Books & Reading
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The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
$27.95 Add to cartJoin Ursula K. Le Guin as she explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to women’s shoes, beauty, and family life. With her customary wit, intelligence, and literary… [more below]
- Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 17 2004
- ISBN10: 1590300068
- Language: English
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The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others’ Eyes
$26.00 Read moreThe revered teacher and bestselling author reflects on the power, importance, and joy of a life dedicated to reading books in this delightful collection drawn from his wide body of writings.
More than
- Author: Lewis, C. S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0062849972
- Language: English
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Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers
$23.00 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
From the beloved New Yorker cartoonist comes a collection of paintings and stories from some of the world’s most cherished bookstores.
This collection of 75 evocative paint- Author: Eckstein, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0553459279
- Language: English
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A Horse at Night: On Writing
$16.95 Add to cart“A Horse at Night is like light from a candle in the evening: intimate, pleasurable, full of wonder. It asks us to consider fiction as life and life as fiction. Amina Cain is our generous, gentle guid… [more below]
- Author: Cain, Amina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1948980134
- Language: English
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How Fiction Works (Tenth Anniversary Edition): Updated and Expanded
$19.00 Add to cart10th anniversary revised edition with new Introduction
James Wood’s How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction–an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasti- Author: Wood, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 1250183928
- Language: English
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The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews
$28.00 Read moreShakespeare and Company, Paris, is one of the world’s most iconic and beautiful bookshops. Located on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame, it’s long been a meeting place for anglophone writers
- Author: Biles, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1805300032
- Language: English
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An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!
$17.95 Read more“Splendid exploration”–Wall Street Journal
Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation mark. It’s bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier whose flamboyantly dramat- Author: Hazrat, Florence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1567927874
- Language: English
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The World According to Proust
$20.99 Add to cart100 years after Proust’s death, In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Literature. At 3,000 pages, it can be intimidating to some. This short volume invites first-time reade… [more below]
- Author: Landy, Joshua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0197648681
- Language: English
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Books Are Tremendous
$5.00 Read moreOne of the greatest gifts you can give yourself or someone else is a good book. Yet it is amazing how many of us have neglected to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge that is so conviently attai… [more below]
- Series: Life-Changing Classics
- Author: Jones, Charlie Tremendous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 67
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0937539821
- Language: English
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Flannery O’Connor’s Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress
$24.99 Read more“Wilson does a great service in resurrecting one of O’Connor’s lesser-known works.”–Publishers Weekly
When celebrated American novelist and short story writer Flannery O’Connor died at the age of thir… [more below]- Author: Wilson, Jessica Hooten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1587436183
- Language: English
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The Book Club Journal: All the Books You’ve Read, Loved, & Discussed
$15.99 Add to cartKeep track of your book club selections and record your latest literary adventures with this reading journal to stay organized for your next meeting
Book clubs are a great way to read new books and- Author: Adams Media
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1507214022
- Language: English
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Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
$27.99 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with a guide to the power of literature in turbulent times, arming readers with a resistance reading list, ranging from James
- Author: Nafisi, Azar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0062947362
- Language: English
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Book Buddies: Don’t Talk to Me While I’m Reading!
$10.99 Add to cartA Perfect Gift for Book Lovers
Book Buddies: Don’t Talk to Me While I’m Reading is a beautifully illustrated celebration of all things bookworm–from the sweet to the snarky, including puns, inspirati
- Series: Book Buddies #1
- Author: Kito Lee, Yu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1955834504
- Language: English
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The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet
$29.00 Read moreThe Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present – and draws out lessons for the age to come.
The age of print is a grand exception in history. Fo- Author: Jarvis, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: June 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1501394827
- Language: English
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Six Memos for the Next Millennium
$15.99 Add to cartItalo Calvino’s brilliant reflection on what makes great literature, from the classics to more contemporary works, punctuated with personal details about Calvino’s own writing processes.
At the time of… [more below]
- Author: Calvino, Italo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0544146670
- Language: English
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Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice
$24.99 Read more“A timely and accessible primer.”–Christian Century
What if we viewed reading as not just a personal hobby or a pleasurable indulgence but a spiritual practice that deepens our faith?In Reading for th… [more below]
- Author: Wilson, Jessica Hooten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 158743525X
- Language: English
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Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing
$14.95 Add to cartWhen the New York Times referred to Ursula K. Le Guin as America’s greatest writer of science fiction, they just might have undersold her legacy. It’s hard to look at her vast body of work?novels and
- Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1941040993
- Language: English
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Book Nerd (Gift Book for Readers)
$13.00 Add to cartBook nerds rule! And what better gift than a book that celebrates bookishness?
You know you’re a Book Nerd when…–You have a minimum of 5 books on your night table.
–You never once thought the movi
- Author: Maguire, Holly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 13, 2021
- ISBN10: 1523510269
- Language: English
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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
$18.99 Add to cartA distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read–and write
Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did a
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Prose, Francine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 10 2007
- ISBN10: 0060777052
- Language: English
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A Left-Handed Woman: Essays
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2023 PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY
A collection of essays from Judith Thurman, the National Book Award-winning biographer and New Yorker staff writer. Judith- Author: Thurman, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1250872669
- Language: English
