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Book Cover Image. Title: The Best American Essays 2009 (The Best American Series), Author: Mary Oliver.

The Best American Essays 2009by Mary Oliver (Paperback)

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Find gift suggestions galore in this assortment of short stories, essays, criticism, and poetry, starting with the newest edition of a perennially popular series, put together this year by the prizewinning poet and essayist Mary Oliver.

Book Cover Image. Title: Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman, Author: by Lisa Scottoline

Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dogby Lisa Scottoline (Hardcover)

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Book Cover Image. Title: You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas, Author: by Augusten Burroughs

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Book Cover Image. Title: When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Author: by David Sedaris
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When You Are Engulfed in Flamesby David Sedaris (Paperback)

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Book Cover Image. Title: How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, Author: by Thomas C. Foster
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Book Cover Image. Title: The Best American Short Stories 2009, Author: by Alice Sebold

The Best American Short Stories 2009by Alice Sebold (Paperback)

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Book Cover Image. Title: Holidays on Ice: Featuring Six New Stories, Author: by David Sedaris
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Holidays on Iceby David Sedaris (Hardcover)

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Book Cover Image. Title: The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009, Author: by Dave Eggers

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009by Dave Eggers (Paperback)

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Book Cover Image. Title: Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation, Author: by Gregory Maguire
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Book Cover Image. Title: Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne, Author: by John Keats

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Book Cover Image. Title: Collected Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Flappers and Philosophers and Tales of the Jazz Age (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading), Author: by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Collected Stories of F. Scott Fitzgeraldby F. Scott Fitzgerald (Paperback)

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Book Cover Image. Title: A Village Life, Author: by Louise Gluck

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Book Cover Image. Title: Mark Twain's Book of Animals, Author: by Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Book of Animalsby Mark Twain (Hardcover)

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Book Cover Image. Title: State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, Author: by Matt Weiland

State by Stateby Matt Weiland (Paperback)

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Book Cover Image. Title: The Continual Condition, Author: by Charles Bukowski
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The Continual Conditionby Charles Bukowski (Hardcover)

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Book Cover Image. Title: Lapham's Quarterly: Volume II, Author: by Lapham's Quarterly

Lapham's Quarterlyby Lapham's Quarterly (Paperback)

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