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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek_cover
Pilgrim at Tinker CreekAnnie Dillard
2009
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard
2009
Convivio_cover
ConvivioDante Alighieri
2019
Convivio
Convivio
Dante Alighieri
2019
The Best American Essays 2016_cover
The Best American Essays 2016Jonathan Franzen
2016
The Best American Essays 2016
The Best American Essays 2016
Jonathan Franzen
2016
The Complete Essays of Montaigne_cover
The Complete Essays of MontaigneSeigneur de Michel Eyquem Montaigne
1958
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
Seigneur de Michel Eyquem Montaigne
1958
Nervous_cover
NervousJen Soriano
2023
Nervous
Nervous
Jen Soriano
2023
Daughters of Latin America_cover
Daughters of Latin AmericaSandra Guzman
2023
Daughters of Latin America
Daughters of Latin America
Sandra Guzman
2023
Immortality_cover
ImmortalityMilan Kundera
2023
Immortality
Immortality
Milan Kundera
2023
The Lyric Essay as Resistance_cover
The Lyric Essay as ResistanceZoë Bossiere, Erica Trabold
2023
The Lyric Essay as Resistance
The Lyric Essay as Resistance
Zoë Bossiere, Erica Trabold
2023
The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon_cover
The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the AmazonFábio Zuker
2022
The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon
The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon
Fábio Zuker
2022
Andre Bazin on Adaptation_cover
Andre Bazin on AdaptationAndré Bazin
2022
Andre Bazin on Adaptation
Andre Bazin on Adaptation
André Bazin
2022
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays_cover
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other EssaysZora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Genevieve West
2022
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Genevieve West
2022
The Best American Essays 2021_cover
The Best American Essays 2021Robert Atwan
2021
The Best American Essays 2021
The Best American Essays 2021
Robert Atwan
2021
Field Music_cover
Field MusicAlexandria Hall
2020
Field Music
Field Music
Alexandria Hall
2020
Fight of the Century_cover
Fight of the CenturySalman Rushdie, Lauren Groff, Jennifer Egan, Scott Turow, Morgan Parker, Victor Lavalle, Michael Cunningham, Neil Gaiman, Jesmyn Ward, Moses Sumney, George Saunders, Marlon James, William Finnegan, Anthony Doerr, C.J. Anders, Brenda J. Childs, Andrew Sean Greer, Louise Erdrich, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Michael Cunningh
2020
Fight of the Century
Fight of the Century
Salman Rushdie, Lauren Groff, Jennifer Egan, Scott Turow, Morgan Parker, Victor Lavalle, Michael Cunningham, Neil Gaiman, Jesmyn Ward, Moses Sumney, George Saunders, Marlon James, William Finnegan, Anthony Doerr, C.J. Anders, Brenda J. Childs, Andrew Sean Greer, Louise Erdrich, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Michael Cunningh
2020
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_cover
The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain
2019
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
2019
Tales of the Alhambra_cover
Tales of the AlhambraWashington Irving
2019
Tales of the Alhambra
Tales of the Alhambra
Washington Irving
2019
Appalachian Reckoning_cover
Appalachian ReckoningMeredith McCarroll
2019
Appalachian Reckoning
Appalachian Reckoning
Meredith McCarroll
2019
How to Write_cover
How to WriteGertrude Stein
2018
How to Write
How to Write
Gertrude Stein
2018
The Uses Of Literature_cover
The Uses Of LiteratureItalo Calvino
2017
The Uses Of Literature
The Uses Of Literature
Italo Calvino
2017
The Wind's Twelve Quarters_cover
The Wind's Twelve QuartersUrsula K. Le Guin
2017
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Ursula K. Le Guin
2017
Travels in Hyperreality_cover
Travels in HyperrealityUmberto Eco
2014
Travels in Hyperreality
Travels in Hyperreality
Umberto Eco
2014
The Waste Land And Other Poems_cover
The Waste Land And Other PoemsT. S. Eliot
2014
The Waste Land And Other Poems
The Waste Land And Other Poems
T. S. Eliot
2014
An Experiment in Criticism_cover
An Experiment in CriticismC. S. Lewis
2013
An Experiment in Criticism
An Experiment in Criticism
C. S. Lewis
2013
Names We Call Home_cover
Names We Call HomeBecky Thompson, Sangeeta Tyagi
2013
Names We Call Home
Names We Call Home
Becky Thompson, Sangeeta Tyagi
2013
Love, Poverty and War_cover
Love, Poverty and WarChristopher Hitchens
2012
Love, Poverty and War
Love, Poverty and War
Christopher Hitchens
2012
Selected Federalist Papers_cover
Selected Federalist PapersAlexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
2012
Selected Federalist Papers
Selected Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
2012
Nature and Other Essays_cover
Nature and Other EssaysRalph Waldo Emerson
2012
Nature and Other Essays
Nature and Other Essays
Ralph Waldo Emerson
2012
The Souls of Black Folk_cover
The Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du Bois
2012
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
2012
Dark Night of the Soul_cover
Dark Night of the SoulSt. John of the Cross
2012
Dark Night of the Soul
Dark Night of the Soul
St. John of the Cross
2012
Self-Reliance and Other Essays_cover
Self-Reliance and Other EssaysRalph Waldo Emerson
2012
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
Ralph Waldo Emerson
2012
Great Short Works of Herman Melville_cover
Great Short Works of Herman MelvilleHerman Melville
2009
Great Short Works of Herman Melville
Great Short Works of Herman Melville
Herman Melville
2009
Monkeyluv_cover
MonkeyluvRobert M. Sapolsky
2005
Monkeyluv
Monkeyluv
Robert M. Sapolsky
2005
Touching Feeling_cover
Touching FeelingEve Kosofsky Sedgwick
2003
Touching Feeling
Touching Feeling
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
2003
A Collection Of Essays_cover
A Collection Of EssaysGeorge Orwell
1970
A Collection Of Essays
A Collection Of Essays
George Orwell
1970
The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024_cover
The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena
2024
The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena
2024
The Best American Essays 2023_cover
The Best American Essays 2023Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan
2023
The Best American Essays 2023
The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan
2023
The Best American Food Writing 2023_cover
The Best American Food Writing 2023Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth
2023
The Best American Food Writing 2023
The Best American Food Writing 2023
Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth
2023
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023_cover
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green
2023
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green
2023
A Darker Wilderness_cover
A Darker WildernessErin Sharkey
2023
A Darker Wilderness
A Darker Wilderness
Erin Sharkey
2023
Bending Genre_cover
Bending Genre
2022
Bending Genre
Bending Genre
2022
The Best American Essays 2022_cover
The Best American Essays 2022Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan
2022
The Best American Essays 2022
The Best American Essays 2022
Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan
2022
The Best American Food Writing 2022_cover
The Best American Food Writing 2022Sohla El-Waylly, Silvia Killingsworth, Sylvia Killingsworth
2022
The Best American Food Writing 2022
The Best American Food Writing 2022
Sohla El-Waylly, Silvia Killingsworth, Sylvia Killingsworth
2022
How to Write Like a Writer_cover
How to Write Like a WriterThomas C. Foster
2022
How to Write Like a Writer
How to Write Like a Writer
Thomas C. Foster
2022
The New Negro_cover
The New NegroAlain Locke
2021
The New Negro
The New Negro
Alain Locke
2021
A History of Reading_cover
A History of ReadingSteven Roger Fischer
2019
A History of Reading
A History of Reading
Steven Roger Fischer
2019
Sun Tzu's The Art of War_cover
Sun Tzu's The Art of WarSun Tzu
2019
Sun Tzu's The Art of War
Sun Tzu's The Art of War
Sun Tzu
2019
The Shell Game_cover
The Shell Game
2018
The Shell Game
The Shell Game
2018
The Second Body_cover
The Second BodyDaisy Hildyard
2017
The Second Body
The Second Body
Daisy Hildyard
2017
The Crunk Feminist Collection_cover
The Crunk Feminist CollectionBrittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, Robin M. Boylorn
2016
The Crunk Feminist Collection
The Crunk Feminist Collection
Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, Robin M. Boylorn
2016
The Art of War_cover
The Art of WarSun Tzu
2016
The Art of War
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
2016
Creating Nonfiction_cover
Creating NonfictionJen Hirt, Erin Murphy
2016
Creating Nonfiction
Creating Nonfiction
Jen Hirt, Erin Murphy
2016
The Abundance_cover
The AbundanceAnnie Dillard
2016
The Abundance
The Abundance
Annie Dillard
2016
Writing Past Dark_cover
Writing Past DarkBonnie Friedman
2014
Writing Past Dark
Writing Past Dark
Bonnie Friedman
2014
The Federalist Papers_cover
The Federalist PapersAlexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
2014
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
2014
Michel de Montaigne_cover
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne
2013
Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
2013
Essays_cover
EssaysHenry David Thoreau
2013
Essays
Essays
Henry David Thoreau
2013
Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey_cover
Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus GarveyMarcus Garvey
2012
Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
2012
Danse Macabre_cover
Danse MacabreStephen King
2011
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre
Stephen King
2011
Teaching a Stone to Talk_cover
Teaching a Stone to TalkAnnie Dillard
2009
Teaching a Stone to Talk
Teaching a Stone to Talk
Annie Dillard
2009
The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry_cover
The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for PoetryErnest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, Jonathan Stalling, Lucas Klein
2009
The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry
The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry
Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, Jonathan Stalling, Lucas Klein
2009