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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) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover 
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New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 by Teresa Carpenter Publisher Comments New York is a city like no other. Through the centuries, she’s been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and battered—all the while standing at the crossroads of American politics, business, society, and culture. Pulitzer... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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The Skeptical Romancer: Selected Travel Writing (Vintage International) by W. Somerset Maugham Publisher Comments One of the seminal writers of the twentieth century, W. Somerset Maugham was also a fearless and constant traveler who chronicled his adventures with a rare mix of wit and excitement. In The Skeptical Romancer, acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer selects... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Second Simplicity: New Poetry and Prose, 1991-2011 (Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Yves Bonnefoy Publisher Comments Yves Bonnefoy, who will soon attain the age of ninety, has gratified his readers during the past two decades with the most prolific and innovative period of his splendid lifework. This volume presents in English and French an inviting... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin by Bruce Chatwin Publisher Comments andquot;Wonderful...the closest we are ever going to get to a Chatwin autobiography.andquot; -William Dalrymple, The Times Literary Supplement (London) The celebrated author of such beloved works as In Patagonia and The Songlines, Bruce Chatwin was a... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sacred Monsters by Edmund White Synopsis Edmund White is one of our most celebrated novelists. He is also a brilliant journalist and cultural commentator on the arts, contributing to publications as varied The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, the Washington Post, House and Garden... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Hot Under the Collar: Tales of Submission and Domination by Miranda Forbes Publisher Comments Domination and desire go hand in hand, but are you ready to submit to the ultimate in sexy seduction?Masters and slaves get together to inflict, pain, pleasure and above all passion upon each other. Bondage and whips, dungeons and dominatrix, collaring... (read more) Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume Two by John Pelan PW Review "This second volume of Pelan's centenary celebration of horror fiction shows the genre evolving and transforming, especially in the post — Stephen King era. Robert Bloch's deal-with-the-devil tale 'That Hellbound Train' is an early exercise in dark... (read more) Your price: $75.00 New - Hardcover
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Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists (Radical Thinkers) by Louis Althusser Publisher Comments Intended to contribute, in his own words, to a "left-wing critique of Stalinism that would help put some substance back into the revolutionary project here in the West," they are the record of a shared history. At the same time they chart Althusser's... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Canti: Poems / A Bilingual Edition by Giacomo Leopardi Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 Giacomo Leopardi is Italys greatest modern poet, the first European writer to portray and examine the self in a way that feels familiar to us today. A great classical scholar and patriot, he explored... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Collected Poems of Eugenio Montale: 1925-1977 by Eugenio Montale Publisher Comments Hailed as one of the key poets of the modern era, Eugenio Montale changed Italian poetry forever and helped to create international Modernism. Steeped in the tradition of Dante, Petrarch, and Leopardi, yet fiercely innovative, in each new book Montale... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Hardcover
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The Changing Room: Selected Poetry of Zhai Yongming (Jintian) by Zhai Yongming Publisher Comments "Fireworks and Working Girls" Fireworks and working girls They’ve danced with abandon Descending into loneliness in the end Confucian moralists wouldn’t agree: These explosions in the heavens are a natural thing We watch as we please reflect... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin by Bruce Chatwin Publisher Comments As the celebrated author of such beloved works as "In Patagonia" and "The Songlines," Bruce Chatwin's desire for adventure and enlightenment was made wholly evident by his writing. This selection of letters reveals a passionate man and a storyteller par... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Ice Lake: Gone Cold\Cold Heat\Stone Cold (Harlequin Anthologies) by B. J. Daniels Publisher Comments Gone Cold by USA TODAY bestselling author B.J. Daniels Ice Lake is the ideal romantic getaway for Morgan Sinclair and her new husband, Tom Cooper—until Tom's past catches up with him. Snowed in with a man who isn't what he seems and a killer... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays (Dover Thrift Editions) by Michel De Montaigne Publisher Comments One of France's great Renaissance thinkers, Montaigne was remarkably modern in his views. These highly readable essays reflect his thoughts on poetry, philosophy, theology, law, literature, education, and world exploration. Filled with... (read more) Your price: $3.50 New - Trade Paper
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Collected Poems, 1920-1954: Newly Revised Bilingual Edition by Eugenio Montale Publisher Comments A strong, idiomatic translation of Italy's greatest modern poet. Eugenio Montale is universally recognized as having brought the great Italian lyric tradition that began with Dante into the twentieth century with unrivaled power and brilliance. Montale... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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Believer #86: The Believer, Issue 86 by Heidi (edt) Julavits Synopsis The Believer is a monthly magazine where length is no object. It features long articles, interviews, and book reviews, as well as poems, comics, and a two-page vertically-oriented Schema spread, more or less unreproduceable on the web. The common thread... (read more) Your price: $8.00 New - Trade Paper
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Life Sentences: Literary Judgments and Accounts by William H. Gass Publisher Comments A dazzling new collection of essays—on reading, writing, form, and thought—from one of America’s master writers. It begins with the personal, both past and present. It emphasizes Gass’s lifelong attachment to books and... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction by Michael (edt) Moorcock Publisher Comments Voted by the London Times as one of the best writers since 1945, Michael Moorcock has long been considered one of the top names in science fiction and fantasy. Here, Moorcock has personally selected his best published and unpublished essays, articles... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Trade Paper
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If There Is Something to Desire: One Hundred Poems by Vera Pavlova Publisher Comments Now in paperback, the widely acclaimed collection of one hundred poems of extraordinarily elegant simplicity by one of the best-selling poets in Russia, whose presence on the American poetry scene is increasingly strong. Pavlova writes about love (... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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