Books & Reading
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The Library at Night
$19.95 Read moreA celebration of reading, of libraries, and of the mysterious human desire to give order to the universe
Inspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, i- Author: Manguel, Alberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0300151306
- Language: English
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Where the Muses Still Haunt: The Second Reading
$26.00 Read more“Re-reading is one of life’s joys,” Anne Drury Hall reminds us. Not simply from the sweetness of remembering or because of the way a book can be like an old friend, but because returning to a great bo… [more below]
- Author: Hall, Anne Drury
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 305
- Publish Date: September 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1587315394
- Language: English
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Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction
$18.00 Read moreBold new essays on how to craft a thrilling read–in any genre–from the bestselling author of The Dead Lands
Anyone familiar with the meteoric rise of Benjamin Percy’s career will surely have noticed- Author: Percy, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1555977596
- Language: English
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Only a Voice: Essays
$29.95 Read moreEssays on politics, power, and culture from one of America’s most eminent critics
In Only a Voice, George Scialabba examines the chasm between modernity’s promise of progress and the sobering reality- Author: Scialabba, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1804292001
- Language: English
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Revisionaries: What We Can Learn from the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers
$19.99 Read moreFind creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of 20 literary superstars.
If you like to write–whether it’s a pastime, a passion,- Author: Jansma, Kristopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1683693736
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Translation
$28.00 Add to cartA deep dive into the nature of translation from one of its most acclaimed practitioners
Avoiding theoretical debates and clich?d metaphors, award-winning translator Damion Searls has written a fresh,- Author: Searls, Damion
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300247370
- Language: English
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Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels Across the World of Literature
$29.95 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-five important journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-five hundred years
From Homer’s Odyssey, Chaucer’s Canterbur- Author: McMurtrie, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0691266395
- Language: English
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Reading Log Journal For Adults
$14.99 Add to cartThis logbook is a great organisational tool for readers. It helps with future purchases, especially online, and helps to avoid you buying a book only to discover pages in that you’ve read it before. S
- Author: Read Me Press, Pick Me
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: March 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1956259376
- Language: English
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My Ideal Bookshelf
$24.99 Add to cartThe books that we choose to keep — let alone read — can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In My Ideal Bookshelf, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to … [more below]
- Author: Mount, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0316200905
- Language: English
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The End of Your Life Book Club: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartA profoundly moving memoir of caregiving, mourning, and love between a mother and her son–and about the joy of reading, and the ways that joy is multiplied when we share it with others.
“A graceful,- Author: Schwalbe, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 04 2013
- ISBN10: 0307739783
- Language: English
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Words I Wish I Wrote
$18.99 Add to cartIn Words I Wish I Wrote, Robert Fulghum reveals the works of writers who have inspired him. During the past four decades he’s reviewed and revised the basic principles of his philosophy many times, s… [more below]
- Author: Fulghum, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0060932228
- Language: English
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The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life-Changing Books
$20.00 Read moreFor fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere: a quirky and entertaining interactive guide to reading, featuring voicema… [more below]
- Author: Smalley, Logan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1982140585
- Language: English
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Incarnation & Metamorphosis: Can Literature Change Us?
$19.95 Add to cart“Witty and heartfelt essays, shaken and stirred.”
—Kirkus Reviews“Mason’s sharp interpretations make a persuasive case that great literature’s complexity and ambiguity can, at its best, produce empath
- Author: Mason, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1589881729
- Language: English
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For the Love of Books: Stories of Literary Lives, Banned Books, Author Feuds, Extraordinary Characters, and More
$19.99 Read moreWhich famous author died of caffeine poisoning? Why was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland banned in China? Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature? What was Truman Capote … [more below]
- Author: Tarrant, Graham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1510741577
- Language: English
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A Book of Book Lists: A Bibliophile’s Compendium
$16.99 Add to cartThis is a book of book lists. Lists that make you smile, make you wonder, and see titles together in entirely new ways. From Bin Laden’s bookshelf to the books most frequently left in hotels, from pri… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0712352252
- Language: English
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Great Books
$29.99 Add to cartTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER At the age of forty-eight, writer and film critic David Denby returned to Columbia University and re-enrolled in two core courses in Western civilization to confront the litera… [more below]
- Author: Denby, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 25 1997
- ISBN10: 0684835339
- Language: English
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Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History
$20.99 Add to cartA funny and entertaining history of printed books as told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers, collected by television’s favorite rare-book expert from HISTORY’s hit series Paw
- Author: Romney, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0062412329
- Language: English
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Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love
$19.99 Add to cartIs a book the same book–or a reader the same reader–the second time around? The seventeen authors in this witty and poignant collection of essays all agree on the answer: Never.
The editor of Reread- Author: Fadiman, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 05 2006
- ISBN10: 0374530548
- Language: English
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Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
$15.99 Add to cart“Nina Sankovitch has crafted a dazzling memoir that reminds us of the most primal function of literature–to heal, to nurture and to connectus to our truest selves.” –Thrity Umrigar, author of The Sp
- Author: Sankovitch, Nina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 19 2012
- ISBN10: 0061999857
- Language: English
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The Book
$19.95 Add to cartThe book as object, as content, as idea, as interface.
What is the book in a digital age? Is it a physical object containing pages encased in covers? Is it a portable device that gives us access to ent
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Borsuk, Amaranth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0262535416
- Language: English
