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Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut  
Publisher Comments One of Vonnegut's major works, this is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes....
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On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
Publisher Comments On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and...
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The Stranger
by Albert Camus
Publisher Comments Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's extraordinary first novel, The Stranger (L'Etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through this story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a...
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Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White Publisher Comments You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. The revisions to the new edition are purposely kept minimal in order to...
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Pocket Poets #04: Howl: And Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg
Powells.com Staff Pick "Do we need to say anything about Howl? This is, more than anything else, the book that launched the Beat movement. By turns wildly praised and bitterly reviled, it still packs a wallop today." Chris F., Powells.com...
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Ariel: Perennial Classics Edition
by Sylvia Plath Publisher Comments "In these poems...Sylvia Plath becomes herself, becomes something imaginary, newly, wildly and subtly created." -- From the Introduction by Robert...
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The Second Sex
by Simone De Beauvoir Publisher Comments This triumphant and genuinely revolutionary book began as an exceptional woman's attempt to find out who and what she was. It ended up shocking, infuriating, and galvanizing millions of readers and dramatically revising the way women talk and think about...
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Cat's Eye
by Margaret Atwood
Powells.com Staff Pick This is my favorite out of all Margaret Atwood's books. It tells the story so convincingly of the cruelty and competition between young girls as viewed by the now older narrator Elaine. Complex and disturbing, Cat's Eye is a momentous book from one of...
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Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse Publisher Comments With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse’s best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature’s most poetic evocations of the soul’s journey to liberation Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a...
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The College Admissions Mystique
by Bill Mayher Publisher Comments In this fresh and plainspoken book, Bill Mayher demystifies the process. He covers practical issues, including discovering colleges, narrowing the search, finding financial aid, and using college counselors to the best advantage. And he deals with the...
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Siddhartha: Siddhartha (Shambhala Classics)
by Hermann Hesse Publisher Comments This classic of twentieth-century literature chronicles the spiritual evolution of a man living in India at the time of the Buddha--a spiritual journey that has inspired generations of readers. Here is a fresh translation from Sherab Chodzin Kohn, a...
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The Real Freshman Handbook: A Totally Honest Guide to Life on Campus
by Jennifer Hanson Publisher Comments 'In a guide to college life that is a little more realistic than Felicity and a little more fun than Stanley Kaplan, Jennifer Hanson charts a course through the dips and bends of freshman year. Written with the collective "wisdom" of twelve...
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College Survival 4TH Edition
by Greg Gottesman Publisher Comments ARCO's runaway hit is back -- and it's better than ever! This brash, lively handbook -- the group effort of college students from Boston to Berkeley -- has been a smash hit through three editions, selling out printing after printing. Now freshly updated,...
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Complete Book of Colleges, 2003 Edition
by Princeton Review Publisher Comments This is the only guide students will need for a successful preliminary college search. Browsing through the 2003 edition of the Complete Book of Colleges, students will find meticulously researched profiles of more than 1,600 schools. It contains the...
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The Secrets of Taking Any Test
by Learning Express Publisher Comments Why You Need This Book! Taking a test is a dreadful event for anyone, young or old. And usually there is so much riding on the test in terms of your future. It doesn't have to be so bad -- and you can Substantially improve your odds for success. Simply...
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Best 345 Colleges 2003
by Princeton Review Publisher Comments What makes The Best 345 Colleges the most talked-about college guide? • The authors ask students (not just admissions officers) what colleges are like. They surveyed 65,000 college students, and the revealing results are in this book. •...
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Truth and Existence
by Jean Paul Sartre Publisher Comments Truth and Existence, written in response to Martin Heidegger's Essence of Truth, is a product of the years when Sartre was reaching full stature as a philosopher, novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist. This concise and engaging text not...
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Questions and Admissions: Reflections on 100,000 Admissions Decisions at Stanford
by Jean H Fetter Publisher Comments Written in a lively manner by a former Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Stanford University, this book will enlighten college applicants and their parents, teachers, and counsellors about the practical, philosophical, and ethical issues involved in...
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The Fiske Guide to Colleges (Fiske Guide to Colleges)
by Edward B Fiske Publisher Comments First published 22 years ago, this annual guide to more than 300 colleges and universities is the indispensable source of information for thousands of students and their parents. Now in its third year of a bold new format, The Fiske Guide to Colleges...
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The Gatekeepers: A Premier College Admits Its Freshman Class
by Jacques Steinberg Publisher Comments From the fall of 1999 to the spring of 2000, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given unparalleled access to an entire admissions season at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. In that time, he discovered just how difficult it could...
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