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As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

Published: 1991-01-30

Paperback: 267 pages

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“I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew what the last word would be and almost where the last period would fall.” —William Faulkner on As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the B...

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As I Lay Dying (Norton Critical Editions)

by William Faulkner

Published: 2009-12-04

Paperback: 400 pages

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Long been recognized not only as one of William Faulkner?s greatest works, but also as the most accessible of his major novels.This Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1985 corrected text and is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.

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As I Lay Dying: Meditations Upon Returning

by Richard Neuhaus, Richard John Neuhaus

Published: 2003-04

Paperback: 176 pages

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As I Lay Dying tells the story of one person's encounter with death and what he learned from that encounter. Richard John Neuhaus has been to the very edge of mortality, and he has lived to tell about it--with deep wisdom, relentless realism, unconquerable hope, and more than a touch of hu...

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As I Live and Breathe: Notes of a Patient-Doctor

by Jamie Weisman

Published: 2003-06-11

Paperback: 256 pages

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?A gorgeously written primer for anyone who has ever been (or ever will be) a patient . . . The book soars.? ?The San Diego Union-TribuneJamie Weisman was a patient long before she was a doctor. She was born with a rare defect in her immune system that leaves her prey to a range of ailment...

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As I Wake

by Elizabeth Scott

Published: 2012-09-13

Paperback: 288 pages

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A fiercely gripping narrative as only Elizabeth Scott can write! Ava is welcomed home from the hospital by a doting mother, lively friends, and a crush finally beginning to show interest. There's only one problem: Ava can't remember any of them--and can't shake the eerie feeling that she's...

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As I walked out one midsummer morning

by Laurie Lee

Published: 1979-02-22

Paperback: 192 pages

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It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune. He was to live by playing the violin and by labouring on a London building site. Then, knowing one Spanish phrase, he decided to see Spain. For a year he tramped through a country in which the signs of...

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AS IF

by Maureen Delaney PhD

Published: 2010-05-12

Paperback: 108 pages

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AS IF is not just a book to read, it is a commitment to eight weeks of living the life you crave. AS IF allows each reader to become the person they desire themselves to be. Guidelines and suggestions are given, but it is ultimately up to the reader to "work the weeks". Spirituality is...

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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl (P.S.)

by John Colapinto

Published: 2006-08-08

Paperback: 336 pages

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In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer,...

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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl (P.S.)

by John Colapinto

Published: 2006-08-08

Paperback: 336 pages

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In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer,...

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As Seen on TV: Provocations

by Lucy Grealy

Published: 2001-07-06

Paperback: 186 pages

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From the author of the unforgettable Autobiography of A Face comes a collection of wonderfully unexpected essays on life, love, sex, God and politics.Whether she is contemplating promiscuity or The New Testament, lamenting about what she should have said to Oprah, or learning to tango, Gr...