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By: Parini, Jay
Benjamin’s Crossing
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe acclaimed and now-classic biographical novel of Walter Benjamin’s last days–adapted into screenplay by Jay Parini.
It is 1940. For the past decade, Walter Benjamin–the German-Jewish critic and- Author: Parini, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0525562753
- Language: English
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By: Hamilton, Jane
The Book of Ruth
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartWinner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Awardfor best first novel, this exquisite bookconfronts real-life issues of alienation and violencefrom which the author creates a stunning testamentto the … [more below]
- Series: Oprah’s Book Club
- Author: Hamilton, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0385265700
- Language: English
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By: Hamilton, Jane
When Madeline Was Young
$21.00PaperbackAdd to cartJane Hamilton, award-winning author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World brings us a rich and loving novel about a non-traditional family in the aftermath of a terrible accident.When Aaron Maciv… [more below]
- Author: Hamilton, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 04 2007
- ISBN10: 1400096995
- Language: English
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By: Tucker, Jonathan
War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda
$23.00PaperbackAdd to cartIn this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles the lethal history of chemical warfare from World War I to the present.
At the t- Author: Tucker, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 13 2007
- ISBN10: 1400032334
- Language: English
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By: Smiley, Jane
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
$23.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes an essential guide for writers and readers alike: an exhilarating tour through one hundred novels that “inspires wicked delight.” —Los… [more below]
- Author: Smiley, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 12 2006
- ISBN10: 1400033187
- Language: English
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The Exception
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartAn internationally bestselling thriller, The Exception dissects the nature of evil and the paranoia that drives ordinary people to commit unthinkable acts. Four women work together for a small nonprof… [more below]
- Author: Jungersen, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 08 2008
- ISBN10: 1400096650
- Language: English
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By: Austen, Jane
The Annotated Northanger Abbey
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey that makes her lighthearted satire of the gothic novel an even more satisfying… [more below]
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0307390802
- Language: English
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By: Gilmore, Mikal
Shot in the Heart: National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – A murder tale “from inside the house where murder is born.” Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vei… [more below]
- Author: Gilmore, Mikal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0385478003
- Language: English
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By: Milton, John
The Complete Poetry of John Milton
$23.00PaperbackAdd to cart- Author: Milton, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: July 06 1971
- ISBN10: 0385023510
- Language: English
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By: Chang, Eileen
Lust, Caution: The Story
$14.00PaperbackAdd to cartA major motion picture (2007) from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Brokeback Mountain): an intensely passionate story of love and espionage, set in Shanghai during Worl
- Author: Chang, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 04 2007
- ISBN10: 0307387445
- Language: English
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What They Fought for 1861-1865
$21.00PaperbackRead moreFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom–an impressive scholarly tour de force and a lively, highly accessible account of the sentiments of both Northern and Southern soldiers … [more below]
- Series: Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History, Louisia
- Author: McPherson, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0385476345
- Language: English
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By: Mahfouz, Naguib
Voices from the Other World: Ancient Egyptian Tales
$15.00PaperbackAdd to cartNobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz reaches back millennia to his homeland’s majestic past in this enchanting collection of early tales that brings the world of ancient Egypt face to face with our own times… [more below]
- Author: Mahfouz, Naguib
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 10 2004
- ISBN10: 1400076668
- Language: English
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The Double Comfort Safari Club
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartFans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe–with … [more below]
- Series: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #11
- Author: McCall Smith, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0307277488
- Language: English
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By: Geda, Fabio
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
$18.00PaperbackRead moreWhat would you do if, when you were ten, you were left to fend for yourself, and, in order to survive, you had to undertake a harrowing journey all the way from Afghanistan to Italy?
In early 2002, En- Author: Geda, Fabio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 0307743829
- Language: English
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By: Austen, Jane
The Annotated Emma
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Emma that makes her beloved tale of an endearingly inept matchmaker an even more satisfying rea… [more below]
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: March 20 2012
- ISBN10: 0307390772
- Language: English
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By: Bowen, Elizabeth
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen
$30.00PaperbackAdd to cartWidely known for her much-admired novels, including The Heat of the Day, The House in Paris, and The Death of the Heart, Elizabeth Bowen established herself in the front rank of the century’s writers
- Author: Bowen, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: August 08 2006
- ISBN10: 1400096561
- Language: English
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By: Cohen, Eliot a.
Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe orthodoxy regarding the relationship between politicians and military leaders in wartime democracies contends that politicians should declare a military operation’s objectives and then step aside … [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Eliot A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 09 2003
- ISBN10: 1400034043
- Language: English
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By: Pratchett, Terry
The Globe: The Science of Discworld II: A Novel
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartRoundworld, aka Earth, is under siege. Are three wizards and an orangutan Librarian enough to thwart the Elvish threat?
When the wizards of Unseen University first created Roundworld, they were so con- Series: Science of Discworld #2
- Author: Pratchett, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 20 2015
- ISBN10: 0804168962
- Language: English
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By: Pratchett, Terry
Judgment Day: Science of Discworld IV
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe wizards of Unseen University are again called upon to defend their creation, Roundworld, this time in a courtroom–where its very existence hangs in the balance.
The Omnians fervently believe tha- Series: Science of Discworld #4
- Author: Pratchett, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 22 2015
- ISBN10: 0804169004
- Language: English
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By: Pratchett, Terry
Darwin’s Watch: The Science of Discworld III: A Novel
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartWhen Charles Darwin writes the wrong book and reverses the progress of science, Unseen University’s wizards must once again save Roundworld (Earth, that is) from an apocalyptic end.
Ever since a wiza- Series: Science of Discworld #3
- Author: Pratchett, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0804168989
- Language: English


















