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Pulphead: Essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan Staff Pick I love collections of essays. I almost always have one (or two or three) in a pile on my bedside table. But not since I first read A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace have I loved a book of essays as much as I loved... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (83 Edition) by Albert Camus Publisher Comments One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existential thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan, and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide" the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson Publisher Comments Ever since the 1981 publication of her stunning debut, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist (her second novel, Gilead, was awarded the Pulitzer... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace Publisher Comments In this exuberantly praised book - a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Slouching towards Bethlehem: Essays by Joan Didion Staff Pick Joan Didion's lucid, canny prose style is painstakingly situated around the art of the sentence. Slouching towards Bethlehem, her first collection of nonfiction, serves as a prime example of exactly how well she can wield one. Each of these essays... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from Storycorps by Dave Isay Publisher Comments andquot;[Mom] bursts with stories that are unvarnished, sad, funny, wise, and most of all, very real.andquot; -Chicago Tribune (Editor's Choice) Featuring StoryCorps' most revealing stories on the subject, Mom looks across a diversity of experience to... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Otherwise Known as the Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews by Geoff Dyer Publisher Comments *Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice**A New York Times Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year, as selected by Dwight Garner* Geoff Dyer has earned the devotion of passionate fans on... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Farther Away: Essays by Jonathan Franzen Publisher Comments Jonathan Franzen's Freedom was the runaway most-discussed novel of 2010, an ambitious and searching engagement with life in America in the twenty-first century. In The New York Times Book Review, Sam Tanenhaus proclaimed it “a masterpiece of... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson Publisher Comments William Gibson is known primarily as a novelist, with his work ranging from his groundbreaking first novel, Neuromancer, to his more recent contemporary bestsellers Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, and Zero History. During those nearly thirty years... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Bluets by Maggie Nelson Publisher Comments Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . . A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation by Tom Bissell Synopsis In Magic Hours, award-winning essayist Tom Bissell explores the highs and lows of the creative process. He takes us from the set of The Big Bang Theory to the first novel of Ernest Hemingway to the final work of David Foster Wallace; from the films of... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper
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All There Is: Love Stories from Storycorps by Dave Isay Publisher Comments A celebration of love from StoryCorps. In All There Is, founder Dave Isay shares stories of love and marriage from the revolutionary oral history project, revealing the many and remarkable paths that relationships can take. From the excitement and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell Staff Pick Twenty-two of Malcolm Gladwell's favorite "adventures," all previously published in the New Yorker, come together in this engaging book. Gladwell's contagious curiosity helps us understand how other people feel about the topics of homelessness, ketchup... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman Publisher Comments THE TRUE BUT UNLIKELY STORIES OF LIVES DEVOTED—ABSURDLY! MELANCHOLICALLY! BEAUTIFULLY!—TO THE RUSSIAN CLASSICS No one who read Elif Batumans first article (in the journal n+1) will ever forget it. “Babel in California” told the true... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Syzygy, Beauty: An Essay by T Fleischmann Publisher Comments "T Fleischmann's Syzygy, Beauty shimmers with confidence as it tours the surreal chaos of gender, art, and desire. Its declarative sentences—seductive, abject, caustic, moving, informative, and utterly inventive—herald a new world, one in... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Borderlands-la Frontera (3RD 07 Edition) by Gloria Anzaldua Publisher Comments Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa’s experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the groundbreaking essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged how we think about identity. Borderlands/La Frontera remapped our... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Best American Essays 2011 (Best American Essays) by Edwidge Danticat Publisher Comments The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace Staff Pick David Foster Wallace is arguably the most accessible, intelligent, versatile writer working today. Never mind just now his novels and stories, or his "compact history" of infinity. In Consider the Lobster, he insinuates himself among actors, actresses... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Best Sex Writing 2012: The State of Today's Sexual Culture (Best Sex Writing) by Rachel Kramer Bussel Publisher Comments Stimulate Your Largest Sex Organ: Your Brain Face it, you think about sex every day. We all do. In Best Sex Writing 2012, sex columnist Rachel Kramer Bussel and guest judge Susie Bright collect the most stimulating and intelligent work on this endlessly... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Best American Essays (Best American Essays) by Mary Oliver Publisher Comments Edited by the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Edwidge Danticat, author ofBrother, I Am Dying,this classic collection of essays showcases the year's best.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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