Books & Reading
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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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Autoportrait
$20.00 Read moreNominated for the Chicago Review of Books Award
A work of unflinching honesty, Autoportrait is a hypnotic memoir of reflection, loss, and everyday joy from one of America’s best contemporary novelists- Author: Ball, Jesse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1646221389
- Language: English
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I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
$16.99 Read moreFor so many people, reading isn’t just a hobby or a way to pass the time–it’s a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we a… [more below]
- Author: Bogel, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0801072921
- 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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Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life
$15.95 Add to cartOpacities is a book about writing, publishing, and friendship. Rooted in an epistolary relationship between Sofia Samatar and a friend and fellow writer, this collection of meditations traces Samatar’… [more below]
- Author: Samatar, Sofia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1593767668
- Language: English
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Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church
$26.99 Add to cartHave you ever read a book that turned your world upside down? What about a poem?
Poetry has the power to enliven, challenge, change, and enrich our lives. But it can also feel intimidating, confusin- Author: Van Engen, Abram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0802883605
- Language: English
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The World in Books: 52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction
$30.99 Add to cartA delightful, inspiring, and idea-rich selection of fifty-two of the best, most important short nonfiction works of all time–from Plato to Michael Pollan and Dante to Joan Didion–chosen by historian… [more below]
- Series: Great Short Books
- Author: Davis, Kenneth C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1668015595
- Language: English
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What Nails It
$20.00 Add to cartFrom a celebrated critic, a heartfelt and adventurous reflection on the art of writing about art
“Essential for fans of Marcus and fruitful reading for anyone reflecting on the mysteries of art.”–Ki- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Marcus, Greil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300272456
- Language: English
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The Book Lover’s Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages That Feature Them
$18.00 Read morePerfect for book lovers and foodies alike–a splendid cookbook featuring recipes inspired by classic works of literature and modern favorites
Wake up to a perfect breakfast with Mrs. Dalby’s Buttermi- Author: Wenger, Shaunda Kennedy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 29 2005
- ISBN10: 0345465466
- Language: English
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The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
$29.95 Read moreThe Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts–first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets–by hiding them on their bod… [more below]
- Author: Fishman, David E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1512603309
- Language: English
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Chronicles of a Liquid Society
$18.99 Add to cartA posthumous collection of essays by internationally renowned essayist, literary critic, philosopher, and author of The Name of the Rose–“one of the most influential thinkers of our time” (Los Angele
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1328505855
- Language: English
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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
“An absolute joy to read!” –Steven Levitt, New York Times bestse
“Wide-ranging and thoroughly winning.” –Jordan Ellenberg, The New York Times Book Review- Author: Hart, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1250850908
- Language: English
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The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War
$17.00 Add to cartA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR
An urgent and compelling account of great bravery and passion. –Susan Orlean Award-winning journalist Delphine Minoui recounts the true story of a band of young rebels, a- Author: Minoui, Delphine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 125080017X
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life
$19.00 Add to cartA Washington Post Notable Book
In this brilliant and original exploration of some of the formative influences in Adolf Hi
With a new chapter on eugenicist Madison Grant’s The Passing of the Great Race- Author: Ryback, Timothy W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 12 2010
- ISBN10: 0307455262
- Language: English
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Other People’s Words: Friendship, Loss, and the Conversations That Never End
$27.00 Add to cartWhat if the great love of your life is friendship?
In their twenties, Lissa Soep and her boyfriend forged deep friendships with two other couples–Mercy and Christine; and Emily and Jonnie–until, deca… [more below]
- Author: Soep, Lissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 195411835X
- Language: English
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The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History
$50.00 Read moreA “delightful” (Vanity Fair) collection from the longest-running, most influential book review in America, featuring its best, funniest, strangest, and most memorable coverage over the past 125 years
- Author: New York Times
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 02, 2021
- ISBN10: 0593234618
- Language: English
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Inventions of a Present: The Novel in Its Crisis of Globalization
$34.95 Add to cartThe giant of literary theory analyses the novel: Conrad, James, Atwood, Oe, Mailer, Grass, Grossman, Garcia Marquez, Gibson, Knausgaard and more
A novel is an act, an intervention, which, most often,- Author: Jameson, Fredric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1804292400
- Language: English
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The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800
$24.95 Add to cartThe emergence of the book was not merely an event of world historical importance, but the dawn of modernity. In this much praised work, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and t… [more below]
- Series: Verso World History (Paperback)
- Author: Febvre, Lucien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 18 2012
- ISBN10: 1844676331
- Language: English
