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The Writing Life_cover
The Writing LifeAnnie Dillard
2009
The Writing Life
The Writing Life
Annie Dillard
2009
Saba_cover
SabaStefano Carrai
2017
Saba
Saba
Stefano Carrai
2017
Goethe_cover
GoetheGabriella Catalano
2015
Goethe
Goethe
Gabriella Catalano
2015
Tasso_cover
TassoClaudio Gigante
2015
Tasso
Tasso
Claudio Gigante
2015
J.R.R. Tolkien_cover
J.R.R. TolkienHumphrey Carpenter
2014
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
Humphrey Carpenter
2014
The Year of Lear_cover
The Year of LearJames Shapiro
2015
The Year of Lear
The Year of Lear
James Shapiro
2015
Dear Memory_cover
Dear MemoryVictoria Chang
2021
Dear Memory
Dear Memory
Victoria Chang
2021
James Baldwin_cover
James BaldwinDavid Leeming
2015
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
David Leeming
2015
Dust Tracks on a Road_cover
Dust Tracks on a RoadZora Neale Hurston
2010
Dust Tracks on a Road
Dust Tracks on a Road
Zora Neale Hurston
2010
Traveling_cover
TravelingAnn Powers
2024
Traveling
Traveling
Ann Powers
2024
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien_cover
The Letters of J.R.R. TolkienJ.R.R. Tolkien
2023
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
2023
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth_cover
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying MythBradley J. Birzer
2023
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth
Bradley J. Birzer
2023
Conversations with Sam Shepard_cover
Conversations with Sam ShepardJackson R. Bryer, Robert M. Dowling, Mary C. Hartig
2021
Conversations with Sam Shepard
Conversations with Sam Shepard
Jackson R. Bryer, Robert M. Dowling, Mary C. Hartig
2021
Nabokov and the Real World_cover
Nabokov and the Real WorldRobert Alter
2021
Nabokov and the Real World
Nabokov and the Real World
Robert Alter
2021
The Man of the Crowd_cover
The Man of the CrowdScott Peeples, Michelle Van Parys
2020
The Man of the Crowd
The Man of the Crowd
Scott Peeples, Michelle Van Parys
2020
Pity the Reader_cover
Pity the ReaderKurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell
2019
Pity the Reader
Pity the Reader
Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell
2019
Dante_cover
DanteEnrico Malato
2017
Dante
Dante
Enrico Malato
2017
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy_cover
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, SpyNicholas E. Reynolds
2017
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy
Nicholas E. Reynolds
2017
Verga_cover
VergaGabriella Alfieri
2016
Verga
Verga
Gabriella Alfieri
2016
Joe Gould's Secret_cover
Joe Gould's SecretJoseph Mitchell
2016
Joe Gould's Secret
Joe Gould's Secret
Joseph Mitchell
2016
Boiardo_cover
BoiardoTiziano Zanato
2015
Boiardo
Boiardo
Tiziano Zanato
2015
Machiavelli_cover
MachiavelliFrancesco Bausi
2015
Machiavelli
Machiavelli
Francesco Bausi
2015
The Odd Woman and the City_cover
The Odd Woman and the CityVivian Gornick
2015
The Odd Woman and the City
The Odd Woman and the City
Vivian Gornick
2015
The Big Sea_cover
The Big SeaLangston Hughes
2015
The Big Sea
The Big Sea
Langston Hughes
2015
Prozac Nation_cover
Prozac NationElizabeth Wurtzel
2014
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation
Elizabeth Wurtzel
2014
Limonov_cover
LimonovEmmanuel Carrère
2014
Limonov
Limonov
Emmanuel Carrère
2014
C. S. Lewis -- A Life_cover
C. S. Lewis -- A LifeAlister McGrath
2013
C. S. Lewis -- A Life
C. S. Lewis -- A Life
Alister McGrath
2013
The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones_cover
The Autobiography of LeRoi JonesAmiri Baraka
2012
The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones
The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones
Amiri Baraka
2012
Walls_cover
WallsKenneth A. McClane
2010
Walls
Walls
Kenneth A. McClane
2010
Eating the Honey of Words_cover
Eating the Honey of WordsRobert Bly
2009
Eating the Honey of Words
Eating the Honey of Words
Robert Bly
2009
Chuck Klosterman IV_cover
Chuck Klosterman IVChuck Klosterman
2006
Chuck Klosterman IV
Chuck Klosterman IV
Chuck Klosterman
2006
Chronicles_cover
ChroniclesBob Dylan
2004
Chronicles
Chronicles
Bob Dylan
2004
Homage To Catalonia_cover
Homage To CataloniaGeorge Orwell
1969
Homage To Catalonia
Homage To Catalonia
George Orwell
1969
This Little Art_cover
This Little ArtKate Briggs
2017
This Little Art
This Little Art
Kate Briggs
2017
Odio sentirmi una vittima_cover
Odio sentirmi una vittimaSusan Sontag
2016
Odio sentirmi una vittima
Odio sentirmi una vittima
Susan Sontag
2016
J.R.R. Tolkien_cover
J.R.R. TolkienTom Shippey
2014
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
Tom Shippey
2014
Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, A_cover
Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, AJames Shapiro
2009
Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, A
Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, A
James Shapiro
2009
Octavia E. Butler_cover
Octavia E. ButlerGerry Canavan
2016
Octavia E. Butler
Octavia E. Butler
Gerry Canavan
2016
Open Me Carefully_cover
Open Me CarefullyEmily Dickinson
1998
Open Me Carefully
Open Me Carefully
Emily Dickinson
1998
Autobiography of a Face [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]_cover
Autobiography of a Face [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]Lucy Grealy
2024
Autobiography of a Face [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]
Autobiography of a Face [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]
Lucy Grealy
2024
Fifth Chinese Daughter_cover
Fifth Chinese DaughterJade Snow Wong, Kathryn Uhl
2019
Fifth Chinese Daughter
Fifth Chinese Daughter
Jade Snow Wong, Kathryn Uhl
2019
The Motion of Light in Water_cover
The Motion of Light in WaterSamuel R. Delany
2014
The Motion of Light in Water
The Motion of Light in Water
Samuel R. Delany
2014
Proust Was a Neuroscientist_cover
Proust Was a NeuroscientistJonah Lehrer
2008
Proust Was a Neuroscientist
Proust Was a Neuroscientist
Jonah Lehrer
2008
1974_cover
1974Francine Prose
2024
1974
1974
Francine Prose
2024
Traces of Enayat_cover
Traces of EnayatIman Mersal
2024
Traces of Enayat
Traces of Enayat
Iman Mersal
2024
La Plonqui_cover
La Plonqui
2023
La Plonqui
La Plonqui
2023
The Enormous Room_cover
The Enormous RoomE. E. Cummings
2022
The Enormous Room
The Enormous Room
E. E. Cummings
2022
LIFE OF CRIME EB_cover
LIFE OF CRIME EBMartin Edwards
2022
LIFE OF CRIME EB
LIFE OF CRIME EB
Martin Edwards
2022
Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz_cover
Three-Martini Afternoons at the RitzGail Crowther
2021
Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz
Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz
Gail Crowther
2021
Poet of Revolution_cover
Poet of RevolutionNicholas McDowell
2020
Poet of Revolution
Poet of Revolution
Nicholas McDowell
2020
My Invented Country_cover
My Invented CountryIsabel Allende
2020
My Invented Country
My Invented Country
Isabel Allende
2020
The Fire Is upon Us_cover
The Fire Is upon UsNicholas Buccola
2019
The Fire Is upon Us
The Fire Is upon Us
Nicholas Buccola
2019
The Library Book_cover
The Library BookSusan Orlean
2018
The Library Book
The Library Book
Susan Orlean
2018
Figures In A Landscape_cover
Figures In A LandscapePaul Theroux
2018
Figures In A Landscape
Figures In A Landscape
Paul Theroux
2018
Who Killed Spalding Gray?_cover
Who Killed Spalding Gray?Daniel MacIvor
2017
Who Killed Spalding Gray?
Who Killed Spalding Gray?
Daniel MacIvor
2017
Where the Past Begins_cover
Where the Past BeginsAmy Tan
2017
Where the Past Begins
Where the Past Begins
Amy Tan
2017
Flush_cover
FlushVirginia Woolf
2017
Flush
Flush
Virginia Woolf
2017
Pulci_cover
PulciPaolo Orvieto
2017
Pulci
Pulci
Paolo Orvieto
2017
Sunshine State_cover
Sunshine StateSarah Gerard
2017
Sunshine State
Sunshine State
Sarah Gerard
2017
How to Murder Your Life_cover
How to Murder Your LifeCat Marnell
2017
How to Murder Your Life
How to Murder Your Life
Cat Marnell
2017