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Our Kind Of People: A Continent'S Challenge, A Country'S HopeAuthor: Uzodinma IwealaPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Jul 09, 2013Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Author: Lawrence Otis GrahamPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: December 22, 1999Number of Pages: 448 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0060984384ISBN-13: 9780060984380

Author: Simon WinchesterPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Jun 15, 2004Number of Pages: 400 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0060598611ISBN-13: 9780060598617

Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!--Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale The national...

#1 Sunday Times Bestseller "Lush, evocative and utterly irresistible."--Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne Steeped in mystery and rich in imagination, an exhilarating historical novel set in Georgian...

They came by boat from a starving land—and by the Underground Railroad from Southern chains—seeking refuge in a crowded, filthy corner of hell at the bottom of a great metropolis. But in the terrible...

Within these fourteen hilarious and insightful tales of urban life, you'll meet: Raiford Phelps, an ornithologist who discovers new patterns of animal behavior when he meets Mary Leibnitz. Benno...

One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists 2023 "Eliza Clark's writing embraces the socially unacceptable and wryly explores themes of gender, power, and violence."--Granta's Best of Young British...

Gripping.--Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls "Shetterly's debut achieves a subtle grace, a quality of light and shadow worthy of a Bergman film."--Allegra Goodman, New York Times Book Review...

Author: Timothy FindleyPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Jan 20, 2022Number of Pages: 496 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0060929375ISBN-13: 9780060929374

From 21-Jump Street writer and series creator Patrick Hasburgh, a part thriller, part family novel about an ex-pat American living and surfing in Mexico, the family he loves, and the murder he...

In print for the first time in the United States, acclaimed novelist Benjamin Markovits?s Playing Days is a mostly autobiographical narrative concerning the author?s season playing minor league...

A dazzling collection and already a standard reference for those interested in contemporary drama, Plays in One Act is a unique compilation of plays and monologues that showcases a stunning and...

Douglas Coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in North America -- from his sweeping portrait of Grateful Dead...

Population: 485- Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren At A Time (P.S.)Author: Michael PerryPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Aug 25, 2015Number of Pages: 234 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

A Refinery29 Best Book of the Year "I was totally immersed in the strange, beautiful world of Sara Flannery Murphy?s The Possessions. A gripping, chilling read that?s part love story, part mystery,...

Why do our headaches persist after we take a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a fifty-cent aspirin? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of...

Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman Of The CrowsAuthor: Frank B. LindermanPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Oct 12, 2021Number of Pages: 176 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Author: Rebecca Romney, J. P. RomneyPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Dec 04, 2018Number of Pages: 384 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0062412329ISBN-13: 9780062412324

When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a box of documents belonging to his glamorous, mysterious late aunt, Priscilla, he was completely unaware of where this discovery would take him and what he...

Human beings were never born to read, writes Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and child development expert Maryanne Wolf. Reading is a human invention that reflects how the brain rearranges...

Pure BaseballAuthor: Keith HernandezPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Jan 19, 1995Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0060925914ISBN-13: 9780060925918

In the spirit of Zo? Heller?s Notes on a Scandal and Tom Perrotta?s Mrs. Fletcher, an explosive and thought-provoking novel about the far-reaching repercussions of an illicit relationship between a...

Suspenseful, atmospheric and full of twists and turns, I loved the brutal, backstabbing world that Isabelle Schuler conjures up where only the most ruthless can survive. A thoroughly enjoyable...

Lacey Bond has grown up in her parents' hippie New Hampshire daycare, idolizing her blasphemous, ultra-fashionable sister, Éclair, chasing baby squirrels, and contemplating trees. Then the Satanic...

Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. In Reading...

From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes an indispensable analysis of our most celebrated medium, film. No art form is as instantly and continuously...

In this heartfelt and soul-searching work, brimming with warmth, humor, and insight, the beloved Guardian columnist spends a year exploring how to pursue a rich and meaningful life, turning to the...

Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell CompanionAuthor: Joseph CampbellPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: May 01, 1995Number of Pages: 320 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Harvard Medical School psychologist and Huffington Post blogger Craig Malkin addresses the "narcissism epidemic," by illuminating the spectrum of narcissism, identifying ways to control the trait,...