Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen―An Authorized Biography
By: Brendan Greaves
4.47
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
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1. Fat City
By: Leonard Gardner
4.02
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
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2. Underworld
By: Don DeLillo
4.81
Format: 539 pages, Paperback
While Eisenstein documented the forces of totalitarianism and Stalinism upon the faces of the Russi… read more
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3. An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
By: Alice Waters , Tamar Adler
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
Reviving the inspiring message of M. F. K. Fisher's How to Cook a Wolf-- written in 1942 during war… read more
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4. Angels
By: Denis Johnson
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Adazzling and savage first novel' New York Times Angelstells the story of two born losers. Jamie h… read more
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5. The Power and the Glory
By: John Updike , Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages,
How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more
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6. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)
By: Jane Gardam
4.10
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more
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7. The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
By: Tom Bissell , Greg Sestero
4.04
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
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8. Libra
By: Don DeLillo
3.87
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
From the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and Zero K In this powerful, eer… read more
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9. Pulphead
By: John Jeremiah Sullivan
3.89
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
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10. A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
By: Harry Crews , Michael McCurdy
3.80
Format: 25 pages, Hardcover
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11. In the Hand of Dante
By: Nick Tosches
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
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12. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
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13. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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14. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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15. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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16. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
By: Sam Wasson
3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more
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17. Joyful Recollections of Trauma
By: Paul Scheer
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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18. Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
By: Jessica J. Lee
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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19. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps
By: Jon Favreau
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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20. Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen―An Authorized Biography
By: Brendan Greaves
4.47
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Truckload of Art is the definitive, authorized, and first-ever biography of Terry Allen, the inter… read more
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