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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the man of letters to whom Emily Dickinson first entrusted her poems, was dumbfounded by them, and asked, What place ought to be assigned in literature to what is so remarkable, yet so elusive of criticism? His question was answered only after Dickinson`s death: She is now considered one of America`s greatest poets. Her terse, oblique, visionary poems have almost no relation to the conventions of the second half of the 19th century, when they were written. They play adventurously with meter and rhyme and are completely free of the saccharine sentiments popular at the time. Irreverent, frank, eccentric, and deeply personal, Dickinson`s poetry remains fresh and unique, and is always scrupulously in search of truth. As Dickinson put it herself: Much Madness is divinest Sense--/To a discerning Eye... AUTHOR: Emily Dickinson, William H. Shurr
PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth
Mickey Sabbath, an aging, misanthropic puppeteer, embarks on a journey into his checkered past when his long-time mistress dies. His journey turns into succession of disasters. And while Sabbath wants to die, he still has too much life in him to succumb. AUTHOR: Philip Roth
PUBLISHER: McKay, David Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Dunio Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke, Young David
Named for the Castle of Duino, on a rocky headland of the Adriatic, the Duino Elegies speaks in a voice that is both intimate and majestic on the mysteries of human life and our attempt, in the words of the translator, 'to use our self-consciousness to some advantage: to transcend, through art and the imagination, our self-deception and our fear.' AUTHOR: Rainer Maria Rilke, Young David
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Company by Robert Littell
In this sprawling and ambitious novel of the Cold War, acclaimed thriller writer Robert Littell tells the story of an epic mole hunt, and, in the process, revisits some of the CIA's major operations, from 1950s Berlin to '90s Russia. AUTHOR: Robert Littell
PUBLISHER: Overlook Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Altoona Baboona by Janie Bynum
A bored baboon seeks adventure by setting off an a hot-air balloon trip. Along the way she encounters not only fun, but also new friends. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Janie Bynum
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Alice M. Hogan, Dale Carnegie, Eleanor Bron, Jill Masters, John P. Riquelme
Because of its sexual frankness and indictment of Victorian hypocrisy, Hardy's novel was considered shocking when it was published in 1891. It is the tale of Tess Derbeyfield, a young country girl whose rape by Alec D'Urberville, a distant aristocratic relative, leads to pregnancy. Tess's baby dies, and she finds work as a dairymaid at a farm where no one knows her story. There she falls in love with and marries a young farmer named Angel Clare, but when Angel finds out about his wife's past, he is horrified, and deserts her. Tess meets Alec again--now a reformed character who has become an itinerant preacher--and lives with him as his wife. When Angel returns for her and finds her with Alec, he leaves her again--and Tess, in despair, stabs Alec--the cause of all her woes--and kills him. She and Angel are reunited, but only briefly: Tess is taken into custody and will be tried for murder and hanged. The cynical and sophisticated Alec's seduction of a country girl, and the self-righteous Angel's destructive idealization of her, can be seen as symbols of the city's ruthless exploitation of the English countryside--a common theme in Hardy's fiction. AUTHOR: Alice M. Hogan, Dale Carnegie, Eleanor Bron, Jill Masters, John P. Riquelme
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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