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Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties by Noel Riley Fitch Publisher Comments The story of Sylvia Beach's love for Shakespeare and Company supplies the lifeblood of this book. 'An absorbing book, backed by an impressive amount of research. Working from the rich collection of Sylvia Beach's papers, Noel Fitch has written an... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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February House: The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, under One Roof in Wartime America by Sherill Tippins Staff Pick What a deal. In February House, you get one of the greatest 20th-century poets, one of the greatest 20th-century composers, and one of the greatest 20th-century American authors living together, working together, and arguing together. You also get one of... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Victorian Frame of Mind, 1830-1870 by Walter E Houghton Publisher Comments 'It is now forty years, ' Walter Houghton writes, 'since Lytton Strachey decided that we already knew too much about the Victorian era to view its culture as a whole.' Recently the tide has turned and the Victorians have been the subject of sympathetic... (read more) List Price $56.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Side Tracks: Explorations of a Romantic Biographer by Richard Holmes Publisher Comments In 1985 Richard Holmes published a book called Footsteps, and the writing of biography was changed forever. A daring mixture of travel, biographical sleuthing, and personal memoir, it broke all the conventions of the genre and remains one of the most... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $5.13 Used - Hardcover
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Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books by Jenny Bond Publisher Comments The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creations Before Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara ?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir by Joyce Johnson Publisher Comments A National Book Critics Circle Award-winner, Minor Characters has deservedly become known among the cognoscenti as a classic about the 1950s, a vivid and compelling memoir of one womans coming of age amidst the angels and poets of the Beat Generation... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Notes to an Actor by Ron Marasco Synopsis Do you have any notes for me? If you have spent any time in the theater, or in film or television production, or have an actor in your family, or hope to be an actor, this question will have a familiar ring. Actors always ask for notes on their... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Literature and Development in North Africa: The Modernizing Mission by Perri Giovannucci Publisher Comments The book examines how modern global development largely privileges Western multinational interests at the expense of local or indigenous concerns in the developing nations of the East. The practices of development have mostly led not to economic, social,... (read more) List Price $100.00 Your price: $75.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications by Marle Wagman Geller Synopsis A novel's dedication can say much about an author and his or her relationship to the person for whom the book has been consecrated. "Once Again to Zelda" explores the dedications in 50 iconic books, shedding light on the author's psyche, as well as the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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