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Cover image for Rosamond Lehmann in Vegas : a collection of riotously entertaining columns, written for The Believer magazine during its years in the desert

Rosamond Lehmann in Vegas : a collection of riotously entertaining columns, written for The Believer magazine during its years in the desert

Hornby, Nick, author.

Publication Date

2024

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028.9 HOR

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The questions that matter most : reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom

Smiley, Jane, author.

Publication Date

2023

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813.54 SMI

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Big fiction : how conglomeration changed the publishing industry and American literature

Sinykin, Dan, author.

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2023

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070.50973 SIN

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Young adult literature : from romance to realism

Cart, Michael, author.

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2022

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808.068 CAR

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Still no word from you : notes in the margin

Orner, Peter, author.

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2022

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814.6 ORN

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These precious days : essays

Patchett, Ann, author.

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2021

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814.54 PAT

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These precious days [CD] : essays

Patchett, Ann, author, narrator.

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2021

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Sigh, gone : a misfit's memoir of great books, punk rock, and the fight to fit in

Tran, Phuc, 1974- author.

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2020

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305.895 TRA

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The writer's library [CD] : the authors you love on the books that changed their lives

Pearl, Nancy, editor, narrator.

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2020

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The writer's library : the authors you love on the books that changed their lives

Pearl, Nancy, editor.

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2020

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The world is a book, indeed : writing, reading, and traveling

LaSalle, Peter, author.

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2020

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814.54 LAS

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Cline-Ransome, Lesa, author.

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2018

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