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Writes of Spring: Stories and Prose Celebrating the Tenth Annual Write of Spring and the 25th Anniversary of Once Upon a Crime by Gary (edt) Shulze PW Review "This inspired volume of original stories celebrates the 25th anniversary of mystery bookstore Once Upon a Crime and the 10th anniversary of the Minneapolis store's annual Write of Spring author gathering. Outstanding selections from the 34 contributors,... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Reckless by Tracy Brown Publisher Comments Desire raises the stakes--and the danger. . . Desperate Housewife by Cydney Rax Carmen Foster thinks she has it all--a perfect house, kids, and marriage. Until she stumbles upon racy texts from her husband, Forrest, to his baby mama, Toni--who... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $10.64 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship: The Roots of Environmentalism in Nineteenth-Century Culture (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism) by Scott Hess Publisher Comments In William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship, Scott Hess explores Wordsworth's defining role in establishing what he designates as the ecology of authorship a primarily middle-class, nineteenth-century conception of nature associated with... (read more) Your price: $33.95 New - Trade Paper
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Occupations by Chris Jennings Publisher Comments The poems in Chris Jennings's long-awaited debut poetry collection are linked at their core by a preoccupation with the ways objects or moments become charged with meaning. Narrative occupies the territory of memory, making the most ordinary things--a... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Brief History of the Short-Lived by Chris Hutchinson Publisher Comments With his restless intellectual curiosity tempered by a dash of witty self-deprecation, Hutchinson deftly manoeuvres through hallowed halls of academia with humour and grace. Three stylistically distinct sections,"Imago,""A Brief History of the Short... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Adonis: Selected Poems (Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Adonis Publisher Comments Born in Syria in 1930, Adonis is one of the most celebrated poets of the Arabic-speaking world. His poems have earned international acclaim, and his influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T. S. Eliot's on English-language verse. This... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Mozart's Third Brain (Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Goran Sonnevi Review “Just what we need, another poem that can never stop being read, only entered, continued, lived. . . Lesser (what a name for the translator of the latest “wisdom literature” to hit the fan!) had to hear Sonnevis voice before she could... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper
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Bookless in Baghdad: Reflections on Writing and Writers by Shashi Tharoor Publisher Comments Shashi Tharoor is once again at his provocative best. In the title essay, we learn the steep price paid by some Iraqis just to obtain a book; what does it mean when selling books, essentially selling culture, out of one's own library is the only way to... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me and Other Poems (Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Ghassan Zaqtan Publisher Comments In this inspired translation of Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, Ghassan Zaqtan's tenth and most recent poetry collection, along with selected earlier poems, Fady Joudah brings to English-language readers the best work by one of the most important... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Letters to a Friend by Diana Athill Publisher Comments Diana Athill is one of our great women of letters. The renowned editor of V. S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, and many others, she is also a celebrated memoirist whose Somewhere Towards the End was a New York Times bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality by Wendy Reed Publisher Comments Circling Faith is a collection of essays by southern women that encompasses spirituality and the experience of winding through the religiously charged environment of the American South. Mary Karr, in “Facing Altars,” describes how the... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems by Chuan Xi Publisher Comments "In the crevices of history, mosquitoes are everywhere," Xi Chuan writes. Notes on the Mosquito introduces English readers to one of the most revered poets of contemporary China. Gaining recognition as a post-Misty poet in the late '80s, Xi Chuan was... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Central Park: An Anthology by Andrew (edt) Blauner Publisher Comments A wild night outdoors with Bill Buford. A football tradition with Nathaniel Rich. A jog around the reservoir with Mark Helprin as he "protects" Jacqueline Onassis from imagined harm. The 843 carefully planned acres of Central Park have not only crept... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Dirt of Ages by Gillian Wigmore Publisher Comments Dirt of Ages is the highly anticipated second book of poetry by Gillian Wigmore, whose debut collection soft geography (2007) captured the ReLit Prize for Poetry and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay BC Book Prize. In Dirt of Ages, everything meets... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Stories of Motherhood by Diana Secker Tesdell Publisher Comments Now joining Everyman’s Library—the most extensive and distinguished collectible library of the world’s greatest works—is an appealing new collection in a small Pocket Classics format, perfect for gift giving and reading pleasure... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader by Henry Louis Gates Publisher Comments Educator, writer, critic, intellectual, film-maker-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been widely praised as being one of America's most prominent and prolific scholars. In what will be an essential volume, The Henry Louis Gates Reader collects three decades of... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $26.62 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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A Woman with Several Lives by Jean Daive Publisher Comments From one of Americas finest experimental poets, this translation of a contemplation of the life of Lorine Niedecker, a stellar American poet of the mid-twentieth century. This work stands as a monument to the important conversation between French and... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Final Fridays: Essays, Lectures, Tributes & Other Nonfiction, 1995- by John Barth Synopsis For decades, acclaimed author John Barth has strayed from his Monday-through-Thursday-morning routine of fiction-writing and dedicated Friday mornings to the muse of nonfiction. The result is Final Fridays, his third essay collection, following The... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Heart of the City: Nine Stories of Love and Serendipity on the Streets of New York by Ariel Sabar Publisher Comments Intrigued by the romance of his own parents, who met in Washington Square Park, Ariel Sabar set off on a far-reaching search for other couples who married after first meeting in one of New York Citys iconic public spaces. Sabar conjures their big-city... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother by Simon Schama Publisher Comments In this passionate and provocative collection, the brilliant Simon Schama reveals his lighter, more playful side as he brings his keen critical sensibility to a wide range of topics. Captivating and informative, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble captures... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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