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1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | publication date The Education of a British-Protected Child Essays Chinua Achebe From the celebrated author of Things Fall Apart comes a new collection of autobiographical essays—his first new book in more than twenty years. Chinua Achebe's characteristically eloquent and nuanced voice is everywhere present in these seventeen... In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country Etel Adnan A mosaic of lyrical vignettes, at once deeply personal and political, set against the turbulent backdrop of Arab/Western relations. Adnan writes, "Contrary to what is usually believed, it is not general ideas and grandiose unfolding of great events... Winter Journal Paul Auster Facing his sixty-third winter, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster sits down to write a history of his body and its sensations—both pleasurable and painful. Thirty years after the publication of The Invention of Solitude, in which he wrote... Sasha and Emma The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Paul Avrich, Karen Avrich Sasha and Emma is the culminating work of acclaimed historian of anarchism Paul Avrich. Before his death, Avrich asked his daughter to complete his magnum opus. The resulting collaboration, epic in scope, intimate in detail, examines the possibilities... The Possessed Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them Elif Batuman Batuman is a natural storyteller. Her love of literature is delightfully infectious. Using the Russian greats as inspiration for research and travel, her exploits reveal a writer who is at once keenly observant, erudite, sensitive and truly hilarious. The End of San Francisco Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Just in! An elegy for the dream of a radical queer community, and the mythical city that was supposed to nurture it. Shoot An Iraqi Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun Wafaa Bilal, Kari Lydersen An award-winning Iraqi artist's life story and the impact of his highly provocative interactive art piece The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill A Love Story . . . with Wings Mark Bittner Like a lot of young people in the 1970s, Mark Bittner took the path of the “dharma bum.” When the counterculture faded, Mark held on, seeking shelter in the nooks and crannies of San Francisco’s fabled bohemian neighborhood, North... Phantoms on the Bookshelves Jacques Bonnet The enthralling memoir on the art of living with books Phantoms on the Bookshelves considers how our personal libraries reveal our true natures: far more than merely crowded shelves, they are living labyrinths of our innermost feelings. Troia Mexican Memoirs Bonnie Bremser For those who are interested in the Beats and want to dig a bit deeper beyond the usual suspects, this long-neglected memoir of hard life in Mexico is raw, naked, honest, full of feeling, and sometimes barely in control. While avoiding statements about... American Romances Essays Rebecca Brown New England Puritanism meets West Coast hedonism in an inventive remix of America's cultural history. Absence of the Hero Uncollected Stories and Essays, Vol. 2: 1946-1992 Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne Everyone's favorite Dirty Old Man returns with more boozy tales of extraordinary madness Beerspit Night and Cursing The Correspondence of Charles Bukowski & Sheri Martinelli 1960-1967 Charles Bukowski, Sheri Martinelli Portions From a Wine-Stained Notebook Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990 Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne Essential uncollected work from one of the most infamous and provocative contemporary American writers. 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>