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Zola made it his aim to write novels exploring the many compartments and classes of modern French life in the later nineteenth century―and he went on to carry it out, with novels that look at the longings and troubles and everyday lives of people in...List Price $25.00List Price $25.00
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**INDIE BESTSELLER** A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 by The Millions * B&N Best Books of 2023 * "Shaped by intellectual rigor and artistic grace ... McDonnell's portrait is vibrant, fluent, sensitive, and clarifying." -- Booklist, starred review An...List Price $18.99List Price $18.99
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The inimitable Nancy Mitford’s account of Voltaire’s fifteen-year relationship with the Marquise du Châtelet—the renowned mathematician who introduced Isaac Newton’s revolutionary new physics to France—is a spirited romp in the company of two...List Price $16.95Our Price $10.98List Price $16.95Our Price $10.98
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From the acclaimed author of Foreskin’s Lament, a memoir of the author’s attempt to escape the biblical story he’d been raised on and his struggle to construct a new story for himself and his family Shalom Auslander was raised like a veal in a...List Price $18.00List Price $18.00
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A Finalist for the 2022 Edgar AwardA Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of the YearA vivid, deeply researched account of the tumultuous life of one of the twentieth century’s greatest novelists, the author of The End of the Affair.One of the most...List Price $20.00List Price $20.00
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How the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens transcended scandal to enrich their times.Stanford White was a louche man-about-town and a canny cultural entrepreneur―the creator of landmark buildings that elevated American...List Price $30.00List Price $30.00
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, and more!Joan Didion is revealed at last in this “vivid, engrossing” (Vogue), and outrageously provocative dual biography “that reads...List Price $20.00List Price $20.00
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An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this legendary writer and her legacy, revealing the cultural icon's profound impact as a visionary editor who helped define an important period in American publishing and literature. A...List Price $29.99List Price $29.99
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August Strindberg (1849-1912) is the Golden Eagle of Swedish literature; at least this is his own depiction in one of his poems, and he has been viewed in this fashion, as larger and lonelier and bolder than all other authors. Olof Lagercrantz's...List Price $20.00List Price $20.00
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Nicolson, Nigel. Portrait of a Marriage [Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson]. New York, Athenaeum, 1973. 14 cm x 24 cm. CI, 250 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Portrait of a Vita...List Price $20.00List Price $20.00
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The riveting and cinematic story of a partnership that would change the world foreverIn 1928, a young social worker and hobby pilot named Amelia Earhart arrived in the office of George Putnam, heir to the Putnam & Sons throne and hitmaker, on the hunt...List Price $35.00List Price $35.00
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An illuminating group portrait of the eighteenth-century women who dared to imagine an active life for themselves in both mind and spirit.List Price $19.99List Price $19.99
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The instant New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by TIME, NPR, People, Town & Country, and Air Mail“Warm and perceptive.” —New York Times“Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story." —Washington Post"Dunne is a prospector for the...List Price $21.00List Price $21.00
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The warmly welcomed memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our timeIn Herbie Hancock: Possibilities, the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on an extraordinary life and a thriving career that has spanned seven decades...List Price $19.00List Price $19.00
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From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world’s youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation...List Price $32.00List Price $32.00
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This is the most detailed biography of Prussian general and intellectual Carl Phillip Gottleib von Clausewitz.List Price $15.00List Price $15.00
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A portrait of one of the twentieth-century's most influential philosophers draws on previously unpublished letters and writings to describe Wittgenstein's youth, education, private life, and major worksList Price $29.95Our Price $20.00List Price $29.95Our Price $20.00
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