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Anecdotes

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From Anecdotes, a collection of vignettes that originally appeared in Kleist’s newspaper Berliner Abendblätter, which began publication in 1810. Kleist took his own life the following year. The collection will…

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Notes to Self
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Lincoln’s private thoughts on fate, failure, slavery, and belief

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Before I Sleep
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By Henry Marsh, from Admissions, a memoir about his life as a neurosurgeon. The book was published in October by St. Martin’s Press. Marsh is the author of Do No Harm.

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Me, Myself, and Ice Cream
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From Donald Trump: America’s 45th President, which was published in November by Gallopade. The biography, by Carole Marsh, is for readers aged eight and up.

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History of Violence
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From Melancholy Accidents, by Peter Manseau. The book compiles colonial and early American newspaper reports of accidental gun deaths and was published in March by Melville House. Manseau is a…

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About the Fox and the Fox-hunters
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The fox at last felt the necessity of a run for his life, for he mounted the bluff, stopped a moment to breathe the fresh air, and chose his course…

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Pennies to heaven
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Eclogue
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On the rich sin of meddling

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Miracles and Anthems
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The alchemy of soccer

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A line to walk on
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The art of a graceful exit

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A celebration of flies

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