General Books


With Wings: An Anthology of Literature by and about Women with DisabilitiesWith Wings: An Anthology of Literature by and about Women with Disabilities
Best Price: $4.25
HereticsHeretics
Best Price: $10.59
As he himself affirmed, Chesterton was criticized on numerous occasions for maintaining a...
The Station Hill Blanchot ReaderThe Station Hill Blanchot Reader
Best Price: $18.78
Fiction/Literary Criticism, translated from the French by Lydia Davis, Paul Auster and Robert...
Genesis (Studies in Literature and Science)Genesis (Studies in Literature and Science)
Best Price: $10.80
This book is a tour-de-force from the French philospher of science, Michel Serres. Serres...
The Life of a Simple ManThe Life of a Simple Man
Best Price: $7.94
The life of a simple man not only gives us an inside look into the life of the peasants of the...


The Novices of SaisThe Novices of Sais
Best Price: $10.74
Beautiful little book. Written by Novalis, one of the overlooked literary geniuses of all time,...
Loud and ClearLoud and Clear
Best Price: $4.99
Always a great read. Good Dog, Stay brought tears to my eyes. This collection of articles is...
Artaud AnthologyArtaud Anthology
Best Price: $8.00
Too much absinthe, too much opium to make these ravings coherently and cohesively legible. ...
Other Colors: Essays and a StoryOther Colors: Essays and a Story
Best Price: $14.19
Pamuk's autobiographical OTHER COLORS is an enjoyable book. These fragments or essays,...
Performing the WordPerforming the Word
Best Price: $15.84
There is simply no better guide to the performance of scripture and sermon out there. Childers'...


Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Signet Classics)Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $4.06
For the soul searching for fresh air, the ideas and information presented to the reader in this...
Narcissus Leaves the PoolNarcissus Leaves the Pool
Best Price: $1.99
The delight of a well-turned phrase, thoughts with significant references, make this book which...
The Tso ChuanThe Tso Chuan
Best Price: $27.90
I'd like to start by saying that this is a review by a general-interest reader. A serious...
Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays (Complete Works of George Orwell)Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays (Complete Works of George Orwell)
Best Price: $16.50
George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist. From his earliest published article in 1928 to...
The Year of Henry James: The Story of a NovelThe Year of Henry James: The Story of a Novel
Best Price: $10.60
The title piece in this collection of essays on literary fiction is a witty and informative...

How I Became Hettie JonesHow I Became Hettie Jones
Best Price: $8.35
I am an avid reader, and I read an assortment of books, but I have never come across a book like...
Palm LatitudesPalm Latitudes
Best Price: $5.50
If this author did not have an excellent reputation as a poet, it's hard to imagine this novel...
The Cherry Log SermonsThe Cherry Log Sermons
Best Price: $12.07
This book was everything I expected it to be coming from this author. It was...
Active Boundaries: Selected Essays and Talks (New Directions Paperbook)Active Boundaries: Selected Essays and Talks (New Directions Paperbook)
Best Price: $8.00
A poet's prosebook, a hymn to the art of the word, here is the first collection of essays/talks...
The Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New EnglandThe Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New England
Best Price: $7.99
The ever-wonderful Penguin Classics brings together the distinguished father-son scholars Thomas...

The Portable Henry RollinsThe Portable Henry Rollins
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Great intro to Rollins and what makes him tick. There is much more depth to be plumbed if you...
Plant Dreaming DeepPlant Dreaming Deep
Best Price: $7.95
This was the first May Sarton book I read. I admit I had never heard of her and am not sure...
Out of the Garden: Women Writers on the BibleOut of the Garden: Women Writers on the Bible
Best Price: $3.00
Throughout history, religion has been man's domain: written by and for him alone. Christianity...
Unforgettable Things to Do Before You DieUnforgettable Things to Do Before You Die
Best Price: $8.38
I love travel books. Descriptions in this one are about 3 pages of words per place, about 40...
Letters to Penthouse XXI: When Wild Meets Raunchy (Letters to Penthouse)Letters to Penthouse XXI: When Wild Meets Raunchy (Letters to Penthouse)
Best Price: $3.62
If you love Penthouse letters then this is a good collection. Let's be honest, we know why we...

The Partly Cloudy PatriotThe Partly Cloudy Patriot
Best Price: $5.99
That's the book I'm describing in my review title above, though it could apply to Sarah Vowell...
Portraits: 9/11/01: The Collected "Portraits of Grief" from The New York TimesPortraits: 9/11/01: The Collected "Portraits of Grief" from The New York Times
Best Price: $5.95
A moving tribute...After reading this book..I go back to it again and again...What a tragedy...
Normal Is Just a Setting On the Dryer: And Other Lessons from the Real, Real WorldNormal Is Just a Setting On the Dryer: And Other Lessons from the Real, Real World
Best Price: $2.88
This book has almost only 1 sentence per page, sometimes 1 sentence per 2 pages, so it is a...
Writing HomeWriting Home
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If there is a spark of humanity in you read this book. Alan Bennett was part of the satire boom...
O Ye Jigs and Juleps!O Ye Jigs and Juleps!
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This is a cute little book that I have previously had copies of and each time I lent them out,...

O Ye Jigs and Juleps!O Ye Jigs and Juleps!
Best Price: $2.87
This is a cute little book that I have previously had copies of and each time I lent them out,...
Paul Harvey's For What It's WorthPaul Harvey's For What It's Worth
Good buy for your self or a gift. You can't go wrong. So buy it and share it its awesome
Blue PasturesBlue Pastures
Best Price: $2.52
Prior to reading this book, I had already read several volumes of Mary Oliver's poetry, as well...
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (The Best American Series)The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (The Best American Series)
Best Price: $2.72
Sherman Alexie writes of Sacagawea, the Shoshone who accompanied Lewis and Clark. She died of...
Writings on Art and Literature (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)Writings on Art and Literature (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
Best Price: $21.40
Niel Hertz has brought together a valuable collection of Freud's writings on literature. He...

Vergil's AeneidVergil's Aeneid
Best Price: $54.88
This book is the pinnacle of Aeneid translators. I used this in AP latin during high school and...
Orthodoxy (Hendrickson Christian Classics)Orthodoxy (Hendrickson Christian Classics)
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G.K. Chesterton continues to charm and fulfill our quest for unvarnished, plain talk reminders...
Down the Kitchen SinkDown the Kitchen Sink
Best Price: $16.12
I am a great fan of Beverly Nichols, so I am always excited to see one of his books reprinted. ...
A Frozen WomanA Frozen Woman
Best Price: $6.93
I recommend this book to everyone--women who fear marriage, women who are eager to marry,...
Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic AdventuresTripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures
Best Price: $10.69
This book contains an amazing interview with Terence McKenna, which took place toward the end of...

Buddhist Acts of CompassionBuddhist Acts of Compassion
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Rinpoche is defined in the glossary of this beautiful anthology as "Literally 'most...
I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. ThoreauI to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau
Best Price: $21.75
As an avid Thoreau reader, I eagerly awaited I to Myself, scholar Jeffrey Cramer's annotated...
Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & 40s: The Triple Thinkers, The Wound and the Bow, Classics and Commercials, Uncollected Reviews (Library of America #177)Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & 40s: The Triple Thinkers, The Wound and the Bow, Classics and Commercials, Uncollected Reviews (Library of America #177)
Best Price: $21.95
Edmund Wilson was the dominant American literary critic from the 1920s until his death in 1972,...
Beady Bear (Picture Puffin Books)Beady Bear (Picture Puffin Books)
Best Price: $2.58
This is simply a great book for small children. It's a classic, on the order of Goodnight Moon...
The New World Border: Prophecies, Poems, and Loqueras for the End of the CenturyThe New World Border: Prophecies, Poems, and Loqueras for the End of the Century
Best Price: $10.13
prophecies, poems & loqueras for end of century

Why Read the Classics?Why Read the Classics?
Best Price: $7.89
WE HAVE TO READ THE CLASSICS to understand the heart of the issue. We cannot get that by reading...
The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: (Plus some that she overheard!)The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: (Plus some that she overheard!)
Best Price: $3.00
Reviews of nights at the grand ole opey. Very many quick jokes and stories. Light Fun.
Solitude of SelfSolitude of Self
Best Price: $5.88
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's speech embodies my philosophy, my theology and the definition of my own...
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York TimesWriters on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times
Best Price: $7.98
Buy this book! Now! I loved most of its entries, but my favorite was a surprising piece by...
Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures Volume 1 (Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures)Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures Volume 1 (Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures)
Best Price: $4.87
Set back, relax and just have a wonderful time with Skeeve and the group. Asprin paints a...

Private PartsPrivate Parts
Best Price: $1.85
First off, I hate his show, I loved this book and the movie. Private Parts is hilarious,...
Rock and Roll Cage Match: Music's Greatest Rivalries, DecidedRock and Roll Cage Match: Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided
Best Price: $4.99
Music defines us. To return the favor, we'll stick up with zealous passion for the performers...
God and Mr. GomezGod and Mr. Gomez
Best Price: $8.50
Anyone contemplating the construction of their home in Mexico MUST red this book. It is...
In Praise of Folly (Dover Thrift Editions)In Praise of Folly (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.87
Desiderius Erasmus was surely the most logical and objective viewer of Europe's plight in the...
Dialogue in the Void: Beckett & GiacomettiDialogue in the Void: Beckett & Giacometti
Best Price: $6.95
This book (published in 1985) elaborates on what the author perceives to be important common...

DON'T CUT ME AGAIN! True Stories About Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)DON'T CUT ME AGAIN! True Stories About Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
Best Price: $13.45
What attracted me to this book was that these are actual birth stories of women and families...
Reading Myself and OthersReading Myself and Others
Best Price: $7.99
Interviews, articles , essays. An essay on Kafka which turns into a moving fiction on what would...
Medicine Stories: History, Culture and the Politics of IntegrityMedicine Stories: History, Culture and the Politics of Integrity
Best Price: $81.94
In Medicine Stories, Aurora Levins Morales writes lucidly about the complexities of social...
  
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