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Some Glad Morning
Holding Hope in Apocalyptic Times
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One Long River of Song
Notes on Wonder
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Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year
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A magnificent collection of 365 passages from Shakespeare's works, for the Shakespeare scholar and neophyte alike.
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Bookseller's Tale
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'The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop.'
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Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles
The Power of the Reader's Mind over a Universe of Death
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Breaking Bread with the Dead
A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
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From the author of HOW TO THINK and THE PLEASURES OF READING IN AN AGE OF DISTRACTION, a literary guide to engaging with the voices of the past to stay sane in the present
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Trick Mirror
Reflections on Self-Delusion
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FromThe New Yorkersbeloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.Esquire
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Above Us Only Sky
Essays
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"These essays on a woman's wild ride through life give us Marion's bracing tonic-of-truth voice in splendid formher voice that is always brilliantly funny, intelligent, brave, haunting, and full of surprises, revelations, and wise, wild connections. At this point, I don't think I could live without it.
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Against Amazon
and Other Essays
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Picking up where the widely praised Bookshops: A Readers History left off, Against Amazon explores the increasing pressures of Amazon and other new technologies on bookshops and libraries.
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How to Disappear
Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency
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It is time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning and power?
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I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive
A Zora Neale Hurston Reader
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During her lifetime, Zora Neale Hurston was praised for her writing but condemned for her independence and audacity. Her work fell into obscurity until the 1970s, when Alice Walker rediscovered Hurstons unmarked grave and anthologized her writing, establishing her as an intellectual leader for future generations of black writers.
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One Long River of Song
Notes on Wonder for the Spiritual and Nonspiritual Alike
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A playful, deeply moving book of spiritual essays-for the spiritual and non-spiritual alike-that excavate the rich seams of examined life and point to the miracles that surround us.
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He Held Radical Light
The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art
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A moving meditation on memory, oblivion, and eternity by one of our most celebrated poets
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