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New York:: Norton,, (2010). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A brief but provocative collection of essays, triggered by a move to Las Vegas one summer: D'Agata "begins to follow a story about the federal governmentÕs plan to store high-level nuclear waste at a place called Yucca Mountain, a desert range near the city of Las Vegas" and winds up with a re-examination of the future of human life. Notes. 236 pp.
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ABOUT A MOUNTAIN.
by D'Agata, John.
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ABOUT THIS LIFE: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory.
by Lopez, Barry.
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1998.. First edition -. Fine in printed blue wrappers (2 sheets with the cover art and promotional material from the publisher stapled inside the front cover.) . Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) A collection of very personal essays, about his life and writing, exploration and the environment and more. 273 pp.
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ALL EARS: Cultural Criticism, Essays and Obituaries.
by Cooper, Dennis.
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Soft Skull Press,, (1999). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Includes essays on AIDS, youth culture, drugs, films and contemporary art as well as "stoic, unsentimental and bracing" obituaries for Kurt Cobain, River Phoenix and William Burroughs and more. Issued as a trade paperback original. 146 pp.
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AM I ALONE HERE? Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live.
by Orner, Peter.
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New York:: Catapult,, (2016). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps. . First printing, a trade paperback original. A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in Criticism. A collection of essays about reading, writing, and living. Orner reads and writes everywhere he finds - in a hospital cafeteria, a coffee shop in Albania, the Lizzie Borden story in Fall River or a crowded bus in Haiti. Among the many writers he discusses are Isaac Babel and Zora Neale Hurston, Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Eudora Welty, Yasunari Kawabata, Saul Bellow, Mavis Gallant, John Edgar Wideman, William Trevor, and more. SIGNED on the title page. Author and title index. 316 pp.
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THE AMATEUR: An Independent Life of Letters.
by Lesser, Wendy.
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New York:: Pantheon,, 1999.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in pale green printed wrappers.. Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) A collection of essays on a life as a writer, on books, and places and more -together these pieces form an "intellectual autobiography." SIGNED on the title page. 274pp
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AMERICAN VISTAS 1607-1877
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New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1979.. VG (cover loose). Trade paperback.
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AMONG FRIENDS.
by Crothers, Samuel McChord.
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Boston & New York:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1910.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in olive green cloth with gilt decorations and lettering (rubbing to the lettering on the spine, a humorous quote on the front endpaper, a few pages carelessly opened with small chips to the margins, but otherwise sturdily bound, and an attractive tight and straight copy.) . First printing. A collection of nine essays, all with a significant leavening of humor. In addition to the title articles, this includes essays titled the hundred worst books, the convention of books, in praise of politicians, my missionary life in Persia, the colonel in the theological seminary, the merry devil of education and more. 278 pp.
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ANOTHER TURN OF THE CRANK: Essays.
by Berry, Wendell.
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Washington, D.C.:: Counterpoint Press,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A slim volume of six new essays on sustainability and stewardship. In them he expresses the hope that people will learn once more to care for their local communities. He emphasizes that "the renewed development of local economies would help preserve rural diversity despite the burgeoning global economy that threatens to homogenize and compromise communities all over the world. From modern health care to the practice of forestry, from local focus to national resolve, there can never be a separation between global ecosystems and human communities - the two are intricately connected." xii, 109 pp.
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ANY SMALL THING CAN SAVE YOU: a Bestiary.
by Adam, Christina.
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New York:: Bluehen Books (Penguin Putnam),, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book which combines "wisdom, insight and a hawk's eye for detail" (Kim Barnes) Each animal that passes by in this book reflects a truth about love - between a husband and a wife, a child and a parent, or a brother and a sister. Like a traditional bestiary, each chapter highlights one letter of the alphabet - K is for Kestrel, P is for Porcupine - but then takes off from there. SIGNED on the half title page. Erratum sheet laid in. Small format. 224 pp.
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ASSEMBLING CALIFORNIA.
by McPhee, John.
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New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1993).. Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. An entertaining and intriguing look at the geology of California - from its gold and mineral filled mountains to the causes of the earthquakes. Frontispiece, en texte illustrations. 304 pp.
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AT HOME: Essays 1982-1988.
by Vidal, Gore.
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New York:: Random House,, (1988.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of topical and often provocative essays by an American master - on Nixon, Reagan and other political matters, on writers ranging from Anthony Burgess to Italo Calvino, Henry James and Dawn Powell (Vidal is almost singlehandly responsible for the resurgence of interest in the writings of Powell.) 303 pp.
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AT LARGE
by Goodman, Ellen
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New York:: Summit Books,, 1981.. Hardcover first edition -. NF/NF (pc.). First printing. More lucid commentaries on current situations by this Pulitzer prize winning author and columnist.
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BACK ON THE FIRE: Essays.
by Snyder, Gary.
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Emeryville, CA:: Shoemaker & Hoard,, (2007). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of essays by this noted poet on "a wide range of topics, from explorations of southwestern European Paleolithic cave art to his own personal poetic history with haiku; from reminiscences of youthful West Coast logging and trail crew days to talks given in Paris and Tokyo on art and archetypes. He honors poets of his generation, like Philip Whalen and Allen Ginsberg, and meditates on art, labor, and the making of families, houses, and homesteads." 167 pp.
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BEAUTY IN THE HEART Including MEET ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE, by Frank S Mead.
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Westwood, NJ:: Fleming H. Revell Company,, (1953). Hardcover -. Very good in a fair only dust jacket. (several small chips and edgewear to the dj, price-clipped) . Fourth printing. A brief book by this journalist, educator and the first poet-laureate of South Carolina, from 1934-1973, on the different forms beauty can take - the beauty born in storms, in friendship, in loyalty and more - preceded by a 16 page appreciation by Frank S. Mead. 63 pp.
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THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 1991.
by [Anthology, signed] Oates, Joyce Carol, editor (Amy Tan and Garrett Hongo, signed; Margaret Atwood, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Joy Williams and others, contributors.)
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New York:: Ticknor & Fields,, 1991.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. SIGNED by TWO contributors: Amy Tan at her essay, 'Mother Tongue' and Garrett Hongo at "Kubota." Uncommon thus. The sixth in the series. In addition to the contributions by the writers shown above, some other selections are an essay on watching the Miss America pageant with his daughters by Gerald Early, questions of conquest by Mario Vargas Llosa, Counters and cable cars by Stephen Jay Gould and more. Introduction by Oates and brief biographies of the contributors. 279 pp.
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THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2003.
by Fadiman, Anne, editor (Cheryl Strayed, Ian Frazier, Michael Pollan and others, contributors.)
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New York & Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, (2003). First edition -. Near fine in wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes contributions from Cheryl Strayed, Ian Frazier, Michael Pollan, Adam Gopnik, Edward Hoagland, Atul Gawande, Katha Pollitt, Susan Sontag, John Edgar Wideman and more Introduction by Fadiman and brief biographies of the contributors. Robert Atwan, series editor. Index. 339 pp.
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THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 1997.
by [Anthology, signed] Frazier, Ian, editor; Bernard Cooper, signed.
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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1997.. SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in wrappers (spine slightly faded.). First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. The 12th in the series. SIGNED by Bernard Cooper at his essay on mazes in 'Labyrinthine', These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. In addition to the contributions by Thomas McGuane, Cynthia Ozick, Richard Ford, Charles Simic, Dagoberto Gilb, some other selections include Debra Dickerson on 'Who Shot Johnny?' a moving indictment of the world that left her 17 year old nephew paralyzed, Susan Sontag on 'A Century of Cinema; and Joy Williams on 'The Case Against Babies' and much more. Introduction by Frazier and brief biographies of the contributors. 226 pp.
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THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 1995.
by (Wolff, Tobias, signed; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., Gass, William H. ) Kincaid, Jamaica, editor.
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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1995.. SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in a stiff wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. SIGNED by Wolff at his essay 'Civilian.' In addition to the contributions by the writers shown above, this includes selections by James Alan McPherson, Edna O'Brien, Grace Paley, Maxine Kumin and more. Robert Atwan, series editor.
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THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 1998.
by Ozick, Cynthia, editor (Saul Bellow, J. M. Coetze, John McPhee, Mary Oliver, Andre Dubus, and others, contributors.)
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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1998.. First edition -. Near fine in wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. In addition to the contributions by the writers shown above, some other selections include William Gass on 'the Test of Time', Jamaica Kincaid on "in History,' "Lost Art" by John Updike, "Nearing Ninety" by William Maxwell and more. Introduction by Ozick and brief biographies of the contributors. Robert Atwan, series editor. Index. 260 pp.
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THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 1993.
by Epstein, Joseph, editor.
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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, (1993). First edition -. Near fine in wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes contributions from Jean Ervin, Jacob Cohen, Ward Just, Floyd Skloot, Gerald Early, James Salter, Philip Weiss, Cynthia Ozick, Diane Johnson, Joseph Brodsky, Marcia Aldrich, Paul R. McHugh, Anthony Burgess, Daniel M. Harris, Robert Sherrill, Shaun O'Connell, Thomas C. Palmer, Lawrence Otis Graham, Scott Russell Sanders, Shelby Steele, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison and more. Introduction by Epstein and brief biographies of the contributors. Robert Atwan, series editor. xviii, 378 pp.
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