Mother Tongue: An American Life in Italy White Pine and Blue Water: A State of Maine Reader The Crystal Frontier: A Novel in Nine Stories
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Mother Tongue

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi

Fourteen years ago, the American writer Wallis Wilde-Menozzi moved with her...

White Pine and Blue Water

By Henry Beston

Here is a volume that is true Maine--as eloquent of "downeast" as a bough...

The Crystal Frontier

By Carlos Fuentes; Translated by Alfred MacAdam

The nine stories comprising this brilliant work of fiction from Carlos Fuentes...

Fin & Lady: A Novel Zibaldone: The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics:
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Fin & Lady

By Cathleen Schine

From the author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport, a wise, clever story...

Zibaldone

By Giacomo Leopardi; Edited by Michael Caesar and Franco D'Intino; Translated from the Italian by Kathleen Baldwin, Richard Dixon, David Gibbons, Ann Goldstein, Gerard Slowey, Martin Thom, Pamela Williams

A groundbreaking translation of the epic work of one of the great minds of...

The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics

By Grady Klein and Alan Dabney, Ph.D.

A hilarious and bold graphic adventure into the world of big data Statistics...

The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them The Cubs and Other Stories: The Ground: Poems
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National Books Critics Circle Awards - Nominee

The Possessed

By Elif Batuman

One of The Economist’s 2011 Books of the Year THE TRUE BUT UNLIKELY...

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

The Cubs and Other Stories

By Mario Vargas Llosa

The Cubs and Other Stories is Mario Vargas Llosa’s only volume of short fiction...

L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist

The Ground

By Rowan Ricardo Phillips

A masterful debut from a powerfully original poetic voice A poignant and...

"Don't Kiss Me," by Lindsay Hunter
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"Don't Kiss Me," by Lindsay Hunter

From DON'T KISS ME (Stories), by Lindsay Hunter.
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Ian Frazier

Ian Frazier is the author of Travels in Siberia, Great Plains, On the Rez, Lamentations of the Father and Coyote V....

James Lasdun

James Lasdun was born in London and now lives in upstate New York. He has published two novels as well as several collections of short stories and poetry....

Richard Crompton

Richard Crompton lives in Nairobi, Kenya, with his wife and their three young children. A former BBC journalist, Crompton left London several years ago when his...

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Antidote
Event Calendar The Antidote January 21 - July 3, 2013

Meet Oliver Burkeman as he reads from his new book The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking.

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Event Calendar Frankenstein's Cat March 11 - July 17, 2013

Meet science journalist Emily Anthes as she reads from her new book Frankenstein's Cat.

Odds Against Tomorrow
Event Calendar Odds Against Tomorrow April 4 - June 11, 2013

Meet Nathaniel Rich as he reads from his new novel Odds Against Tomorrow.

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