Michael Chabon
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A series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Holmes to Cormac McCarthy. Throughout, Chabon energetically argues for a return to the thrilling, chilling origins of storytelling, rejecting the false walls around "serious" literature in favor of a wide-ranging affection.
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: Michael Chabon's debut follows Art Bechstein, a man still too young to know what he wants. He only knows what he doesn't want: the life of his money-laundering father. During the summer after graduation he's finding his own way with brilliant and seductive new friends-erudite Arthur Lecomte, the confounding and mercurial Phlox, and a poetry-reciting biker who pulls Art inevitably back into his father's mobbed-up world....
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A cryptic and desperate message from a long-lost friend Dr. Beverly Crusher draws Starfleet legend Admiral Jean-Luc Picard into the most daring mission of his life, forcing him to recruit allies spanning generations old and new. The legacy of Picard's past meets explosive new revelations that will alter the fate of the Federation forever. Experience the Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion three decades in the making like you've never seen it before,...
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From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock comes the second volume of the author's definitive editions of the famous Elric of Melniboné series
In one of the most well-loved fantasy epics of the twentieth century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melniboné. After defeating his nefarious cousin and gaining control over the epic sword Stormbringer, Elric,
prince of ruins, must decide what he's...
7) Wonder Boys
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During a single hectic weekend, college professor Grady Tripp scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control.