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| Surveillance
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Explore the current political climate in this clever, unsettling novel set in a near-future Seattle More > |
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| My Holy War: Dispatches from the Home Front
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Raban showcases his unparalleled ability to articulate an incisive intellectual position from the morass More > |
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| Waxwings
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a caustic, affectionate commentary on the manic gyrations of millennial America More > |
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| Passage to Juneau: a sea and its meanings
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"Gallivanting around the world in a small boat is a continuing education in one's limitless capacity for self-delusion." More > |
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| Badland: An American Romance
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"No one has evoked with greater power the marriage of land and sky that gives this country both its beauty and its terror."
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| Hunting Mr Heartbreak
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An exhilarating, often deliciously funny book that is at once a travelogue, a social history, and a love letter to the United States. More > |
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| Soft City
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Part fact, part fiction, it holds up a mirror to the modern city and finds there a stage for a unique personal drama. More > |
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| For Love & Money: Writing, Reading, Travelling 1968-1987
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Reportage, travel writings and literary criticism. More > |
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| God, Man and Mrs. Thatcher
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Provocative pamphlet More > |
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| Foreign Land
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Foreign Land is an exquisitely moving tale of awkward relationships and quiet redemption. More > |
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| Coasting
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“A lively, intensely personal recounting of a voyage into a gifted writer's country and self.” More > |
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| Old Glory
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Witty, elegaic, and magnificently erudite, Old Glory is as filled with strong currents as the Mississippi itself. More > |
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| Arabia
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A must read for anyone seeking to understand the Middle East and it's people. More > |
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