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author of the novel THE PORTRAIT OF A MIRROR “quite useless” newsletter: https://t.co/31BnCtT16Q

15 books
Book Cover for: Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, Paul Fussell

Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

Paul Fussell
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Mostly about class though…violent reactions to interior design often are—see the appendix quiz to Paul Fussell’s book

Paperback, 1992

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion, Paul Bloom

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

Paul Bloom
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@longlooking @lukeburgis @chaven Have you heard of “unmitigated communion”? It’s featured in Paul Bloom’s Against Empathy and this made me think of it

Paperback, 2018

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cheat Day, LIV Stratman

Cheat Day

LIV Stratman
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Three books I would like to see get more attention…NO HEAVEN FOR GOOD BOYS by @KeishaB, CHEAT DAY by @livrstrat & THE SCAPEGOAT by Sara Davis

Paperback, 2022

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: No Heaven for Good Boys, Keisha Bush

No Heaven for Good Boys

Keisha Bush
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Three books I would like to see get more attention…NO HEAVEN FOR GOOD BOYS by @KeishaB, CHEAT DAY by @livrstrat & THE SCAPEGOAT by Sara Davis

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Judith Viorst
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Reminded again that my absolute least favorite plot is Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day (week, month, year, life)

Paperback, 1987

$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Inferno: Italian-English Parallel Text, Dante

Inferno: Italian-English Parallel Text

Dante
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Schiaparelli is saying this collection was “based on Dante’s Inferno”? I am sorry but it is literally The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe https://t.co/4R1EKKeWY2

Paperback, 2021

$11.99Member price:$11.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Grumpy Monkey Board Book, Suzanne Lang

Grumpy Monkey Board Book

Suzanne Lang
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Not that Grumpy Monkey isn’t its own kind of masterpiece, but my son and I started reading The Little Prince last night and I am so, so thrilled to be embarking on this new literary era

Board Book, 2019

$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Vladimir, Julia May Jonas

Vladimir

Julia May Jonas
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A few of my top recs: Swann’s Way, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Either/Or, Vladimir by @Julia_May_Jonas, Maddalena and the Dark by @finejuli, and Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné

Paperback, 2023

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dear Committee Members, Julie Schumacher

Dear Committee Members

Julie Schumacher
a. natasha joukovskya. natasha joukovsky

This is 🔥 & the only thing I have to add is everyone should read Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher this summer https://t.co/qNl6k7W6YK

Paperback, 2015

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Jazz, Toni Morrison

Jazz

Toni Morrison
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Gatsby, Bovary, Razor’s Edge + novels I haven’t read yet by Nabokov & Morrison (Pnin & Jazz, up next)…seems like a winning technique to me https://t.co/VAOO9L2DGw

Paperback, 2004

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book