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1	Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons more books like this by Tim Russert From the acclaimed host of "Meet the Press" and bestselling author of "Big Russ and Me" comes a celebration of fathers, fatherhood, and the bond between child and parent. Photos & drawings throughout. see all copies from $4.82! new only from $7.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Me Talk Pretty One Day more books like this by D Sedaris David Sedaris, author of NAKED, continues his humorous exploration of himself, focusing on his humorous attempts to learn French after moving to Paris; his topics include restaurants, his quirky dislikes, his career dreams, and the habits of his increasingly eccentric family. see all copies from $2.40! new only from $2.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Walden more books like this by Henry D Thoreau Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, WALDEN vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature, and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.09! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Pilgrim at Tinker Creek more books like this by Annie Dillard The Pulitzer Prize-winning work by nature-writer Annie Dillard. Living alone on Tinker Creek in Virginia's Roanoke Valley, Dillard follows the progression of seasons and explores the cosmic significance of the beauty and violence coexisting in the natural world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Plague more books like this by Albert Camus Camus uses the plague-stricken city of Oran as a metaphor for Occupied France. This novel illustrates the paradox that from evil may come happiness, as well as the idea that only when faced with dire circumstances is humanity capable of finding existential purpose, fraternal affection, and the capacity for courage. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Holidays on Ice more books like this by David Sedaris This wonderfully subversive holiday gift package reprints Sedaris' deliciously acerbic short story "The Santaland Diaries" and combines it with two equally sardonic Sedaris Christmas classics plus an all-new holiday tale. For everyone who's had enough of the forced good cheer, family madness, and commercial overkill of Christmas, "Holiday on Ice" ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Nineteen Eighty Four more books like this by George Orwell George Orwell's celebrated and always timely 1948 vision of a world subsumed in tyranny and war describes the process of events by which Winston Smith, a London clerk at the Ministry of Truth, comes to understand the true nature and aims of the government he works for, and portrays his doomed attempt to create a private life for himself and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Letters to a Young Poet more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke Relatively early in Rilke's literary career, these letters began as advice addressed to a young student who had solicited it by sending Rilke some poems. The two authors never met, but over the course of several years a correspondence developed in which Rilke composed astoundingly elegant and eloquent characterizations of the craft and discipline ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics more books like this by C S Lewis For the first time ever, these essential volumes by one of the most celebrated literary figures are available in one deluxe gift edition. This volume contains the signature classics: "Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, A Grief Observed, " plus "The Abolition of Man." see all copies from $15.58! new only from $15.97! \| SVS
10	Norton Anthology of English Literature more books like this by Meyer H Abrams (Editor) The Sixth Edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature continues to be the indispensable anthology. Like its predecessors, the Sixth Edition offers the best in English literature from the classic to the contemporary in a readable, teachable format. More selections by women and twentieth-century writers, a richer offering of contextual ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
11 view cover	Best American Nonrequired Reading more books like this by D Eggers These pieces--both fiction and nonfiction--have been culled by Dave Eggers from many diverse publications, and are geared toward 20-something readers. They include work from Eric Schlosser, David Sedaris, Gary Smith, Rodney Rothman, and the Onion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World more books like this by Mark Kurlansky Winner of the Best Writing on Food Award from the James Beard Foundation in 1998. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Periodic Table more books like this by Primo Levi THE PERIODIC TABLE is the autobiography of Primo Levi, the Italian writer-chemist who is the author of SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ. Levi here records his recollections of childhood and youth in northern Italy during the 1930s, at just the time that Fascism was beginning to cast its shadow across Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.16! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Tragedy of Julius Caesar more books like this by William Shakespeare Though the Plebeians support Julius Caesar and celebrate his return from Rome as the play opens, Caesar is famously warned to "Beware the ides of March," by the Soothsayer. Meanwhile, Caesar's popularity is such that the other Roman aristocrats, who rule as a body along with Caesar, fear that his popularity will cause the Plebeians to name him ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	50 Essays: A Portable Anthology more books like this by Samuel Cohen (Editor) "50 Essays: A Portable Anthology" directly addresses students' and instructors' concerns that composition readers are too expensive and too large. With a net price of $19.50, less than half the size and price of comparable readers, "50 Essays" meets the needs of a wide variety of classrooms. The carefully chosen table of contents presents enough ... see all copies from $2.84! new only from $24.99! \| SVS
16 view cover	Candide more books like this by Voltaire Candide, the quintessential innocent, has been taught by his tutor, Pangloss, that "all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds." Gradually, Candide and his beloved, Cunegonde, learn--as they travel through a world peopled with evil characters and various cruelties--the limits of Pangloss's philosophy. Voltaire's great comic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Swann's way more books like this by Marcel Proust This self-contained opening volume of Proust's seven-volume masterpiece REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST introduces the important themes of the novel: childhood, memory, love both idealized and unrequited, and the narrator's fascination with society and the aristocracy. The narrator's childhood memories include the famous madeleine scene, and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Orthodoxy more books like this by G K Chesterton Chesterton offers a witty, lighthearted defense of Christianity after the religion came under attack in 1903 England. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.37! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Killing game. more books like this by Iris Johansen In Iris Johansen's sequel to THE FACE OF DECEPTION, gifted, beautiful forensic sculptor Eve Duncan once again finds herself trapped in a web of terror as a psychopathic killer, aware of her past and her murdered daughter, hunts her down in a vicious game of cat and mouse. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Civil Disobedience and Other Essays more books like this by Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience," Thoreau's 1849 essay, justifies his decision to go to jail rather than pay a poll tax that supported the Mexican War. The opening lines are often quoted: "I heartily accept the motto, 'That government is best which governs least'; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Golden Road more books like this by Lucy Maud Montgomery Sara Stanley returns to the town of Carlisle to spend the winter with her friends, the King family. To help pass the long winter days Sara and the King children decide to publish a magazine. Will their work be a success? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Little Men more books like this by Louisa May Alcott In this sequel to LITTLE WOMEN, Jo and her husband, Professor Friedrich Bhaer, open Plumfield--a boarding school for boys. Louisa May Alcott's story describes the adventures of Plumfield's boisterous but kindhearted students with the entire Bhaer family, including Jo and Friedrich's two young sons. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.06! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Complete Kama Sutra: The First Unabridged Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text more books like this by Mallanaga Vatsyayana, Alain Danielou (Translator), Alain Daniilou (Translator) This edition of the definitive modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is the first to include two essential commentaries--the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Danielou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra, drawing on his intimate experience of India to preserve the full ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.94! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	O ye jigs & juleps! more books like this by Virginia Cary Hudson "In China there are two classes of people, the upper crust and the under crust, just like there is in Leesville. China has three religions stated by Mr. Confuscius, Mr. Tao and Mr. Buddha. Leesville has seven religions, Catholics, Episcopalians, Methodists... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	A Man Without a Country more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Kurt Vonnegut's first new book in nearly 10 years is a collection of the essays he has published during that time, illustrated with his inimitable--and often hilarious--line drawings. Vonnegut writes on such topics as death, literature, the state of the American soul, the necessity for making art, and, of course, the administration of George W. ... see all copies from $2.84! new only from $6.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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