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The Image of Her
$25.00HardcoverAdd to cartSimone de Beauvoir’s gripping classic of a woman striving for perfection
Laurence lives what appears to be an ideal existence. Her life features the trappings of 1960s Parisian bourgeoisie: money, a- Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters
- Author: Beauvoir, Simone De
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0300287178
- Language: English
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By: Bloom, Harold
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
$24.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller.
“An impressive work…deeply, rightly passionat
- Author: Bloom, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0063452049
- Language: English
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By: Richardson, Tara
Jane Austen for Every Day of the Year: A Charming Collection of Wit & Wisdom
$16.99HardcoverAdd to cartMarking the 250th anniversary of Janes Austen’s birth – a collection of quotes, quips and most-loved passages from her works and letters for every day of the year.
Jane Austen for Every Day of the Yea- Author: Richardson, Tara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0753735601
- Language: English
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By: Pinchevski, Amit
Echo
$16.95PaperbackRead moreAn exploration of echo not as simple repetition but as an agent of creative possibilities.
In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amit Pinchevski proposes that echo is not simple- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Pinchevski, Amit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0262543400
- Language: English
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By: Robinson, Judith
Literary Cats
$25.00HardcoverRead moreA light-hearted journey through the history of literary cats.
From Puss in Boots to T. S. Eliot’s Jellicles, cats have long inspired an incredible range of fiction, memoir, and poetry. This book cele- Author: Robinson, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1851245731
- Language: English
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By: Scott, A. O.
Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
$18.00PaperbackRead moreThe New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever
Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism
- Author: Scott, A. O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0143109979
- Language: English
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By: Fletcher, Angus
Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories
$21.00PaperbackAdd to cartThis “fascinating” (Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author of Outliers) examination of literary inventions through the ages, from ancient Mesopotamia to Elena Ferrante, shows how writers … [more below]
- Author: Fletcher, Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 8, 2022
- ISBN10: 1982135980
- Language: English




