Books & Reading
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The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
$35.00 Add to cartThe Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey’s classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien’s professio
- Author: Shippey, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 24 2003
- ISBN10: 0544311817
- Language: English
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The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000
$29.17 Read moreNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection, Martin Amis, “one of the most gifted novelists of his generation” (TIME), takes on James Joyce and Elvis Pres… [more below]
- Author: Amis, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: July 16 2002
- ISBN10: 0375727167
- Language: English
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On Browsing
$13.95 Read moreNominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book Award
A defense of the dying art of losing an afternoon–and gaining new appreciation–amidst the bins and shelves of bricks-and-mortar shops.
Written during
- Series: Field Notes #5
- Author: Guriel, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 177196510X
- Language: English
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A Little Book on Form: An Exploration Into the Formal Imagination of Poetry
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the former U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner, an illuminating dissection of poetic form for students, enthusiasts, and newcomers alike
A Little Book on Form brillia
- Author: Hass, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0062332430
- Language: English
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The Complete Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King
$36.00 Add to cartThe myriad worlds and universes King has created are, in reality, one world, one universe. Here is the guide to that universe.
The Complete Stephen King Universe is the only definitive reference work- Author: Golden, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 30 2006
- ISBN10: 0312324901
- Language: English
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Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know
$16.95 Read moreSeries Summary
The new What Every Catholic Should Know series is intended for the average faithful Catholic who wants to know more about Catholic faith and culture. The authors in this series take a pa
- Series: What Every Catholic Should Know
- Author: Pearce, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1733522123
- Language: English
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Stifled Laughter: One Woman’s Story about Fighting Censorship
$17.95 Read morePulitzer Prize Nominated Winner of the 1993 PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award for Claudia Johnson’s extraordinary efforts to restore banned literary classics from Florida classrooms. Part memoir,… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Claudia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1682753492
- Language: English
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Why Read the Classics?
$15.99 Add to cartA posthumously published collection of thirty-six essays offering Italo Calvino’s invigorating and illuminating analysis of his most treasured literary classics.
- Author: Calvino, Italo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0544146379
- Language: English
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To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction
$17.99 Add to cartA long-awaited and illuminating book on personal writing from Phillip Lopate–celebrated essayist, professor of writing at Columbia University, and editor of The Art of the Personal Essay.
Distinguish- Author: Lopate, Phillip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 12 2013
- ISBN10: 1451696329
- Language: English
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Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry
$17.00 Add to cartFrom one of the most esteemed American poets of the twenty-first century comes a celebration of poetry and an invitation for anyone to experience its beauty and wonder.
Full of fresh and exciting insi- Author: Koch, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 08 1999
- ISBN10: 0684824388
- Language: English
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Booked: A Traveler’s Guide to Literary Locations Around the World
$29.99 Add to cartA practical, armchair travel guide that explores eighty of the most iconic literary locations from all over the globe that you can actually visit.
A must-have for every fan of literature, Booked inspi… [more below]- Author: Kreitner, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0316420875
- Language: English
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The Death of the Moth and Other Essays
$19.95 Add to cartA highly acclaimed collection of twenty-eight essays, sketches, and short stories presenting nearly every facet of the author’s work. “Up to the author’s highest standard in a literary form that was m… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book, Hb 294
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 23 1974
- ISBN10: 0156252341
- Language: English
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Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread
$25.00 Read morePulitzer Prize-winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today–with be… [more below]
- Author: Kakutani, Michiko
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0525574972
- Language: English
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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
$23.99 Add to cartIn recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way.
In t… [more below]- Author: Jacobs, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0199747490
- Language: English
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How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World’s Favorite Literary Form
$17.99 Add to cartThe follow-up and companion volume to the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor–a lively and entertaining guide to understanding and dissecting novels to make everyday re
- Author: Foster, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0061340405
- Language: English
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A Short History of Fantasy
$20.00 Add to cartSome of the earliest books ever written, including The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Odyssey, deal with monsters, marvels, extraordinary voyages, and magic, and this genre, known as fantasy, remained an e… [more below]
- Author: Mendlesohn, Farah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 285
- Publish Date: June 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1907471669
- Language: English
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Heroines, New Edition
$17.95 Read moreA manifesto reclaiming the wives and mistresses of literary modernism that inspired a generation of writers and scholars, reissued after more than a decade.
I am beginning to realize that taking the s- Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents
- Author: Zambreno, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1635902088
- Language: English
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The Linchpin Writer: Crafting Your Novel’s Key Moments
$15.99 Add to cartIn every novel there are pivotal places that can make or break a book. Write them well, and you’ll have your readers begging for a sequel. Write them poorly, and your book will get scathing reviews an
- Author: Fox, John Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: October 26 2022
- ISBN10: 173784740X
- Language: English
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Aspects of the Novel
$16.99 Add to cartE. M. Forster’s guide sparkles with wit and insight for contemporary writers and readers. With lively language and excerpts from well-known classics, Forster (author of A Passage to India, Howards En… [more below]
- Author: Forster, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 14 1956
- ISBN10: 0156091801
- Language: English
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Heaven, Hell and Paradise Lost
$15.95 Read moreA poet who crafted the
greatest character in literary history with his engaging anti-hero of Satan, John Milton connected personal experience with the breadth of cosmic epic. His Paradise Lost is a tou- Series: Bookmarked #16
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1632461528
- Language: English
