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The Best of Best American Erotica 2008: 15th Anniversary (Best American Erotica)
by Susie Bright  Publisher Comments The best of the best. The hottest of the hot. To mark its fifteenth anniversary, the top-selling erotica series achieves a scorching new climax with a special edition showcasing standout stories from the entire series as well as never before...
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The New Kings of Nonfiction
by Ira Glass Publisher Comments A collection of stories-some well known, some more obscure-capturing some of the best storytelling of this golden age of nonfiction. An anthology of the best new masters of nonfiction storytelling, personally chosen and introduced by Ira Glass, the...
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Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
by David Remnick Publisher Comments This anthology of food writings from the "New Yorker" addresses cuisine both haute and bas, not only in prose but with a generous selection of hilarious cartoons....
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The Best American Short Stories 2007
by Stephen King and Heidi Pitlor Publisher Comments Pop-culture icon Stephen King serves as the guest editor of this popular anthology, which includes such contributors as Richard Russo, John Barth, Jim Shepard, Alice Munro, William Gay, and Mary Gordon....
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Best American Science and Nature 2007 (Rev 07 Edition)
by Greene Publisher Comments Edited by Richard Preston, Jr., the bestselling author of "The Hot Zone" and "The Cobra Event," this new collection is a terrific sampling of science writing at its best" ("Booklist")....
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The Best American Poetry (Best American Poetry)
by David Lehman Publisher Comments Celebrated poet McHugh and renowned editor Lehman present the 20th edition of the popular and comprehensive "Best American Poetry" series....
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My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro
by Jeffrey Eugenides 
Publisher Comments "When it comes to love, there are a million theories to explain it. But when it comes to love stories, things are simpler. A love story can never be about full possession. Love stories depend on disappointment, on unequal births and feuding families, on...
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The Other Woman: Twenty-One Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly about Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal
by Victoria Zackheim Publisher Comments An anthology collection of twenty-one essays that concern the other woman--either being her or having her wreak havoc on a marriage or relationship--now available as a trade paperback. From some of America's top writers comes a groundbreaking...
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Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999
by Lisa Grunwald Publisher Comments Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen, write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens...
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Best American Essays 2007 (08 Edition)
by Wallace Publisher Comments Edited by the critically acclaimed writer David Foster Wallace, this years collection includes such contributors as Jo Ann Beard, Mark Danner, Malcolm Gladwell, Louis Menand, Molly Peacock, and others....
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The Best American Science Writing (Best American Science Writing)
by Gina Kolata Publisher Comments The latest edition of the popular annual series dedicated to collecting the best, most relevant, and most thought-provoking science writing of the year features articles from a wide variety of publications and covers provocative and engaging topics....
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading (Best American Nonrequired Reading)
by Dave Eggers Publisher Comments From Q & A by Dave Eggers A group of senators and assemblypersons were pressing The Best American Nonrequired Reading on a number of questions relating to the collection, so we decided to kill that stone in the shape of an introduction in the shape of a...
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Best Food Writing (Best Food Writing)
by Holly Hughes Publisher Comments Best Food Writing 2002 assembles, for the third year, the most exceptional writing from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and websites. Contributors include Jeffrey Steingarten, Ruth Reichl, Calvin Trillin, Amanda Hesser, and...
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The Best American Mystery Stories (Best American Mystery Stories)
by Carl Hiaasen Publisher Comments The best-selling author Carl Hiaasen takes the reins for the eleventh edition of this series, featuring twenty of the past year's most distinguished tales of mystery, crime, and suspense. Laura Lippman introduces us to a suburban soccer mom who...
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Obit.: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives
by Jim Sheeler Publisher Comments Like Everything I Really Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten, or Tuesdays with Morrie, Obit is a wise and deeply moving book that illuminates the human condition. For ten years, Jim Sheeler has scoured Colorado looking for subjects whose stories he...
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Minding the Store: Great Writing about Business, from Tolstoy to Now
by Robert (edt) Coles Publisher Comments Entertaining and illuminating literary selections that explore the ethical quandaries of the workplace, collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Moral Lives of Children. "They don't know me anymore."—Willy Loman, in Death of a Salesman...
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Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me
by Ben Karlin Publisher Comments The Emmy award-winning former executive producer of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report has assembled a stellar lineup of men who have one thing in common: all have been dumped...and are willing to share their pain and the lessons learned...
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Money Changes Everything: Twenty-Two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts, and Other Surprising Turns
by Offill Jenny Publisher Comments The editors of The Friend Who Got Away are back with a new anthology that will do for money what they did for women’s friendships. Ours is a culture of confession, yet money remains a distinctly taboo subject for most Americans. In this riveting...
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The O. Henry Prize Stories (Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards)
by Laura Furman Publisher Comments An annual collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in...
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The Best American Comics 2007
by Chris Ware
Powells.com Staff Pick Chris Ware's choices in this collection are eclectic and inclusive of different generations of art-comics. From the Kramers Ergot selections that push the edge of cartooning to Crumb, Gilbert Hernandez, the ever-popular Ivan Brunetti, Lynda Barry, and...
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