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David Lehman,Sherman Alexie
Title page verso indicates hardcover edition, but this ISBN is for the paperback printing.
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A. R. Ammons
Meditative, comic, emotionally wrenching, steeped in both the natural world and the life of the mind, the poetry of A. R. Ammons is at once cosmic in scope and intimate…
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David Lehman,Paisley Rekdal
The 2020 edition of contemporary American poetry returns, guest edited by Paisley Rekdal, the award-winning poet and author of Nightingale.
David Lehman,Matthew Zapruder
A ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title. -Chicago Tribune Guest edited by award-winning poet Matthew Zapruder, the leading anthology of contemporary American poetry returns.
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David Lehman,Major Jackson
The 2019 edition of one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world (Academy of American Poets) includes some of the year’s most defining, striking, and innovative poems and poets.
David Lyles Lehman
David Lyles Lehman takes you on a journey through the pains, trials, and struggles of his early life, the devastating loss of a girlfriend in his 20's, and his battle…
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David Lehman,Star Black
Every Monday night, the KGB Bar’s poetry readings are packed to overflowing. Pulitzer Prize winners burn cigarettes from grad students and martini glasses are refilled between readings, while the best…
David H Lehman
This is the story of two interesting but rare and unusual species-the Southern Belle and the Pennsylvania Dutchman. Even more rare that they should meet, fall in love, and spend…
David Lehman
The 2021 edition of the leading collection of contemporary American poetry is guest edited by the former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, providing renewed proof that this is a…
David Lehman,Edward Hirsch (Stanford University)
Collects poems chosen by editor Edward Hirsch as the best of 2016, featuring poets such as Rick Barot, Emily Fragos, Philip Levine, and Adrienne Su.
In this book, David Lehman, the longtime series editor of the Best American Poetry, offers a masterclass in writing in form and collaborative composition. An inspired compilation of his weekly…
Mark van Doren
Doren deftly guides the reader though the sometime labyrinthine intricacies of Shakespeare’s rich and strange language, the better to reveal the mysteries at the heart of his achievement.
Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - “the perfect red apple’ - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our…
David Sabino
It’s a beautiful day for a baseball game. Kids will learn how the players warm up and get ready for the game, how the fields are prepared, the way the…
Learn about how baseball is played and what players do before the game.
Youngsters can learn all about basketball in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series that gives fans an insider look at their favorite sports. Includes a…
David Murphy (Visiting Professor in Practice, Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics and Political Science)
The first complete survey of post crisis derivatives regulation, this book provides an indepth examination of the changes made to the regulation of derivatives that were enacted after the global…
Karen Kelly,Lynne Cook
Edited by Lynne Cooke, Karen Kelly and Barbara Schroder. Essays by Dave Hickey, Rosalind Krauss, Ulrich Loock, Alexander Alberro, Jan Avgikos, Richard Shiff, Dirk Snauwaert, Miwon Kwon, Colin Gardner. Foreword…
David L Auchterlonie, Jeffrey A Lehman
Of all the natural disasters we face on Earth, a wildfire is the only catastrophe that is controllable--and in many cases, predictable. Costing thousands of lives each year and as…
David L. Cook
You never really know when you might meet someone who will change your life. Golf’s Sacred Journey is a story about a ‘chance’ meeting between a fictitious golf professional and…
Golf’s Sacred Journey, the Sequel follows David L. Cook’s bestselling book, Golf’s Sacred Journey. It is a modern-day parable about two young golfers pursuing their dreams of winning the U.S…
Eric D. Lehman
Since its founding four hundred years ago, New England has been a vital source of nature writing. Maybe it’s the diversity of landscapes huddled so close together or the marriage…
Seven Days in Utopia is a story about a ‘chance’ meeting between a fictitious golf professional and his unorthodox mentor. As the story unfolds, we–along with the pro–learn lessons about…
Distinguished Writer Mark Doty (Rutgers University)
Edited this year by acclaimed poet and writer Doty, the foremost annual anthology of contemporary American poetry returns. It is an essential guide to contemporary American verse and the poets…
Rick DesRochers (Lehman College, City University of New York, USA)
The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy examines how contemporary writer/performers are influenced by the comedic vaudevillians of the early 20th century. By tracing the history and legacy of…
David Auburn,Rae Armantrout,David Crystal,Michael Dirda,Bryan A. Garner
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David Pearson (Adjunct Assistant Professor in the music department, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the music department, Lehman College, CUNY)
This history of the 1990s underground punk renaissance in the US traces punk participation in protest movements, Latino and women-led bands, and the debate over staying DIY versus selling out…
David Weisburd (Hebrew University of Jerusalem),Elin Waring (Lehman College, City University of New York),Ellen F. Chayet
This is the first detailed examination of the criminal careers of people convicted of white collar crimes. It is important both because it examines an area of study ignored by…
Weisburd and Waring offer an examination of the white-collar criminal career.
Legendary director, actor, author, and provocateur Werner Herzog has incalculably influenced contemporary cinema for decades. This essay collection by professional philosophers and film theorists from around the globe offers a…
The Active Society, published in 1968, is the most ambitious book in Amitai Etzioni’s remarkable career. In this new collection of essays, Wilson Carey McWilliams brings together scholars in a…
From the critically acclaimed poet and editor of The Best American Poetry series comes a marvelous chronicle of a year in the life of a poet and the city of…