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1	Consider the Lobster and Other Essays more books like this by David Foster Wallace add to wishlist This brilliant and hilarious new collection of essays is offered by the award-winning author of the bestselling "Infinite Jest." see all copies from £7.54! new only from £7.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Elements of Literature more books like this by Anderson add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £8.59! \| first editions
3	50 Essays: A Portable Anthology more books like this by Samuel Cohen (Editor) add to wishlist "50 Essays: A Portable Anthology" directly addresses students' and instructors' concerns that composition readers are too expensive and too large. With a net price of $21, less than half the size and price of comparable readers, "50 Essays" meets the needs of a wide variety of classrooms. The carefully chosen table of contents presents enough ... see all copies from £6.02! new only from £22.47! \| first editions
4	The Norton Anthology of Poetry more books like this by Margaret Ferguson (Editor) add to wishlist The fourth edition of this standard work contains 1800 poems by 300 poets, with 600 poems and 100 poets newly included. The anthology offers more poetry by women (40 new poets), with special attention to early women poets. The book also includes a greater diversity of American poetry, with double the number of poems by African American, Hispanic, ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £30.29! \| first editions
5	Walden or Life in the Woods more books like this by Henry David Thoreau add to wishlist Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, WALDEN vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature, and his ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems more books like this by Edgar Allan Poe add to wishlist This collection of 73 short stories and 48 poems includes such masterpieces as The Fall of the House of Usher, The Purloined Letter, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue. see all copies from £8.15! new only from £10.59! \| first editions
7	A Man Without a Country more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. add to wishlist Kurt Vonnegut's first new book in nearly 10 years is a collection of the essays he has published during that time, illustrated with his inimitable--and often hilarious--line drawings. Vonnegut writes on such topics as death, literature, the state of the American soul, the necessity for making art, and, of course, the administration of George W. ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson more books like this by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elbert Hubbard, Fra (Editor) add to wishlist This edition gathers all the major works of Emerson, whose inspiring, exuberant philosophical voice defined the American grain. see all copies from £7.83! new only from £7.83!
9	American Dreams more books like this by Sapphire add to wishlist One of New York's most popular performance poets, Sapphire explores the raw edges that constitute urban life. In this collection, her poems have been inspired by incidents of violence, crime in Central Park and spiritual renewal after addiction. see all copies from £2.59! new only from £3.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never more books like this by Barbara Kingsolver (Read by) add to wishlist Meditative essays from novelist Barbara Kingsolver, on life in the desert, working motherhood, landlocked hermit crabs, and other subjects. A sample: "In my first three years of high school, the number of times I got asked out on a date was zero. This is not an approximate number." see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Norton Anthology: American Literature more books like this by Nina Baym (Editor), Franklin (Editor), Gura (Editor) add to wishlist Firmly grounded in the core strengths that have made it the best-selling undergraduate survey in the field, The Norton Anthology of American Literature has been revitalized in this Seventh Edition through the collaboration between three new period editors and five seasoned ones. see all copies from £9.58! new only from £9.58!
12 view cover	Walden more books like this by Henry David Thoreau add to wishlist Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, WALDEN vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature, and his ... see all copies from £1.31! new only from £4.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Leaves of Grass more books like this by Walt Whitman add to wishlist LEAVES OF GRASS, Whitman's monumental and enormously influential book, was his life's work, going through nine different editions from its first publication in 1855 to the famous "deathbed edition" published the year he died (1892). Influenced by Eastern religions, his years as a journalist, the Civil War, 19th-century expansionism, Nature, the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	The Best American Essays more books like this by Adam Gopnik (Editor) add to wishlist Edited by "The New Yorker's" much-loved Adam Gopnik, this year's "Best American Essays" includes contributions by such writers as Albert Goldbarth, Anthony Lane, Louis Menand, and Ander Monson. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.60! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Norton Anthology American Literature, Volume A: Beginnings to 1820 more books like this by Nina Baym (Editor), Wayne Franklin (Editor), Philip F Gura (Editor) add to wishlist This classic survey of American literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing present features the work of over 260 writers, with 34 newly included. Among the 36 works reproduced in their entirety are "Franklin's Autobiography"; "The Scarlet Letter"; "Walden"; "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; "The Awakening"; "My Antonia"; "As ... see all copies from £9.01! new only from £14.44!
16 view cover	Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry more books like this by Laurence Perrine add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £16.06! \| first editions
17 view cover	Ideas & Opinions more books like this by Albert Einstein add to wishlist First published in 1954, this definitive collection contains Einstein's most significant writings, in five parts: Ideas and Opinions, On Politics, Government and Pacifism, On the Jewish People, On Germany, and Contributions to Science. The selections span from early in his career to a year before his death, with articles never published before in ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £9.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Best American Essays more books like this by Atwan add to wishlist "The essays in this volume are powerful, plainspoken meditations on birthing, dying, and all the business in between," writes Lauren Slater in her introduction to the 2006 edition. "They reflect the best of what we, as a singular species, have to offer, which is reflection in a context of kindness. The essays tell hard-won tales wrestled sometimes ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £7.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	M. Butterfly more books like this by David Henry Hwang add to wishlist The intriguing story of a French diplomat and the transexual Chinese spy with whom he fell in love, M. Butterfly is an outstanding addition to the impressive Plume drama list. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.97! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Best American Essays more books like this by David Foster Wallace (Editor) add to wishlist Edited by the critically acclaimed writer David Foster Wallace, this years collection includes such contributors as Jo Ann Beard, Mark Danner, Malcolm Gladwell, Louis Menand, Molly Peacock, and others. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.60! \| first editions
21 view cover	Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! more books like this by Patrick F. McManus add to wishlist The New York Times Book Review applauds McManus's "sure comic hand"; their favorite pieces are those in which "Mr. McManus's sweet-spirited intelligence competes with the antic yarn"; and they conclude that "everybody should read Patrick McManus". Now McManus's national bestseller is available in trade paperback. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	White Album more books like this by Joan Didion add to wishlist This collection of essays recounts what took place on the long morning after the 1960s, when everyone was coming down from their particular bad trip. Didion observes the dramas that explode as America goes into collective detox: the mother abandoning her five-year-old daughter on the central reservation of Interstate 5; Huey Newton and the Black ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £8.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	O ye jigs & juleps! more books like this by Virginia Cary Hudson add to wishlist "In China there are two classes of people, the upper crust and the under crust, just like there is in Leesville. China has three religions stated by Mr. Confuscius, Mr. Tao and Mr. Buddha. Leesville has seven religions, Catholics, Episcopalians, Methodists... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £15.67! \| first editions
24 view cover	The solace of open spaces more books like this by Gretel Ehrlich add to wishlist This series of essays about rural life, based on the author's experiences on a small farm in Wyoming, focuses on the people and landscape of the West and explore themes common to all areas. see all copies from £2.06! new only from £8.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Paul Harvey's for What It's Worth more books like this by Sir Paul Harvey add to wishlist Dozens of memorable vignettes from all over the country comprise this collection of some of the best work by the host of America's #1 radio program. Strange but true stories behind the headlines told in Paul Harvey's unique and unforgettable style will delight loyal listeners and introduce newcomers to the man who almost single-handedly turned ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £7.93! \| signed copies \| first editions

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