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|  | The Last Gentleman by Walker Percy, Wolfram Kandinsky
Percy's second novel is the comic tale of Will Barrett, a Candide-like young innocent working at Macy's in New York City, who falls in love with Kitty Vaught. He accompanies her and her bizarre family to her Southern home, then travels west with Kitty's dying brother. Will's search is for meaning and ethical certainties in a world of chaos and evil. AUTHOR: Walker Percy, Wolfram Kandinsky
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Dictionary Of Literary And Thematic Terms by Edward Quinn
Theoretical, historical, and cultural terms defined as they relate to literature--which, in this reference book's expanded definition, includes writing for television and film. Also included are essays on such themes as evil, alienation, love, politics, existentialism, war, AIDS, and anti-Semitism. AUTHOR: Edward Quinn
PUBLISHER: Facts on File Inc.
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Passages by Philippe Lardy
Filled with inspirational quotes from the likes of Emerson and Thoreau, Lincoln and Gandhi, you'll soon feel that as long as you have dreams and aspirations, you can change the world. Illustrated in full color. Miniature Edition. AUTHOR: Philippe Lardy
PUBLISHER: Running Press Book Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis
Ellis's glitzy novel about a young man adrift in New York City clubland involves a terrorist plot to bomb trendy nightspots. AUTHOR: Bret Easton Ellis
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Earthdance by Joanne Ryder, Norman Gorbaty
A lyrical poem celebrating the importance of having respect for the earth and all of its inhabitants. Colorful paintings illustrate the verses. AUTHOR: Joanne Ryder, Norman Gorbaty
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Herman Melville by Hershel Parker
This second and final volume of Hershel Parker's biography of Herman Melville begins with the publication of MOBY-DICK in 1851, and follows Melville--and the novel--through years of disappointing reviews and increasing obscurity. Unable to sustain a living by writing, Melville was forced to work at the Customs House in New York City, and never regained his fame and popularity. Parker's exhaustive book painfully details the bleakness of the writer's final years. AUTHOR: Hershel Parker
PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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