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ANNA QUINDLEN is the author of five bestselling novels (Rise and Shine, Blessings, Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue), and six nonfiction books (Being Perfect, Loud & Clear, A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Living Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud, How Reading Changed My Life). She has also written two children's books (The Tree That Came to Stay, Happily Ever After). Her New York Times column "Public and Private" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Her column now appears every other week in Newsweek.
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Pride and Prejudice
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $7.95
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $7.95
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Teaching Hope
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $14.99
“There are lives lost in this book, and there are lives saved, too, if salvation means a young man or woman begins to feel deserving of a place on the planet. . . . What could be more soul-satisfying? These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $14.99
“There are lives lost in this book, and there are lives saved, too, if salvation means a young man or woman begins to feel deserving of a place on the planet. . . . What could be more soul-satisfying? These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Black and Blue
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2000
Price: $15.00
With daring and compassion, Anna Quindlen weaves a forceful, harrowing portrait of a woman and a marriage, capturing the profound intricacies of love and rage, passion and violence. At once heartbreaking and utterly riveting, BLACK AND BLUE is an extraordinary work of fiction and a brilliant achievement.
For eighteen years, Fran Benedetto... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2000
Price: $15.00
With daring and compassion, Anna Quindlen weaves a forceful, harrowing portrait of a woman and a marriage, capturing the profound intricacies of love and rage, passion and violence. At once heartbreaking and utterly riveting, BLACK AND BLUE is an extraordinary work of fiction and a brilliant achievement.
For eighteen years, Fran Benedetto... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2000
Price: $12.95
"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2000
Price: $12.95
"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Blessings
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2003
Price: $14.00
Blessings, the bestselling novel by the author of Black and Blue, One True Thing, Object Lessons, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life, begins when, late at night, a teenage couple drives up to the estate owned by Lydia Blessing and leaves a box.
In this instant, the world of... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2003
Price: $14.00
Blessings, the bestselling novel by the author of Black and Blue, One True Thing, Object Lessons, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life, begins when, late at night, a teenage couple drives up to the estate owned by Lydia Blessing and leaves a box.
In this instant, the world of... Read more >
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Good Dog. Stay.
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $14.95
“The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed,” writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with Beau’s, and... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $14.95
“The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed,” writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with Beau’s, and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Rise and Shine
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Price: $7.99
From Anna Quindlen, acclaimed author of Blessings, Black and Blue, and One True Thing, a superb novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most.
It’s an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice’s perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Price: $7.99
From Anna Quindlen, acclaimed author of Blessings, Black and Blue, and One True Thing, a superb novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most.
It’s an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice’s perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host... Read more >
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One True Thing
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2006
Price: $13.95
A mother. A daughter. A shattering choice.
From Anna Quindlen, bestselling author of Black and Blue, comes a novel of life, love and everyday acts of mercy.
"A triumph."
--San Francisco Chronicle
From the Paperback edition. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2006
Price: $13.95
A mother. A daughter. A shattering choice.
From Anna Quindlen, bestselling author of Black and Blue, comes a novel of life, love and everyday acts of mercy.
"A triumph."
--San Francisco Chronicle
From the Paperback edition. Read more >
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How Reading Changed My Life
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: August 25, 1998
Price: $10.00
THE LIBRARY OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT is a groundbreaking series where America's finest writers and most brilliant minds tackle today's most provocative, fascinating, and relevant issues. Striking and daring, creative and important, these original voices on matters political, social, economic, and cultural, will enlighten, comfort, entertain, enrage, and ignite healthy debate across... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: August 25, 1998
Price: $10.00
THE LIBRARY OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT is a groundbreaking series where America's finest writers and most brilliant minds tackle today's most provocative, fascinating, and relevant issues. Striking and daring, creative and important, these original voices on matters political, social, economic, and cultural, will enlighten, comfort, entertain, enrage, and ignite healthy debate across... Read more >
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Pride and Prejudice
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 21, 1995
Price: $14.95
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's perfect comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 21, 1995
Price: $14.95
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's perfect comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
eBook,
hardcover,
paperback,
trade paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Being Perfect
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2005
Price: $12.95
A few times in your life, someone will tell you something so right, so deeply true that it changes you forever. That is what Anna Quindlen, author of the timeless bestseller A Short Guide to a Happy Life, does here.
In Being Perfect, she shares wisdom that, perhaps without knowing it, you... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2005
Price: $12.95
A few times in your life, someone will tell you something so right, so deeply true that it changes you forever. That is what Anna Quindlen, author of the timeless bestseller A Short Guide to a Happy Life, does here.
In Being Perfect, she shares wisdom that, perhaps without knowing it, you... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Object Lessons
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 23, 1997
Price: $14.00
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
"Elaborate and playful...Honest and deeply felt...Here is the Quindlen wit, the sharp eye for the details of class and manners, [and] the ardent reading of domestic lives."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES
It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family, are... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 23, 1997
Price: $14.00
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
"Elaborate and playful...Honest and deeply felt...Here is the Quindlen wit, the sharp eye for the details of class and manners, [and] the ardent reading of domestic lives."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES
It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family, are... Read more >
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Black and Blue
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 2, 1999
Price: $7.99
For eighteen years, Fran Benedetto kept her secret. And hid her bruises. And stayed with Bobby because she wanted her son to have a father. And because, in spite of everything, she loved him. Then one night, when she saw the look on her ten-year-old son's face, Fran finally made a choice--and ran for both... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 2, 1999
Price: $7.99
For eighteen years, Fran Benedetto kept her secret. And hid her bruises. And stayed with Bobby because she wanted her son to have a father. And because, in spite of everything, she loved him. Then one night, when she saw the look on her ten-year-old son's face, Fran finally made a choice--and ran for both... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Rise and Shine
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $14.95
From Anna Quindlen, acclaimed author of Blessings, Black and Blue, and One True Thing, a superb novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most.
It’s an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice’s perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $14.95
From Anna Quindlen, acclaimed author of Blessings, Black and Blue, and One True Thing, a superb novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most.
It’s an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice’s perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host... Read more >
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Loud and Clear
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $13.95
In this remarkable book, Anna Quindlen, one of America’s favorite novelists and a Pulitzer Prize– winning columnist, once again gives us wisdom, opinions, insights, and reflections about current events and modern life. “Always insightful, rooted in everyday experience and common sense...Quindlen is so good that even when you disagree with what... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $13.95
In this remarkable book, Anna Quindlen, one of America’s favorite novelists and a Pulitzer Prize– winning columnist, once again gives us wisdom, opinions, insights, and reflections about current events and modern life. “Always insightful, rooted in everyday experience and common sense...Quindlen is so good that even when you disagree with what... Read more >
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Blessings
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $7.99
Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard home on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work there are changed forever. Skip Cuddy, the caretaker, finds a baby girl asleep in that box and decides... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $7.99
Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard home on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work there are changed forever. Skip Cuddy, the caretaker, finds a baby girl asleep in that box and decides... Read more >
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Living Out Loud
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 8, 1994
Price: $13.95
"A panopticon of life in this decade, sure to be valuable to future social historians She touches on life, love, home, family, work, men, women, children and issues large and small."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
The voice is Anna Quindlen's. But we know the hopes, dreams, fears, and wonder expressed in all her columns, for... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 8, 1994
Price: $13.95
"A panopticon of life in this decade, sure to be valuable to future social historians She touches on life, love, home, family, work, men, women, children and issues large and small."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
The voice is Anna Quindlen's. But we know the hopes, dreams, fears, and wonder expressed in all her columns, for... Read more >
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Being Perfect and A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 26, 2005
Price: $12.95
At the heart of this beautiful and insightful audiobook lies "the perfection trap"--what it is, how to avoid falling into it, and how to instead shape a life that is uniquely yours. In Being Perfect, Ann Quindlen gives a name to, and invites us to laugh at, a lifestyle that is... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 26, 2005
Price: $12.95
At the heart of this beautiful and insightful audiobook lies "the perfection trap"--what it is, how to avoid falling into it, and how to instead shape a life that is uniquely yours. In Being Perfect, Ann Quindlen gives a name to, and invites us to laugh at, a lifestyle that is... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Thinking Out Loud
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 8, 1994
Price: $13.95
"A splendid collection...Eloquent, powerful, compassionate and droll. There is considerable variety in the subjects she addresses...Compelling."
THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
Thinking out loud is what Anna Quindlen does best. A syndicated columnist with her finger on the pulse of women's lives, and her heart in a place we all share, she writes about... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 8, 1994
Price: $13.95
"A splendid collection...Eloquent, powerful, compassionate and droll. There is considerable variety in the subjects she addresses...Compelling."
THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
Thinking out loud is what Anna Quindlen does best. A syndicated columnist with her finger on the pulse of women's lives, and her heart in a place we all share, she writes about... Read more >
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Rise and Shine
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: August 29, 2006
Price: $26.95
From Anna Quindlen, acclaimed author of Blessings, Black and Blue, and One True Thing, a superb novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most.
It’s an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice’s perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: August 29, 2006
Price: $26.95
From Anna Quindlen, acclaimed author of Blessings, Black and Blue, and One True Thing, a superb novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most.
It’s an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice’s perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host... Read more >
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Being Perfect
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
A few times in your life, someone will tell you something so right, so deeply true that it changes you forever. That is what Anna Quindlen, author of the timeless bestseller A Short Guide to a Happy Life, does here.
In Being Perfect, she shares wisdom that, perhaps without knowing it, you... Read more >
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
A few times in your life, someone will tell you something so right, so deeply true that it changes you forever. That is what Anna Quindlen, author of the timeless bestseller A Short Guide to a Happy Life, does here.
In Being Perfect, she shares wisdom that, perhaps without knowing it, you... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Teaching Hope
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $14.99
“There are lives lost in this book, and there are lives saved, too, if salvation means a young man or woman begins to feel deserving of a place on the planet. . . . What could be more soul-satisfying? These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $14.99
“There are lives lost in this book, and there are lives saved, too, if salvation means a young man or woman begins to feel deserving of a place on the planet. . . . What could be more soul-satisfying? These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 1, 2000
Price: $4.96
"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 1, 2000
Price: $4.96
"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to... Read more >
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A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 1, 2001
Price: $12.95
"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 1, 2001
Price: $12.95
"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
Also available as a
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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