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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
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Current:
9.6 |
In this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou le
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For the Time Being
Annie Dillard
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Current:
9.5 |
Over the last three decades, Annie Dillard has written about an uncommon number of things--predators and prose, astronomy and evolution, the miraculous survival of mangroves. Yet the sheer range of her interests can be deceptive. Whatever t
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Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader
Anne Fadiman
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Current:
9.5 |
The subtitle of Anne Fadiman's slim collection of essays is Confessions of a Common Reader, but if there is one thing Fadiman is not, it's common. In her previous work of nonfiction, The Spi
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Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris
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Current:
9.5 |
Holidays on Ice is a collection of three previously published stories matched with three newer ones, all, of course, on a Christmas theme. David Sedaris's darkly playful humor is another common thread through the book, worming its wa
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Some Horses
Thomas McGuane
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Current:
9.5 |
Since his arrival as a novelist and essayist in the late 1960s, Thomas McGuane's elegant and muscular prose has left its print on the trail of American letters, exploring the American landscape and exposing the American heart. In the nine f
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The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time : (In Two Lines or Less)
John M. Shanahan
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Current:
9.5 |
"Talkers are no good doers." William Shakespeare"The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it." Franois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld"It is hard to believe a man is telling you the truth when you knowyou would lie if you were in
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Everything and a Kite
Ray Romano, Ray Romanno
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Current:
9.5 |
Ray Romano's Everybody Loves Raymond is the most important TV comedy since Seinfeld. Now he makes his debut as an author with a reported seven-figure book deal. Some of what makes hi
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Here Is New York
E. B. White, Roger Angell (Introduction)
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Current:
9.5 |
"On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy." So begins E.B. White's classic meditation on that noisiest, most public of American cities. Written during the summer of 194
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The Art of Fiction : Notes on Craft for Young Writers
John Gardner, J. Laslocky
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Current:
9.5 |
"John Gardner was famous for his generosity to young writers, and (this book) is his . . . gift to them. The Art of Fiction will fascinate anyone interested in how fiction gets put together. For the young writer, it will become a necessary
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Selected Non-Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges
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Current:
9.5 |
Jorge Luis Borges was our century's greatest miniaturist, perpetually cramming entire universes onto the head of a pin. Yet his splendid economy, along the wafer-thin proportions of such classic volumes as more]
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Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters
Harold E. Meyer
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Current:
9.4 |
The modern conundrum: while the art of letter writing is fast extinguishing, the need for expressive, impressive, appropriate letters is as great as ever. The result? A mortifying amount of miserable missives that sadly miss the mark. E-mai
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The Undertaking : Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
Thomas Lynch
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Current:
9.4 |
"...I had come to know that the undertaking that my father did had less to do with what was done to the dead and more to do with what the living did about the fact of life that people died," Thomas Lynch muses in his preface to more]
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Naked
David Sedaris
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Current:
9.3 |
Comedians, even prose comedians, are always thick on the ground. But the comedian who can make you laugh in that explosive, euphoric, tear-inducing way is a rare quantity, and David Sedaris is certainly one of them. The pieces collected in
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The Longest Silence : A Life in Fishing
Thomas McGuane
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Current:
9.3 |
As adept as Thomas McGuane has been through the years with a rod in his hand, he's even more skillful with his pen. Join the two like tippet to leader, and the result's as irresis
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Comrades : Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals
Stephen E. Ambrose, Jon Friedman (Illustrator)
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Current:
9.3 |
This tender book about male friendship will probably surprise those readers who know Stephen Ambrose best for his histories of World War II and biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Born in 1936, Ambrose acknowledges in the introduction to his
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For the Love of Books : 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most
Ronald B. Shwartz
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Current:
9.2 |
William Faulkner. Great Expectations. Marcel Proust. Moby Dick. Mark Twain. War and Peace. Virginia Woolf. Ulysses. Ernest Hemingway. They all show up repeatedly in For the Love of Books, for which each of
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The Proper Study of Mankind : An Anthology of Essays
Henry Hardy
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Current:
9.2 |
"Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not." So wrote Isaiah Berlin in "The Pursuit of t
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How Proust Can Change Your Life: Not a Novel
Alain De Botton, Alain De Botton
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Current:
9.1 |
Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past is one of those books that people intend to read, but instead sits undisturbed on bookshelves and bedside tables across the nation, gatheri
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again : Essays and Arguments
David Foster Wallace
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Current:
9.1 |
David Foster Wallace made quite a splash in 1996 with his massive novel, Infinite Jest. Now he's back with a collection of essays entitled A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again.
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Ideas and Opinions
Albert Einstein
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Current:
9.0 |
A new edition of the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein's popular writings, gathered under the supervision of Einstein himself. The selections range from his earliest days as a theoretical physicist to his death in 1955; from suc
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Letters of a Nation : A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters
Andrew Carroll, Marian Wright Edelman
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Current:
8.9 |
The letters in this treasure-trove date from September 1630--when John Winthrop, newly ensconced as governor of Massachusetts, wrote to his wife in England--to August 1996, when a young adopted woman named Michelle Song addressed a moving l
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The Quotable Einstein
Albert Einstein
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Current:
8.9 |
The Quotable Einstein is a complete compendium of quotes from the great physicist, organized thematically, usefully indexed, and thorough in its inclusion and documentation of attributed material, sources, and dates. As a resource fo
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Values of the Game
Bill Bradley, Phil Jackson (Foreword)
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Current:
8.8 |
Forget for a moment the hype, the overmarketing, the exorbitant ticket prices and salaries, the bad behavior, and the greed. Instead, return to the simple basics of basketball: a court, a hoop, a ball, and a young shooter, sweating to make
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The Best American Sports Writing of the Century
David Halberstam(Introduction), Glenn Stout
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Current:
8.8 |
Given the overall vigor and volume of sports writing in America throughout the 20th century, the idea of compiling a single collection dubbed the "best" requires a daring balancing act of boldness and delicacy. And that's just what it is. S
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Friday Night Lights : A Town, a Team, and a Dream
H. G. Bissinger, Buzz Bissinger
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Current:
8.7 |
Secular religions are fascinating in the devotion and zealousness they breed, and in Texas, high school football has its own rabid hold over the faithful. H.G. Bissinger, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, enters into the spirit of one of
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A Jerk on One End : Reflections of a Mediocre Fisherman (Library of Contemporary Thought)
Robert Hughes
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Current:
8.7 |
Robert Hughes's memoir of the fishing life begins like a lazy day on the water. A few observations on the sport's history, a look at the literature, even some comical reminiscences about trying to harpoon tuna and battle tarpon. But then Hu
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The Best American Sports Writing of the Century
David Halberstam, Glenn Stout
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Current:
8.7 |
Given the overall vigor and volume of sports writing in America throughout the 20th century, the idea of compiling a single collection dubbed the "best" requires a daring balancing act of boldness and delicacy. And that's just what it is. S
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Epic : Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
Clint Willis
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Current:
8.7 |
Some of the most exciting and harrowing mountaineering events ever chronicled are collected in Epic. From Jon Krakauer's solo ascent of Devil's Thumb in Alaska to John Climaco's ac
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The Amateurs
David Halberstam
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Current:
8.6 |
"Astonishing . . . Moving . . . One of the best books ever written about a sport." *Walter Clemons Newsweek"A PENETRATING, FASCINATING AND REMARKABLY SUSPENSEFUL NARRATIVE." *David Guy Chicago TribuneIn The Am
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Road Swing: One Fan's Journey Into the Soul of American Sports
Steve Rushin
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Current:
8.5 |
On the cusp of turning 30, Steve Rushin, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, sets out for a year on the road to scope out the odd and not-so-odd shrines that America's built for its fun and games. "I have no doubt," he writes in
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Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing, New Edition
John Rousmaniere
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Current:
8.5 |
In August 1979, the 600-mile Fastnet race, which began in fine weather off the Irish coast, became for the men and women sailing it a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the Atlantic with a speed that confounded wea
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From a Wooden Canoe : Reflections on Canoeing, Camping, and Classic Equipment
Jerry Dennis, Glenn Wolff (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.5 |
Collected from his "Traditions" column for Canoe and Kayak Magazine, From a Wooden Canoe pays tribute to the trusty hunting jackets that never seem to wear out, the sharpened pocket knives that men wear like badges, and the un
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Coaching Cheerleading Successfully (Coaching Successfully Series)
Linda Rae Chappell, Lawrence Herkimer
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Current:
8.5 |
The definitive how-to guide for cheer coaches, sponsors, and parents, this book covers both support and competitive cheering. It explains cheer techniques and tactics, as well as how to plan and develop cheerleading programs. And all skills
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The Best American Sports Writing 1999 (Best American Sports Writing, 1999)
Richard Ford
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Current:
8.3 |
A couple of years ago, Richard Ford himself was included in this annual anthology with a personal--and funny--meditation on hunting with his wife. It's no surprise, then, that Ford,
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October 1964
David Halberstam
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Current:
8.3 |
Heroes have a habit of growing larger over time, as do the arenas in which they excelled. The 1964 World Series between the Yankees and Cardinals was coated in myth from the get-go. The Yankees represented the establishment: white, powerful
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Trout and Salmon
R. Valentine Atkinson(Photographer), Nick Lyons
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Current:
8.3 |
Trout and salmon, the aristocracy of freshwater game fish, can be found from the beautiful West Coast to New Zealand to Russia to the mighty rivers of Norway. In this stunning full-color book, Val Atkinson has captured with inimitable skill
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Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)
Henry David Thoreau
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Current:
8.2 |
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Toasts : Over 1500 of the Best Toasts, Sentiments, Blessings, and Graces
Paul Dickson
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Current:
8.2 |
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High : Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (Extreme Adventure)
Clint Willis(Introduction)
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8.2 |
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The Cheerleading Book : Includes Cheers, Charts, and Jumps!/Book and Pom Poms
Stephanie Breaux French
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8.2 |
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Jim Murray : The Last of the Best
Jim Murray, Tommy Lasorda
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8.1 |
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Bear Attacks : Their Causes and Avoidance
Stephen Herrero
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Current:
8.1 |
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The Little Capoeira Book
Nestor Capoeira, Alex Ladd (Translator)
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8.0 |
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Advanced Pool : Techniques and Strategies for Mastering the Game
George Fels
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Current:
7.9 |
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The Best American Sports Writing 1998 (Serial)
Bill Littlefield(Introduction), Glenn Stout
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Current:
7.8 |
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Postcards from the Ledge : Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child
Greg Child, Joe Simpson
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7.8 |
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Rough Water : Stories of Survival from the Sea (Extreme Adventure)
Clint Willis
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Current:
7.6 |
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On Fencing
Aldo Nadi
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Current:
7.5 |
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The Course Beautiful : A Collection of Original Articles and Photographs on Golf Course Design
Albert Warren Tillinghast
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Current:
7.4 |
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Walden
Henry David Thoreau
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7.3 |
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