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1	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books more books like this by Azar Nafisi add to wishlist Azar Nafasi formed a book club in Tehran comprised of seven young women who got together to discuss such books as THE GREAT GATSBY, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, DAISY MILLER, and, of course, LOLITA--books forbidden by the Islamic government. In this memoir, Nafasi, who was expelled from the country for refusing to wear the veil, writes about those women, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines more books like this by Thomas C Foster add to wishlist A fun and practical introduction to literature and literary basics--symbols, themes, and contexts--shows how to make everyday reading experiences more rewarding and enjoyable. see all copies from £6.27! new only from £7.38! \| first editions
3	Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing more books like this by Mr. X J Kennedy, Dana Gioia add to wishlist The concise version of the discipline's most popular introductory anthology, Kennedy/Gioia's Literature, Compact Edition continues to inspire students with engaging insights on reading and writing about stories, poems, and plays. Poets in their own right, editors X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia bring personal warmth and a human perspective to this ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.23! \| first editions
4	Naked more books like this by D Sedaris add to wishlist Through a series of comic anecdotes, quirky essayist David Sedaris touches on the highlights of his life to date, including his cross-country hitchhiking trip; his discovery of Shakespeare in rural North Carolina; his various odd jobs as a migrant fruit picker, a jade polisher, and a woodwork refinisher; a family Christmas Eve spent with a ... see all copies from £4.91! new only from £5.76! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Five Dialogues more books like this by Plato add to wishlist This second edition of 'Five Dialogues' presents Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for 'Plato: Complete Works'. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.08! \| first editions
6	How to Read a Book more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler, Patrick Cullen (Read by) add to wishlist Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren's classic guide to enlightened reading. On everything from poetry and plays to science and philosophy, Adler and Van Doren teach general readers how to analyze a text, to appreciate its method and bias, and to come away with a full understanding of the author's point. see all copies from £2.10! new only from £2.10! \| first editions
7	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 £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them more books like this by Francine Prose add to wishlist This book presents an inside look at how the professionals read and write. Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says the author. In "Reading Like a Writer", Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies
9	Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking more books like this by David Bayles, Ted Orland add to wishlist Written by artists, for artists, this survival guide explores the way art gets made, the reason it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Howl, and other poems. more books like this by Allen Ginsberg add to wishlist Ginsberg's celebrated 1956 poem brought the writing of the Beat Generation to widespread attention. In the words of a critic who was there, when Ginsberg read "Howl" aloud for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco in October of 1955, the audience knew "at the deepest level that a barrier had been broken, that a human voice and body ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £2.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Mythologies more books like this by Professor Roland Barthes add to wishlist In MYTHOLOGIES, Roland Barthes's most popular work, he examines common signs or "myths," and how they mask larger meanings and realities within French society. The collection contains a number of short pieces on popular culture, politics, film, and more, written for the leftist Les Lettres Nouvelles in the mid-1950s; the content epitomizes classic ... see all copies from £1.58! new only from £6.09! \| first editions
12 view cover	Literature: Craft & Voice: Volume 1: Fiction more books like this by Professor Nicholas Delbanco, Professor Alan Cheuse add to wishlist Better readers make better writers. Today's students do read--we know that they read a significant amount of email, text messages, web pages, and even magazines. What many do not do is read in a sustained way. Many do not come to college prepared to read long texts, nor do they come with the tools necessary to analyze and synthesize what they ... see all copies from £11.19! new only from £11.19! \| first editions
13 view cover	Elements of Literature more books like this by Anderson add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £8.60! \| first editions
14 view cover	Macbeth more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when three prophesying witches conspire to meet with Macbeth. Obliging his fate, he indeed encounters these "Weird Sisters," who mysteriously refer to him by the title Thane of Cawdor, and moreover, as the future king. Macbeth's companion Banquo is told that his descendants will inherit the throne. ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense more books like this by Thomas R Arp add to wishlist The best-seller for nearly 50 years and the introduction to literature textbook that first set the standard for including a wide range of engaging and diverse forms of literature, "Arp/Johnson/Perrine" continues to be the most inclusive anthology of fiction, poetry, and drama. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £22.39!
16 view cover	Poetics of Space more books like this by Gaston Bachelard, Maria Jolas (Translator) add to wishlist Bachelard's work is as much a phenomenology of house, home, and poetry as it is of mind, the two intimately engendering one another. see all copies from £7.66! new only from £7.66! \| first editions
17 view cover	Of Grammatology more books like this by Jacques Derrida add to wishlist This is the foundational book for the literary critical movement known as deconstruction. It offers Derrida's most systematic exposition of the linguistic and philosophical principles that have made him one of the century's most talked-about philosophers and literary theorists. see all copies from £3.60! new only from £12.18! \| first editions
18 view cover	Prophet more books like this by Kahlil Gibran add to wishlist Kahlil Gibran worked on the manuscript for "The Prophet"--his second work in English after "The Madman"--for several years before it was published in October 1923. Both the author and the world consider this his masterpiece, and it has been translated into dozens of languages. "The Prophet" concerns Almustafa, "the chosen one," who, after exile on ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
19 view cover	Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe more books like this by Edgar Allan Poe add to wishlist This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history. see all copies from £7.79! new only from £13.30!
20 view cover	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 £5.61! new only from £30.32! \| first editions
21 view cover	John Adams more books like this by David McCullough add to wishlist His first book since Truman, from one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers. Destined for the same kind of sweeping success as his Pulitzer Prize-winning Truman, John Adams is a powerful, deeply moving biography that reads like an epic historical novel. Breathing fresh life into American history, it takes as its subject the ... see all copies from £4.61! new only from £6.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	A Handbook to Literature more books like this by Professor William Harmon add to wishlist The definitive reference on literature in English, this handbook provides an alphabetical listing of more than 2,000 important terms and facts in literature, linguistics, rhetoric, criticism, printing, bookselling, and information technology. The website (... offers a handy glossary of key terms, a pronunciation key for select terms, pre- and ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £12.45! \| first editions
23 view cover	Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers more books like this by John Schilb add to wishlist Prepared by editors whose scholarship fuses literary and composition studies, "Making Literature Matter "combines a comprehensive writing text with a uniquely organized anthology for introductory literature courses that emphasize critical and academic writing. What makes literature matter? Writing about it -- argumentatively. The writing text ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £8.09! \| first editions
24 view cover	Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World more books like this by Sarah Vowell add to wishlist Daughter of a Montana gunsmith and closet Don Corleone disciple ("'The Godfather' is a film crammed with rules for living"), Sarah Vowell has written a delightful series of autobiographical stories which stretch across the immense landscape of the American scene. Tackling a diverse range of subjects, from politics and religion to the forgotten ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Classical Mythology more books like this by Mark P O Morford add to wishlist Featuring extensive, clear, and faithful translations of original sources, Classical Mythology, 7/e retells the myths and legends of Greece and Rome in a lucid and engaging style. Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, it incorporates a dynamic combination of poetic narratives and enlightening commentary to make classical ... see all copies from £1.95! new only from £19.94! \| signed copies \| first editions

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