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Elizabeth Hand is an author. Author, Critic, Old Punk; Faculty Stonecoast MFA Creative Writing

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Book Cover for: Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir
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I'd toss in my novel Mortal Love, crosshatch of PRB and contemporary London. Definitely The Red Tree. RT @RozKaveney: A lot of @Liz_Hand's stuff including the Cass Neary thrillers. GIDEON THE NINTH by @tazmuir. A lot of @auntbeast especially THE RED TREE

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object, Laurie Colwin

Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object

Laurie Colwin
Elizabeth HandElizabeth Hand

Two by Laurie Colwin: Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object, and Happy All the Time. I reread them at least once a year, ideally when it's raining gently. https://t.co/vBivs2gW1F

Paperback, 2020

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: On the Road: (Penguin Orange Collection), Jack Kerouac

On the Road: (Penguin Orange Collection)

Jack Kerouac
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Published 65 years ago today. And RIP Kerouac's agent, Sterling Lord, who just died at 102. “Keep it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad joy.” ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Paperback, 2016

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: novel, James Joyce

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: novel

James Joyce
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Michael Dirda's summer reading includes @PaulWitcover's great Lincolnstein, alongside work by James Joyce and Colette. "How could a fantasy novel be more American, especially when it also addresses the themes of race, inequality and love?" https://t.co/DdRbhAYDu0

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Book Cover for: Man's Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition: Young Adult Edition, Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition: Young Adult Edition

Viktor E. Frankl
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@WellReadBeard Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl.

Paperback, 2017

$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Book of Lamps and Banners, Elizabeth Hand

The Book of Lamps and Banners

Elizabeth Hand
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Cass will still respect you if you take psychedelics. RT @timpratt: Reading The Book of Lamps and Banners by @Liz_Hand and it is great and makes me want to visit tiny cluttered used bookshops (and also drink heavily and take amphetamines)

Hardcover, 2020

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Happy All the Time, Laurie Colwin

Happy All the Time

Laurie Colwin
Elizabeth HandElizabeth Hand

Two by Laurie Colwin: Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object, and Happy All the Time. I reread them at least once a year, ideally when it's raining gently. https://t.co/vBivs2gW1F

Paperback, 2010

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Generation Loss, Elizabeth Hand

Generation Loss

Elizabeth Hand
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RT @thepinksmoke: NEW EPISODE: We dig into Elizabeth Hand's semi-horror bit of art world-underworld crime fiction GENERATION LOSS, the firs…

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sin Eater, Megan Campisi

Sin Eater

Megan Campisi
Elizabeth HandElizabeth Hand

I loved this book! (As you can see from my review.) RT @BookWorld: NOW IN PAPERBACK "Sin Eater" by Megan Campisi. Set in an alternate Tudor England, her wonderful debut novel is a riveting depiction of hard-won female empowerment @AtriaBooks @Liz_Hand https://t.co/iQneFNHFi8

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth, J. R. R. Tolkien

The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth

J. R. R. Tolkien
Elizabeth HandElizabeth Hand

A trove of source material about one of Middle-earth’s most intriguing and central backstories ... the book is a handy addendum for any Tolkien completist and also a neat introduction for those whose sole knowledge of the doomed island comes from “The Rings of Power.”

Hardcover, 2022

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book