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The Best American Essays 2011 (Best American Essays)
The Best American Essays 2011 (Best American Essays)
by Edwidge Danticat
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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)

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Next American Essay (03 Edition)
Next American Essay (03 Edition)
by John Dagata
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In this singular collection, John D'Agata takes a literary tour of lyric essays written by the masters of the craft. Beginning with 1975 and John McPhee's ingenious piece, "The Search for Marvin Gardens," D'Agata selects an example of creative nonfiction... (read more)

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Seagull Reader: Essays (2ND 08 Edition)
Seagull Reader: Essays (2ND 08 Edition)
by Joseph (ed.) Kelly
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'Like all Norton anthologies, The Seagull Reader: Playsis responsibly edited and has helpfuleditorial apparatus, offering Norton quality at less than a third of the price of full-length drama anthologies. '... (read more)

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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004 (Best American Science & Nature Writing)
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004 (Best American Science & Nature Writing)
by Steven Pinker
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Edited by Richard Preston, Jr., the bestselling author of "The Hot Zone" and "The Cobra Event," this new collection is a terrific sampling of science writing at its best" ("Booklist").... (read more)

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Here First: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers (Modern Library)
Here First: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers (Modern Library)
by Arnold Krupat
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Twenty-seven Native American writers describe their lives and art in this compelling collection. When the editors Arnold Krupat and Brian Swann asked twenty-seven Native American writers to describe their lives in relation to their art, they received an... (read more)

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This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
by Jay Allison
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The new paperback in the bestselling series of inspiring personal philosophies This collection of This I Believe essays gathers seventy-five essayists—ranging from famous to previously unknown—completing the thought that begins the books title.... (read more)

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The Zapatista Reader
The Zapatista Reader
by Tom Hayden
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The electrifying effect the Zapatista peasant rebellion has had on leading figures in the intellectual, political, and literary world since the Zapatistas woke them up on New Year's Day, 1994, has provided inspiration for activists all over the world. A... (read more)

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Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for the New Millennium
Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for the New Millennium
by Robin Morgan
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Thirty years after Robin Morgan's groundbreaking anthology, Sisterhood Is Powerful -- named by The American Librarians' Association one of "The 100 Most Influential Books of the Twentieth Century" -- comes this landmark new collection for the twenty... (read more)

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50 Essays: Portable Anthology (3RD 11 Edition)
50 Essays: Portable Anthology (3RD 11 Edition)
by Samuel Cohen
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50 Essays: A Portable Anthology is the best-selling value-priced reader in the country because its virtues don't stop at the price. Its carefully chosen selections include enough classic essays to reassure instructors, and enough high-interest and high... (read more)

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Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction : Work From 1970 To the Present (07 Edition)
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction : Work From 1970 To the Present (07 Edition)
by Lex Williford
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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)

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The Best American Science and Nature Writing (Best American Science & Nature Writing)
The Best American Science and Nature Writing (Best American Science & Nature Writing)
by Jerome Groopman
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“The articles . . . draw the reader more tightly into the web of the world. They forge links in unexpected ways. They connect us to nature and to each other, and those connections nourish the intellect and uplift the spirit.”—Jerome... (read more)

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Best American Science & Nature Writing #2007: The Best American Science and Nature Writing
Best American Science & Nature Writing #2007: The Best American Science and Nature Writing
by Tim Folger
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Edited by Richard Preston, Jr., the bestselling author of "The Hot Zone" and "The Cobra Event," this new collection is a terrific sampling of science writing at its best" ("Booklist").... (read more)

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The Best American Science Writing 2009 (Best American Science Writing)
The Best American Science Writing 2009 (Best American Science Writing)
by Natalie Angier
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Edited by outrageously curious science writer Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Spook, Bonk,andPacking for Mars,this collection brings together the best and brightest writers on science and nature.... (read more)

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In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction
In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction
by Lee Gutkind
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Creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction, liberated journalism by inviting writers to dramatize, interpret, speculate, and even re-create their subjects. Lee Gutkind collects twenty-five essays that flourished on this new ground, all... (read more)

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Fifty Great Essays (Penguin Academics)
Fifty Great Essays (Penguin Academics)
by Robert J Diyanni
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0205186947 / 9780205186945 Fifty Great Essays & M MyWritingLab -- Valuepack Access Card Package   Package consists of 0205668976 / 9780205668977 MyWritingLab -- Valuepack Access Card (12-month access) 0205706789 / 9780205706785 Fifty Great... (read more)

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Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption
Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption
by Sara Holloway
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This volume is an honest, heartwarming, and heartbreaking collection featuring important authors personally involved in all sides of adoption. Here are more than 20 pieces, many published for the first time.... (read more)

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Norton Book of Personal Essays (97 Edition)
Norton Book of Personal Essays (97 Edition)
by Joseph (ed.) Epstein
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In this anthology of twentieth-century essays, some of our most-admired American and British writers express their lively, candid, entertaining, thoughtful, and--above all--various opinions. Topics range from Tangier to a lake in Maine, from racial... (read more)

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Because I Said So: 33 Mothers Write about Children, Sex, Men, Aging, Faith, Race, and Themselves
Because I Said So: 33 Mothers Write about Children, Sex, Men, Aging, Faith, Race, and Themselves
by Camille Peri
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The challenges facing mothers in the twenty-first century go well beyond tantrum control and potty training. Camille Peri and Kate Moses, the founding editors of Salon.com's "Mothers Who Think" column and the subsequent anthology of the same name, have... (read more)

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Life as We Know It: A Collection of Personal Essays from Salon.com
Life as We Know It: A Collection of Personal Essays from Salon.com
by Jennifer Foote Sweeney
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"...these essays are jewels of the unexpected, and in introducing them, I don't want to steal any of their surprise. Suffice it to say that family life...is alive and well, but it is not like anything you ever read about before in your life." -- Jane... (read more)

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The Best American Essays (Best American Essays)
The Best American Essays (Best American Essays)
by Chistopher Hitchens
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The provocative and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens takes the helm of the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this perennial favorite that is “reliable and yet still surprising—the best of the best” (Kirkus Reviews).... (read more)

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