Books & Reading
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Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry
$17.00 Add to cartFrom one of the most esteemed American poets of the twenty-first century comes a celebration of poetry and an invitation for anyone to experience its beauty and wonder.
Full of fresh and exciting insi- Author: Koch, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 08 1999
- ISBN10: 0684824388
- Language: English
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Booked: A Traveler’s Guide to Literary Locations Around the World
$29.99 Add to cartA practical, armchair travel guide that explores eighty of the most iconic literary locations from all over the globe that you can actually visit.
A must-have for every fan of literature, Booked inspi… [more below]- Author: Kreitner, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0316420875
- Language: English
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The Death of the Moth and Other Essays
$19.95 Add to cartA highly acclaimed collection of twenty-eight essays, sketches, and short stories presenting nearly every facet of the author’s work. “Up to the author’s highest standard in a literary form that was m… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book, Hb 294
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 23 1974
- ISBN10: 0156252341
- Language: English
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Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread
$25.00 Read morePulitzer Prize-winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today–with be… [more below]
- Author: Kakutani, Michiko
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0525574972
- Language: English
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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
$23.99 Add to cartIn recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way.
In t… [more below]- Author: Jacobs, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0199747490
- Language: English
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How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World’s Favorite Literary Form
$17.99 Add to cartThe follow-up and companion volume to the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor–a lively and entertaining guide to understanding and dissecting novels to make everyday re
- Author: Foster, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0061340405
- Language: English
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A Short History of Fantasy
$20.00 Add to cartSome of the earliest books ever written, including The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Odyssey, deal with monsters, marvels, extraordinary voyages, and magic, and this genre, known as fantasy, remained an e… [more below]
- Author: Mendlesohn, Farah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 285
- Publish Date: June 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1907471669
- Language: English
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Heroines, New Edition
$17.95 Add to cartA manifesto reclaiming the wives and mistresses of literary modernism that inspired a generation of writers and scholars, reissued after more than a decade.
I am beginning to realize that taking the s- Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents
- Author: Zambreno, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1635902088
- Language: English
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The Linchpin Writer: Crafting Your Novel’s Key Moments
$15.99 Add to cartIn every novel there are pivotal places that can make or break a book. Write them well, and you’ll have your readers begging for a sequel. Write them poorly, and your book will get scathing reviews an
- Author: Fox, John Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: October 26 2022
- ISBN10: 173784740X
- Language: English
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Aspects of the Novel
$14.99 Add to cartE. M. Forster’s guide sparkles with wit and insight for contemporary writers and readers. With lively language and excerpts from well-known classics, Forster (author of A Passage to India, Howards En… [more below]
- Author: Forster, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 14 1956
- ISBN10: 0156091801
- Language: English
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Heaven, Hell and Paradise Lost
$15.95 Read moreA poet who crafted the
greatest character in literary history with his engaging anti-hero of Satan, John Milton connected personal experience with the breadth of cosmic epic. His Paradise Lost is a tou- Series: Bookmarked #16
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1632461528
- Language: English
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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
$40.00 Add to cart“The ultimate literary bucket list.” —The Washington Post
“If there’s a heaven just for readers, this is it.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discoveri… [more below]- Author: Mustich, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 960
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1523504455
- Language: English
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The Red Thread: Twenty Years of Nyrb Classics: A Selection
$17.95 Add to cartTo celebrate the 20th anniversary of NYRB Classics, a handpicked anthology of selections from the series.
In Greek mythology, Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of red thread to guide him through the labyrint… [more below]- Author: Frank, Edwin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1681373912
- Language: English
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The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
$19.00 Add to cartOne of The Economist‘s 2011 Books of the Year
From the author of Either/Or and The Idiot, Elif Batuman’s The Possessed presents the true but unlikely stories of lives devoted–Absurdly! Melancholical- Author: Batuman, Elif
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 16, 2010
- ISBN10: 0374532184
- Language: English
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How to Read and Why
$19.99 Add to cartInformation is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?” is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and benef… [more below]
- Author: Bloom, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 02 2001
- ISBN10: 0684859076
- Language: English
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Before Austen Comes Aesop: The Children’s Great Books and How to Experience Them
$18.95 Read moreBefore Austen Comes Aesop presents an in-depth examination of the Children’s Great Books, that is, the literature that has made the most profound impact on the lives of children throughout Western his
- Author: Blomquist, Cheri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1621644308
- Language: English
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All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age
$19.00 Add to cartAn inspirational book that is “a smart, sweeping run through the history of Western philosophy. Important for the way it illuminates life today and for the controversial advice it offers on how to liv
- Author: Dreyfus, Hubert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 09, 2011
- ISBN10: 141659616X
- Language: English
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Spine Poems: An Eclectic Collection of Found Verse for Book Lovers
$27.99 Read moreA charming, clever, and original collection of more than 100 spine poems-a popular form of found poetry composed by arranging book spines–illustrated with 110 full-color photographs.
Easy to create an
- Author: Simon, Annette Dauphin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0063208229
- Language: English
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For Now
$10.95 Add to cartIn this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work
“A sharply etched, unvarnished self-portrait.”–Kirkus Reviews “[Myles] h- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Myles, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0300261411
- Language: English
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The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$21.99 Add to cartLearn 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
