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1	50 Essays: A Portable Anthology more books like this by Samuel Cohen (Editor) add to wishlist "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 $21, 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 $4.98! new only from $20.64! \| SVS
2	Walden or Life in the Woods more books like this by Henry David Thoreau add to wishlist 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 $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Elements of Literature more books like this by Anderson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.83! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Ideas & Opinions more books like this by Albert Einstein add to wishlist First published in 1954, this definitive collection contains Einstein's most significant writings, in five parts: Ideas and Opinions, On Politics, Government and Pacifism, On the Jewish People, On Germany, and Contributions to Science. The selections span from early in his career to a year before his death, with articles never published before in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Best American Essays more books like this by Atwan add to wishlist "The essays in this volume are powerful, plainspoken meditations on birthing, dying, and all the business in between," writes Lauren Slater in her introduction to the 2006 edition. "They reflect the best of what we, as a singular species, have to offer, which is reflection in a context of kindness. The essays tell hard-won tales wrestled sometimes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Norton Anthology of Poetry more books like this by Margaret Ferguson (Editor) add to wishlist The fourth edition of this standard work contains 1800 poems by 300 poets, with 600 poems and 100 poets newly included. The anthology offers more poetry by women (40 new poets), with special attention to early women poets. The book also includes a greater diversity of American poetry, with double the number of poems by African American, Hispanic, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.25! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World more books like this by Sarah Vowell add to wishlist Daughter of a Montana gunsmith and closet Don Corleone disciple ("'The Godfather' is a film crammed with rules for living"), Sarah Vowell has written a delightful series of autobiographical stories which stretch across the immense landscape of the American scene. Tackling a diverse range of subjects, from politics and religion to the forgotten ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems more books like this by Edgar Allan Poe add to wishlist This collection of 73 short stories and 48 poems includes such masterpieces as The Fall of the House of Usher, The Purlained Letter, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue. see all copies from $7.37! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	A Man Without a Country more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $5.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson more books like this by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elbert Hubbard, Fra (Editor) add to wishlist This edition gathers all the major works of Emerson, whose inspiring, exuberant philosophical voice defined the American grain. see all copies from $7.73! new only from $8.87! \| SVS
11 view cover	High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never more books like this by Barbara Kingsolver (Read by) add to wishlist Meditative essays from novelist Barbara Kingsolver, on life in the desert, working motherhood, landlocked hermit crabs, and other subjects. A sample: "In my first three years of high school, the number of times I got asked out on a date was zero. This is not an approximate number." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Norton Anthology: American Literature more books like this by Nina Baym (Editor), Franklin (Editor), Gura (Editor) add to wishlist Firmly grounded in the core strengths that have made it the best-selling undergraduate survey in the field, The Norton Anthology of American Literature has been revitalized in this Seventh Edition through the collaboration between three new period editors and five seasoned ones. see all copies from $17.89! new only from $25.38! \| SVS
13 view cover	Walden more books like this by Henry David Thoreau add to wishlist 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 $2.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Leaves of Grass more books like this by Walt Whitman add to wishlist LEAVES OF GRASS, Whitman's monumental and enormously influential book, was his life's work, going through nine different editions from its first publication in 1855 to the famous "deathbed edition" published the year he died (1892). Influenced by Eastern religions, his years as a journalist, the Civil War, 19th-century expansionism, Nature, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe more books like this by Edgar Allan Poe add to wishlist Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime. He was a seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story, and exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire, who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.78! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volume B: 1820-1865 more books like this by Nina Baym (Editor), Wayne Franklin (Editor), Philip F Gura (Editor) add to wishlist This classic survey of American literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing present features the work of over 260 writers, with 34 newly included. Among the 36 works reproduced in their entirety are "Franklin's Autobiography"; "The Scarlet Letter"; "Walden"; "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; "The Awakening"; "My Antonia"; "As ... see all copies from $10.04! new only from $20.00! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Best American Essays more books like this by Adam Gopnik (Editor) add to wishlist Edited by "The New Yorker's" much-loved Adam Gopnik, this year's "Best American Essays" includes contributions by such writers as Albert Goldbarth, Anthony Lane, Louis Menand, and Ander Monson. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.36! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Norton Anthology American Literature, Volume A: Beginnings to 1820 more books like this by Nina Baym (Editor), Wayne Franklin (Editor), Philip F Gura (Editor) add to wishlist This classic survey of American literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing present features the work of over 260 writers, with 34 newly included. Among the 36 works reproduced in their entirety are "Franklin's Autobiography"; "The Scarlet Letter"; "Walden"; "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; "The Awakening"; "My Antonia"; "As ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $25.00! \| SVS
19 view cover	O ye jigs & juleps! more books like this by Virginia Cary Hudson add to wishlist "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 $18.17! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The solace of open spaces more books like this by Gretel Ehrlich add to wishlist This series of essays about rural life, based on the author's experiences on a small farm in Wyoming, focuses on the people and landscape of the West and explore themes common to all areas. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography more books like this by William F Buckley, Jr. (Read by) add to wishlist Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography and capstone to his remarkable career as the conservative writer par excellence. Included are essays that capture Buckley's joyful boyhood and family life; his years as a conservative firebrand at Yale; the life of a young army officer; his love of ... see all copies from $2.02! new only from $4.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	White Album more books like this by Joan Didion add to wishlist This collection of essays recounts what took place on the long morning after the 1960s, when everyone was coming down from their particular bad trip. Didion observes the dramas that explode as America goes into collective detox: the mother abandoning her five-year-old daughter on the central reservation of Interstate 5; Huey Newton and the Black ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Best American Magazine Writing more books like this by American Society of Magazine Editors (Compiled by) add to wishlist This annual anthology presents articles by finalists and winners of the coveted National Magazine Awards, which honor writing in general interest consumer magazines. This year's edition includes Seymour Hersh's investigative reporting for the New Yorker, "Torture at Abu Ghraib"; David Quammen's "Was Darwin Wrong" from National Geographic; and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.20! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! more books like this by Patrick F. McManus add to wishlist The New York Times Book Review applauds McManus's "sure comic hand"; their favorite pieces are those in which "Mr. McManus's sweet-spirited intelligence competes with the antic yarn"; and they conclude that "everybody should read Patrick McManus". Now McManus's national bestseller is available in trade paperback. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Best American Essays more books like this by David Foster Wallace (Editor) add to wishlist Edited by the critically acclaimed writer David Foster Wallace, this years collection includes such contributors as Jo Ann Beard, Mark Danner, Malcolm Gladwell, Louis Menand, Molly Peacock, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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