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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | author Several Short Sentences About Writing Verlyn Klinkenborg Several Short Sentences About Writing is a book of first steps and experiments. They will revolutionize the way you think and perceive, and they will change forever the sense of your own authority as a writer. This is a book full of learning, but it's... Fire in the Belly The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz Cynthia Carr The first full biography of legendary East Village artist and gay activist David Wojnarowicz, whose work continues to provoke twenty years after his death. In December 2010, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington made headlines when it... The Long Walk A Story of War and the Life That Follows Brian Castner In the tradition of Michael Herr's Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming... The Violinist's Thumb and Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code Sam Kean From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes more incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA. In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table... Robert Duncan The Ambassador from Venus Lisa Jarnot This definitive biography gives a brilliant account of the life and art of Robert Duncan (1919–1988), one of America's great postwar poets. Where the Heart Beats John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists Where the Heart Beats is the first book to address the phenomenal importance of Zen Buddhism to John Cage's life and to the artistic avant-garde of the 1950s and 1960s, a time when the arts broke away from centuries of tradition and reinvented themselves. The Rebirth of History Times of Riots and Uprisings Alain Badiou Badiou has already been established as a prominent and important contemporary philosopher, and this book shows that this reputation is well deserved. In The Rebirth of History he gives an insightful reading of the flood of riots and similar political... Life Everlasting The Animal Way of Death Bernd Heinrich When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his "green burial" at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist/author to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does... Mexico Democracy Interrupted Jo Tuckman In this vivid account of Mexico's recent history, a journalist with extensive reporting experience investigates the nation's young democracy, its shortcomings and achievements, and why the PRI is favored to retake the presidency in 2012. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt Chris Hedges In Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges and American Book Award winning cartoonist Joe Sacco show how places like Camden, a poster child of postindustrial decay, stand as a warning of what huge pockets of... Darwin's Ghosts The Secret History of Evolution Rebecca Stott Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin received an unsettling letter. He had expected criticism; in fact, letters were arriving daily, most expressing outrage and accusations of heresy. The Capitalism Papers Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System Jerry Mander The Chemistry of Tears Peter Carey An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, two stories of love—all are brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our time. Season of the Witch Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love David Talbot In a kaleidoscopic narrative, the New York Times bestselling author of Brothers recounts the gripping story of the civil strife and tragedies that beset San Francisco between 1967 and 1982—and led to the city's ultimate rebirth and triumph. <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>