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Product Description: Penguin Classics commemorates the 50th anniversary of Steinbeck's Nobel Prize with two stunning new editions of his best-loved worksAt age fifty-eight, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. This chronicle of their trip meanders from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases...read more
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9780143107002 | Deluxe edition (Penguin Classics, September 25, 2012), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Penguin Classics commemorates the 50th anniversary of Steinbeck's Nobel Prize with two stunning new editions of his best-loved worksAt age fifty-eight, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America.
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9780307386199 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, November 1, 2011), cover price $16.95 | also contains The Passages of H. M.: A Novel of Herman Melville | About this edition: With the same masterly touch that made The Last Station so powerful, Jay Parini penetrates the mind and soul of another literary titan.
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9780385533683 | Doubleday, November 2, 2010, cover price $26.95
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9781611452877 | Arcade Pub, April 18, 2011, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A rich new collection of poems, a testament to Axinn's steady and evolving vision.
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9781557049247 | 1 edition (Newmarket Pr, April 6, 2010), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The official script book to the Golden Globe-nominated tragicomedy about the last year of Tolstoy’s life in 1910 Russia, written and directed by Michael Hoffman (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, One Fine Day) and starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, and James McAvoy.
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Coming to work for Rupert Grant, a world famous writer, in Capri, Italy, after his brother is killed in Vietnam, Alex Massolini finds himself involved in the love affairs, friendships, and rivalries of the strange community that exists on this beautiful and isolated island, where he unearths powerful intrigues and secrets, while trying to come to terms with his own blossoming desires. Reprint.
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9780060935566 | Reprint edition (Perennial, March 1, 2003), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Coming to work for Rupert Grant, a world famous writer, in Capri, Italy, after his brother is killed in Vietnam, Alex Massolini finds himself involved in the love affairs, friendships, and rivalries of the strange community that exists on this beautiful and isolated island, where he unearths powerful intrigues and secrets, while trying to come to terms with his own blossoming desires.
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9780061738029 | Harpercollins, October 13, 2009, cover price $9.99
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9780805011760 | Henry Holt & Co, July 1, 1990, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: As Leo Tolstoy lies on his deathbed, his wife, Sofya Andreyevna, and his disciple, Vladimir Chertkov, battle for his soul, in a novel showing this great author and the contradictions in his life, work, and doctrine
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9780805058239 | Reprint edition (Henry Holt & Co, July 1, 1998), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: As Leo Tolstoy lies on his deathbed, his wife, Sofya Andreyevna, and his disciple, Vladimir Chertkov, battle for his soul, in a novel showing this great author and the contradictions in his life, work, and doctrine
9780446392952, titled "The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoys Last Year" | Reprint edition (Grand Central Pub, September 1, 1991), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREStarring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, & James McAvoyIn 1910, Count Leo Tolstoy, the most famous writer in the world, is caught in the struggle between his devoted wife and an equally devoted acolyte over the master's legacy.
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9780385522762 | Doubleday, November 4, 2008, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: “These thirteen books must be seen as representative, not definitive, works.
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Amazon.com Review: Robert Frost, the farmer-poet of New England, actually spent his formative early years in San Francisco. His mother moved the family east after the death of her husband--a hard-living journalist from whom Robert took his willful perversity...read more
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9780805031812 | Henry Holt & Co, February 1, 1999, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Based on interviews with Frost's friends and drawing from his personal archives, an account of the poet's life examines his varied literary career, tracing his rise to world fame and offering close readings of his works
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9780805063417 | Reprint edition (Picador USA, March 1, 2000), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Based on interviews with Frost's friends and drawing from his personal archives, an account of the poet's life examines his varied literary career, tracing his rise to world fame and offering close readings of his works.
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9781435211872 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Amazon.
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9780810860018 | Scarecrow Pr, July 30, 2007, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Since the publication of his first novel in 1946, Gore Vidal has been one of America's most successful writers, as well as one of its most outspoken public figures.
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9781413018400 | 1 edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, January 1, 2013), cover price $46.95
9781413018417 | 1 edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, January 1, 2013), cover price $46.95
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9780451530431 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, February 1, 2007), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Anthony Patch discovers that the excesses of his financially-secure world prevent him from finding married happiness.
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9780684315102 | Charles Scribners Sons/Reference, October 13, 2006, cover price $218.00
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9780684315119 | Charles Scribners Sons/Reference, October 6, 2006, cover price $218.00 | About this edition: British Writers Supplement XII
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9780684313061 | Charles Scribners Sons/Reference, October 14, 2005, cover price $218.00
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9780684313139 | Supplement edition (Charles Scribners Sons/Reference, October 7, 2005), cover price $218.00
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9780877459620 | Univ of Iowa Pr, September 1, 2005, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: One hundred poets react to specific Robert Frost poems, reinvent others, and remember aspects of the poet, paying tribute to his place in American poetry and history.
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9780877459637 | Univ of Iowa Pr, September 1, 2005, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: One hundred poets react to specific Robert Frost poems, reinvent others, and remember aspects of the poet, paying tribute to his place in American poetry and history.
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9781413004748 | Pap/cdr edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, June 5, 2005), cover price $119.95 | About this edition: Unlike most other poetry anthologies, arranged only chronologically or limited to the exploration of one type of poem, Jay Parini's WADSWORTH ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY collects 24 smaller, more accessible anthologies in one volume.
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9780066210728 | Harpercollins, November 1, 2004, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century author of 'As I Lay Dying,' who struggled to rise above such challenges as a difficult marriage and alcoholism.
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9780060935559 | 1 edition (Perennial, June 1, 2005), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century author of 'As I Lay Dying,' who struggled to rise above such challenges as a difficult marriage and alcoholism.
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9780807615478 | George Braziller, April 1, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: An acclaimed American poet, Jay Parini is widely recognized for his ability to confront modern issues in a variety of forms, while adding a highly musical sense of phrasing and a relentless sense of humor.
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9780807615461 | George Braziller, April 1, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An acclaimed American poet, Jay Parini is widely recognized for his ability to confront modern issues in a variety of forms, while adding a highly musical sense of phrasing and a relentless sense of humor.
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9781413004731 | Pap/cdr edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, April 1, 2005), cover price $140.95 | About this edition: Unlike most other poetry anthologies, arranged only chronologically or limited to the exploration of one type of poem, Jay Parini's WADSWORTH ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY collects 24 smaller, more accessible anthologies in one volume.
9781413014150 | Wadsworth Pub Co, April 1, 2005, cover price $140.95
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9780195169690 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, January 13, 2005, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In a deeply personal memoir filled with humor, encouragement, and hard-won wisdom about the teacher's craft, the distinguished critic and author furnishes valuable insights into the many challenges educators face, as well as a discussion of such topics as politics in the classroom, the importance of a disciplined approach to life, fostering relationships with students, and balancing one's teaching load with research and writing.
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9780684312903 | Scribner, November 30, 2004, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: Provides critical and biographical essays on English writers from parts of the former British Empire.
9780684312910 | Scribner, November 30, 2004, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: Provides critical and biographical essays on English writers from parts of the former British Empire.
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9780393060089 | W W Norton & Co Inc, October 30, 2004, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: A collection of photographs and essays documenting the life and work of the prolific artist and actor discusses the creative force behind his sketches, paintings, and sculpture; the performances that earned him a place in the cultural firmament, his relationship with wife Katherine, and his friendships with such contemporaries as Kirk Douglas.
9780393060096 | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 2004, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: IN THE SUMPTUOUS PAGES of "Anthony Quinn's Eye, "one encounters the world of one of the most interesting men of our time," writes poet and novelist Jay Parini.
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9780684312347 | Charles Scribners Sons/Reference, October 1, 2004, cover price $218.00
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9780684313122 | Charles Scribners Sons/Reference, October 1, 2004, cover price $218.00
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