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John Ronald’s Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien
$22.99 Add to cartA captivating picture book biography of a boy who imagined a world full of dragons and grew up to be beloved author J. R. R. Tolkien.
John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was- Author: McAlister, Caroline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 21 2017
- ISBN10: 1626720924
- Language: English
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Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition
$12.00 Add to cartThe ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars
“Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this great American- Series: Yale Nota Bene
- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 454
- Publish Date: May 11 2006
- ISBN10: 0300110081
- Language: English
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A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside
$28.95 Add to cartA thrilling ocean voyage on the Queen Mary 2 from New York City to Southampton culminating in a two-month ramble through the charming backroads and small villages of the pastoral English countryside i… [more below]
- Author: Branch, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 30 2017
- ISBN10: 0996044043
- Language: English
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Who Was Maya Angelou?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, “Still I Rise,… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Labrecque, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0448488531
- Language: English
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Death in Print
$29.99 Read moreA celebration in Oxford for university tutor and bestselling author Jason Verdoot, attended by DCI St. Just and his fianc? Portia, is a night to remember . . . for all the wrong reasons.
University of- Series: St Just Mystery #5
- Author: Malliet, G. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1448311209
- Language: English
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Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land, a “dazzling” (Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran) m
- Author: Doerr, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 10, 2008
- ISBN10: 141657316X
- Language: English
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Happening
$14.95 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
“Happening recounts what it was like to be a young woman whose life changed — and world ominously narrowed — in 1963 with an unwanted pregnancy. . . . It- Author: Ernaux, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1609809483
- Language: English
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The Do-Over
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the “genuinely funny” and “delightful” Loathe at First Sight (NPR) and “cinematic, charming” So We Meet Again (Emily Henry), a fun rom-com about a young Korean-American woman having
- Author: Park, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 4, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063216051
- Language: English
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I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee
$28.99 Read moreThe first graphic novel biography of the legendary Stan Lee, co-creator of many of Marvel’s beloved superheroes, from Eisner-nominated comics creator Tom Scioli.
Everyone knows Stan Lee: His work at t- Author: Scioli, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1984862022
- Language: English
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The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
$18.00 Add to cartDON’T MISS THE PIGEON TUNNEL DOCUMENTARY–NOW PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS AND STREAMING ON AppleTV+
The New York Times bestselling memoir from John le Carré, the legendary author of A Legacy of Spies.- Author: Le Carré, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 5, 2017
- ISBN10: 0735220786
- Language: English
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The Illiterate
$13.95 Add to cartNarrated in a series of stark, brief vignettes, The Illiterate is ?gota Krist?’s memoir of her childhood, her escape from Hungary in 1956 with her husband and small child, her early years working in f… [more below]
- Author: Kristóf, Ágota
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0811234851
- Language: English
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Looking Back: A Book of Memories
$10.99 Add to cart(star) “A compelling and inspirational portrait of the author emerges from these vivid snapshots of life’s joyful, sad and surprising moments.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review In this moving autobi… [more below]
- Author: Lowry, Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 1, 2017
- ISBN10: 054493248X
- Language: English
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Out of Africa
$27.00 Add to cartSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells- Series: Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books
- Author: Dinesen, Isak
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 05 1992
- ISBN10: 0679600213
- Language: English
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The Last Word
$36.00 Add to cartAfter posting a negative review of a horror novel, a woman staying at an isolated beach house begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy–or very, very dangerous–in this pulse-pounding novel o
- Author: Adams, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0063297248
- Language: English
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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
$18.00 Add to cartFrom one of the 20th century’s great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. – “Scintillating … One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished foreve… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Nabokov, Vladimir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: August 28 1989
- ISBN10: 0679723390
- Language: English
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Answered Prayers
$15.00 Add to cartAlthough Truman Capote’s last novel was unfinished at the time of his death, its surviving portions offer a devastating group portrait of the high and low society of his time. – Includes the story La … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Capote, Truman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 29, 1994
- ISBN10: 0679751823
- Language: English
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de Profundis
$13.00 Add to cartWritten from Wilde’s prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, De Profundis explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and offers a scathing indictment of D… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Wilde, Oscar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 12, 2000
- ISBN10: 0679783210
- Language: English
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An Autobiography
$22.99 Add to cartBack in print in the exclusive authorized edition, is the engaging and illuminating chronicle of the life of the “Queen of Mystery.” Fans of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and readers of John Curran’s
- Author: Christie, Agatha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 11, 2012
- ISBN10: 0062204572
- Language: English
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Son of the Old West
$28.00 Add to cartAn epic narrative of
the Old West told through the vivid, outsized life of cowboy, detective,
and chronicler Charlie SiringoNo figure in the Old West lived or
shaped its history more fully than Charlie- Author: Ward, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0802162088
- Language: English
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Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings
$19.99 Read moreA beautiful and fascinating picture book biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Sch?n, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Publi… [more below]
- Author: Kunkel, Angela Burke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0593373359
- Language: English
