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Product Description: A widely admired writer and teacher of writing for more than twenty-five years, Verlyn Klinkenborg now gives us a distillation of that experience in an indispensable and distinctive book that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer understanding of what it means for them to be writing...read more
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9780307266347 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 7, 2012, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A widely admired writer and teacher of writing for more than twenty-five years, Verlyn Klinkenborg now gives us a distillation of that experience in an indispensable and distinctive book that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer understanding of what it means for them to be writing.

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Product Description: The early churches of New England hold a special place in the American consciousness, revered for their physical beauty, simplicity, and elegance and for their role in the early history of this country. Places of worship they were and are, but they are also icons of a particularly American sensibility and artistic vision...read more
By Verlyn Klinkenborg (introduced by)
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9781580932301 | 1 edition (Monacelli Pr, October 20, 2009), cover price $85.00 | About this edition: The early churches of New England hold a special place in the American consciousness, revered for their physical beauty, simplicity, and elegance and for their role in the early history of this country.

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Product Description: Upriver and Downstream gathers seventy columns about fishing—from freshwater to saltwater, from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia—written for the “Outdoors” column of the New York Times...read more
By Verlyn Klinkenborg (introduced by), New York Times Company (corporate author) and Stephen Sautner (editor)
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9780307381026 | Harmony Books, April 3, 2007, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A compilation of essays from the popular 'Outdoors' column from The New York Times features contributions from Nick Lyons, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, Patricia Leigh Brown, Robert H.

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9780307382597 | Three Rivers Pr, March 2, 2010, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Upriver and Downstream gathers seventy columns about fishing—from freshwater to saltwater, from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia—written for the “Outdoors” column of the New York Times.

Miscellaneous:

9780307498519 | Crown Pub, February 4, 2009, cover price $15.00 | also contains Upriver and Downstream: The Best Fly-fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times

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Celebrates the rural life, its pleasures and hardships, and the beauty of the American landscape, in a series of reflections corresponding to the months of the year.
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9780786252442 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 1, 2003), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Celebrates the rural life, its pleasures and hardships, and the beauty of the American landscape, in a series of reflections corresponding to the months of the year.
9780316741675 | Little Brown & Co, December 1, 2002, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Celebrates the rural life, its pleasures and hardships, and the beauty of the American landscape, in a series of reflections corresponding to the months of the year.

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9780316735513 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, January 5, 2004), cover price $13.99 | About this edition: The author of Making Hay and The Last First Time celebrates the rural life, its pleasures and hardships, and the beauty of the American landscape in a series of reflections corresponding to the months of the year.

Miscellaneous:

9780316029322 | Back Bay Books, September 3, 2007, cover price $9.99

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Timothy, a tortoise who lives in the garden of eighteenth-century curate Gilbert White, speaks out on his life in the garden, his nine-day adventure outside the gate, his observations of the curious habits and habitations of humans, and the natural world around him. Reprint.
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9780679407287, titled "Timothy: Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, February 28, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Timothy, a tortoise who lived in the garden of eighteenth-century curate Gilbert White, speaks out on his life in the garden, his nine-day adventure outside the gate, his observations of the curious habits and habitations of humans, and the natural worldaround him.

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9780679737537 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, January 2, 2007), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Timothy, a tortoise who lives in the garden of eighteenth-century curate Gilbert White, speaks out on his life in the garden, his nine-day adventure outside the gate, his observations of the curious habits and habitations of humans, and the natural world around him.

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9781400152551, titled "Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile" | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, July 30, 2006), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Timothy, a tortoise who lived in the garden of eighteenth-century curate Gilbert White, speaks out on his life in the garden, his nine-day adventure outside the gate, his observations of the curious habits and habitations of humans, and the natural worldaround him.
9781400102556, titled "Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile" | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, July 30, 2006), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Timothy, a tortoise who lived in the garden of eighteenth-century curate Gilbert White, speaks out on his life in the garden, his nine-day adventure outside the gate, his observations of the curious habits and habitations of humans, and the natural worldaround him.

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Timothy, a tortoise who lived in the garden of eighteenth-century curate Gilbert White, speaks out on his life in the garden, his nine-day adventure outside the gate, his observations of the curious habits and habitations of humans, and the natural worldaround him.
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9781400132553 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, July 30, 2006), cover price $49.99 | About this edition: Timothy, a tortoise who lived in the garden of eighteenth-century curate Gilbert White, speaks out on his life in the garden, his nine-day adventure outside the gate, his observations of the curious habits and habitations of humans, and the natural worldaround him.

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Product Description: By turns, an elegy, a celebration, and a social history, The Last Fine Time is a tour de force of lyrical style. Verlyn Klinkenborg chronicles the life of a family-owned restaurant in Buffalo, New York, from its days as a prewar Polish tavern to its reincarnation as George & Eddie's, a swank nightspot serving highballs and French-fried shrimp to a generation of optimistic and prosperous Americans...read more
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9780394571959 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A pivotal moment in history comes to life in this portrait, starting in 1947, of the Wenzeks, bar owners for 50 years, of Buffalo, a city aspiring to greatness, and of urban America when it began to alter beyond recognition

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9780226443355 | Univ of Chicago Pr, February 1, 2004, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: By turns, an elegy, a celebration, and a social history, The Last Fine Time is a tour de force of lyrical style.

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A survey in watercolors and essays of the botanical discoveries of the Lewis and Clark expedition focuses on two dozen of the 178 new types of plants they found, placing each profiled plant in a historical context while noting its significance.
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9781579652241 | Artisan, November 15, 2003, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A survey in watercolors and essays of the botanical discoveries of the Lewis and Clark expedition focuses on two dozen of the 178 new types of plants they found, placing each profiled plant in a historical context.

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A first publication of the photographer's color work is drawn from the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and other prestigious institutions and depicts cultivated gardens, orchards, and estate gardens in the United States and Europe.
By Lynn Geesaman (photographer) and Verlyn Klinkenborg
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9781931788205 | Aperture, October 1, 2003, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A first publication of the photographer's color work is drawn from the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and other institutions and depicts cultivated gardens, orchards, and estate gardens in the United States and Europe.

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A pictorial celebration of an American icon takes readers on a fascinating tour of the nation's first school system, from 1750 through 1950, including some of the 450 one-room schoolhouses still in use today.
By Verlyn Klinkenborg (foreword by) and Paul Rocheleau
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9780789310019 | Universe Pub, September 1, 2003, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A pictorial celebration of an American icon takes readers on a tour of the nation's first school system, from 1750 through 1950, including some of the 450 one-room schoolhouses still in use today.

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Product Description: From the wonders of alfalfa, the "miracle plant," to barbed wire, dances at VFW halls, and the myriad difficulties of operating tractors and siderakes, renowned author Verlyn Klinkenborg paints a stunning and memorable portrait of American family farms and the fascinating characters who work them...read more
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9780941130189 | Lyons Pr, October 1, 1986, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes farmers in Minnesota, Iowa, and Montana as they cut and bale hay for their cattle ranches

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9781585747269 | Lyons Pr, June 1, 2003, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: From the wonders of alfalfa, the "miracle plant," to barbed wire, dances at VFW halls, and the myriad difficulties of operating tractors and siderakes, renowned author Verlyn Klinkenborg paints a stunning and memorable portrait of American family farms and the fascinating characters who work them.
9781558216112 | Reprint edition (Lyons Pr, October 1, 1997), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes farmers in Minnesota, Iowa, and Montana as they cut and bale hay for their cattle ranches
9780394755991 | 1 edition (Vintage Books, November 1, 1987), cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Describes farmers in Minnesota, Iowa, and Montana as they cut and bale hay for their cattle ranches

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Product Description: Straight West is a book of ninety exquisite and moving black and white photographs about the deep interior of the American West, a place whose people are defined by their relations to animals and the land. The country of Straight West is enormous, stretching from the Mexican border to Montana, but it is also intimate, a matter of heart as well as geography...read more
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9781585740543 | Lyons Pr, August 1, 2000, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Straight West is a book of ninety exquisite and moving black and white photographs about the deep interior of the American West, a place whose people are defined by their relations to animals and the land.

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By Verlyn Klinkenborg (introduced by), Patrick O'Brian (foreword by) and Charles E. Pierce, Jr. (photographer)
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9780756781422 | Diane Pub Co, July 30, 1996, cover price $35.00

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Product Description: Although the family farm is fading from the American landscape, the farm and its inhabitants hold a special place in our hearts. We are a nation descended from farmers, still tied to that heritage by strong emotional bonds. In Portraits, art photographer Danielle Weil presents 50 exquisite black-and-white portraits of farm animals...read more
By Verlyn Klinkenborg (introduced by) and Danielle Weil
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9781885183323 | Artisan, January 9, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Although the family farm is fading from the American landscape, the farm and its inhabitants hold a special place in our hearts.

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Product Description: An incredible 1000 years of British literary culture as seen through autograph hand. Chaucer, Ralegh, Milton, Newton, Blake, Burns: 129 autographs by 111 authors reproduced from originals in Morgan Library. Transcriptions, commentary.
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9780486241241 | Dover Pubns, May 1, 1981, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An incredible 1000 years of British literary culture as seen through autograph hand.

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Product Description: 19th-century British literary culture as seen through the autograph hand. Manuscripts reproduced from the original in the Morgan Library show hands of Coleridge, Scott, Jane Austen, Byron, Keats, Dickens, 130 autographs by 113 authors...read more
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9780486241258 | Dover Pubns, June 1, 1981, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: 19th-century British literary culture as seen through the autograph hand.

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