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Metamorphoses: A New Translation

by Ovid

Published: 2005-01-17

Paperback: 624 pages

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"A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Ovid's epic poem—whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages—is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's times to the p...

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The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice

by Christopher Hitchens

Published: 2012-04-10

Paperback: 128 pages

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"A religious fundamentalist, a political operative, a primitive sermonizer, and an accomplice of worldly secular powers. Her mission has always been of this kind. The irony is that she has never been able to induce anybody to believe her. It is past time that she was duly honored and taken...

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How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life

by Ruth Goodman

Published: 2014-10-06

Hardcover: 464 pages

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A delightful tour through the intimate details of life in Victorian England, told by a historian who has cheerfully endured them all. Ruth Goodman believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Victorian conditions, Goodman serves as our bustling an...

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Sleep Tight

by Rachel Abbott

Published: 2014-02-24

Paperback: 300 pages

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From the author of the bestselling novels Only the Innocent and The Back Road How far would you go to hold on to the people you love? When Olivia Brookes calls the police to report that her husband and children are missing, she believes she will never see them again. She has reason to fe...

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The Maze Runner Series (Maze Runner)

by James Dashner

Published: 2014-07-08

Paperback: 1390 pages

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The perfect gift for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent, this boxed set includes all of the paperback editions of James Dashner's #1 New York Times bestselling series--The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure and The Kill Order. The first and second books, The Maze Runner a...

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The Blazing World: A Novel

by Siri Hustvedt

Published: 2014-11-04

Paperback: 384 pages

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Named one of the New York Times Book Review’s 100 Notable Books of the Year ** Publishers Weekly’s Best Fiction Books of 2014 ** NPR Best Books of 2014 ** Kirkus Reviews Best Literary Fiction Books of 2014 ** Washington Post Top 50 Fiction Books of 2014 ** Boston Globe’s Best Fiction...

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Half Empty

by David Rakoff

Published: 2011-09-06

Paperback: 240 pages

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In this deeply smart and sneakily poignant collection of essays, the bestselling author of Fraud and Don’t Get Too Comfortable makes an inspired case for always assuming the worst—because then you’ll never be disappointed. Whether he’s taking on pop culture phenomena with Oscar Wil...

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Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems

by David Rakoff

Published: 2006-09-12

Paperback: 240 pages

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David Rakoff takes us on a bitingly funny grand tour of our culture of excess. Whether he is contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good-times-and-chicken-wings populism of Hooters Air; working as a cabana boy at a South Beach hotel; or trav...

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Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste: Heirloom Seed Savers in Appalachia

by Bill Best

Published: 2013-04-30

Paperback: 224 pages

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The Brown Goose, the White Case Knife, Ora’s Speckled Bean, Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter?—?these are just a few of the heirloom fruits and vegetables you’ll encounter in Bill Best’s remarkable history of seed saving and the people who preserve both unique flavors and the Ap...

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Seed Saving: Beginners Guide to Learning How to Preserve Store and Start Heirloom and Organic Seeds

by Filo Lemos

Published: 2014-10-17

Kindle Edition: 28 pages

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Saving Seeds At one point or another people start to realize that it's time to start saving their own seeds. Raising seed is extremely gratifying. The best part of all is sharing the harvest. Healthy plants come from healthy seed. It's the miracle of life. For a limited time on...