The Seven Last Words from the Cross

by Rutledge, Fleming

Heralded by congregations and peers alike as one of today's most compelling and powerful Christian voices, Mrs. Rutledge is also a best-selling author whose previous collections of sermons have touched readers deeply...

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A Year with Emerson: A Daybook

by Richard Grossman, ed., Barry Mosher, illus.

In this delightful display of his genius, the daily almanac entries take us to the heart of his ideas and philosophy...

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Take Big Bites

by Ellerbee, Linda

The celebrated journalist, producer, and bestselling author takes readers on a remarkable culinary journey through "a life lived interestingly, if not especially intelligently"...

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The Rural Life

by Klinkenborg, Verlyn, Baker, Deborah

Now in its fourth printing, the hardcover edition of THE RURAL LIFE was a NEBA bestseller and a Book Sense 76 pick...

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Twenty Days with Julian & Little Bunny by Papa (New York Review Books Classics)

by Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Auster, Paul

In July of 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne's wife and daughters took a trip to visit relatives. How Hawthorne and his five-year-old son Julian managed in their absence is the subject of this tender and funny excerpt from Hawthorne's notebooks...

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Tales from Shakespeare

by Packer, Tina

Ten of the Bard's most popular and powerful works are retold as stories rich in Shakespearean wit and wisdom, and brilliantly illustrated by award-winning artists. Full color...

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The Illustrated Souls of Black Folk (Annotated, Illustrated, Documentary Editions)

by Du Bois, W. E. B., Provenzo, Eugene F., Jr., Marable, Manning

This prophetic statement made by W. E. B. Du Bois over a century ago is from The Souls of Black Folk. One hundred years later, "Souls remains the most important treatment of African-American life and culture published in the twentieth century...

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