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“[A] clever, wide-ranging history... of
Western poetry, from Homer to Maya
Angelou. Each brief chapter tackles
one or more poets representative of
a particular era, with excerpts from
their works, brief accounts of their
lives, and Carey’s insightful critical
commentaries.... Those looking for
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felt need and does it superbly....
Skillfully interweaving perceptive
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Jonathan Bate shows in depth how
Wordsworth created a new poetry
based in the language of ordinary
life.”—Leo Damrosch, author of
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the
Friends Who Shaped an Age“Skidelsky has written the book
that anyone who wants to learn
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Hubris: Why Economists Failed to
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Adam Begley’s Houdini tells a story
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Starred Review“Turner takes readers deep into the
complex world the Pilgrims inhabited,
giving an old familiar story remarkable
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tells is at once entertaining, erudite,
and wonderfully human.”—Margaret
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