Literary Criticism
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Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel) Vol. 1
$13.99 Add to cartA sarcastic isekai comedy about surviving in a fantasy world with only the weirdest magic powers. Inspired the hit manga!
When sarcastic loner Haruka gets transported with his class to another world,- Series: Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel)
- Author: Goji, Shoji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1648274196
- Language: English
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Interventions 2020
$110.75 Add to cartThe death of God in the West was the prelude to a formidable metaphysical soap opera that continues to this day. Christianity’s masterstroke was to combine a fierce belief in the individual with the p
- Author: Houellebecq, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: May 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1509549951
- Language: English
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Translating Myself and Others
$36.58 Read moreLuminous essays on translation and self-translation by an award-winning writer and literary translator
Translating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitz- Author: Lahiri, Jhumpa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0691231168
- Language: English
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Stan Lee: A Life
$22.95 Read moreThe definitive biography of Marvel legend Stan Lee, celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Stan Lee’s extraordinary life was as epic as the superheroes he co-created, from the Amazing Spider-M
- Author: Batchelor, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1538162032
- Language: English
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Pinocchio: The Adventures of a Puppet, Doubly Commented Upon and Triply Illustrated
$27.50 Read moreA richly illustrated analysis from one of Europe’s greatest living philosophers.
In Pinocchio, Giorgio Agamben turns his keen philosopher’s eye to the famous nineteenth-century novel by Carlo Collodi- Series: Italian List
- Author: Agamben, Giorgio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: June 21 2023
- ISBN10: 180309138X
- Language: English
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Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year
$30.00 Add to cartInterweaving literature, history, and religion, an exquisite meditation on the turning of the seasons in medieval England–now in paperback.
Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey thro- Author: Parker, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: September 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146720
- Language: English
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The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden
$18.95 Add to cartThroughout his life (1905-2006) Stanley Kunitz created poetry and tended gardens. This book is the distillation of conversations, none previously published, that took place between 2002 and 2004. Begi… [more below]
- Author: Kunitz, Stanley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0393329976
- Language: English
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Indigiqueerness: A Conversation about Storytelling
$21.95 Add to cartA tender, eclectic reflection from an Indigenous author on his life, work, and queer identity.
Evolving from a conversation between author Joshua Whitehead and Angie Abdou, Indigiqueerness is part di
- Author: Whitehead, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 04 2023
- ISBN10: 177199391X
- Language: English
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Maus Now: Selected Writing
$28.00 Read moreRichly illustrated with images from Art Spiegelman’s Maus (“the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” —The Wall Street Journal), Maus Now includes work from twenty-on… [more below]
- Author: Chute, Hillary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0593315774
- Language: English
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Barcode
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Barcodes are about as ordinary as an object can be. Billions of them are scanned each day and- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Frith, Jordan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1501399918
- Language: English
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Learning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds That Came Before
$37.99 Read moreDiscover the Good Life as you learn from the wise voices of the past.
We’ve lost ourselves. Disconnected from the past and uncertain about the future, we are anxious about what our lives will be and tr
- Author: Wilson, Jessica Hooten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0310127963
- Language: English
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The Essential W.S. Merwin
$18.00 Add to cart“The Essential W.S. Merwin beautifully demonstrates why Merwin has been one of America’s most decorated and important poets for more than 60 years.”–The Washington Post
“Merwin is one of the great po
- Author: Merwin, W. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 29 2017
- ISBN10: 1556595131
- Language: English
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Superheroes!: The History of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon from Ant-Man to Zorro
$26.95 Read moreSuperheroes! is the ultimate reference book about the men and women in tights who fight for what’s right and the comic book phenomenon that conquered the world.
From their origins in stories created b
- Author: Solomon, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493064517
- Language: English
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Limpy’s Adult Lexicon: Raw, Politically Incorrect, Improper & Unexpurgated as Overheard & Noodled
$27.95 Read moreFrom the author of the Woods Cop and Lute Bapcat mystery series comes a new book for the fans. When Heywood was writing his first Woods Cop novel, into his mind crawled a character called Limpy Allerd… [more below]
- Author: Heywood, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072986
- 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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Merchant of Venice: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Edition: Volume 5
$10.99 Read moreShakespeare everyone can understand–now in new DELUXE editions!
Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular gui- Series: Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare
- Author: Sparknotes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1411479688
- Language: English
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The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting: How a Bunch of Rabble-Rousers, Outsiders, and Ne’er-Do-Wells Concocted Creative Nonfiction
$35.00 Read moreAn account of the emergence of creative nonfiction, written by the “godfather” of the genre
“When [Gutkind] stops to look back on his own evolving perspective . . . [and] reflects upon his writing car- Author: Gutkind, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300251157
- Language: English
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Richard III (No Fear Shakespeare): Volume 15
$9.99 Read moreRead Shakespeare’s plays in all their brilliance–and understand what every word means
Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare These popular guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable. Each- Series: Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare
- Author: Sparknotes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1411401026
- Language: English
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The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power
$26.00 Read moreA moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy
“Spare, elegant and poignant. . . . If there is a single contemporary book that should be press- Author: Kaplan, Robert D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0300263864
- Language: English
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Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics
$18.95 Read moreLiberties, a Journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues of our time.
In this issue of Liberties: Katherine C. Epstein — Scholarship an
- Author: Wieseltier, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798985430219
- Language: English
