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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
Ballantine Books, February 1992. Trade Paperback. Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister. Here... More about The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley
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Tarantula
Simon & Schuster, October 2004. Trade Paperback. WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Music legend Bob Dylan's only work of fiction--a combination of stream of consciousness prose, lyrics, and poetry that gives fans insight into one of the most influential singer-songwriters of our time. Written in 1966, Tarantula is... More about Tarantula
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You know something's happening, but you don't know what it is.
The Surrendered
Riverhead Trade, March 2011. Trade Paperback. Chang-rae Lee, the bestselling and award-winning author of Native Speaker, A Gesture Life, and Aloft returns with his most ambitious novel yet-a spellbinding story of how love and war echo through an entire lifetime. June Han was orphaned as a girl by the Korean... More about The Surrendered
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Compared to other conflicts, the Korean War has not produced many memorable works of fiction. This novel is so brilliant it might very well say all that needs to be said, all by itself. The book’s intertwining stories of three characters—two Americans, one Korean—are so sumptuously composed, it is tempting to just be awestruck by its creative beauty. That beauty’s opposite is the defining truth of this work: the human disfigurement and the infinitely horrific toll war takes on all who experience it. While this book vividly captures the sights, sounds and feel of war, its concern is much deeper than the politics that get us into wars and the maneuvers we use to get out of them. It’s about the permanent scars of war.
The Dog of the South
Overlook TP, June 2007. Trade Paperback. His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray's cards, shotgun and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they've gone. He takes off after them, as does an irritatingly tenacious bail bondsman, both following the romantic couple's spending as... More about The Dog of the South
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Things Fall Apart: A Novel
Anchor, October 1994. Trade Paperback. "A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world." --Barack Obama Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the... More about Things Fall Apart: A Novel
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Cornel West Reader
Perseus Books Group, August 2000. Trade Paperback. Cornel West is one of the nation's premier public intellectuals and one of the great prophetic voices of our era. Whether he is writing a scholarly book or an article for Newsweek, whether he is speaking of Emerson, Gramsci, or Marvin Gaye, his... More about Cornel West Reader
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
Back Bay Books, June 2001. Trade Paperback. A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of "Naked," presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn French. A number one national bestseller now in paperback. More about Me Talk Pretty One Day
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1984
Plume, April 1983. Trade Paperback. 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmare vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. "1984" is still the great modern classic "negative Utopia" - a startling original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that... More about 1984
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A People's History of the United States
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, June 2016. Paper Back. "A wonderful, splendid book--a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." --Howard Fast With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this edition of... More about A People's History of the United States
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Death and Life of Great American Cities
Random House Inc, November 1992. Trade Paperback. A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all... More about Death and Life of Great American Cities
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The Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition (Limited edition)
Viking Adult, April 2014. Hardcover. April 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of the first Viking hardcover publication of Steinbeck's crowning literary achievement First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm... More about The Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition (Limited edition
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American Afterlife: Encounters in the Customs of Mourning
University of Georgia Press, October 2016. Paper Back. Someone dies. What happens next? One family inters their matriarch's ashes on the floor of the ocean. Another holds a memorial weenie roast each year at a green-burial cemetery. An 1898 ad for embalming fluid promises, "You can make mummies with it!"... More about American Afterlife: Encounters in the Customs of Mourning
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A very interesting glimpse into a world that many of us experience only when we're at an emotional low point.
Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
Dover Publications, March 2004. Trade Paperback. The most important work of American artist and illustrator Lynd Ward, Gods' Man is a powerfully evocative novel, told entirely through woodcuts. Ward (1905-85), in employing the concept of the wordless pictorial narrative, acknowledged his predecessors the European artists Frans Masereel and Otto Nückel..... More about Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
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Futureproof: A Novel (P.S.)
Harper Perennial, February 2009. Trade Paperback. No past. No future. Only now. Originally a self-publishing success launched on N. Frank Daniels's MySpace page, the novel Futureproof tells the story of Luke and his friends as they navigate Atlanta's subculture of delinquents. In short order, the seemingly harmless high from his... More about Futureproof: A Novel (P.S
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Limited Editions Club, 1957. Hardcover. Leather spine with gilt lettering and marbled boards. Complete with a protective slipcase. Some moderate wear to the edges of the leather spine. Light fading on the slipcase. More about The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Travel as a Political Act
Rick Steves, February 2018. Paper Back. Change the world one trip at a time. In this illuminating collection of stories and lessons from the road, acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves shares a powerful message that resonates now more than ever. With the world facing divisive and often frightening events, from... More about Travel as a Political Act
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Midnights Children
Random House Inc, April 2006. Trade Paperback. The iconic masterpiece of India that introduced the world to "a glittering novelist--one with startling imaginative and intellectual resources, a master of perpetual storytelling" (The New Yorker) WINNER OF THE BEST OF THE BOOKERS - SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Selected... More about Midnights Children
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