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The ambassadors by Henry James (The Penguin classics)

Chad Newsome has gone to Paris. He is charmed by Old World fascinations and caught up in the leisurely craft …

American movie critics by Phillip Lopate

For Colored Girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange

From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on …

Writing Los Angeles by David L. Ulin

Ulysses by Richard Ellmann ([The Modern library of the world's best books])

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the American journal …

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Millenium, #1)

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander investigate the disappearance of Harriet Vanger which took place forty years ago.

Worse Things Happen at Sea [Concertina Fold-Out Book] by Kellie Strom

The Buddha of suburbia by Hanif Kureishi

Karim lives with his Mum and Dad in a suburb of south London and dreams of making his escape to …

Miguel Covarrubias by Carolyn Kastner (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture)

Jackson Pollock by Steven Naifeh, Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith

A Life of Picasso by John Richardson, John Richardson

White Girls by Hilton Als

White Girls, Hilton Als’s first book since The Women 16 years ago, finds one of The New Yorker's boldest cultural …

Pro Git by Scott Chacon, Ben Straub

Pro Git is your fully-updated guide to Git and its usage in the modern world. Git has come a long …

Galileo's middle finger by Alice Domurat Dreger

"An investigation of some of the most contentious debates of our time, Galileo's Middle Finger describes Alice Dreger's experiences on …

Nicely Said by Nicole Fenton, Kate Lee