Literary Figures
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Ernest Hemingway in the Yellowstone High Country
$36.33 Add to cartIn the 1930s, iconic American author Ernest Hemingway spent five summers at a ranch on the edge of Yellowstone National Park. Here he did some of his best writing, and his experiences in the mountains… [more below]
- Author: Warren, Christopher Miles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: July 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1606391143
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Jane Austen: A Witty Collection of Universally Acknowledged Truths
$8.95 Add to cartIt is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen never goes out of style.
Jane Austen’s much-loved novels vividly describe 19th-century society. But they are also timeless classics that continu
- Series: Little Book Of… #4
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1800690231
- Language: English
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Being Lolita: A Memoir
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A dark relationship evolves between a high schooler and her English teacher in this breathtakingly powerful memoir about a young woman who must- Author: Wood, Alisson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1250217237
- Language: English
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Life Among the Savages
$18.00 Add to cartIn a hilariously charming domestic memoir, America’s celebrated master of terror turns to a different kind of fright: raising children.
In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkne- Author: Jackson, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0143128043
- Language: English
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At Sea with Patrick Dennis: My Madcap Mexican Adventure with the Author of Auntie Mame
$18.95 Add to cartPrepare to Feast on LIfe!Robert (Raub) Karr and his best friend, Walter, planned a relaxing cruise from Seattle to Mexico. Little did they know that their vacation would be upended when they met the a… [more below]
- Author: Karr, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1955826250
- Language: English
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Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon
$26.00 Read moreAn intimate portrait illuminating the life and work of Amos Oz, the award-winning Israeli writer and activist
“Concise and compelling.”–Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal Amos Oz (1939-2018) was o- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Alter, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0300250177
- Language: English
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The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$21.99 Read moreLearn about the greatest works of literature, and the lives of those who wrote them in The Literature Book.
Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a sim… [more below]- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1465491015
- Language: English
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The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-Earth
$29.95 Add to cart“Fascinating, gorgeously illustrated and thought-provoking. . . . [A] masterful book.”–Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post
A lavishly illustrated look at the locales familiar to J. R. R. Tolkien, the cre- Author: Garth, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 069119694X
- Language: English
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Lincoln
$24.00 Add to cartA masterful work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln’s gradual ascent from… [more below]
- Author: Donald, David Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: November 05 1996
- ISBN10: 068482535X
- Language: English
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String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication
$21.95 Add to cartAn instant classic of American sportswriting–the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, “the best mind of his generation” (A. O. Scott) and “the best tennis-writer of all time” (New York Times)
Gath… [more below]- Author: Wallace, David Foster
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 1598534807
- Language: English
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The Story of a Life
$24.95 Read moreOne of the most famous works of Russian literature, a memoir about a writer’s coming of age during World War I, the Russian Civil War, and the rise of the Soviet era. This is the first unabridged tran… [more below]
- Author: Paustovsky, Konstantin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1681377225
- Language: English
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Writing Haiku: A Beginner’s Guide to Composing Japanese Poetry – Includes Tanka, Renga, Haiga, Senryu and Haibun
$14.99 Add to cartA world of dew
The iconic three-line haiku form is increasingly popular today as people embrace its simplicity and grace–and its connections to the Japanes
And within every dewdrop
A world of struggle- Author: Ross, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 4805316888
- Language: English
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An American Childhood
$17.99 Add to cart“An American Childhood more than takes the reader’s breath away. It consumes you as you consume it, so that, when you have put down this book, you’re a different person, one who has virtually experien
- Author: Dillard, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0060915188
- Language: English
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Notes from the Henhouse: On Marrying a Poet, Raising Children and Chickens, and Writing
$18.00 Read moreA sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker–acclaimed journalist and author of the beloved modern classic O Caledonia.
Following the publication of her acclaime- Author: Barker, Elspeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 166802215X
- Language: English
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A Guest at the Feast: Essays
$28.00 Read moreNamed 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1476785201
- Language: English
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You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir
$16.99 Add to cartA searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indi
- Author: Alexie, Sherman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 12, 2019
- ISBN10: 0316270741
- Language: English
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Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays
$22.00 Add to cartHere is a dazzling collection from Joan Acocella, one of our most admired cultural critics: thirty-one essays that consider the life and work of some of the most influential artists of our time (and t… [more below]
- Author: Acocella, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 12 2008
- ISBN10: 0307275760
- Language: English
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Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick
$19.95 Add to cart“Divine Invasions” is the first full-scale biography of Philip K. Dick, a brilliant writer who, working inside the science fiction field, created some of the most powerful and lasting visionary fictio
- Author: Sutin, Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: May 19, 1991
- ISBN10: 0806512288
- Language: English
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How to Murder Your Life: A Memoir
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author and former beauty editor Cat Marnell, a “vivid, maddening, heartbreaking, very funny, chaotic” (The New York Times) memoir of prescription drug addiction and… [more below]
- Author: Marnell, Cat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1476752397
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Garden: How Gardens Inspired the World’s Great Authors
$40.00 Read moreSee inside the gardens where literary giants from Tolstoy to Agatha Christie created some of their finest works in this visually stunning and fascinating book.
Discover the flower gardens, vegetable- Author: Bennett, Jackie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0711277168
- Language: English
