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Trump's America: The Complete Loser's Guide

Scott Dikkers · Blaffo Books
Pages: 164
Format: Print book

This book is important, and not just because it's about Donald Trump. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to discover the official Trump Brand Origin Story, to learn his positions on vital issues like the military - "Are These the Biggest Missiles We Have?", science...
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The Lunatic: Poems

Charles Simic · Ecco; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate Charles Simic comes a dazzling collection of poems as original, meditative, and humorous as the legendary poet himself.This latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic, one of America's most celebrated poets, demonstrates his revered...
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On Writing

Charles Bukowski · Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

Sharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters.Charles Bukowski's stories, poems, and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of correspondence - letters...
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Things to Say to a Dead Man: Poems at the End of a Marriage and After

Jane Yolen · Holy Cow! Press

Internationally renowned author Jane Yolen has composed a sequence of tough, angry, and moving love poems that express grief and gratitude for her late husband David, as witness to his treatment for and passing from cancer, and the ongoing loss that is felt years after his death.In one poem,...
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The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes

Zach Dundas · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

A wickedly smart and rollicking journey through the birth, life, and afterlives of popular culture's most beloved sleuth Today he is the inspiration for fiction adaptations, blockbuster movies, hit television shows, raucous Twitter banter, and thriving subcultures. More than a century after...
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Amateurs

Dylan Hicks · Coffee House Press
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

Praise for Dylan Hicks:"Hicks is a terrific writer who can craft a simile with the best of them." - Kirkus Reviews"The joy in Hicks' debut arises less from plot than from the writing itself: nuanced, ingenious, perceptive, funny." - The Star Tribune"Do yourself...
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Metaphysical Dog: Poems

Frank Bidart · Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Printing edition

National Book Critics Circle Award WinnerA National Book Award FinalistA vital, searching new collection from one of finest American poets at work todayIn “Those Nights,” Frank Bidart writes: “We who could get / somewhere through / words through / sex could not.” Words...
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The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103

William Patrick Martin · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

The Mother of All BOOKLIST s: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book is a long overdue composite of all the major booklists. It brings...
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