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The Orchid Thief - Susan Orlean - Book
The Orchid Thief
Susan Orlean

Inspired by a short, bizarre newspaper article, journalist Susan Orlean embarks on an amusing two-year journey to understand a passionate, yet somehow principled crook and one of his......  read more

The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup - Susan Orlean - Book
The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup
Susan Orlean

Orlean brings her insight and powers of observation to these 20 profiles of a range of personalities that include designer Bill Blass, the cabdriver king of the Ashanti, and a high......  read more

The Best American Essays 2005 - Susan Orlean - Book
The Best American Essays 2005
Susan Orlean

This selection of 25 essays, edited by Susan Orlean, contains work by Andrea Barrett ("The Sea of Information"), Kitty Burns Florey ("Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog"), Jonathan Franzen......  read more

My Kind Of Place - Susan Orlean - Book
My Kind Of Place
Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean, author of the acclaimed THE ORCHID THIEF, collects her offbeat and entertaining essays on (loosely speaking) travel. Her kind of place includes a wild variety of destinations,......  read more

Saturday Night - Susan Orlean - Book
Saturday Night
Susan Orlean

How is Saturday night different now than in the past? Susan Orlean traveled the country to find out. She gives an eye-opening view of unusual pastimes and passions as Saturday night......  read more

Lazy Little Loafers - Susan Orlean - Book
Lazy Little Loafers
Susan Orlean

With this witty, wily picture book about a disgruntled little girl who thinks babies get away with an awful lot, journalist and author Susan Orlean has expanded on a humor piece written......  read more

Saturday Night - Susan Orlean - Book
Saturday Night
Susan Orlean

A close-up look at what Americans do on Saturday nights draws on travels throughout the country to describe classic weekend situations, types of people, places and communities, entertainment......  read more

Red Sox and Bluefish - Susan Orlean - Book
Red Sox and Bluefish
Susan Orlean

Provides a humorous view of aspects of New England life such as baked beans, candlepins, Filene's Basement, preppies, and Harvard Square.  read more

Throw Me a Bone - Cooper Gillespie - Book
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