Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions
By: Mark Eden Horowitz
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Sondheim on Music compiles a series of interviews the author conducted with Stephen Sondheim as the…
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1. Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books)
By: Ted Chapin
4.51
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
In 1971 college student Ted Chapin found himself front row center as a production assistant at the … read more
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- music
- biography
- theatre
- nonfiction
- musicals
- drama
2. A Streetcar Named Desire
By: Tennessee Williams
3.98
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play—reissued with an introduction by Art… read more
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- theatre
- drama
"Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..."-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
"And funerals are pretty compared to deaths."-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
"I think you have a great capacity for devotion,"-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
"I want to rest. I want to breathe quietly again."-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
3. Tenth of December
By: George Saunders
3.98
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an u… read more
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"Ted, I swear to God, quothe he."-George Saunders, Tenth of December
"Every step was a victory. He had to remember that."-George Saunders, Tenth of December
"Why was she dancing? No reason. Just alive, I guess."-George Saunders, Tenth of December
"The thing about girls? Suzanne said. Is we are more content-driven."-George Saunders, Tenth of December
4. The Changing Light at Sandover
By: James Merrill , J.D. McClatchy , Stephen Yenser
3.87
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
James Merrill's audacious and dazzling epic poem, The Changing Light at Sandover, remains as startl… read more
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- poetry
5. Our Town
By: Thornton Wilder , Donald Margulies , Tappan Wilder
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
Our Townwas first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama… read more
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- theatre
- drama
6. Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes
By: Stephen Sondheim
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Stephen Sondheim has won seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and the Ken… read more
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- music
- poetry
- biography
- theatre
- nonfiction
7. Into the Woods
By: James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
"That joyous rarity, a work of sophisticated artistic ambition and deep political purpose that affo… read more
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- musicals
- drama
8. Ethan Frome
By: Edith Wharton
2.00
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his dif… read more
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9. Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life
By: George Monbiot
4.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This book explodes with wonder and delight. Making use of remarkable scientific discoveries that tr… read more
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- nonfiction
10. Bird by Bird
By: Anne Lamott
4.24
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
11. Lark Rise to Candleford
By: Richard Mabey , Flora Thompson
3.88
Format: 588 pages, Paperback
Flora Thompson's immortal trilogy, containing "Lark Rise", "Over To Candleford" and "Candleford Gre… read more
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12. Black No More
By: George S. Schuyler
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Modern Library Harlem Renaissance What would happen to the race problem in America if black people … read more
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13. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
By: Stephen King
3.96
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
On Writing begins with King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. K… read more
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14. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.54
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Blac… read more
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- nonfiction
15. A Little Night Music
By: Stephen Sondheim
4.40
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
(Applause Libretto Library). "Throwing caution to the winds, I assert that A Little Night Music com… read more
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16. Empire Falls
By: Richard Russo
3.57
Format: 10 pages, Paperback
Richard Russo--from his first novel, Mohawk, to his most recent, Straight Man--has demonstrated a p… read more
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17. Making It So
By: Patrick Stewart
4.33
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
18. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
By: Kate Beaton
4.41
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
19. The New Life
By: Tom Crewe
3.77
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership . . .London, 189… read more
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"Science requires a rational audience."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"True development does not respect comfort."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"We British are used to being ruthless, of course, but only the men. The women aren't. We don't grab. We shouldn't . But we have to, to make some room for ourselves."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"...John wondered if she would ever be so unthinkingly imperious again; whether her childish powers of command would survive the dislocation from home, the knowledge of her smallness in the greater wo…"-Tom Crewe, The New Life
20. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
By: Mary Rodgers
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- theatre
- biography
21. Liberation Day
By: George Saunders
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more
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"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
22. Mayflies
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the widely renowned author Andrew O'Hagan, a heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong … read more
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"Go gently with people's pain. It's the same as yours."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
"He drank like that, too: as if oblivion was a perfect place to be by yourself."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
"He was a friend to friendship itself and never expected people to be better than they were."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
"It wasn’t a matter to fight over: some families are made up of strangers and nothing can change it."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
23. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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- theatre
- nonfiction
- biography
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
24. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
By: George Saunders
4.54
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to … read more
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- nonfiction
"Then do that again, over and over, until I'm pleased."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"What transforms an anecdote into a story is escalation. Or, we might say: when escalation is suddenly felt to be occurring, it is a sign that our anecdote is transforming into a story."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more ex…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"We tend, in discussion, to reduce stories to plot (what happens). We feel, correctly, that something of their meaning resides there. But stories also mean through their internal dynamics—the manner i…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
25. Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
By: Jeremy Denk
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully written, witty memoir that is also an immersive exploration of classical music--its p… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
"You passed. But have you considered the word "la"?"-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
"And what else is music but a space for us to live in, for a while."-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
"Remember: music is not the notes. It is between the notes. [György Sebők]"-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
"Evil moment, when you doubt the magician's magic, when you wonder if it was more image than insight."-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
26. The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)
By: A.J. Hackwith
3.82
Format: 384 pages, ebook
In the first book in a brilliant new fantasy series, books that aren't finished by their authors re… read more
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"The best stories are bled."-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)
"Nothing burns up humanity as thoroughly as eternity."-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)
"Beat an archangel, divert war, save our souls. Simple as that?"-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)
"Build good fences, make good friends, and keep your laundry indoors."-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)
27. Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"
By: James Lapine
4.50
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in… read more
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- art
- biography
- theatre
- nonfiction
28. Three Summers
By: Margarita Liberaki
3.76
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
An NYRB Classics Original Three Summers is the story of three sisters growing up in the countrys… read more
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"Dusk, like a painter, gave a certain overpowering tone to the landscape that united all the colors and effaced discord."-Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers
"But she wasn't scared of the heat. She welcomed it. under her skin it was as if the cells were dancing. And further in, the blood."-Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers
"It was during those moments that he realized that he experienced true happiness. Whereas big events - like when he graduated or got married to Maria or learned he would be a father - brought worries …"-Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers
"I wish I could take it all in, hold it in my arms or be held in its arms. Something is swelling inside me, getting larger and larger... I sigh. "What's the matter, Katerina? Are you sad?" everyone as…"-Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers
29. Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim
By: D.T. Max
3.71
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A New Yorker writer's illuminating and deeply personal collection of interviews with the late Steph… read more
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- biography
- theatre
- nonfiction
- musicals
30. Daddy Lessons
By: Steacy Easton
4.05
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Cowboy erotica meets Kathy Acker in this smart, raunchy look at a queer sexual awakening Steacy … read more
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31. Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions
By: Mark Eden Horowitz
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Sondheim on Music compiles a series of interviews the author conducted with Stephen Sondheim as the… read more
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