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Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Publisher Comments From 1903 to 1908 Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young would-be poet, on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. Accompanying the letters is a chronicle of Rilke's life showing what he was experiencing in his... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison Publisher Comments The publication of this magnificent trilogy of short novels Legends Of The Fall, Revenge, and The Man Who Gave Up His Name confirmed Jim Harrison's reputation as one of the finest American writers of his generation. These absorbing novellas explore the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon by Laurie R. (edt) King Publisher Comments BESTSELLING AUTHORS GO HOLMES—IN AN IRRESISTIBLE NEW COLLECTION edited by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger Neil Gaiman. Laura Lippman. Lee Child. These are just three of eighteen superstar authors who provide... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Best American Short Stories 2011 (11 Edition) by Geraldine Brooks Publisher Comments In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2011, Geraldine Brooks draws the comparison between a well-told joke and a good short story. She writes, “Each form relies on suggestion and economy. Characters have to be drawn in a few deft... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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What There Is to Say We Have Said: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and William Maxwell by Suzanne Marrs Publisher Comments Eavesdrop on one of the most celebrated literary friendships in American letters "An epistolary feast for literary fans [and] a confidence booster for aspiring writers everywhere. A-" —Entertainment Weekly "If friendship is an art, this volume... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Letters To a Young Poet (02 Edition) by Rainer Maria Rilke Publisher Comments In 1903, Rilke replied in a series of 10 letters to a student who had submitted some verses to the well-known Austrian poet for an assessment. Written during an important stage in Rilke's artistic development, these letters contain many of the themes... (read more) List Price $5.95 Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser Publisher Comments Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity — six words at a time. One Life. Six Words. What's Yours? When Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $5.50 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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Black and Blue (Oprah's Book Club) by Anna Quindlen Publisher Comments With daring and compassion, Anna Quindlen weaves a forceful, harrowing portrait of a woman and a marriage, capturing the profound intricacies of love and rage, passion and violence. At once heartbreaking and utterly riveting, BLACK AND BLUE is an... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology by Beverly Lawn Publisher Comments Economical in both size and price, 40 Short Stories offers a well-chosen array of popular and significant stories, enhanced by unobtrusive but effective editorial features. This volume in Bedford/St. Martins series of Portable Anthologies and Portable... (read more) List Price $35.50 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Warriors by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois Publisher Comments From George R. R. Martins Introduction to Warriors: “People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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News from Nowhere and Other Writings by William Morris Publisher Comments This volume illustrates the variety of William Morris's prose, while focusing on one theme: the earthly paradise. The "Nowhere" of News from Nowhere (1890) is England in 2102, an ideal pastoral society born out of revolution. It is as compelling a dream... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Garden Trilogy #3: Red Lily by Nora Roberts Publisher Comments Three women learn that the heart of their historic home holds a mystery of years gone by, as number-one bestselling author Nora Roberts brings her In the Garden trilogy to a captivating conclusion, following Blue Dahlia and Black Rose. A Harper has... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Barcelona Noir (Akashic Noir) by Adriana V. (edt) Lopez Publisher Comments "One-of-a-kind Barcelona is as enchanting in real life as in literature, and the latest in the Akashic city noir series, Barcelona Noir, is a terrific entry point to sample its charms or to relive the adventure of traveling there […] this collection... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass Publisher Comments A collection of stories — some well known, some more obscure — capturing some of the best storytelling of this golden age of nonfiction. An anthology of the best new masters of nonfiction storytelling, personally chosen and introduced by... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fifty Great Essays (Penguin Academics) by Robert J Diyanni Publisher Comments An affordable reader with 50 classic and contemporary readings. Alphabetically organized by author, for ease and flexiblity.... (read more) List Price $37.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970 (Touchstone Books (Paperback)) by Michael Martone Publisher Comments More than 200 English professors, award-winning short-story writers, novelists, and fiction workshop directors were surveyed and asked to select the best literature written since 1970. The short stories included in this anthology represent the best short... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Future Is Japanese by Nick (edt) Mamatas Publisher Comments A web browser that threatens to conquer the world. The longest, loneliest railroad on Earth. A North Korean nuke hitting Tokyo, a hollow asteroid full of automated rice paddies, and a specialist in breaking up “virtual” marriages. And yes... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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I'm with the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet by Margaret Atwood Publisher Comments The size and severity of the global climate crisis is such that even the most committed environmentalists are liable to live in a state of denial. The award-winning writers collected here have made it their task to shake off this nagging disbelief... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 2, 1941 1956 (Letters of Samuel Beckett) by Samuel Beckett Publisher Comments This second volume of The Letters of Samuel Beckett opens with the War years, when it was often impossible or too dangerous to correspond. The surge of letters beginning in 1945, and their variety, are matched by the outpouring and the range of Beckett's... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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