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	AMERICAN SKETCHES: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane. By Walter Isaacson. Remainder Item #1806122 Pub at $25.99 - Our Price $7.95

	BACK ON THE FIRE. By Gary Snyder. Remainder Item #7365470 Pub at $24.00 - Our Price $2.95

	CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson. Remainder Item #167417X Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $4.95

	CREATIONISTS: Selected Essays, 1993-2006. By E.L. Doctorow. Remainder Item #7488068 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $5.95

	DUE CONSIDERATIONS: Essays and Criticism. By John Updike. Remainder Item #1771078 Pub at $20.00 - Our Price $5.95

	FALLING UPWARDS: Essays in Defense of the Imagination. By Lee Siegel. Remainder Item #7310048 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $3.95

	FINDINGS: Essays on the Natural and Unnatural World. By Kathleen Jamie. Remainder Item #1792725 Pub at $14.00 - Our Price $4.95

	HOUSE BEAUTIFUL IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Thoughts of Home. Edited By Elaine Greene. Remainder Item #7276079 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $3.95

	HOW HEMLINES PREDICT THE ECONOMY: Explanations, Rationalizations, and Theories on Everything. By Peter FitzSimons. Remainder Item #7433107 Pub at $12.95 - Our Price $2.95

	HURT YOURSELF: In Executive Pursuit of Action, Danger, and a Decent-Looking Pair of Swim Trunks. By Harry Hurt III. Remainder Item #1744372 Pub at $22.95 - Our Price $3.95

	THE JEWISH WRITINGS. By Hannah Arendt. Remainder Item #1741543 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $14.95

	LIFE IS LIKE A SAILBOAT: Selected Writings on Life and Living from The Philadelphia Inquirer. By John Grogan. Remainder Item #1762702 Pub at $18.95 - Our Price $4.95

	LINCOLN'S SMILE AND OTHER ENIGMAS. By Alan Trachtenberg. Remainder Item #7450508 Pub at $30.00 - Our Price $4.95

	NATURAL SELECTION: Gary Giddins on Comedy, Film, Music, and Books. Remainder Item #1694898 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $5.95

	NOBEL LECTURES: From the Literature Laureates, 1986 to 2006. Remainder Item #7445261 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $4.95

	OUT OF MY MIND. By Andy Rooney. Remainder Item #1793063 Pub at $26.00 - Our Price $4.95

	PORTRAITS AND OBSERVATIONS: The Essays of Truman Capote. Remainder Item #167255X Pub at $17.00 - Our Price $4.95

	PORTRAITS AND OBSERVATIONS: The Essays of Truman Capote. Remainder Item #1800981 Pub at $28.95 - Our Price $9.95

	THE SELECTED ESSAYS OF GORE VIDAL. Edited By Jay Parini. Remainder Item #180104X Pub at $27.50 - Our Price $9.95

	THE SELECTED ESSAYS OF GORE VIDAL. Edited By Jay Parini. Current Item #7451520 Pub at $17.00 - Our Price $11.95

	WHAT WE SAY GOES: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World. By Noam Chomsky. Remainder Item #238826X Pub at $15.00 - Our Price $4.95

	WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. By David Sedaris. Remainder Item #1790463 Pub at $25.99 - Our Price $6.95

	THE WRITER AND THE WORLD. By V.S. Naipaul. Remainder Item #1622773 Pub at $30.00 - Our Price $2.95

	YOU ARE STILL BEING LIED TO: The Remixed Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes and Cultural Myths. Edited By Russ Kick. Remainder Item #1745328 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $7.95