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1	Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius more books like this by Dave Eggers "Well, this was when Bill was sighing a lot. He had decided that after our parents died he just didn't want any more fighting between what was left of us. He was twenty-four, Beth was twenty-three, I was twenty-one, Toph was eight, and all of us were so tried already, from that winter. So when something world come up, any little thing, some bill ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng more books like this by Dave Eggers Based closely on true experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled their war-ravaged country to come to the United States in the mid-1980s, this novel is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph. see all copies from £8.28! new only from £9.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	You Shall Know Our Velocity more books like this by Dave Eggers In his first novel, Dave Eggers has written a moving and hilarious tale of two friends who fly around the world trying to give away a lot of money and free themselves from a profound loss.It reminds us once again what an important, necessary talent Dave Eggers is. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	What Is the What more books like this by Dave Eggers In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. see all copies from £7.43! new only from £7.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	How We Are Hungry more books like this by Dave Eggers This collection of 15 of Dave Eggers's stories includes some that have been highly acclaimed and several that have never been published before. "Climbing to the Window, Pretending to Dance" is about a young man coping with his cousin's suicide attempt. "After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned" (narrated by a dog) was anthologized in ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £9.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	You Shall Know Our Velocity: Or, Sacrament more books like this by Dave Eggers see all copies from £7.88! new only from £72.76! \| first editions
7	Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated more books like this by Lola Vollen (Editor), Dave Eggers (Editor), Scott Turow (Introduction by) Collecting the voices and stories of the exonerees for whom life is forever framed by extraordinary injustice, this first title in the Voice of Witness Project series of oral narratives is a joint project between "McSweeney's" and the University of California-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. see all copies from £8.69! new only from £9.20!
8	Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category by Dave Eggers (Editor) This collection of what Dave Eggers has called "stories that are funny without being humorous" includes a one-act play by John Hodgman called "Fire: The Next Sharp Stick?"; a collection of classic jokes (sort of), by Brodie H. Brockie and R.J. White; a parody of a talk show, by Tim Carvell; "My Beard, Reviewed," by Chris Bachelder; "The Ten Worst ... see all copies from £5.82! new only from £9.02! \| first editions
9	Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of Our Children's Teachers more books like this by Dave Eggers, Ninive Clements Calegari, Daniel Moulthrop Pulitzer Prize finalist and "McSweeney's" editor Dave Eggers presents a startling call to action for improving the working lives of public school teachers. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.54! \| first editions
10	McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Volume 21 more books like this by Dave Eggers (Editor) Called a three-part exercise in inspired restriction--of author, of content, and of form--this collection features a section of poetry, a list of unused story premises by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and a glimpse into the legendary Oulipians by the president of France. see all copies from £8.98! new only from £10.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	McSweeney's Quarterly Concern more books like this by Dave Eggers (Editor) see all copies from £7.25! new only from £71.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	McSweeney's Issue 14 by Dave Eggers (Editor) Joshuah Bearman leads a daring investigation into the enigmatic Great Gerbil of central Asia, uncovering signs of an impending disaster. The issue also includes strange and wonderful stories from T.C. Boyle, Susan Straight, Jim Shepard, Wells Tower, and others. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.71! \| first editions
13 view cover	Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers more books like this by Daniel Moulthrop, Ninive Clements Calegari, Dave Eggers Now in paperback and with a new Preface by the authors comes the bestselling call to action for improving the working lives of public school teachers--and improving classrooms along the way. see all copies from £3.26! new only from £6.68!
14 view cover	Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 more books like this by Dave Eggers (Editor), Zadie Smith (Introduction by) The debut last year of this newest addition to the Best American series was an instant hit with readers of all ages. Eggers will be editing the volume annually, choosing the finest, most interesting, and least expected fiction, nonfiction, humor, alternative comics, and more. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	When Penguins Attack! more books like this by Tom Tomorrow, Dave Eggers (Introduction by) As the country heads into the non-stop madness of a presidential election, there is nothing that it needs more than a dose of Tom Tomorrow's social and political satire. Read by more than twenty million readers, Tomorrow has his finger on the pulse of the times, to enthrall or enrage - and occasionally both - with his work. "When Penguins Attack!! ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	McSweeney's Issue 23 more books like this by Dave Eggers "McSweeney's" "Issue 23" includes ten stories from ten excellent writers, including Wells Tower, Chris Bachelder, Ann Beattie, and other agile talents bringing visions of the Dallas/Fort Worth fake-watch trade and Papua New Guinea in the 1960s. Every story gets its own front and back cover drawn, collaged, or embroidered by the polymathic Andrea ... see all copies from £8.12! new only from £12.73! \| first editions
17 view cover	The O. Henry Prize Stories 2002 more books like this by Larry Dark (Editor), Dave Eggers (Selected by), Joyce Carol Oates (Selected by) One of the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction, the annual O. Henry collection features a sampling of the year's best contemporary short stories. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £13.16! \| first editions
18 view cover	McSweeney's Issue 11 more books like this by Dave Eggers (Editor) Issue 11 features contributions by many of your favorite McSweeney's writers, as well as a chorus of new voices. Contributors include: Tom Bissell, Sean Warren, Samantha Hunt, Robert Olmstead, T.C. Boyle, David Means, Doug Dorst, Joyce Carol Oates, A.G. Pasquella, Brent Hoff, Stephen Elliott, Daphne Beal, Denis Johnson, and many others. McSweeney ... see all copies from £16.62! new only from £36.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies more books like this by Sarah Manguso, Dave Eggers, Deb Olin Unferth This set brings together three works by the short-story genres most exciting writers: Eggers "How the Water Feels to the Fishes"; Sarah Mangusos "Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape"; and Deb Olin Unferths "Minor Robberies." Each authors work comes in its own hardcover volume. see all copies from £15.22! new only from £15.22!
20 view cover	The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 more books like this by Dave Eggers (Editor), Viggo Mortensen (Introduction by) It's hard to imagine that it was just a year ago that we were finishing up last year's Best American Nonrequired Reading! Then again, doing last year's collection last year, as opposed to this year, seems to have been the right way to go. We took a gamble on that decision, and it paid off. Like last year, our Best American mailbag is full of ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.55! \| first editions
21 view cover	McSweeney's Issue 18 more books like this by Dave Eggers (Editor) Even beyond Edmund White's youthful hustler, Joyce Carol Oates's fatherly killer, and Roddy Doyle's Rwandan refugee, "Issue 18" will not stay at home. Bears, clouds, assassinations, and demons lurk in a high-concept labyrinth of stories. And for those who have decided that the written word is simply too static a medium for their active lifestyle, ... see all copies from £8.28! new only from £8.45! \| first editions
22	McSweeney's Quarterly Concern: Issue 26 more books like this by Dave Eggers (Editor) "McSweeney's" began in 1998 as a literary journal edited by Dave Eggers that published only works rejected from other magazines. But after the first issue, the journal began to publish pieces written with "McSweeney's" in mind. Soon after, "McSweeney's" attracted works from some of the finest writers in the country, including David Foster Wallace, ... see all copies from £8.40! new only from £13.74! \| first editions
23 view cover	McSweeney's 25 more books like this by Dave Eggers (Editor) "McSweeney's" began as a literary journal which published only works rejected from other magazines, but after the first issue, the journal began to publish pieces written with "McSweeney's" in mind, attracting works from some of the finest writers in the country and many new talents. The journal is committed to finding new voices, publishing work ... see all copies from £9.66! new only from £12.95! \| first editions
24 view cover	Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 more books like this by Dave Eggers (Editor), Michael Cart (Foreword by) These pieces--both fiction and nonfiction--have been culled by Dave Eggers from many diverse publications, and are geared toward 20-something readers. They include work from Eric Schlosser, David Sedaris, Gary Smith, Rodney Rothman, and the Onion. see all copies from £5.63! new only from £10.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Thomas Demand: L'Esprit D'Escalier more books like this by Thomas Demand (Photographer), Enrique Juncosa (Afterword by), Dave Eggers (Text by) Text by Ulrich Baer, Dave Eggers, Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, Rachael Thomas, David Foster Wallace. see all copies from £31.88! new only from £41.92!

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