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The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage by Cathi Hanauer Staff Pick Great essays like these give you an opportunity to look at the world through another person's eyes and re-examine your own experiences. The 26 included here take you on a journey through the a myriad women's lives. I laughed, I cried, I felt better about... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave by Ellen Sussman Publisher Comments 'I behave badly to set myself apart. To test myself. To push myself. To prove something. To shock someone. ... I behave badly because I can.' That"s how Ellen Sussman describes her mischievous endeavors. In this anthology of personal essays, she"s... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame by Robin Robertson Publisher Comments A writer's public life is not -- as is often thought -- a round of glamorous parties, prize-acceptance speeches, and triumphant readings to amphitheatres full of loyal, cheering fans; it is, in fact, a grim treadmill of humiliation and neglect... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.97 Sale - Hardcover
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American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse (American Poets Project) by John Hollander Publisher Comments Distinguished poet and critic John Hollander offers, for the first time ever, a buoyant guided tour of American light verse-a tradition he delightfully pursues from Ambrose Bierce's sardonic "The Devil's Dictionary" quatrains to the latter-day comic... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Best American Essays 2005 by Susan Orlean Publisher Comments Now in its twentieth year, this consistently refined and lively series (Booklist) still highlights the best that the form can be (Philadelphia Inquirer). Edited by the best-selling writer Susan Orlean, this years collection highlights lively and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Anth. of Japanese Lit. (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European) by Donald Keene Synopsis The sweep of Japanese literature in all its great variety was made available to Western readers for the first time in this anthology. Every genre and style, from the celebrated No plays to the poetry and novels of the seventeenth century, find a place in... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present by Lex Williford Publisher Comments An exceptional showcase of topflight memoir, literary journalism, personal essay, and cultural criticism, this uniquely comprehensive collection is the first and only creative nonfiction volume to cover all genres, from magazine writing to book excerpts.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rotten English: A Literary Anthology by Dohra Ahmad Publisher Comments Rotten English spans the globe to offer an overview of the best non-standard English writing of the past two centuries, with a focus on the most recent decades. During the last twelve years, half of the Man Booker awards went to novels written in non... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology by Paula Geyh Publisher Comments From William S. Burroughs to David Foster Wallace, Postmodern American Fictionoffers up witty, risky, exhilarating, groundbreaking fiction from five decades of postwar American life. It includes works by sixty-eight authors: short fiction, novels... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Stray Dog Cabaret: A Book of Russian Poems by Paul Schmidt Publisher Comments In the years before the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Stray Dog cabaret in St. Petersburg was the haunt of poets, artists, and musicians, a place to meet, drink, read, brawl, celebrate, and stage performances of all kinds. It has since become a symbol of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 by Dave Eggers Publisher Comments An eclectic volume introduced by Guillermo del Toro and compiled by Dave Eggers and students of his San Francisco writing center, who dont leave a stone unturned in their search for nonrequired gems.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer by Robert Swartwood Publisher Comments The stories in this collection run the gamut from playful to tragic, conservative to experimental, but they all have one thing in common: they are no more than 25 words long. Robert Swartwood was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's possibly apocryphal six... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories by David Sedaris Publisher Comments A bestseller in its own right and a must-have for fans of the #1 bestselling author David Sedaris, a collection of his favorite short fiction. David Sedaris is an exceptional reader. Alone in his apartment, he reads stories aloud to the point he has them... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Please: Fiction Inspired by the Smiths by Peter Wild Publisher Comments The music of the Smiths and their iconic frontman Morrissey is beautiful, witty, melancholic—music that makes outsiders feel as though they are part of something. Now an eclectic collection of acclaimed, up-and-coming writers lets their love of... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Best-loved Poems by Neil Philip Publisher Comments A comprehensive selection of poems from a variety of poets including William Blake, T S Elliot and Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated with watercolour boarders and decorative motifs by Isabelle Brent.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Burn This Book: Pen Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word by Toni Morrison Publisher Comments Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors include literary... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading (Best American Nonrequired Reading) by Dave Eggers Publisher Comments An eclectic volume introduced by David Sedaris and compiled by Dave Eggers and students of his San Francisco writing center, who dont leave a stone unturned in their search for nonrequired gems. Cover art by art by Maurice Sendak.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Stories by Neil Gaiman Publisher Comments The joy of fiction is the joy of the imagination. . . . The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more--to find the answer to the question: And then what happened? The true hallmark of great literature is great... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Mass Market
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The Best American Erotic Poems: From 1800 to the Present by David Lehman Publisher Comments There is a deep tradition of eroticism in American poetry. Thoughtful, provocative, moving, and sometimes mirthful, the poems collected in The Best American Erotic Poems celebrate this exuberant sensuality. These poems range across the varied landscapes... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Book of Hours by Kevin Jackson Publisher Comments Throughout history, most people have lived by the celestial clock of night and day, and by the biological clock of hunger and thirst. Alongside civilization developed the astonishing idea that the day might be divided and subdivided into regular units of... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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