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  • Con amor

    Haar fascinerende levensverhaal in persoonlijke brieven en andere bijzondere teksten

    Frida Kahlo’s sensationele brieven geven een beeld van haar turbulente leven en zijn een mooie aanvulling op en verheldering van haar prachtige schilderijenFrida Kahlo (1907-1954), de wereldberoemde Mexicaanse kunstenaar die vooral zichzelf schilderde, creëerde gedurende haar leven nog een laatste zelfportret. De nagelaten brieven, notities, gedichten en bekentenissen die Kahlo aan haar vrienden, ... Read more

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  • Season's Eatings

    by Various ...
    A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Women in Clothes

    **THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWomen in Clothes is a book unlike any other. It is essentially a conversation among hundreds of women of all nationalities—famous, anonymous, religious, secular, married, single, young, old—on the subject of clothing, and how the garments we put on every day define and shape our lives.**It began with a survey. The editors composed a list of more than fifty questions ... Read more

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  • Fugitive Tilts

    Essays

    Ishion Hutchinson turns his poetic sensibility to questions of home, displacement, and memory in his beautiful and searingly brilliant prose debut.In Fugitive Tilts, Ishion Hutchinson, the author House of Lords and Commons (for which he won the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry), turns to prose to create an incomplete biography of love: love of poetry, discovered in childhood; love of ... Read more

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  • It's Terrible The Things I Have to Do To Be Me

    Reflections on Femininity and Fame

    by Philippa Snow ...
    'That was the first time I'd broken free of something. That's where a wild woman was born. I felt like it was kind of a gateway to another world. Now I was going to take the power of my sexuality back. And I did-in a really big way' Pamela Anderson, on posing nude for Playboy for the first timeFrom the Golden Age of Hollywood to the age of TikTok, famous women have always created an idea of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Writing, the Other Life

    Annie Ernaux and others

    **WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREFor fans new to Annie Ernaux and longtime readers, this collection of interviews, writing by critics and journalists, with diary excerpts and unpublished texts by Ernaux herself, also includes visual material like drawings, photos, and newspaper clippings.**Magisterial in scope and size, Writing, The Other Life wascompiled and edited by Pierre-Louis ... Read more

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  • Sweet Nothings

    by Sarah Perry ...
    Sweet Nothings has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill

    The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call Saul

    The complete critical companion to AMC’s Emmy- and Golden Globe–nominated series Better Call Saul from the author of Breaking Bad 101 and The Sopranos SessionsAcross six critically acclaimed seasons, Better Call Saul surprised audiences and subverted Breaking Bad fans’ expectations for what a prequel/sequel series could be. Bob Odenkirk reprised his role as the morally compromised defensive ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • Alphabet Soup

    A tasty yet experimental recipe of creative memoir in poetic prose cooked up for your consumption — one letter at a time.Alphabet Soup, A. Gregory Frankson’s first full-length foray into the world of creative non-fiction, is a poetic exploration of the deeper meaning to be found by stirring up the depths of one’s most personal lived experiences. It is twenty-six letters of memoir that dive deeply ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Being (Sick) Enough

    Thoughts on Invisible Illness, Childhood Trauma, and Living Well When Surviving is Hard

    Living well with chronic illness—wise and witty essays and advice on navigating pain, sex, trauma, spirituality, addiction, recovery, and grief from queer neurodivergent trauma expert Jessica GrahamIn an unapologetic guide to living well with chronic illness, writer and meditation teacher Jessica Graham offers smart, funny, raw, and mindful insights on untangling—and embracing—the messy realities ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • "Wir waren furchtbar gute Schauspieler"

    Psychogramm einer Ehe

    »Was ist die Ehe überhaupt? Seit ich zurückdenken kann, ist sie eine einzige Schlacht.«Sie waren das wohl schillerndste Ehepaar der Literaturgeschichte: Zelda und Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Doch im Frühjahr 1933, dreizehn Jahre nach ihrer Hochzeit und dem triumphalen Erfolg von Francis Scotts erstem Roman, ist ihre Beziehung längst zur Hölle geworden. Als Scott den Psychiater Dr. Thomas Rennie als ... Read more

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  • Syme's Letter Writer

    A Collection of Musings on Writers' Letters Upon (Almost) Every Imaginable Subject of Daily Life, with Odes to Desktop Ephemera, Epistolary Relationships,

    by Rachel Syme ...
    A literary jaunt in praise of the lost art of letter writing that explores a cultural history and the undeniable thrill of old-school correspondence—from New Yorker culture writer Rachel Syme.Inspired by a bestselling turn-of-the-century correspondence handbook penned by a snooty Victorian who had strong opinions on how to lick a stamp, Rachel Syme has rewritten the staid rules of yore for today’s ... Read more

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  • Sorgt, dass sie nicht zu zeitig mich erwecken

    Ob Gabriel García Márquez, Heimito von Doderer, George Orwell, Salman Rushdie, Karl Kraus oder Jonathan Franzen: Daniel Kehlmann ist als Leser ein scharfsinnig Rühmender, ein kritisch Liebender, ein Lernender. Dasselbe gilt für ihn als Kinogänger, wenn er sich etwa von Michael Haneke oder Lars von Trier begeistern lässt.Auskunft über den Autor und Zeitgenossen Daniel Kehlmann gibt er in seinen ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • New York Sketches

    by E.B. White ...
    E. B. White’s greatest stories, asides, essays, jokes, and tall tales about the city he arguably saw clearest, loved best, and skewered most mercilessly.Over more than fifty years at the New Yorker, E. B. White came to define a kind of ideal American prose: clear, casual, democratic, and urbane. He also did more than any writer to define his favorite city. His classic Here Is New York captured a ... Read more

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  • In Love and Trust

    Letters from a Zen Master

    Experience Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh’s expressions of love, connection, and wisdom through archival photos and personal letters—now published in English for the very first time.Widely recognized for his deep and accessible teachings on the art of mindful living, Thich Nhat Hanh lived a rich life dedicated to fostering community and connection within and outside of the monastery walls. In Love and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Back Where I Came From

    On Culture, Identity, and Home

    Series series Essais Series
    In these literary travel essays, twenty-six writers from across North America share journeys back to their motherlands as visitors. Set against mountainous terrain, tropical beaches, bustling cities, and remote villages, these personal narratives weave socio-political commentary with writers' reflections on who they are, where they belong, and what “ home” means to them.The result is a vulnerable, ... Read more

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  • Kohinoor Diamond Is with the Queen: Who Will Own English Tomorrow?

    Who does not love diamonds?Kohinoor Diamond & English Language: which is more precious?How can English language be an Indian Intangible Asset? How many ways about 1.4 Billion Indians can leverage English as an Indian language?Indian English: hello, what's that?Imagine the time when more than 500 Million Indians will bravely speak & write English the way they think is right. How will “Google ... Read more

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  • Over to You

    Letters Between a Father and Son

    Compelling and intimate, this collection of never-before-seen letters between the celebrated art critic and essayist, John Berger and his son Yves, an artist, is a moving look at their musings on art, memory, life, death, and beyond.Written between 2015-16, with 53 color images of well-known old masters and contemporary art as well as some of the Bergers’ own drawings and watercolors, Over to You ... Read more

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  • Kleine Momente in der großen Stadt

    Beobachtet vom Nebentisch

    Liebe, Leid, Lachen − ein Tagebuch der Großstadt und ihrer Menschen.Fast jeder kennt diese Momente: Man sitzt im Café oder Bus, hört ein Gespräch mit und muss unvermittelt lächeln. Linda Rachel Sabiers ist Meisterin im Sammeln und Wiedergeben dieser besonderen Momente: ein unfreiwillig komischer Wortwechsel unter Fremden, eine zarte Geste zwischen zwei Menschen, die sich schon lange kennen, ein ... Read more

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  • A Town Without Time

    Gay Talese's New York

    by Gay Talese ...
    A Town Without Time has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Life's Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls

    Edited by Ann Hood ...
    Fifteen leading writers explore what Gilmore Girls means to them in this delightful celebration of a contemporary TV classic.Fast-talking, warm-hearted, and endlessly rewatchable, Gilmore Girls has bonded real-life mothers and daughters since 2000, when its iconic pilot introduced us to Lorelai, Rory, and their idyllic Connecticut town of Stars Hollow. More than twenty years later, it has become ... Read more

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  • I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

    A Memoir

    by Youngmi Mayer ...
    “Do you know what happens if you laugh while crying? Hair grows out of your butthole.”It was a constant truism Youngmi Mayer’s mother would say threateningly after she would make her daughter laugh while crying. Her mother used it to cheer her up in moments when she could tell Youngmi was overtaken with grief. The humorous saying would never fail to lighten the mood, causing both daughter and ... Read more

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  • Robert Stadlober über Rio Reiser oder Eine Nacht in der Stadt des Königs

    Series Book 18 - KiWi Musikbibliothek
    Robert Stadlober ist neunzehn und hat gerade seine erste Theaterpremiere hinter sich, als ein Mann auf ihn zukommt und ihm eine alte Supermarkttüte in die Hand drückt: »Rios Hund ist gestern Nacht gestorben, hier sind seine Haare drin. Rio möchte, dass du die in deinem Garten vergräbst, damit sie dir Kraft für die Zukunft geben und dich leiten.«Rio Reiser, der König von Deutschland, ist damals ... Read more

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  • Larry

    A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell, 1912–1947

    by Michael Haag ...
    When the Durrells expert Michael Haag died in 2020, it was feared that his definitive biography of Larry would never emerge. But, happily, it turned out that he had left complete chapters covering Durrell's life up to the time he left for South America in 1947. These chapters include the most engaging and interesting years of Larry's life - his childhood in India and Burma, his Bohemian life in ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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