Virgil's Homeric epic was not quite completed when he died suddenly in 19 B.C. However, against Virgil's expressed wishes, the emperor Augustus decreed that it be published. It traces the journey of Aeneas to Italy after the Trojan War, where (according to Homer) he was instrumental in the founding ... Read more

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Repair presents a new collection of poetry that considers such topics as the loss of friends, the love of grandchildren, childhood memories, current events, his self image, and contemporary life during wartime. ... Read more

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Joe Allston is a retired literary agent whose parents and only son are dead, and who feels that he has been a mere spectator through life. Than a postcard from a friend causes him to return to the journals of a trip he took to his mother's birthplace to search for his roots; memories of that journey... Read more

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This book--about work and what it means--won the National Book Award in 1991. ... Read more

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A collection of bittersweet love poems reflects the author's personal experiences. ... Read more

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A follow-up to the author's highly acclaimed Kyrie, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, offers an intimate exploration of the obstacles and joys of modern life. ... Read more

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In these 22 essays, David James Duncan, one of America's most celebrated nature writers and activists, meditates on the many aspects of water conservation, including the havoc wrought by the mining industry. National Book Award nominee, 2001. ... Read more

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An inventive, hypnotic novel about frienship and family, love and war, madness and beauty, and, above all, "birdness." Wharton crafts an unforgettable tale--one that suggests another notion of sanity in a world that is manifestly insane. ... Read more

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Interwoven throughout this memoir of growing up on the Mexican-American border are references to Indian and Mexican myths and stories. John Phillip Santos, a Rhodes scholar, writer, and television producer, writes about various members of his family and contemplates his ancestry. This book was nomin... Read more

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This memoirist recollects her Peruvian childhood in the 1950s as the daughter of an interracial, Peruvian-American marriage. Here she details the pull of both traditions, sharing the identity crisis she experienced as she moved among the two communities. This volume was nominated for the 2001 Nation... Read more

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Five Nebraskans witness a bullfight in Mexico. Each person's vision of the bullfight, however, differs and is constructed by his or her own past. ... Read more

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Three girls face very different circumstances while pursuing romance as powerful supernatural forces impact their lives and first loves in this suspenseful tale for young adults. ... Read more

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An account of John F. Kennedy's campaign, election, and days as President. ... Read more

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With her second book of verse, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon propels herself into the stratosphere of essential poets. She brilliantly mixes astronomical assertions, artistic references, and chiseled versions of her own perception, conjuring the mingled essence of influence which has forged her intellect... Read more

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Keith Waldrop presents a landmark triptych of fractured poems which brilliantly explore the possibilities of capturing perception with poetry. The overall book is rigidly structured, with three separate sections followed by an epilogue, but the pieces within each sequence wander and tear themselves ... Read more

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Harold Bloom, author of THE WESTERN CANON and editor of hundreds of critical works, unpacks a lifetime of experience with Shakespeare and his characters. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. ... Read more

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Science and love are the subjects of these short stories and a novella. Winner of the 1996 National Book Award. ... Read more

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Carl Phillips's distinctive voice emanates insight and discovery in this, his 10th collection of verse. Phillips has mastered the process of using a craft composed of seemingly simple language to dive into the darkened, still depths of dismay and doubt that lie beneath our shifting, glistening socia... Read more

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