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The Concord Quartet: Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and the Friendship That Freed the American Mind By Samuel A. Schreiner Cover Image
$26.95
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Henry James and American Painting By Colm Tóibín, Marc Simpson, Declan Kiely Cover Image
$48.00
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Carolyn G. Heilbrun: Feminist in a Tenured Position (Feminist Issues) By Susan Kress Cover Image
$32.50
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Elizabeth Bishop's Brazil By Bethany Hicok Cover Image
$31.85
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Mathilde Blind: Late-Victorian Culture and the Woman of Letters (Victorian Literature & Culture) By James Diedrick, Andrew Stauffer (Editor), Herbert F. Tucker (Editor) Cover Image
$64.35
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Eliza Fenwick: Early Modern Feminist (EARLY MODERN FEMINISMS) By Lissa Paul Cover Image
$52.20
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Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James By Patrick J. Murphy Cover Image
$118.24
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Thurberville By Bob Hunter Cover Image
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These Precious Days: Essays By Ann Patchett Cover Image
$18.00
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir By Jeannette Walls Cover Image
$17.99
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Vintage International) By Joan Didion Cover Image
$17.00
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
$8.99
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