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 The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Seventh Edition, One-Volume Paperback (Norton Anthology)Best Price: $60.00 interesting authors are highlighted in this book. The editor should have included more authors... |  A Room of One's OwnBest Price: $3.40 I found it tedious to read in spite of the high literary reputation and ability of Virginia... |  The Outlandish CompanionBest Price: $16.74 Outstanding addition for those who have enjoyed the series. Many details are clarified and... |  Things Fall Apart (Cliffs Notes)Best Price: $2.63 Things Fall Apart is an easy book to read. This CliffsNotes are not really needed. Besides that,... |  A Poetry HandbookBest Price: $7.20 Mary Oliver makes variations of poetry styles clear and useful to a serious writer of poetry or... |
 The Book of Psalms: A Translation with CommentaryBest Price: $21.35 I read this over the course of almost a year, one psalm a night just before bed. I found it... |  The River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary EditionBest Price: $8.44 So, I purchased this book and didn't really expect to enjoy it. I loved The Brother's K, but I... |  Collections of NothingBest Price: $13.60 William Davies King is an eccentric genius who bares his soul in this astute, frightfully... |  Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel (Norton Paperback Fiction)Best Price: $5.00 With her vivid imaginative skills, Jean Rhys offers us the tale of "Bertha" Rochester,... |  Children's Literature: A Reader's History from Aesop to Harry PotterBest Price: $19.78 Ever since children have learned to read, there has been children’s literature. Its... |
 Classics for PleasureBest Price: $3.95 So infectious is Dirda's delight in the passion for living that goes into a good book that I... |  1001 Books You Must Read Before You DieBest Price: $18.49 Too much is made of the content items in this series, as if though they were meant to be the... |  The Things They Carried (Cliffs Notes)Best Price: $1.94 "The Things They Carried." This book has many sides to it. In one moment there is... | ||
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