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Why We Read : On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
Reed, ShannonHanover Square Press 2024*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* *A Good Housekeeping Reads pick*A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a "beloved and wonderful writer" (George Saunders), teacher,...
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Warrior Girl Unearthed
Boulley, AngelineMacmillan Audio 2023 UnabridgedNamed One of BookPage's Best Audiobooks of 2023 "Actor Isabella Star LaBlanc excels at leading the reader deeper into the story with a tone that exudes both intriguing mystery and...
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Crying in the Bathroom : A Memoir
Sánchez, Erika L.Penguin Publishing Group 2022“Equal parts pee-your-pants hilarity and break your heart poignancy- like the perfect brunch date you never want to end!"—America Ferrera, Emmy award-winning actress in Ugly Betty...
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Book of Night
Black, HollyTor Publishing Group 2022"A delicious, dark, adrenaline rush of a book. I'm already dying to see Charlie Hall's next con." - New York Times bestselling author, Alix E. Harrow #1 New York Times bestselling...
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People from My Neighborhood : Stories
Kawakami, HiromiCatapult 2021Nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blen...
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain : In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
Saunders, GeorgeRandom House Publishing Group 2021NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and wh...
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Toni Morrison : The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
MELVILLE HOUSEMelville House 2020“Knowledge is what’s important, you know? Not the erasure, but the confrontation of it.” — TONI MORRISON In this wide-ranging collection of thought-provoking interviews — inclu...
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The Source of Self-Regard : Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
Morrison, ToniKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2019Here is Toni Morrison in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades. These pages give us her searing prayer for the dead of 9...
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The Lonesome Bodybuilder : Stories
Motoya, YukikoCatapult 2018Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize, these eleven surreal tales, set in the offices, zoos, bus stops, boutiques, and homes of contemporary Japan "are reminisce...
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The Folded Clock : A Diary
Julavits, HeidiKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2015Like many young people, Heidi Julavits kept a diary. Decades later she found her old diaries in a storage bin, and hoped to discover the early evidence of the person (and writer) s...
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Ray Bradbury : The Last Interview and Other Conversations
Bradbury, Ray; Weller, SamMelville House 2014Ray Bradbury was long the most influential sci-fi writer in the world, the poetic and visionary author of such classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and The Illustrat...
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Dragonwriter : A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern
McCaffrey, ToddBenBella Books 2013When Anne McCaffrey passed in November 2011, it was not only those closest to her who mourned her death; legions of readers also felt the loss deeply. The pioneering science fictio...
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Ender's World : Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game
Card, Orson Scott; Ian, Janis; Johnston, AaronBenBella Books 2013Experience the thrill of reading Ender's Game all over again Go deeper into the complexities of Orson Scott Card's classic novel with science fiction and fantasy writers, YA author...
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Shadowhunters and Downworlders : A Mortal Instruments Reader
Clare, CassandraBenBella Books 2013Explore the world of the Mortal Instruments with Cassandra Clare and more Join Cassandra Clare and a Circle of more than a dozen top YA writers, including New York Times bestseller...
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Beyond the Wall : Exploring George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, From A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons
BenBella Books 2012Get ready for HBO's Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon prequel series with this exploration of George R.R. Martin's iconic novels The world created by George R.R. Martin in his h...
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The Lost City of Z : A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Grann, DavidKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction “with all the pace and excitement of a movie...
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So Many Books, So Little Time : A Year of Passionate Reading
Nelson, SaraPenguin Publishing Group 2004“Will make many readers smile with recognition.”—The New Yorker “Readaholics, meet your new best friend.”—People “This book is bliss.”—The Boston Globe Sometimes subtle, sometim...
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The Wave in the Mind : Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
Le Guin, Ursula K.Shambhala 2004Join 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, intell...