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Letters to a Young Poet
$6.95 Read moreIn 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), replied to th… [more below]
- Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: May 08 2002
- ISBN10: 0486422453
- Language: English
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A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carré
$0.00 Read moreAn archive of letters written by the late John le Carré, giving listeners access to the intimate thoughts of one of the greatest writers of our time
The never-before-seen correspondance of John le Ca- Author: Le Carré, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1088
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0593632745
- Language: English
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The Completion of C. S. Lewis: From War to Joy (1945-1963)
$34.99 Read moreLoss and Love in the Final Years of C. S. Lewis’s Life
The Completion of C. S. Lewis: From War to Joy is the final volume in a trilogy on C. S. Lewis’s life. In this third book, scholar Harry Lee Po
- Series: Lewis Trilogy
- Author: Poe, Harry Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1433571021
- Language: English
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Momma’s Lost Piano: A Memoir
$24.95 Add to cartWhen she is seventeen, Emily Merritt’s beloved father gives her the piano she has always wanted. A few days later, having lost his job, he sells Emily’s piano and moves the family out of its two-story… [more below]
- Author: Madden, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1621907821
- Language: English
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A Song Flung Up to Heaven
$23.95 Read moreThe culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
A- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: April 02 2002
- ISBN10: 0375507477
- Language: English
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Grant and Twain: The Story of an American Friendship
$18.00 Read moreIn the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would pro… [more below]
- Author: Perry, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 10 2005
- ISBN10: 0812966139
- Language: English
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George’s Run: A Writer’s Journey Through the Twilight Zone
$27.95 Read moreGeorge Clayton Johnson was an up-and-coming short story writer who broke into Hollywood in a big way when he co-wrote the screenplay for Ocean’s Eleven. More legendary works followed, including Logan’… [more below]
- Author: Chamberlain, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: May 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1978834209
- Language: English
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For Spacious Skies: Katharine Lee Bates and the Inspiration for America the Beautiful
$16.99 Read moreA Mighty Girl’s 2020 Books of the Year
The true story of the unconventional woman and her enduring song about the spirit of America. Katharine Lee Bates first wrote the lines to “America the Beautiful- Series: She Made History
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0807525308
- Language: English
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Goodbye, My Tribe: An Evangelical Exodus
$29.95 Read moreGoodbye, My Tribe: An Evangelical Exodus is Vic Sizemore’s collection of personal essays chronicling two simultaneous transformations. One is the gathering of unconnected–and nonpolitical–evangelica… [more below]
- Author: Sizemore, Vic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0817320571
- Language: English
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Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing
$24.99 Read moreThroughout history, people have picked up their pens and wielded their words–transforming their lives, their communities, and beyond. Now it’s your turn! Representing a diverse range of backgrounds a
- Author: Melander, Rochelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1506466400
- Language: English
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Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir
$21.00 Add to cartA poetically written and bitterly sweet memoir about nature, death, life in Palestine, and the universal concept of home.
Palestinian writer Hussein Barghouthi was in his late forties when he was dia- Series: Arab List
- Author: Barghouthi, Hussein
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0857428969
- Language: English
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Aurelia, Aurélia: A Memoir
$15.00 Read moreAn eerily dreamlike memoir, and the first work of nonfiction by one of our most inventive novelists.
Aurelia, Aurélia begins on a boat. The author, sixteen years old, is traveling to Europe at an age- Author: Davis, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 164445078X
- Language: English
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Vera: Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov
$21.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the award-winning author of The Revolutionary and The Witches comes “an elegantly nuanced portrait of [Vladimir Nabokov’s]… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
- Author: Schiff, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 04 2000
- ISBN10: 0375755349
- Language: English
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Ford Madox Ford
$25.00 Read moreA critical biography of the great modernist editor and novelist.
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) lived among several of the most important artists and writers of his time. Raised by Pre-Raphaelites and- Series: Critical Lives
- Author: Saunders, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147018
- Language: English
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Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein’s Creator
$19.99 Read moreOn the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and
- Author: Reef, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1328740056
- Language: English
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The Mausoleum of Lovers: Journals 1976-1991: Journals 1976-1991
$24.95 Read moreThe Mausoleum of Lovers comprises Guibert’s journals, kept from 1976-1991. Functioning as an atelier, it forecasts the writing of a novel, which does not materialize as such; the journal itself — a m… [more below]
- Author: Guibert, Hervé
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1937658228
- Language: English
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Brontë
$14.99 Read moreCharlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë–faced with an ailing father and an alcoholic brother–pursue independence through art in this graphic vision of the lives of three legendary writers.
Despite their
- Author: Santoni, Manuela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1728412900
- Language: English
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Of Solids and Surds: Notes for No? Sturgeon, Marilyn Hacker, Josh Lukin, MIA Wolff, Bill Stribling, and Bob White
$18.00 Read moreIn the fourth volume in the Why I Write series, the iconic Samuel Delany remembers fifty years of writing and shaping the world of speculative fiction
“Delany’s prismatic output is among the most sign- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Delany, Samuel R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0300250401
- Language: English
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Don’t Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky
$27.00 Add to cartFrom Homer Hickam, the author of the #1 bestselling Rocket Boys adapted into the beloved film October Sky, comes this astonishing memoir of high adventure, war, love, NASA, and his struggle for litera… [more below]
- Author: Hickam, Homer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1642938246
- Language: English
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The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father
$20.00 Add to cartDuke Wolff was a flawless specimen of the American clubman — a product of Yale and the OSS, a one-time fighter pilot turned aviation engineer. Duke Wolff was a failure who flunked out of a series of … [more below]
- Author: Wolff, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 19 1990
- ISBN10: 0679727523
- Language: English
