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 Manhattan Memoir: American Girl; Manhattan, When I Was Young; Speaking with StrangersBest Price: $6.50 It's a memoir about Cantwell being in her 20's and 30's in NYCity -- time period is 1950's and... |  The Man Who Made ListsBest Price: $1.85 Couldn't put the book down. Peter Roget's life was fascinating, there were many historical facts... |  What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A MemoirBest Price: $5.12 I've always been fascinated by E. Lynn Harris' fictional work (and maybe a bit frightened since... |  Lover of Unreason: Assia Wevill, Sylvia Plath's Rival and Ted Hughes' Doomed LoveBest Price: $1.50 This is the first, full length treatment of the "other" woman in the Sylvia Plath, Ted... |  Modern Art, Revised and Updated (Trade) (3rd Edition)Best Price: $56.22 I bought this book for an Art History class that I am currently taking. I don't take issue with... |
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 Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's JourneyBest Price: $3.43 What it takes to write one great book is a lifetime of preparation. It seems that every element... |  French Lessons: A Memoir (Studies in Law and Economics)Best Price: $3.94 This is a lovely memoir about a love affair with a foreign language, culture and country. The... |  Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled SelfBest Price: $6.50 This is literary biography of the first rank -- equal to the greats, like Ellmann on Wilde. A... |  It's Been a Good LifeBest Price: $15.24 I enjoyed reading it. Asimov's writing-style combined with Janet's clarifications and additions,... |  Finding My VoiceBest Price: $2.94 Out of human compassion, I urge people who do not want to squander hours of their life to avoid... |
 Living Well Is the Best Revenge (Modern Library)Best Price: $11.88 As an avid and diehard Fitzgerald fan, I seek out any material that covers him, his circle, or... |  Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the MoonBest Price: $4.75 This is a wonderful book. Everyone knows The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon, but who knew... |  Alex: The Life of a ChildBest Price: $8.98 I watched the excellent TV movie made of this book when I was around 8 and then read the book... |  Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LifeBest Price: $19.00 Book delivered promptly and in good condition. Good teacher resource for writing. Quick read. |  Breaking CleanBest Price: $1.00 Judy Blunt blew me away with this wonderful memoir. Details so crisp and clean, almost too... |
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 A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard YatesBest Price: $7.67 Well researched and thorough, although I am not sure how much the author really understands of... |  My Cat Spit McGeeBest Price: $3.49 Have read this a number of times ... ditto Morris's dog book ... continue to order both as gifts... |  The Coalwood WayBest Price: $3.34 The Coalwood Way is by far the best book I have read this year. The story and the writing style... |  Dostoevsky: The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865Best Price: $14.74 Maybe sound to free speculation, but to my view, Dostoevsky is spiritually the embodiment of the... |  Janet Frame: An Autobiography; Volume One : To the Is-Land, Volume Two : An Angel at My Table, Volume Three : The Envoy from Mirror City/ 3 Volumes in One BookBest Price: $21.99 Janet Frame's autobiography is great literature and certainly revealing memoir with powerful... |
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 Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer, and PatriotBest Price: $17.86 A fresh and engaging account of the life, times, politics, loves, and letters of the great... |  The War: A MemoirBest Price: $6.95 This memoir is a very heartfelt testiment to love, longing, hunger, suspicion, pain and regret. ... |  Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of On the Road (They're Not What You Think)Best Price: $1.90 It seems to me that people either love or hate Jack Kerouac. I have always considered him to be... |  Sky of Stone: A MemoirBest Price: $3.89 If you have read Rocket Boys, it's imperative you continue with Coalwood Ways and Sky of the... |  The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by PalinurusBest Price: $8.07 It is difficult, though not quite impossible, to understand why this tedious piece of self-abuse... |
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