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Cat's Cradle Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut

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One of Vonnegut's major works, this is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.... (read more)

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Jitterbug Perfume Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins

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Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight [Paris time]. It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing... (read more)

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Breakfast of Champions Breakfast of Champions
by Kurt Vonnegut

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After Slaughterhouse Five came out in 1969, Kurt Vonnegut entered a long period of depression and swore he would never write another novel. Fortunately he was lying, and in 1973, out came Breakfast of Champions; or, Goodbye Blue Monday (the subtitle... (read more)

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On the Road On the Road
by Jack Kerouac

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On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and... (read more)

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S Thompson

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When Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer bought the Modern Library in 1925, its mission was ? and still is ? to provide attractive, hardcover editions of important works of literature and thought to serious readers on a budget. The Modern Library became... (read more)

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The Stranger The Stranger
by Albert Camus

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Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's extraordinary first novel, The Stranger (L'Etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through this story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a... (read more)

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Bell Jar Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath

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The Bell Jarchronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under--maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity... (read more)

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Pocket Poets #04: Howl: And Other Poems Pocket Poets #04: Howl: And Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg

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"Do we need to say anything about Howl? This is, more than anything else, the book that launched the Beat movement. By turns wildly praised and bitterly reviled, it still packs a wallop today." Chris F., Powells.com... (read more)

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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger

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Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.... (read more)

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Coney Island of the Mind Coney Island of the Mind
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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A new printing of Ferlinghetti's classic. The title of this vibrant collection of poems is taken from Henry Miller's Into the Night Life, and expresses the way Ferlinghetti felt about these poems when he wrote them during a short period in the 1950s... (read more)

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The Second Sex The Second Sex
by Simone De Beauvoir

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This triumphant and genuinely revolutionary book began as an exceptional woman's attempt to find out who and what she was. It ended up shocking, infuriating, and galvanizing millions of readers and dramatically revising the way women talk and think about... (read more)

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Ariel: Perennial Classics Edition Ariel: Perennial Classics Edition
by Sylvia Plath

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"In these poems...Sylvia Plath becomes herself, becomes something imaginary, newly, wildly and subtly created." -- From the Introduction by Robert... (read more)

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How To Go To College Almost for Free How To Go To College Almost for Free
by Benjamin R. Kaplan

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Hundreds of millions of dollars in scholarship prizes are waiting to be won. 23 year-old Ben Kaplan has won many of them, paying nearly $90,000 toward his Harvard education. Ben then wrote and self-published his story and methodology in How To Go To... (read more)

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Cat's Eye Cat's Eye
by Margaret Atwood

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This is my favorite out of all Margaret Atwood's books. It tells the story so convincingly of the cruelty and competition between young girls as viewed by the now older narrator Elaine. Complex and disturbing, Cat's Eye is a momentous book from one of... (read more)

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Getting What You Came for: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a PH.D. Getting What You Came for: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a PH.D.
by Robert L Peters

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Is graduate school right for you? Should you get a master's or a Ph.D.? How can you choose the best possible school? This classic guide helps students answer these vital questions and much more. It will also help graduate students finish in less... (read more)

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics)
by Ken Kesey

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An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the... (read more)

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Steppenwolf Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse

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With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse’s best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature’s most poetic evocations of the soul’s journey to liberationHarry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a... (read more)

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Anarchy for the Masses: The Disinformation Guide to the Invisibles Anarchy for the Masses: The Disinformation Guide to the Invisibles
by Patrick Neighly and Kereth Cowe-Spigai

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Includes bibliographical references.... (read more)

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College Survival 4TH Edition College Survival 4TH Edition
by Greg Gottesman

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ARCO's runaway hit is back -- and it's better than ever! This brash, lively handbook -- the group effort of college students from Boston to Berkeley -- has been a smash hit through three editions, selling out printing after printing. Now freshly updated,... (read more)

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Complete Book of Colleges, 2003 Edition Complete Book of Colleges, 2003 Edition
by Princeton Review

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This is the only guide you will need for a successful college search. Browse through the 2003 edition of the Complete Book of Colleges and you will find meticulously researched profiles of more than 1,600 schools. It contains the latest information for... (read more)

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