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1	Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet more books like this by James Atlas add to wishlist Clear, precise, graceful...(Atlas') biographical style makes the book read with the pleasure of a good novel.--Leonard Michaels, The New York Times Book Review see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	In dreams begin responsibilities and other stories more books like this by Delmore Schwartz, James Atlas add to wishlist The poet imagines his parent's engagement in the title story of this groundbreaking 1938 collection by Schwartz, whose legendary young talent and subsequent descent into alcoholism was elegized by Berryman in DREAM SONGS and Bellow in HUMBOLDT'S GIFT. see all copies from $3.27! new only from $8.77! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Bellow: A Biography more books like this by James Atlas add to wishlist This biography of the Nobel-Prize-winning writer Saul Bellow explores how the child of poor Russian Jewish imigrants became a world-famous author. It demonstrates how Bellow's work thrived on contradiction and adversity, and his belief in the unfettered human spirit. see all copies from $2.40! new only from $17.81! \| first editions \| SVS
4	My Life in the Middle Ages: A Survivor's Tale more books like this by James Atlas add to wishlist Firmly entrenched in middle age, literary critic and journalist James Atlas sat down to write about it, and he does so with great panache. Tackling such knotty issues as the deteriorating middle-aged body, the meaning of failure, the ambiguity of success, and the tug-of-war between parents and children, Atlas probes the tender spots of the aging ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Book Wars: What It Takes to Be Educated in America more books like this by William S. Rukeyser (Editor), Anthony C. Kiser (Editor), James Atlas add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Battle of the Books: The Curriculum Debate in America more books like this by James Atlas add to wishlist Does it matter which books college students read? Indeed it does, contends the author. Atlas presents a trenchant assessment of America at its educational crossroads, and asserts that whatr in shaping Buyer's Choice see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Bellow more books like this by James Atlas add to wishlist James Atlas views Saul Bellow's life set against the times in which he has lived, beginning with his early years in Montreal and Chicago as the son of immigrant parents. Atlas's portrait of Bellow is frank and not uncritical, emphasizing the writer's alleged misogyny combined with determined womanizing and multiple marriages. He goes on to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Handbook of Media for Clinical Microbiology more books like this by Ronald M Atlas, James W Snyder add to wishlist While evolving molecular diagnostic methods are being heralded for the role they will play in improving our ability to cultivate and identify bacteria, fungi, and viruses, the reality is that those new methods are still beyond the technical and financial reach of most clinical laboratories. Most clinical microbiology laboratories still rely upon ... see all copies from $54.99! new only from $141.00!
9	Battle of the Books: What It Takes to Be Educated in America more books like this by James Atlas add to wishlist We are what we read, contends James Atlas in this book about books, the story of America at an educational crossroads. Where once the giants of Western thought - Aristotle, Plato, Shakespeare and Milton - had pride of place, campuses are now divided: traditionalists are loath to abandon the great Western legacy, while the opponents see that canon ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| SVS
10	Handbook of Medicinal Mints (Aromathematics): Phytochemicals and Biological Activities more books like this by Steve M Beckstrom-Sternberg, James A Duke, Ronald M Atlas add to wishlist Interest in herbal medicines, aromatherapy, and other traditional applications of aromatic plants has increased tremendously over the last few years. However, very little "hard data" on the properties and uses of these plants has been available until now. This handbook provides the most complete collection of chemical data available on aromatic ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $3.00! \| first editions
11	The Harvard Advocate Anniversary Anthology more books like this by James Atlas (Designed by), Karen S. Hull (Editor), Douglas A. McIntyre (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.35! new only from $237.63! \| first editions
12	Selected Poems and Texts more books like this by James Atlas (Editor), John Batki (Translator), George Gomori (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $18.30! first editions
13	The great pretender more books like this by James Atlas add to wishlist 216X135 FMT.RESET US TEXT TO SHORTEN + ADD CORRECTIONS INC. LIBEL.A/B PBK.>> X (17/9/86). see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Ten American Poets--An Anthology of Poems more books like this by James Atlas (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $6.96! first editions \| SVS
15	How They See Us: Meditations on America more books like this by James Atlas (Editor) add to wishlist Since 9/11, the United States has managed to squander the world's sympathy. To gain some perspective, "How They See Us" features 15 writers and intellectuals from around the globe, reflecting on America from their own viewpoints. see all copies from $8.81! new only from $8.81!

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