Literary Figures
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Hakim Bey Real and Unreal
$17.95 Add to cartFor a man made of words, it is perversely perfect that none can capture the essence of Hakim Bey. Anarcho-Sufi wiseman, scholar of the unknowable, miraculous monologist, psychedelic shaman: all of thi
- Author: Metzger, Th
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1944651276
- Language: English
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Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature
$28.95 Read moreAnna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature
Margery Kempe. Aemilia Lanyer. Aphra Behn. Lady Mary. Jane Aus- Author: Beer, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0861542932
- Language: English
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A Man of Modern Letters
$19.95 Add to cartThe Modern Movement in art was an authentic response to a much-changing world. The rapid industrialization and urbanization of western society called for a new wave in the arts, a dismantling of past
- Series: Hemingway and the Rise of Modern Literature #2
- Author: McLallen, Wylie Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1620065282
- Language: English
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A Guest at the Feast: Essays
$18.00 Add to cartNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by LitHub and The Millions!
From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a “not to be missed” (LitHub) collection of eleven essays about- Author: Toibin, Colm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 147678521X
- Language: English
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The Faraway Nearby
$19.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award A personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy, from the author of Orwell’s Roses Apricots. Her mother’- Author: Solnit, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 0143125494
- Language: English
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
$8.95 Add to cart“Anyone who has ever wondered what it really means to be Black will find the answer in this book.”–MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE
To Be Young, Gifted and Black is a special kind of autobiography, in a very spec- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Hansberry, Lorraine
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0451531787
- Language: English
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Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
$22.00 Add to cart“Worsley offers us much that Austen’s admirers wish to know…with humor and poignancy and common sense, just as Austen would have wished.” –Amy Bloom, New York Times Book Review
Take a trip back to- Author: Worsley, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1250799961
- Language: English
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Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties
$29.99 Add to cartMaking use of the author’s access to the Beach family papers, this account chronicles the literary circle that gathered at Beach’s Paris book shop.
- Series: History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties
- Author: Fitch, Noel Riley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 01 1985
- ISBN10: 0393302318
- Language: English
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Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Writers, Outsiders, and the Spanish Civil War
$30.00 Read moreA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – An extraordinary account of the women artists and activists whose determination to live–and to create–with courage and conviction took them as far as the Spanish… [more below]
- Author: Watling, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0593319664
- Language: English
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The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
$24.00 Add to cartBest Book of June 2015 (The Christian Science Monitor)
Book of the Year by the Conference on Christianity and Literature C. S. Lewis is the 20th century’s most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R.- Author: Zaleski, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0374536252
- Language: English
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Radical: A Life of My Own
$27.00 Read moreXiaolu Guo has been lauded as a “voice . . . speaking with full freedom” (Wall Street Journal), which has made her one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her generation. She is the National
- Author: Guo, Xiaolu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0802161561
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Mark Twain: Adventures from the Father of American Literature
$8.95 Add to cartBorn Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Twain is best known for his stories of American boyhood, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Lauded as the greatest humourist America has ever produced, e
- Series: Little Books of Literature #8
- Author: Hippo! Orange
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1800691955
- Language: English
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Medicine Stories: Essays for Radicals
$24.95 Add to cartIn this revised and expanded edition of Medicine Stories, Aurora Levins Morales weaves together insights and lessons learned over a lifetime of activism to offer a new theory of social justice. Callin… [more below]
- Author: Levins Morales, Aurora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 26 2019
- ISBN10: 147800309X
- Language: English
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The Little Book of J.R.R. Tolkien: Wit and Wisdom from the Creator of Middle Earth
$8.95 Add to cartA renowned scholar of the English language, Tolkien is today celebrated as the father of the high fantasy genre. Drawing on his knowledge of languages, mythology and legend, he created an entire alter
- Series: Little Books of Literature #11
- Author: Hippo! Orange
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1800693745
- Language: English
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Shame
$12.95 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
“My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon,” begins Shame, the probing story of the 12 year old girl who will become the- Author: Ernaux, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 09 1998
- ISBN10: 1583220186
- Language: English
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In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing
$20.00 Add to cartA NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER
A BEST BOOK OF 2022 (Air Mail)Four new and revelatory essays by the author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter.
In 2020, Claire Luchette in O, The Oprah Magazine des
- Author: Ferrante, Elena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1609457374
- Language: English
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With Every Great Breath: New and Selected Essays, 1995-2023
$28.00 Read more“Master craftsman” (Los Angeles Times) and beloved author Rick Bass explores ecological, social, and personal landscapes through this collection that brings together his best-loved essays and brand-ne… [more below]
- Author: Bass, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1640096302
- Language: English
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Maestros & Monsters: Days & Nights with Susan Sontag & George Steiner
$24.95 Read moreThis is a memoiristic book and a dual portrait, built around intense friendships with two leading public intellectuals who achieved celebrity status–Susan Sontag on a global scale, George Steiner pri… [more below]
- Author: Boyers, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1942134886
- Language: English
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The Illustrated Book of Japanese Haiku: A Journey Through the Seasons with Japan’s Best-Loved Poets (Free Online Audio)
$19.99 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated volume of haiku poetry from the 100 most famous Japanese poets.
Ongoing spring;
a nameless mountain
under a light mist
— Basho This beautifully illustrated collection of season- Author: Wilson, William Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 4805318074
- Language: English
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The Many Lives of Anne Frank
$30.00 Add to cartA revealing biography of Anne Frank, exploring both her life and the impact of her extraordinary diary
“Trenchant. . . . An essential look at the diarist’s legacy.”–Publishers Weekly In this innovat- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Franklin, Ruth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: January 27 2025
- ISBN10: 300248121
- Language: English
