarthesISBN-10: 8200083438ISBN-13: 9798200083435Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/13/2012Format: CD- $71.99
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Author:Jackson Crawford
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised ) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a thirteenth-century Icelandic manuscript are...- $32.95
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Author:Patrick Hastings
The Guide to James Joyce's Ulysses
In The Guide to James Joyce's 'Ulysses, ' Patrick Hastings provides comprehensive support to readers of Joyce's magnum opus by illuminating crucial details and reveling in the mischievous genius of this unparalleled novel. Written in a voice that offers encouragement and good humor, this...- $41.99
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Author:Roland Barthes
Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation
Author: Roland BarthesISBN-10: 8200083446ISBN-13: 9798200083442Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/13/2012Format: CD- $46.99
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Author:Andrea Di Robilant
Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse
Author: Andrea Di RobilantISBN-10: 1665137312ISBN-13: 9781665137317Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/26/2018Format: MP3 CD- $41.99
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Author:Llewelyn Morgan
Horace: A Very Short Introduction
Horace was one of the greatest poets during the reign of Augustus and is seen as mark of cultural sophistication since this time. This Very Short Introduction examines how Horace's poetry has exerted enormous influence but argues that it is best understood within the...- $41.99
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Author:Llewelyn Morgan
Horace: A Very Short Introduction
Horace was one of the greatest poets during the reign of Augustus and is seen as mark of cultural sophistication since this time. This Very Short Introduction examines how Horace's poetry has exerted enormous influence but argues that it is best understood within the...- $31.99
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Author:Olivia C. Harrison
Natives Against Nativism: Antiracism and Indigenous Critique in Postcolonial France
For the past fifty years, the Palestinian question has served as a rallying cry in the struggle for migrant rights in postcolonial France, from the immigrant labor associations of the 1970s and Beur movements of the 1980s to the militant decolonial groups of the...- $41.99
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Author:Olivia C. Harrison
Natives Against Nativism: Antiracism and Indigenous Critique in Postcolonial France
For the past fifty years, the Palestinian question has served as a rallying cry in the struggle for migrant rights in postcolonial France, from the immigrant labor associations of the 1970s and Beur movements of the 1980s to the militant decolonial groups of the...- $46.99
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Author:Lauren Oyler
My Perfect Opinions
From the celebrated national bestselling novelist and critic, a groundbreaking collection of essays exploring the state of cultural criticism and what meaning art has in our ever-challenging world.Lauren Oyler has emerged as one of the most trenchant, influential, and revelatory critics of her generation,...- $41.99
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Author:Shannon Reed
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize finalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference,...- $41.99
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Author:Mary Oliver
A Poetry Handbook
Author: Mary OliverISBN-10: 887471579XISBN-13: 9798874715793Publisher: HarperCollinsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/19/2024Format: MP3 CD- $41.99
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Author:Lesley M. M. Blume
Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece the Sun Also Rises
Author: Lesley M. M. BlumeISBN-10: 8874715315ISBN-13: 9798874715311Publisher: HarperCollinsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/09/2024Format: MP3 CD- $41.99
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Author:Natalie Haynes
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora's Jar.Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a...- $46.99
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Author:Pierre Bayard
How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read
In this delightfully tongue-in-cheek book, a #3 bestseller in France, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who understands the book's place in our...- $45.00
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Author:Shannon Reed
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize finalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference,...- $41.99
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Author:Carlos Lozada
The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians
The Pulitzer Prize-winning opinion columnist at The New York Times explores how people in power reveal themselves through their books and writings and, in so doing, illuminates the personal, political, and cultural conflicts driving Washington and the nation.As a long-time book critic and columnist...- $44.99
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Author:Phillip Lopate
To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction
Distinguished author Phillip Lopate, editor of the celebrated anthology The Art of the Personal Essay, is universally acclaimed as "one of our best personal essayists" (Dallas Morning News). Here, combining more than 40 years of lessons from his storied career as a writer and...- $9.99
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Author:Ray D. Bradbury
Yestermorrow: Obvious Answers to Impossible Futures
Essays discuss Bernard Berenson, Walt Disney, Federico Fellini, the cities of Paris and London, art, literature, history, science fiction, and the design of public placesAuthor: Ray D. BradburyISBN-10: 8200703282ISBN-13: 9798200703289Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2022Format: MP3 CD- $41.95
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Author:Andrea Di Robilant
Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse
Author: Andrea Di RobilantISBN-10: 1665137320ISBN-13: 9781665137324Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/26/2018Format: CD- $29.99
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Author:Mark Twain
Roughing It
In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a tenderfoot in the Wild West. Roughing It is a hilarious record of his travels over a six-year period that comes to life with his inimitable mixture of reporting, social satire, and rollicking tall tales....- $29.95
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Author:Mark Twain
Roughing It
In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a tenderfoot in the Wild West. Roughing It is a hilarious record of his travels over a six-year period that comes to life with his inimitable mixture of reporting, social satire, and rollicking tall tales....- $34.95
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Author:Les Standiford
The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world. Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his...- $9.99
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Author:Natalie Haynes
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora's Jar.Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a...- $41.99
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Author:Paul Strathern
Borges in 90 Minutes
Weaving fiction with fact, fantastic matter with historical figures, Borges' frequent theme of a world where time, culture, and place converge is both timely and pertinent in our advance toward globalization. Drawing from his multi-ethnic and -lingual upbringing in Argentina, Borges' focus on universal...- $19.95
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Author:Paul Strathern
Virginia Woolf in 90 Minutes
A highly sensitive and intelligent child, Virginia Woolf grew up in a large family prone to psychological instability. Throughout her life, she was subject to periods of mental breakdown, yet when she was lucid she was capable of a uniquely perceptive and frank introspection....- $19.95
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Author:Paul Strathern
Beckett in 90 Minutes
Samuel Beckett's work evokes passionate responses: readers and playgoers either revere it or consider it a load of pretentious nonsense. But his philosophy of pessimism will always find a new generation of young readers, for it bursts the rainbow soap bubbles of illusion, leaving...- $19.95
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Author:Paul Strathern
Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes
Building on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. After narrowly...- $16.95
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Author:Jackson Crawford
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised ) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a thirteenth-century Icelandic manuscript are...- $29.95
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Author:M. F. K. Fisher
The Measure of Her Powers: An M.F.K. Fisher Reader
Gathering journals, letters, translations, and selections from her many books, The Measure of Her Powers showcases Fisher's versatility, providing new listeners and loyal fans alike with a sampler from her wide-ranging body of work. M. F. K. Fisher is a perennial literary favorite. Her...- $9.99
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Author:Rachel Feder
The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love
What if we've been reading Jane Austen and romantic classics all wrong? A funny, brainy, eye-opening take on how our contemporary love stories are actually pretty terrifying.Covering cultural touchstones ranging from Twilight to Taylor Swift and from Lord Byron to The Bachelor, The Darcy...- $31.95
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Author:Paul Strathern
Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes
Garcia Marquez stands on the shoulders of a great Latin American literary heritage. But he is also that modern rarity, a writer with aspirations to high art who also remains hugely popular. For those who fall under his spell, his novel, One Hundred Years...- $16.95
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Author:C. S. Lewis
On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions
A definitive collection of wisdom on every style of writing and a celebration of the transformative power of the written word from one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the modern age, C. S. Lewis, the beloved author of the Chronicles of...- $27.99
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Author:Robert Frost
New Hampshire
Robert Frost (1874-1963) was the most celebrated poet in America for most of the twentieth century. Although chiefly associated with the life and landscapes of New England, his work embodies penetrating and often dark explorations of universal themes. New Hampshire features Frost's meditations on...- $19.95
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Author:Rachel Feder
The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love
What if we've been reading Jane Austen and romantic classics all wrong? A funny, brainy, eye-opening take on how our contemporary love stories are actually pretty terrifying.Covering cultural touchstones ranging from Twilight to Taylor Swift and from Lord Byron to The Bachelor, The Darcy...- $36.95
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Author:Evelyn McDonnell
The World According to Joan Didion
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 by The Millions"A wonderfully fitting tribute to Joan Didion: one that avoids simple platitudes, approaching the great writer with a fierce, probing intelligence, flawless language, and the impulse, which drove Didion's finest work, to understand the dreams of...- $41.99
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Author:Evelyn McDonnell
The World According to Joan Didion
An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigorous interrogation and beautiful style.Joan Didion was a writer's writer; not...- $36.99
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Author:Eric Martin
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Lib/E: A Contrivance of Horror
Author: Eric Martin, Thomas LigottiISBN-10: 1665113189ISBN-13: 9781665113182Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2018Format: CD- $19.99
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Author:Erma Bombeck
A Marriage Made in Heaven, or Too Tired for an Affair
"I now pronounce you husband and wife." There are few phrases as sobering, with the possible exceptions of "We have lift-off" and "This country is at war." Yet, as they have done for centuries, millions of courageous men and women continue to walk down...- $24.95
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Author:Madeleine L'Engle
Miracle on 10th Street: And Other Christmas Writings
The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time reflects on themes such as advent, epiphany, faith, and wonder in this Christmas holiday classic.For more than fifty years, Madeleine L'Engle has delighted and inspired readers with her warm, eloquent prose and inspirational poetry. She continues...- $23.99
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Author:G. N. Devy
Mahabharata: The Epic and the Nation
In India, kingdoms and dynasties have come and gone, religious sects have formed and dissolved, schools of philosophy have come together and subsequently been replaced by others, yet the Mahabharata has never ceased to excite the Indian imagination.The sheer volume of commentaries on the...- $24.99
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Author:Maggie Nelson
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
Author: Maggie NelsonISBN-10: 1665274905ISBN-13: 9781665274906Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2017Format: MP3 CD- $41.99
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Author:Caroline Alexander
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
The dramatic events of the Trojan War are legend--but Homer's epic poem, Iliad, is devoted entirely to a few mundane weeks at the end of a debilitating, waning ten-year campaign. The story's focus is not on drama but on a bitter truth: both armies...- $9.99
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Author:Kat Timpf
You Can't Joke about That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
What happens when we can't joke about some of the most important stuff in life?In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing their views would alienate them from the people they care about most. Those people should...- $36.99
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Author:Coulter H. George
How Dead Languages Work
This volume celebrates six such languages--Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew--by first introducing listeners to their most distinctive features, then showing how these linguistic traits play out in short excerpts from actual ancient texts. It explores, for instance, how...- $39.99
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Author:Tabitha Kenlon
Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman
The longest-running war is the battle over how women should behave. Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman examines seven centuries of advice literature, analyzing the print origins of gendered expectations that continue to inform our thinking about women's roles and abilities....- $29.95
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