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Kerouac Selected Letters, 1940-1956

Kerouac Selected Letters, 1940-1956
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The life and craft of Jack Kerouac are traced through some of his most personal and mesmerizing letters. Written between 1940, when he was a freshman in college, and 1956, immediately before his leap into celebrity with the publication of On the Road, these letters offer valuabl.

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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
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In this national bestseller and winner of the Booker Prize, Roddy Doyle, author of the ‘Barrytown Trilogy’, takes us to a new level of emotional richness with the story of ten-year-old Padraic Clarke. Witty and poignant–and adored by critics and readers alike–Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha charts the trumphs, indignities, and bewilderment of Paddy as he tries to make sense of his changing world. print..

Grassland : The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie

Grassland : The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie
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More than forty percent of America was once open prairie, grassland that extended from Missouri to Montana. Taking a critical look at this little understood biome, award-winning journalist Richard Manning urges the reclamation of the land, showing how the grass is not only our last connection to the natural world, but a vital link to our own prehistoric roots, our history, and our culture..

Book of Guys : Stories

Book of Guys : Stories
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Now available in paperback, Garrison Keillor’s The Book of Guys spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The beloved author of five previous bestsellers, including Lake Wobegon Days delivers a hilarious collection of 22 stories about all kinds of guys..

Black Resistance, White Law : A History of Constitutional Racism in America

Black Resistance, White Law : A History of Constitutional Racism in America
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Unavailable for a decade and now completely updated for the 1990s, this landmark book shows how the American government has used the Constitution to maintain a racist status quo. Berry analyzes the reasons why African Americans whose lives have improved both socially and economically are still at risk of police abuse and largely unprotected from bias crimes..

Yoruba Girl Dancing

Yoruba Girl Dancing
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In the tradition of The Whiteness of Bones, the poignant, funny, and utterly winning story of an African girl’s metamorphasis into an upper-class English schoolgirl–with an edge. Bedford, who herself survived leaving Nigeria behind for England, turns her heroine’s passage through the labyrinth of race and culture into a bittersweet but triumphant odyssey..

William Trevor : The Collected Stories

William Trevor : The Collected Stories
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This collection includes tales from the award-winning author’s seven previous books of short stories, as well as four that have never appeared in paperback form in America. Startling, funny, compassionate, and profound, Trevor’s stories engage and provoke as only the best fiction can..

The Buccaneers

The Buccaneers
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Finally finished by writer Marion Mainwaring, Edith Wharton’s timeless story is as riveting today as any written in her own time. Set in the 1870s, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American girls whose money is too ‘new’ to get them into society..