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At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others

by Sarah Bakewell

Published: 2016-03-01

Hardcover: 448 pages

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A New York Times "Ten Best Books of 2016"From the best-selling author of How to Live, a spirited account of one of the twentieth century’s major intellectual movements and the revolutionary thinkers who came to shape it   Paris, 1933: three contemporaries meet over apricot cocktails at ...

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The Basil and Josephine Stories

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published: 1973-08-01

Hardcover: 287 pages

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Hardcover: 287 pages Publisher: Scribner; First Edition edition (August 1, 1973) Language: English ISBN-10: 0684133989 ISBN-13: 978-0684133980

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A Land of Hard Edges

by Peg Bowden

Published: 2014-06-03

Paperback: 244 pages

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A Land of Hard Edges: Serving the Front Lines of the Border is a series of true stories and personal reflections by Peg Bowden, a retired nurse, who volunteers at a migrant shelter on the Mexico border. The author lives in the Arizona borderlands, a sort of third country, with one foot in Mexico and...

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Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in GOD: How to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace

by Frank Schaeffer

Published: 2014-11-07

Paperback: 161 pages

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Caught between the beauty of his grandchildren and grief over a friend's death, Frank Schaeffer finds himself simultaneously believing and not believing in God - an atheist who prays. Schaeffer wrestles with faith and disbelief, sharing his innermost thoughts with lyricism that only great writers of...

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Circus Mirandus

by Cassie Beasley

Published: 2015-06-02

Hardcover: 304 pages

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 A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2015A New York Times Bestseller Fans of The Magician's Elephant, Savvy, and Roald Dahl will fall in love with Circus Mirandus, which celebrates the power of seeing magic in the world. Do you believe in magic? Micah Tuttle does. Eve...

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The Art of the Short Story

by Dana Gioia, R. S. Gwynn

Published: 2005-09-09

Paperback: 926 pages

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This affordably-priced collection presents masterpieces of short fiction from 52 of the greatest story writers of all time. From Sherwood Anderson to Virginia Woolf, this anthology encompasses a rich global and historical mix of the very best works of short fiction and presents them in a way students...

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Liar: A Memoir

by Rob Roberge

Published: 2016-02-09

Hardcover: 272 pages

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An intense memoir about mental illness, memory and storytelling, from an acclaimed novelist. When Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions, he is terrified by the prospect of becoming a wa...

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Radical Sabbatical: A Hilarious Journey From a Stifling Rut to a Life Without Boundaries

by Glen Tibaldeo, Laura Berger

Published: 2013-09-30

Paperback: 310 pages

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An Amazon Bestseller and Hot New Release about a true adventure in the jungles of Costa Rica! - Two cubicle convicts. - One jungle village. - A life without boundaries. In this real-life comedic memoir, Laura Berger and Glen Tibaldeo expose the blessings and ironic struggles of ditc...

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Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter

by Hal Urban

Published: 2003-01-07

Paperback: 0 pages

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With more than a quarter million copies sold, award-winning teacher Hal Urban outlines twenty lessons that answer timeless questions about how to make the most of your life.Life’s Greatest Lessons is a wise, wonderful book. In it, Hal Urban, a parent and an award-winning teacher, present...

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Do No Harm: A Novel

by Fiorella De Maria

Published: 2013-03-31

Hardcover: 235 pages

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When a British emergency room doctor saves the life a woman who apparently attempted suicide, he is accused of committing a crime and stands trial. Not only is Dr. Matthew Kemble's medical practice at risk, but also his liberty. If he is found guilty of trespassing on a woman's right to di...