Algonquin Books
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Inciting Joy: Essays
$19.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay comes a “brilliant” intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection (Ada Lim?n, U.S. poet laureate).
In these g- Author: Gay, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1643753959
- Language: English
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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
$21.99 Add to cart“Enthralling; it is well worth the trip.” —New York Journal of Books
Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever seen, New York’s Blackwell’s Island, site of a lun… [more below]- Author: Horn, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1616209356
- Language: English
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A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
$19.99 Add to cartWith a foreword by David Halberstam. He spoke out against player trading. He banned Pete Rose from baseball for gambling. He even asked sports fans to clean up their acts. Bart Giamatti was baseball’s… [more below]
- Author: Robson, Kenneth S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 04 1998
- ISBN10: 1565121929
- Language: English
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The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
$19.99 Add to cartFrom bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us. … [more below]
- Author: Gay, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1643756354
- Language: English
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Paris Was Ours: Thirty-Two Writers Reflect on the City of Light
$16.95 Add to cartThirty-two writers share their observations and revelations about the world’s most seductive city.
“Whether you have lived in Paris or not, this captivating collection will transport you there.” –Na- Author: Rowlands, Penelope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 08 2011
- ISBN10: 1565129539
- Language: English
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Volunteers: Growing Up in the Forever War
$17.99 Read more“A beautiful and powerfully affecting portrait of a boyhood in a military family.” –Phil Klay, author of Missionaries and the National Book Award-winning Redeployment
As a child, Jerad Alexander l… [more below]- Author: Alexander, Jerad W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1643753258
- Language: English
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Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics
$16.95 Read more“This book will inspire people to work with and for their neighbors in all kinds of ways!” –Bill McKibben, author of Falter
Heather Lende was one of the thousands of women inspired to take an activ- Author: Lende, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1643751409
- Language: English
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Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden
$16.95 Add to cartIn conversation with William Baldwin. Emily Whaley’s garden on Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina, may be the most visited private garden in the country. And no wonder. It is the life’s work … [more below]
- Author: Whaley, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1616208457
- Language: English
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Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
$16.99 Add to cartIt was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hun… [more below]
- Author: Jobb, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1616205350
- Language: English
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The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age
$18.99 Read moreFor many of us, thinking about the future conjures up images of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: a post-apocalyptic dystopia stripped of nature. Richard Louv, author of the landmark bestseller Last Child i… [more below]
- Author: Louv, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 17 2012
- ISBN10: 161620141X
- Language: English
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Dream Golf: The Making of Bandon Dunes
$30.00 Read more“Mike Keiser followed his instincts to build courses that speak to golf as a rugged adventure. Steve Goodwin’s spirited book will speak to the golfing soul in you.” –Lorne Rubenstein, columnist for T… [more below]
- Author: Goodwin, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: June 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1565129814
- Language: English
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Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him
$21.99 Add to cart- Author: Henry, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 21 2014
- ISBN10: 1616204478
- Language: English
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Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
$27.95 Read more“A deep dive into the world of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists . . . that brilliantly reveals how people fall into illogical beliefs, reject reason, destroy relationships, and connect with a broad ran
- Author: Weill, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 22, 2022
- ISBN10: 1643750682
- Language: English
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Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
$19.99 Add to cartJust in time for the NCAA Final Four, read the exhilarating true story of the championship women’s basketball team that broke the mold and captivated the country.
“A thrilling, cinematic story. I lov- Author: Reeder, Lydia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 161620740X
- Language: English
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Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small Miracles
$17.99 Add to cart“Here is the real thing — good old-fashioned American values coming from small-town Alaska.” —The Boston Globe
The Alaskan landscape–so vast, dramatic, and unbelievable–may be the reason the peop- Author: Lende, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 19 2011
- ISBN10: 1616200510
- Language: English
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Butter: A Rich History
$16.99 Add to cart“Edifying from every point of view–historical, cultural, and culinary.” –David Tanis, author of A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes
It’s a culinary catalyst, an agent of change, a gastronomic rock s- Author: Khosrova, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1616207396
- Language: English
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The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story
$18.99 Add to cart“Wonderful ” (Grace Paley).
“Heartwarming and smart and wonderfully written” (Detroit Free Press). “Provides edifying advice, intimately given, like the best-selling Tuesdays with Morrie” (the Dallas- Author: Ben Izzy, Joel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 02 2005
- ISBN10: 1565125126
- Language: English
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A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance
$21.99 Add to cartFernando first sees Marlena across the Piazza San Marco and falls in love from afar. When he sees her again in a Venice café a year later, he knows it is fate. He knows little English; she, a divorce
- Author: de Blasi, Marlena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1616202815
- Language: English
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Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year
$17.99 Add to cartA must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esm? is the exuberant diary of Esm? Raji Codell’s first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirit… [more below]
- Author: Codell, Esmé Raji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1565129350
- Language: English
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Miracle Country: A Memoir of a Family and a Landscape
$19.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE SIGURD F. OLSON NATURE WRITING AWARD
“[A] shimmering memoir . . . A bittersweet tribute to home and fami
WINNER OF THE WOMEN WRITING THE WEST WILLA LITERARY AWARD IN CREATIVE NONFICTION- Author: Atleework, Kendra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1643751417
- Language: English
