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This is my best : great writers share their favorite work, edited by Retha Powers and Kathy Kiernan
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The item This is my best : great writers share their favorite work, edited by Retha Powers and Kathy Kiernan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Chronicle Books LLC paperback edition.
- Extent
- xi, 561 pages
- Note
- Each selection is introduced by the author
- Contents
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- Dilbert, Oct. 8, 2001 / Scott Adams -- Jimmy Hoffa's Odyssey / Ai -- From: Before we were free / Julia Alvarez -- Confessions of a lonely atheist / Natalie Angier -- From: Timbuktu / Paul Auster -- Filthy with things / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- From: Sweet Summer / Bebe Moore Campbell -- What to do / Hayden Carruth -- From: Caramelo / Sandra Cisneros -- Mrs. Dutta writes a letter / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- A short story / Emma Donoghue -- Her island / Rita Dove -- From: Tiger-frame glasses / Carolyn Ferrell -- Dumped / Helen Fisher -- From: Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot / Al Franken -- Surprise / Martin Gardner -- A hidden killer in Cajun country / Laurie Garrett -- From: Migrations of the heart / Marita Golden -- The former First Lady and the football hero / A.M. Homes -- From: Fanatics and fools / Arianna Huffington -- From: A taste for death / P.D. James -- Who's Irish? / Gish Jen -- From: Cherry / Mary Karr -- From: The poisonwood bible / Barbara Kingsolver -- From: China men / Maxine Hong Kingston -- A gaggle of saints / Neil LaBute -- From: Under my skin / Doris Lessing -- From: The fortress of solitude / Jonathan Lethem --
- My father with cigarette ... / Philip Levine -- The mappist / Barry Lopez -- From: The facts behind the Helsinki roccamatios / Yann Martel -- From: Property / Valerie Martin -- From: Salesman in Beijing / Arthur Miller -- From Mao to America / Anchee Min -- From: Farewell the trumpets / Jan Morris -- From: The wind-up bird chronicle / Haruki Murakami -- The wedding at the courthouse / Kathleen Norris -- From: Intimate apparel / Lynn Nottage -- The girl with the blackened eye / Joyce Carol Oates -- Impossible to tell / Robert Pinsky -- From: The botany of desire / Michael Pollan -- America, the multi-national society / Ishmael Reed -- The queen of mold / Ruth Reichl -- From Anthropology: Normal; Pieces; [and 5 others] / Dan Rhodes -- From: Fierce invalids home from hot climates / Tom Robbins -- Sand / Richard Rodriguez --
- Getting away from it all / Witold Rybczynski -- Repeat after me / David Sedaris -- Flakes of fire, handfuls of light / Huston Smith -- From: Who needs donuts? / Mark Alan Stamaty -- Frank Sinatra has a cold / Gay Talese -- Doonesbury: The golden hour / Garry Trudeau -- From: The laws of our fathers / Scott Turow -- From: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Your lover just called / John Updike -- Son in the afternoon / John A. Williams
- Isbn
- 9780811848299
- Label
- This is my best : great writers share their favorite work
- Title
- This is my best
- Title remainder
- great writers share their favorite work
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Retha Powers and Kathy Kiernan
- Title variation
- Great writers share their favorite work
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- VA@
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Powers, Retha
- Kiernan, Kathy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English literature
- English literature
- American literature
- American literature
- Label
- This is my best : great writers share their favorite work, edited by Retha Powers and Kathy Kiernan
- Note
- Each selection is introduced by the author
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Dilbert, Oct. 8, 2001 / Scott Adams -- Jimmy Hoffa's Odyssey / Ai -- From: Before we were free / Julia Alvarez -- Confessions of a lonely atheist / Natalie Angier -- From: Timbuktu / Paul Auster -- Filthy with things / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- From: Sweet Summer / Bebe Moore Campbell -- What to do / Hayden Carruth -- From: Caramelo / Sandra Cisneros -- Mrs. Dutta writes a letter / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- A short story / Emma Donoghue -- Her island / Rita Dove -- From: Tiger-frame glasses / Carolyn Ferrell -- Dumped / Helen Fisher -- From: Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot / Al Franken -- Surprise / Martin Gardner -- A hidden killer in Cajun country / Laurie Garrett -- From: Migrations of the heart / Marita Golden -- The former First Lady and the football hero / A.M. Homes -- From: Fanatics and fools / Arianna Huffington -- From: A taste for death / P.D. James -- Who's Irish? / Gish Jen -- From: Cherry / Mary Karr -- From: The poisonwood bible / Barbara Kingsolver -- From: China men / Maxine Hong Kingston -- A gaggle of saints / Neil LaBute -- From: Under my skin / Doris Lessing -- From: The fortress of solitude / Jonathan Lethem --
- My father with cigarette ... / Philip Levine -- The mappist / Barry Lopez -- From: The facts behind the Helsinki roccamatios / Yann Martel -- From: Property / Valerie Martin -- From: Salesman in Beijing / Arthur Miller -- From Mao to America / Anchee Min -- From: Farewell the trumpets / Jan Morris -- From: The wind-up bird chronicle / Haruki Murakami -- The wedding at the courthouse / Kathleen Norris -- From: Intimate apparel / Lynn Nottage -- The girl with the blackened eye / Joyce Carol Oates -- Impossible to tell / Robert Pinsky -- From: The botany of desire / Michael Pollan -- America, the multi-national society / Ishmael Reed -- The queen of mold / Ruth Reichl -- From Anthropology: Normal; Pieces; [and 5 others] / Dan Rhodes -- From: Fierce invalids home from hot climates / Tom Robbins -- Sand / Richard Rodriguez --
- Getting away from it all / Witold Rybczynski -- Repeat after me / David Sedaris -- Flakes of fire, handfuls of light / Huston Smith -- From: Who needs donuts? / Mark Alan Stamaty -- Frank Sinatra has a cold / Gay Talese -- Doonesbury: The golden hour / Garry Trudeau -- From: The laws of our fathers / Scott Turow -- From: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Your lover just called / John Updike -- Son in the afternoon / John A. Williams
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Chronicle Books LLC paperback edition.
- Extent
- xi, 561 pages
- Isbn
- 9780811848299
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- ocm60515507
- OCoLC
- Label
- This is my best : great writers share their favorite work, edited by Retha Powers and Kathy Kiernan
- Note
- Each selection is introduced by the author
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Dilbert, Oct. 8, 2001 / Scott Adams -- Jimmy Hoffa's Odyssey / Ai -- From: Before we were free / Julia Alvarez -- Confessions of a lonely atheist / Natalie Angier -- From: Timbuktu / Paul Auster -- Filthy with things / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- From: Sweet Summer / Bebe Moore Campbell -- What to do / Hayden Carruth -- From: Caramelo / Sandra Cisneros -- Mrs. Dutta writes a letter / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- A short story / Emma Donoghue -- Her island / Rita Dove -- From: Tiger-frame glasses / Carolyn Ferrell -- Dumped / Helen Fisher -- From: Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot / Al Franken -- Surprise / Martin Gardner -- A hidden killer in Cajun country / Laurie Garrett -- From: Migrations of the heart / Marita Golden -- The former First Lady and the football hero / A.M. Homes -- From: Fanatics and fools / Arianna Huffington -- From: A taste for death / P.D. James -- Who's Irish? / Gish Jen -- From: Cherry / Mary Karr -- From: The poisonwood bible / Barbara Kingsolver -- From: China men / Maxine Hong Kingston -- A gaggle of saints / Neil LaBute -- From: Under my skin / Doris Lessing -- From: The fortress of solitude / Jonathan Lethem --
- My father with cigarette ... / Philip Levine -- The mappist / Barry Lopez -- From: The facts behind the Helsinki roccamatios / Yann Martel -- From: Property / Valerie Martin -- From: Salesman in Beijing / Arthur Miller -- From Mao to America / Anchee Min -- From: Farewell the trumpets / Jan Morris -- From: The wind-up bird chronicle / Haruki Murakami -- The wedding at the courthouse / Kathleen Norris -- From: Intimate apparel / Lynn Nottage -- The girl with the blackened eye / Joyce Carol Oates -- Impossible to tell / Robert Pinsky -- From: The botany of desire / Michael Pollan -- America, the multi-national society / Ishmael Reed -- The queen of mold / Ruth Reichl -- From Anthropology: Normal; Pieces; [and 5 others] / Dan Rhodes -- From: Fierce invalids home from hot climates / Tom Robbins -- Sand / Richard Rodriguez --
- Getting away from it all / Witold Rybczynski -- Repeat after me / David Sedaris -- Flakes of fire, handfuls of light / Huston Smith -- From: Who needs donuts? / Mark Alan Stamaty -- Frank Sinatra has a cold / Gay Talese -- Doonesbury: The golden hour / Garry Trudeau -- From: The laws of our fathers / Scott Turow -- From: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Your lover just called / John Updike -- Son in the afternoon / John A. Williams
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Chronicle Books LLC paperback edition.
- Extent
- xi, 561 pages
- Isbn
- 9780811848299
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- ocm60515507
- OCoLC
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