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 Ira Glass, the... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies 
by Edward W. Said 
Publisher Comments The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University, examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Roger Housden Publisher Comments This is a dangerous book. Great poetry calls into question not less than everything. It dares us to break free from the safe strategies of the cautious mind. It opens us to pain and joy and delight. It amazes, startles, pierces, and transforms us. It can... (read more) Your Price $13.50 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Bill Moyers Publisher Comments "Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen." <P><BR>In a series of... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Penguin Publisher Comments The most up-to-date and authoritative introduction to critical theory available, this acclaimed dictionary provides an ideal overview of the full range of theories, schools of thought, and theorists. Whether it's Arendt or Woolf, object relations or... (read more) Your Price $18.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Arnold Weinstein Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-404) and index.... (read more) Your Price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Oliver Sacks
Publisher Comments In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks's "The Man Who... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Katie Roiphe
Powells.com Staff Pick Reminiscent of Composing a Life, Mary Catherine Bateson's famous study of women's lives, Katie Roiphe's Uncommon Arrangements gives us a compelling sociological look at the inner workings of marriage. Culled from the histories of seven marriages from... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by David James Duncan
Publisher Comments Not in recent memory has there been such a unique and vibrant fictional character — a character who could make us laugh so easily, feel so deeply, who speaks with such startling truth about the way we live — as Gus Orviston, the irreverent young... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mortimer J Adler Publisher Comments No one reads all kinds of books the same way. 'How to Read a Book' is a guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. The author provides help in understanding how to read literature, history, poetry and fiction to name a few of the various... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Peter Boxall Publisher Comments For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to... (read more) Your Price $25.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments Simon Winchester delivers an account of the seventy-year odyssey and key players behind the making of the unrivalled Oxford English Dictionary.... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Thomas C. Foster Publisher Comments What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey? Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface — a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or... (read more) Your Price $13.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by James Wood Publisher Comments What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your Price $16.80 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Robert McDowell Publisher Comments "[When we read and write poetry,] it is as if a long-settled cloud in our mind suddenly dissipates, and we are divine once again." — from the Introduction Poetry is the language of devotion in prayer, chant, and song. Reading and writing poetry... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your Price $14.00 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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