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Becoming the Pearl-Poet

Perceptions, Connections, Receptions

by Jane Beal, Kristin Abbo, Elizabeth Allen, John M. Bowers, M. W. Brumit, Ethan Campbell, Nancy Ciccone, David Coley, Michael Drout, Joel Fredell0, Jonathan Gerkin1, Grace Hamman2, Kimberly Jack3, Scott Kleinman4, Kenna Olsen5, Corey Owen6, Jonathan Quick7, Mickey Sweeney8 ...

Series series Studies in Medieval Literature
Who is the Pearl-poet? How do ideas about his life and interpretations of his poems shape our understanding of his work in late-medieval England—and beyond? In Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions, Connections, Receptions, readers can explore the world of this extraordinary, fourteenth-century writer. In Part I, “Perceptions,” five scholars give insightful literary analyses of the narrative poems ... Read more

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Who is the Pearl-poet? How do ideas about his life and interpretations of his poems shape our understanding of his work in late-medieval England—and beyond? In Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions, Connections, Receptions, readers can explore the world of this extraordinary, fourteenth-century writer. In Part I, “Perceptions,” five scholars give insightful literary analyses of the narrative poems
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New Jersey Fan Club

Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State

by Kerri Sullivan, Matthew Taub, Frankie Huang, Erinn Salge, Brandon Harrison, Mike Dawson, Michael C. Gabriele, Wills Kinsley, Pooja Makhijani, Kat Schneider0, Chris Gethard1, Stacey Mei Yan Fong2, Kamelia Ani3, Kate Morgan4, Brittany Coppla5, Scott Neumyer6, Jacquinn Sinclair7, Carlos Dengler8, Miko Beach9, Caren Lissner0, Team 1:1 New Jersey1, Raakhee Mirchandani2, Brandon Stosuy3, Whit Taylor4, Alicia Cook5, Brittany Ingersoll6, Caiti Borruso7, Sarah Prager8, Elise Sacco9, lucy dean stockton0, Alexandra Beguez1, Bob Varettoni2, Jen A. Miller3, Erica Commisso4, Hallel Yadin5, Kae Lani Palmisano6, Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg7, Linda J. Barth8, Donnie Martino9, Hassan Ghanny0, Lorraine Goodman1 ...

Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no singular New Jersey experience, and the stories that its residents have to share about the state will surprise you.New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State is an eclectic ... Read more

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Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no singular New Jersey experience, and the stories that its residents have to share about the state will surprise you.New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State is an eclectic
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New Jersey Fan Club

Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State

by Kerri Sullivan, Matthew Taub, Frankie Huang, Erinn Salge, Brandon Harrison, Mike Dawson, Michael C. Gabriele, Wills Kinsley, Pooja Makhijani, Kat Schneider0, Chris Gethard1, Stacey Mei Yan Fong2, Kamelia Ani3, Kate Morgan4, Brittany Coppla5, Scott Neumyer6, Jacquinn Sinclair7, Carlos Dengler8, Miko Beach9, Caren Lissner0, Team 1:1 New Team 1:1 New Jersey1, Raakhee Mirchandani2, Brandon Stosuy3, Whit Taylor4, Alicia Cook5, Brittany Ingersoll6, Caiti Borruso7, Sarah Prager8, Elise Sacco9, lucy dean stockton0, Alexandra Beguez1, Bob Varettoni2, Jen A. Miller3, Erica Commisso4, Hallel Yadin5, Kae Lani Palmisano6, Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg7, Linda J. Barth8, Donnie Martino9, Hassan Ghanny0, Lorraine Goodman1 ...

NJSAA Edited Works Award Winner (2023)Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no singular New Jersey experience, and the stories that its residents have to share about the state will surprise you.New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate ... Read more

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NJSAA Edited Works Award Winner (2023)Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no singular New Jersey experience, and the stories that its residents have to share about the state will surprise you.New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate
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Uncle John's Fully Loaded: 25th Anniversary Bathroom Reader

by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series Book 25 - Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Annual
Take a seat and settle in—it's a gigantic treasury of trivia and humor for our twenty-fifth (is that porcelain?) anniversary!IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Winner in HumorForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards, Honorable Mention in Humor"Fully Loaded" is putting it mildly. This behemoth of a book is overflowing with incredible stories, surprising facts, weird news, little-known origins, ... Read more

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Take a seat and settle in—it's a gigantic treasury of trivia and humor for our twenty-fifth (is that porcelain?) anniversary!IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Winner in HumorForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards, Honorable Mention in Humor"Fully Loaded" is putting it mildly. This behemoth of a book is overflowing with incredible stories, surprising facts, weird news, little-known origins,
... Read more
Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader

by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
The twenty-seventh Bathroom Reader in the beloved, bizarre trivia series with more than fifteen million copies in print!At a whopping 544 pages, Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader is overflowing with everything that Bathroom Readers' Institute fans have come to expect from this bestselling trivia series: fascinating history, silly science, obscure origins . . . plus fads, blunders, wordplay, ... Read more

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The twenty-seventh Bathroom Reader in the beloved, bizarre trivia series with more than fifteen million copies in print!At a whopping 544 pages, Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader is overflowing with everything that Bathroom Readers' Institute fans have come to expect from this bestselling trivia series: fascinating history, silly science, obscure origins . . . plus fads, blunders, wordplay,
... Read more
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards

by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Readers
Celebrate the winners of this competition for Weirdest, Wildest, and Most Hilarious Trivia of the Year . . .Forget the Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes—after two decades of producing interesting and mind-boggling stories—the folks at the Bathroom Readers' Institute have come up with their own collection of pop-culture awards!This unique volume provides a new way to recognize some of the world's ... Read more

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Celebrate the winners of this competition for Weirdest, Wildest, and Most Hilarious Trivia of the Year . . .Forget the Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes—after two decades of producing interesting and mind-boggling stories—the folks at the Bathroom Readers' Institute have come up with their own collection of pop-culture awards!This unique volume provides a new way to recognize some of the world's
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1,000 Things to Love About America

Celebrating the Reasons We’re Proud to Call the U.S.A. Home

by Brent Bowers, Barbara Bowers, Henry Gottlieb, Agnes Gottlieb ...

From journalists Agnes Hooper Gottlieb and Henry Gottlieb, and Brent Bowers and Barbara Bowers, the acclaimed co-authors of 1,000 Years, 1,000 People, comes a new book that celebrates the reasons we’re proud to call America home—from jazz and the Gettysburg Address to baseball and the White Castle hamburger. Chock full of anecdotes and often surprising insights and historical information, 1,000 ... Read more

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From journalists Agnes Hooper Gottlieb and Henry Gottlieb, and Brent Bowers and Barbara Bowers, the acclaimed co-authors of 1,000 Years, 1,000 People, comes a new book that celebrates the reasons we’re proud to call America home—from jazz and the Gettysburg Address to baseball and the White Castle hamburger. Chock full of anecdotes and often surprising insights and historical information, 1,000
... Read more
The Best American Travel Writing 2020

by Jason Wilson ...

Series series Best American
The year’s best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Macfarlane.Writing, reading, and dreaming about travel have surged, writes Robert MacFarlane in his introduction to the Best American Travel Writing 2020. From an existential reckoning in avalanche school, to an act of kindness at the Mexican-American border, to a moral dilemma at a Kenyan orphanage, ... Read more

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The year’s best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Macfarlane.Writing, reading, and dreaming about travel have surged, writes Robert MacFarlane in his introduction to the Best American Travel Writing 2020. From an existential reckoning in avalanche school, to an act of kindness at the Mexican-American border, to a moral dilemma at a Kenyan orphanage,
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My Bookstore

Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop

by Emily St. John Mandel ...

In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookshops and booksellers, 84 known authors pay tribute to the brick-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second homes.In My Bookstore our greatest authors write about the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have given them over the years. The relationship between a writer and his ... Read more

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In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookshops and booksellers, 84 known authors pay tribute to the brick-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second homes.In My Bookstore our greatest authors write about the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have given them over the years. The relationship between a writer and his
... Read more
Uncle John's Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader

by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Annual
At a whopping 600 absorbing pages, Uncle John pulled out all the stops to make the behemoth Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader the epitome of Throne Room entertainment.Happy birthday, Uncle John! This 20th anniversary edition proves that some things do get better with age. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

At a whopping 600 absorbing pages, Uncle John pulled out all the stops to make the behemoth Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader the epitome of Throne Room entertainment.Happy birthday, Uncle John! This 20th anniversary edition proves that some things do get better with age. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the
... Read more
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into New York

by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series series Plunges Into
Uncle John loves New York, so he's taking the plunge…into the land of bagels, bluebirds, and the Brooklyn Bridge.Start spreading the news. You’re reading today. You’re going to be a part of it--New York, New Yooooork! In this ode to the greatest place on Earth, Uncle John takes you through Ellis Island and down the Hudson to bring you the tome about New York that could only come from the Bathroom ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Uncle John loves New York, so he's taking the plunge…into the land of bagels, bluebirds, and the Brooklyn Bridge.Start spreading the news. You’re reading today. You’re going to be a part of it--New York, New Yooooork! In this ode to the greatest place on Earth, Uncle John takes you through Ellis Island and down the Hudson to bring you the tome about New York that could only come from the Bathroom
... Read more
Voices from the Rust Belt

by Anne Trubek ...

“Timely . . . [the collection] paints intimate portraits of neglected places that are often used as political talking points. A good companion piece to J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy.”—BooklistThe essays in Voices from the Rust Belt "address segregated schools, rural childhoods, suburban ennui, lead poisoning, opiate addiction, and job loss. They reflect upon happy childhoods, successful community ... Read more

$9.99 USD

“Timely . . . [the collection] paints intimate portraits of neglected places that are often used as political talking points. A good companion piece to J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy.”—BooklistThe essays in Voices from the Rust Belt "address segregated schools, rural childhoods, suburban ennui, lead poisoning, opiate addiction, and job loss. They reflect upon happy childhoods, successful community
... Read more

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