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Shakespeare's Goddess
The Divine Feminine on the English Stage
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These Precious Days
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The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays.
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Earthkeeping
Love Notes for Tough Times
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The author of Alder Music, Gary Saunders returns with an evocative, lyrical, and immersive collection of personal essays on our relationship with nature and with each other.
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Animal Joy
A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation
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Laughter shakes us out of our deadness. An outburst of spontaneous laughter is an eruption from the unconscious that, like political resistance, poetry, or self-revelation, expresses a provocative, impish drive to burst free from external constraints.
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Conversations with Goethe
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A witty introduction to the mind of Goethe, in a new translation for the first time in 150 years
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You Are Not Too Late
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A new collection of renowned artist Nikki McClures stunning papercuts, with a contemporary, community-minded message
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On Quality
An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings
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From the author of the classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection of Robert Pirsig's writings on the central theme of his thought—quality—featuring never-before-seen selections from his unpublished works.
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Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature
Finding Nirvana in the Classics
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This sly little book reveals the profound, often surprising ways the literature we love conveys the awakening we seek.
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Burning Questions
Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004-2021
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From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays--funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient--which seek answers to Burning Questions such as:
Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?
How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?
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These Precious Days
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The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays.
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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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Self-Reliance
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A beautifully designed new
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Self-Reliance, bringing his
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Anthropocene Reviewed
Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
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Instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.
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One Long River of Song
Notes on Wonder
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A playful and moving book of essays by a "born storyteller" (
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Some Glad Morning
Holding Hope in Apocalyptic Times
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Offering rations of natural wisdom, reflections on ancient texts, and practical action, this encouraging volume restores hope to our apocalyptic times.
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