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Unknown Masterpieces: Writers Rediscover Literature's Hidden Classics Unknown	Edwin Frank Frank	In this original collection, several of today's finest writers introduce little-known treasures of literature that they count among their favorite books.
Religio Medici and Urne-Buriall Religio Medici and Urne-Burial	Sir Thomas Browne Browne	This new edition of Browne’s two most enduring and beloved works, in which he ponders life, death, religion, and healing, has been assembled by the bestselling author of Will in the World, Stephen Greenblatt, and Renaissance scholar Ramie Targoff. It includes an extensive introduction and helpful annotations. Contributors: Stephen Greenblatt, Ramie Targoff
Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking Poison Penmanship	Jessica Mitford Mitford	Jessica Mitford, celebrated for her exposé The American Way of Death, spent her career chronicling the mischief people get up to in the pursuit of profit. Poison Penmanship—beach reading for journalism junkies and lovers of mordant wit—collects 17 of her finest pieces and fills each out with the story of how she got the scoop and, no less fascinating, how the story developed after publication. Contributors: Jane Smiley
Poets in a Landscape Poets in a Landscape	Gilbert Highet Highet	Scholar Highet introduces us to the lives and work of seven of ancient Rome's greatest poets. But what makes this book special is the rich context the author provides. The result is an entirely sui generis amalgam of travel writing, biography, criticism, and pure poetry. "Here is scholarship in the old sense, humane, unpedantic, open-minded and totally free of academic jargon." —The Irish Times Contributors: Michael C. J. Putnam
Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain Masscult and Midcult	Dwight Macdonald Macdonald	Essayist and provocateur Dwight Macdonald was not afraid to slay sacred cows, and he did so with glee. In this newly gathered collection, Macdonald takes on Ernest Hemingway, James Agee, Tom Wolfe, Webster’s Dictionary, the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, and, most famously, the possibly pernicious ascendancy of popular culture. Contributors: John Summers , Louis Menand
The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin Legacy of Isaiah Berlin	Mark Lilla, Ronald Dworkin, Robert B. Silvers Silvers	The papers given at the New York Institute for the Humanities conference collected in this volume concentrate on three aspects of Berlin's concept of pluralism.
In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor In Tearing Haste	Patrick Leigh Fermor, Deborah Devonshire fermor	"Spanning half a century, bursting with wit and conviviality, In Tearing Haste collects the letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire. The result is surely one of the great 20th-century correspondences." —The Observer (UK) Contributors: Charlotte Mosley
Growing Up Absurd Growing Up Absurd	Paul Goodman Goodman	“Growing Up Absurd, originally commissioned as a study of juvenile delinquency and later a bible of the 1960s student rebellion, remains essential and troubling reading for anyone who cares about the problems of the young.” —A.O. Scott, The New York Times Contributors: Casey Blake , Susan Sontag
The Voyage That Never Ends: Fictions, Poems, Fragments, Letters Voyage That Never Ends	Malcolm Lowry Lowry	A self-portrait of one of the 20th century's most compelling and tragic writers, The Voyage that Never Ends draws on Lowry's stories, several unfinished novels, poems, and letters to present a picture of the whole range his accomplishment to set alongside his masterpiece, Under the Volcano. Contributors: Michael Hofmann
The Tiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat Tiger in the House	Carl Van Vechten Vechten	The erudite and charming Carl Van Vechten sings the praises of the most enigmatic of human companions in this witty, learned, and unabashedly opinionated book. Contributors: Stephen Budiansky