EH's Staff Picks

Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Cover Image

Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Paperback)

By Herman Melville, Nathaniel Philbrick (Foreword by), Tony Millionaire (Illustrator)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780143105954
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Published: Penguin Classics - October 27th, 2009

Herman Melville’s masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history
 

In the Sierra: Mountain Writings Cover Image

In the Sierra: Mountain Writings (Paperback)

By Kenneth Rexroth, Kim Stanley Robinson (Editor)
$18.95
ISBN: 9780811219020
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Published: New Directions - April 10th, 2012

Nature writings by one of America’s greatest poets, written out of a deep experience of the Sierras.

Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan Cover Image

Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan (Paperback)

By Kazuaki Tanahashi
$19.75
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ISBN: 9781590309827
Published: Shambhala - October 9th, 2012

The delightful and often funny poetry of Zen’s quintessential free spirit, Master Ryokan—in a fresh translation by a beloved American Zen figure

A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube Cover Image

A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube (Paperback)

By Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan Morris (Introduction by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781590171653
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Published: NYRB Classics - October 3rd, 2005

This beloved account about an intrepid young Englishman on the first leg of his walk from London to Constantinople is simply one of the best works of travel literature ever written.