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Includes two of Crews' full-length novels, The Gypsy's Curse and Car, his autobiography, and three of his essays.Book InformationISBN 9780671865276Author Harry CrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon &...

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2023A Library Journal Recommended Read for 2023A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2023A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation with archival objects of Black history and memory.What...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814255193Author David ShieldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

The Tenth Edition introduces diverse, compelling, relevant texts-from Civil War songs and stories to The Turn of the Screw to The Great Gatsby to poems by Juan Felipe Herrera and Claudia Rankine to a science fiction cluster featuring Octavia Butler and N...

This first volume of what will be a full-scale portrait presents Ezra Pound as a very determined and energetic young genius setting out to make his way both as a poet and as a force for civilization in England and America in the years before, during and...

'The only four things that interested me were: reading books, going to the movies, tap-dancing and drawing pictures. Then one day I started writing . . .' Truman Capote began writing at the age of eight, and never looked back. A Capote Reader contains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143108047Author Benjamin TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 532g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486828312Author Ernest HemingwayFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939375032Author Jack LondonFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Sabino Falls PublishingPublisher Sabino Falls PublishingWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612195896Author David StreitfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486489230Author Mark TwainFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 205gDimensions(mm)...

This third and final volume of A. David Moody's critical life of Ezra Pound presents Pound's personal tragedy in a tragic time. In this volume, we experience the 1939-1945 World War, and Pound's hubristic involvement in Fascist Italy's part in it; we...

The long-awaited second volume of A. David Moody's critically acclaimed three-part biography of Ezra Pound weaves together the illuminating story of his life, his achievements as a poet and a composer, and his one-man crusade for economic justice. The...

"One of the great original voices of our times--a pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence."--Jack Kerouac "Robert Lax's poems [prove] yet again that the gift to be simple is the gift to be free, that less is more, and that least may sometimes be most...

A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor.Andrew Sean Greer, "an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy" (Washington Post),...

"Change comes from one of two sources. First, we may be driven to change out of desperation. The second source that drives us to make changes in our lives is inspiration. I hope that is where you find yourself now - about to become sufficiently inspired...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679759287Author David IvesFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014189394Author Tennessee 1911-1983 WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 92Imprint Hassell Street PressPublisher Hassell Street PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612190907Author Kurt VonnegutFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House PublishingWeight(grams) 175g

"Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages," writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. "The most important part of this magic...

An inspiring story of a young asylum seeker's struggle to build a new life with his family in Britain told with wit and heart by beloved author Catherine MacPhail. At last, Omar's family are safe and have somewhere to live. But life in a new...

In No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us, John J. Stuhr utilizes the thought of American philosopher and psychologist William James to develop an original world view that addresses both enduring philosophical problems and contemporary cultural issues. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582430799Author Gary SnyderFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 766g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525659297Author Toni MorrisonFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 173mm * 132mm...

What Thoreau can teach us about working-why we do it, what it does to us, and how we can make it more meaningfulHenry at Work invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect of Henry David Thoreau that has often been overlooked:...

First published in 1973, this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest civilizations. Beginning with the early and gradual evolution of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933149561Author Morty DiamondFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Manic D Press,U.S.Publisher Manic D Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 218g

An extraordinary collection of lyrics from rap's first thirty years, a showcase of poetic depth and diversity "This landmark work chronicles an earth-shattering movement with deep roots."-New York Times Book Review From the school yards of the South...

'A thoughtful and thoroughly useful guide for parents and carers to use with kids who experience anxiety, to help them process and master their fears and emotions.' Dr Tatiana Menick, psychiatrist All kids go through tricky times. Bright kids can...

From 'one of the greatest writers of our time' (Toni Morrison) - the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God and Barracoon - a collection of remarkable short stories from the Harlem Renaissance With a foreword by Tayari Jones, author of An...

"Philip was a visionary like Blake, and he really saw the whole world in a grain of sand." -Lawrence Ferlinghetti"An inspired consciousness set at full tilt in raging protest, kisses, prayers, blessings, and outraged demands. All from the deepest silence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781539716259Author Edgar Allen PoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679750802Author Rita DoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Pantheon Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes is a compilation of the novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and other published work by one of the 20th century's most prolific and influential African American authors. This volume contains the later of...

The Tenth Edition introduces diverse, compelling, relevant texts-from Civil War songs and stories to The Turn of the Screw to The Great Gatsby to poems by Juan Felipe Herrera and Claudia Rankine to a science fiction cluster featuring Octavia Butler and N...

Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought: "Quality""The ultimate goal in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536164Author Andrew BlaunerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

An Amazon Charts bestseller. Humor and heart move the fast-paced journey of an unlikely pair coming together to form a family of their own in this touching story from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. Bea has barely been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679740568Author Philip LevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 149mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684846309Author Kevin KerraneFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 610gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm *...