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The Odyssey: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom Stephen Mitchell, the renowned translator whose Iliad was named one of The New Yorker‘s Favorite Books of 2011, comes a vivid new translation of the Odyssey, complete with textual notes and an il… [more below]
- Author: Mitchell, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 145167418X
- Language: English
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By: Aczel, Amir D.
The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom Simon & Schuster, The Mystery of the Aleph is Amir D. Aczel’s compelling narrative that blends a story of infinity with the tragic tale of a tormented and brilliant mathematician.
From the Pythag- Series: Mathematics, the Kabbalah and the Search for Infinity
- Author: Aczel, Amir D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0743422996
- Language: English
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By: Cheever, Susan
My Name Is Bill
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe definitive biography of Bill Wilson, the man who established Alcoholics Anonymous, and the first to be written with access to documents in that organization’s archives, by a noted author who is he… [more below]
- Author: Cheever, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0743405919
- Language: English
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By: Mankoff, Bob
The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartHere is a cornucopia of 104 dead-on drawings and eye-opening ruminations on all things bookish, writerly, and readerly, courtesy of The New Yorker’s renowned stable of cartoonists, including Charles B… [more below]
- Author: Mankoff, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0671035584
- Language: English
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By: Andrews, Bryce
Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cart“Much more than a coming-of-age story, Badluck Way is an important meditation on what it means to share space and breathe the same air as truly wild animals, and the necessary damage that can occur wh… [more below]
- Author: Andrews, Bryce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1476710848
- Language: English
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By: Lauck, Jennifer
Blackbird
$25.99PaperbackAdd to cartWith the startling emotional immediacy of a fractured family photo album, Jennifer Lauck’s incandescent memoir is the story of an ordinary girl growing up at the turn of the 1970s and the truly extrao… [more below]
- Author: Lauck, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0671042564
- Language: English
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By: Homer
The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization’s foundational epic: The Iliad.
Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said tha- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: August 14 2012
- ISBN10: 1439163383
- Language: English
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By: Rossant, Colette
Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartCairo, 1937: French-born Colette Rossant is waiting out World War II among her father’s Egyptian-Jewish relatives. From the moment she arrives at her grandparents’ belle é§±oque mansion by the Nile, t… [more below]
- Author: Rossant, Colette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 20 2004
- ISBN10: 0743475615
- Language: English
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By: Baker, Jennifer
Everyday People: The Color of Life–A Short Story Anthology
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cart“A delight and highly recommended.” —Booklist
“Showcases the truth and fullness of people of color.” —Book Riot In the tradition of Best American Short Stories comes Everyday People: The Color of- Author: Baker, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 1501134949
- Language: English
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By: Arango, Sascha
The Truth and Other Lies
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartNEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A literary crime thriller with “a clever plot that always surprises, told with dark humor and dry wit” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice), this brilliant deb… [more below]
- Author: Arango, Sascha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1476795568
- Language: English
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By: Hopkins, Pauline
Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self: The Givens Collection
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Mysticism, horror, and racial identity merge fluidly in this thrilling tale of love, obsession, and power” (Publishers Weekly) written by one of the lesser-known literary figures of the much-lauded H… [more below]
- Series: Givens Collection
- Author: Hopkins, Pauline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 03 2004
- ISBN10: 0743467698
- Language: English
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By: Roy, Anuradha
All the Lives We Never Lived
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the Man Booker Prize-nominated author of Sleeping on Jupiter and “one of India’s greatest living authors” (O, The Oprah Magazine), a poignant and sweeping novel set in India during World War II a… [more below]
- Author: Roy, Anuradha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1982100524
- Language: English
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By: Bola, Jj
The Selfless Act of Breathing
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart- Author: Bola, Jj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1982175575
- Language: English
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Sadness Is a White Bird
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart**A 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist** **A 2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist for Debut Fiction** In this “nuanced, sharp, and beautifully written” (Michael Chabon) debut novel, a young… [more below]
- Author: Rothman-Zecher, Moriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1501176277
- Language: English
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The Light Years
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe tangled lives of three generations evoke a vanished world in this, the first volume of the Cazalet Chronicle from historical fiction author Elizabeth Jane Howard.
Three generations of the Cazalet- Series: Cazalet Chronicle #1
- Author: Howard, Elizabeth Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 20 2003
- ISBN10: 0671527932
- Language: English
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Three Sisters, Three Queens
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory, the little-known story of three Tudor women who are united in sisterhood and yet compelled to be rivals when they fulfill their destinies as… [more below]
- Series: Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
- Author: Gregory, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: February 21 2017
- ISBN10: 1476758743
- Language: English
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By: Wright, Alexis
The Swan Book
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartA hypnotic and “astonishingly inventive” (O, The Oprah Magazine) novel about an Aboriginal girl living in a future world turned upside down–where ancient myths exist side-by-side with present-day rea… [more below]
- Author: Wright, Alexis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 16 2018
- ISBN10: 150112479X
- Language: English
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By: Elon, Emuna
House on Endless Waters
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Elon powerfully evokes the obscurity of the past and its hold on the present as we stumble through revelation after revelation with Yoel. As we accompany him on his journey…we share in his loss, su… [more below]
- Author: Elon, Emuna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1982130237
- Language: English
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By: Alex McElroy
The Atmospherians
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Darkly funny and glitteringly satirical, The Atmospherians unforgettably takes aim at wokeness, wellness, and toxic masculinity.” —Esquire
This “edgy, addictive” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) sat- Author: McElroy, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 1982158328
- Language: English
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By: Theroux, Marcel
The Sorcerer of Pyongyang
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartWritten “with intelligence, compassion, and an occasional quiet lyricism” (Krys Lee, The Guardian), this mesmerizing novel is about a North Korean boy whose life is irrevocably changed when he stumble… [more below]
- Author: Theroux, Marcel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1668002671
- Language: English




















