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Book Cover for: Olga Dies Dreaming, Xochitl Gonzalez

Olga Dies Dreaming

Xochitl Gonzalez
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Xochitl Gonzalez discusses her debut novel, Olga Dies Dreaming, and how her years working as a wedding planner prepared her to write a novel. https://t.co/BZymF5MpH1 https://t.co/Olarmr2Awh

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Dubliners

James Joyce
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James Joyce's collection 'Dubliners,' which includes the story "The Dead," was published on this day in 1914. "By setting 'The Dead' in the wake of Christmas, Joyce implies that it is too late for change, with that possibility lying dead in the past." https://t.co/J4PjcEJ9Ti

Paperback, 1993

$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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This Close to Okay

Leesa Cross-Smith
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Looking for your next great read this month? Don’t miss This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith, Milk, Blood, Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz, and No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood. https://themillions.com/2021/02/february-preview-the-millions-most-anticipated-this-month-3.html?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Paperback, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne is best known for THE SCARLET LETTER, which was published today in 1850, but Hawthorne’s final novel THE MARBLE FAUN epitomizes his ability to write “dark, morbid, surrealistic fiction” that is still “warm and humane.” https://t.co/y8f9lsFQkg https://t.co/gJBMP75N98

Paperback, 2015

$8.00$4.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James
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"I read 'The Portrait of a Lady' in preparation for a Henry James vs. Edith Wharton party/debate my friends were having in the city a few weeks later. (I was on team James.)" @elenasb_ on her year in reading. https://t.co/As19HecVUR

Paperback, 2014

$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Log Off: Digital Detox for the Extremely Online

Sammy Nickalls
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“It's all about intentionality—that’s really the core of digital minimalism.” Sammy Nickalls discusses Log Off with Sophia Stewart. https://t.co/9wn2ht0UQ6 https://t.co/Sjjw141uzP

Diary, 2022

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Philosophy of Modern Song

Bob Dylan
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"These are a fan’s notes rather than a songwriter’s secrets." Scott Peeples reviews 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' by Bob Dylan. https://t.co/lMz3cyhGxc

Hardcover, 2022

$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Lapvona

Ottessa Moshfegh
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This Spring our most anticipated reads includes Learning to Talk by Hilary Mantel, Avalon by Nell Zink, and Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh. https://t.co/N54sVHgvmj

Paperback, 2023

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

George Eliot
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RT @HLAHSV: If George Eliot is your brand of vodka (and she's definitely ours), this is a fascinating take on Middlemarch... https://t.co/G…

Paperback, 2003

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ was published 98 years ago today. “THE GREAT GATSBY as a ‘literary treasure' . . . is so much less than what the novel actually is – which is something both gorgeously and impeccably wrought.” https://t.co/9MlWHhWmXs

Paperback, 2004

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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