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Poems Poems Robert Frost The long awaited comprehensive and authoritative edition. The Poetry of Robert Frost brings together for the first time the full contents of all eleven of Frost's individual books of verse, from A Bo… OL1108089W
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians [19 stories] Tales of Soldiers and Civilians [19 stories] Ambrose Bierce There are multiple collections with this title. This collection contains: Soldiers [10 stories] A Horseman in the Sky -- [Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1486319… OL14863262W
The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories Robert M. Coates,Nigel Kneale,Charles Grandison Finney,Ray Bradbury,Nathaniel Hawthorne,John Seymour,Oliver Lafarge,E. B. White,Roald Dahl,Loren Eiseley,Shirley Jackson,James H. Schmitz,Henry Kuttner The circus of Dr. Lao, by C.G. Finney. The pond, by N. Kneale. The hour of letdown, by E.B. White. [The wish](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504494W/The_Wish), by R. Dahl. The summer peopl… OL16465607W
Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume II (D-H) Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume II (D-H) Joan Houston Hall A compendium of words, phrases, and local meanings has been culled from years of research, using thousands of interviews with representative American communities. Online index is at http://dare.wisc.… OL16503694W
The Norton anthology of literature by women The Norton anthology of literature by women Sandra M. Gilbert Contains selections written by over 150 women authors from English-speaking countries. Ranges from the fourteenth century to the present. OL17026636W
Dear editor Dear editor Stephen Young,Joseph Parisi "Poignant, hilarious, and brutally frank, Dear Editor reveals the personalities and untold stories behind the creation of modern poetry.". "Founded in 1912, Poetry became famous immediately by print… OL17999152W
Native American literatures Native American literatures Kathy J. Whitson "This current, affordable title covers Native American poetry, fiction, and prose. It lists more than 300 alphabetically arranged entries, divided into four types: individual authors, individual work… OL1995922W
The Oxford dictionary of American political slang The Oxford dictionary of American political slang Grant Barrett Includes more than 600 slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech. We find not only the meaning and history of familiar terms such as gerrymander, but also of lesse… OL20604743W
Writing for an Endangered World Writing for an Endangered World Lawrence Buell "Emphasizing the influence of the physical environment on individual and collective perception, Buell's book provides the theoretical underpinnings for an eco-criticism now reaching full power. Writi… OL3503211W
The subject is murder The subject is murder Albert J. Menendez A masterful job of organizing more than 3,800 books into 25 subject headings (plot settings). Archaeology, advertising, music, the occult, weddings and so on. Each chapter consists of an essay and … OL35636W
Emily Dickinson, a poet's grammar Emily Dickinson, a poet's grammar Cristanne Miller Traces the roots of Dickinson's unusual, compressed, ungrammatical, and richly ambiguous style of poetry. OL3747700W
A different sense of power A different sense of power Thomas Fink "This study analyzes the work of social poets who hail from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and geographical locations in the United States. These figures, who emerged as poets in the last two … OL4128889W
Harper dictionary of contemporary usage Harper dictionary of contemporary usage Mary Morris,William Morris,William Morris Includes commentaries on the use and misuse of contemporary words and phrases. OL4987997W
American historical fiction American historical fiction A. T. Dickinson This edition is compiled by Virginia B. Gerhardstein. It contains 3048 annotated entries classed by the subject period from colonial America through "The Turbulent Years, 1960 to 1977." Precise acces… OL5109602W
Colonial American English, a glossary Colonial American English, a glossary Richard M. Lederer This book "is a handy glossary that lists and defines many words and phrases, the meanings of which are now obscure, that were used in America during the period from 1608 to 1783, the Colonial period… OL5116769W
Maternal body and voice in Toni Morrison, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Lee Smith Maternal body and voice in Toni Morrison, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Lee Smith Paula Gallant Eckard "Throughout human history, motherhood and maternal experience have been largely defined and written by patriarchal culture. Religion, art, medicine, psychoanalysis, and other bastions of male power h… OL5957296W
Historia Historia Louis Gerard Mendoza "Libraries, Borderlands scholars, and those interested in the broad issues of cultural studies will want to own Mendoza's innovative book, which instead of insisting on the strict separation of the t… OL6207973W
A dictionary of American authors A dictionary of American authors Oscar Fay Adams “A greatly enlarged edition of the author’s Handbook of American Authors. It gives six thousand names with dates, titles of books, and exceedingly compact biographic and critical notes.” – – A.L.A.C… OL6671129W
A dictionary of modern American usage A dictionary of modern American usage Bryan A. Garner "This wonderfully written work aims to help people use language so they will use the right words to say what they mean. Garner relies on modern sources rather than historical precedent to determine t… OL811301W
Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time Joan Larkin,Carl Morse The best lesbian and gay poetry written from 1950 to the present. Contributors include, W H Auden, James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, Judy Grahn, Langston Hughes, Audre Lourde and many others. OL9391703W
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