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1) The view from the cheap seats: selected nonfiction

Author

Gaiman, Neil

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"Brings together for the first time ever more than sixty pieces of [Gaiman's] nonfiction. Analytical yet playful, erudite yet accessible, this cornucopia explores a broad range of interests and topics, including (but not limited to): authors past and present; music; storytelling; comics; bookshops; travel; fairy tales; America; inspiration; libraries; ghosts; and the title piece, at turns touching and self-deprecating, which recounts the author's...

2) Nature

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This version of Nature is an 1843 revision to the popular essay written and published in 1836. In the original essay, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, and suggested that reality can be understood by studying nature. Within the essay, Emerson divides nature into four usages: Commodity, Beauty, Language and Discipline. These distinctions define how humans use nature for their basic needs, their desire for delight, their communication...

3) The Saturday Evening Post Christmas book

Pub. Date

1977, c1976

4) The Condé Nast traveler book of unforgettable journeys: great writers on great places

Pub. Date

2007.

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A collection of twenty-one travelogues by various writers, including Francine Prose, Russell Banks, Patricia Storage, Robert Hughes, and others, with each entry accompanied by travel tips for the featured destination.

5) Tales of the Wild West: an illustrated collection of adventure stories

6) The night the bear ate Goombaw

Author

McManus, Patrick F

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McManus offers humorous stories about problems with outdoor adventures, primarily focused on fishing and its exotic equipment

7) The book of pirates

Pub. Date

2001.

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IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 6

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A collection of stories and poems celebrating action and adventure on the high seas offers contributions from Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Washington Irving, and John Masefield.

8) A treasury of Kahlil Gibran

Author

Gibran, Kahlil

Pub. Date

1951.

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The philosopher and the artist are revealed in Gibran's prose and poetry collected from many works.

9) Colorado; a literary chronicle

Author

Lee, W. Storrs

Series

John Carlson books collection

10) A walk along the river: a literary anthology from the upper Rio Grande

Pub. Date

c2006

11) These precious days: essays

Author

Patchett, Ann

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Book, eAudiobook, Large Print

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In this collection of essays, Patchett turns her writer's eye on her own experiences and transforms the private into the universal, providing us all a way to look at our own worlds anew.

12) Diane Goode's American Christmas

Author

Goode, Diane

Pub. Date

1990

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A collection of American poems, songs, and stories with a Christmas theme, including "The Peterkins' Christmas Tree," "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus," "Away in a Manger," and "Christmas on the Banks of Plum Creek."

13) The Family read-aloud Christmas treasury

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Fifty-four works of well-loved poets and authors compose this holiday collection.

14) The Forever Queen: Sometimes, a desperate kingdom is in need of one great woman

Author

Hollick, Helen

Series

Saxon

Pub. Date

2010

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eBook, Kindle

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A USA Today Bestseller!

"Hollick does a remarkable job of bringing to life a little known but powerful queen... an absorbing plot that never lags over the course of a fat, satisfying book."—Publishers Weekly

Sometimes, a desperate kingdom is in need of one great woman

Saxon England, 1002. Not only is Æthelred a failure as King, but his young bride, Emma of Normandy, soon discovers he is even

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15) No Time to Spare

Author

Le Guin, Ursula K

Pub. Date

[2017]

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"From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation"--

16) The necessary cat: a celebration of cats in picture and word

Pub. Date

1998

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A collection of poems, stories, facts, and illustrations about all kinds of cats.

17) Thanksgiving: stories and poems

Pub. Date

[1994]

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A collection of stories, poems, and songs about Thanksgiving Day, by such authors as Aileen Fisher, Jack Prelutsky, Eve Merriam, and Yoshiko Uchida.

18) Men explain things to me

Author

Solnit, Rebecca

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Audible Studios on BrillianceAudio

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Book, CD, eBook, Kindle

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Contents: In her comic, scathing essay, "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don't, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. This updated edition with two new essays of this national bestseller book features that...