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As I Lay Dying is the harrowing, darkly comic tale of the Bundren family's trek across Mississippi to bury Addie, their wife and mother, as told by each of the family members--including Addie herself.

The Portable Faulkner

by Malcolm Cowley, William Faulkner

In prose of biblical grandeur and feverish intensity, William Faulkner reconstructed the history of the American South as a tragic legend of courage and cruelty, gallantry and greed, futile nobility and obscene crimes. No single volume better conveys the scope of Faulkner's vision than The Portable Faulkner . Edited by Malcolm Cowley

The Bookclub-in-a-Box Discussion Guide to Middlesex, the Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides (Bookclub in a Box Discusses)

The Bookclub-in-a-Box Discussion Guide to Middlesex, the Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides (Bookclub in a Box Discusses)

by Marilyn Herbert

Transformation, identity, fate, destiny, crime, and punishment are some of the fascinating themes that are unraveled for readers in the Bookclub-in-a-Box discussion guide for Jeffrey Eugenides’ Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Middlesex. The guide looks at the central character Callie, a hermaphrodite, and fits her unusual story against an historic and cultural backdrop including Detroit in the 1930’s, prohibition,... (more)

Personal History

by Katharine Graham

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Biography An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women, Personal History is, as its title suggests, a book composed of both personal memoir and history. It is the story of Graham's parents: the multimillionaire father who left private business and government service to buy and restore the down-and-out Washington... (more)

Political Thrillers: Book 4

The Copper Scroll

by Joel C. Rosenberg

Saddam is gone, Arafat is dead, and a new Iraq is rising. But when a suicide bomber strikes Washington and assassinations unfold from London to Los Angeles, Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy are drawn back into a world of terror they thought was over. At the heart of the mystery lies a 2,000-year-old scroll describing unimaginable treasures that could lead to the Third Jewish Temple. Some call it history's greatest... (more)

Bite

by Laurell K. Hamilton, Angela Knight, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, Vickie Taylor

A never-before-published Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story from New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton . A brand-new story from New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris , featuring the much-loved Sookie Stackhouse. A hot new novella from USA Today bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson , set in the world of Undead and Unwed's Betsy Taylor, the newly, and reluctantly,crowned... (more)

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his... (more)

Three by Annie Dillard: The Writing Life, An American Childhood, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Three by Annie Dillard: The Writing Life, An American Childhood, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

by Annie Dillard

A stunning collection of Annie Dillard's most popular books in one volume.

Love Medicine: A Novel (P.S.)

by Louise Erdrich

The stunning first novel in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, Love Medicine tells the story of two families -- the Kashpaws and the Lamartines. Written in Erdrich's uniquely poetic, powerful style, it is a multigenerational portrait of strong men and women caught in an unforgettable drama of anger, desire, and the healing power that is love medicine. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of... (more)

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

by Tracy Kidder

Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine , House , Among Schoolchildren , and Home Town . He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world... (more)

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As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner