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Book Cover for: The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 36, Washington Irving

The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 36

Washington Irving
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Good night from another contender for oldest photo of New York City— a stretch of Broadway looking north, showing the crenellated tower of the Unitarian Church, across from Waverly Place. Dated c. 1839, the year Washington Irving started writing for The Knickerbocker. https://t.co/S1Nxv2yKIh

Paperback, 2010

$31.95$15.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Prayer for Travelers, Ruchika Tomar

A Prayer for Travelers

Ruchika Tomar
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FINALLY some good news: The great @ruchikatomar1's A PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS, one of the most daring, intelligent, and atmospheric novels I've ever read, has won the PEN/Hemingway Award. So thrilled for Ruchika and for this unforgettable novel. https://pen.org/press-release/novelist-ruchika-tomar-wins-2020-pen-hemingway-award-for-her-debut-novel-a-prayer-for-travelers/

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Book Cover for: Turf: Stories, Elizabeth Crane

Turf: Stories

Elizabeth Crane
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@Elizabeth_Crane @ambernoelle @willhomes71 @gabehudson GO BUY TURF EVERYONE https://t.co/Fi9TgoxhL5

Paperback, 2017

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte
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Good night from the earliest known photograph of a medical procedure— from Massachusetts General Hospital, in the year 1847. It was the year of Verdi’s Macbeth, of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and of her sister Charlotte’s Jane Eyre. https://t.co/HIaO0UjWvo

Paperback, 2017

$14.56$7.28 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Knife Thrower: and Other Stories, Steven Millhauser

The Knife Thrower: and Other Stories

Steven Millhauser
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@AkiSchilz Four come to mind: Steven Millhauser reading “The Knife Thrower” at the @NatnlArtsClub, 1998. @my19thcentury reading @blakebutler’s THERE IS NO YEAR at the @FranklinParkBK Reading Series, 2011. And the twin threats of @mhbertino & @MitchSJackson at the @Center4Fiction, 2011.

Paperback, 1999

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison
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Good night from Ben Shahn’s cover art for Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man https://t.co/ekAjdK68E9

Hardcover, 1994

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Thrust, Lidia Yuknavitch

Thrust

Lidia Yuknavitch
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"I hope that our definitions of who we are and the stories we are telling each other change radically": What an inspiring talk with @LidiaYuknavitch, up now at @ElectricLit: https://t.co/Jm1VrgdjrA

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë
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Good night from the earliest known photograph of a medical procedure— from Massachusetts General Hospital, in the year 1847. It was the year of Verdi’s Macbeth, of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and of her sister Charlotte’s Jane Eyre. https://t.co/HIaO0UjWvo

Paperback, 2006

$9.00$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Swallowed Man, Edward Carey

The Swallowed Man

Edward Carey
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When the weather is dank and the future finds you chary Naught can lift your spirits like the pen of Edward Carey!* *The Swallowed Man, in paperback today! https://t.co/w7ZY5YVXzH

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Book Cover for: Real Life, Brandon Taylor

Real Life

Brandon Taylor
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“To read Filthy Animals is to get a crash course in compassion. . . . A collection of stories that fearlessly lay bare the violence of human relationships while revealing the tenderness enmeshed in the brutality.” —Cero magazine on @blgtylr https://ceromagazine.com/articles/brandon-taylor-author-filthy-animals-real-life?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-ceromagazine&utm_content=later-20696460&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book