Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HARDCOVER Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: Big Bill's Books, Wimberley, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. Brand New Copy.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any). 1.67.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Condition: Fair. Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 1.67.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 1.67.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.67.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap! Looks like an interesting title!.
Published by The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2004
ISBN 10: 047211378X ISBN 13: 9780472113781
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Praise for Sam Pickering: "Pickering has all of Thurber's humor, and he writes as well as E. B. White. He writes with passion, wit, and a strange personal note of self-mockery; he is humanely educated, wise, and capable of a wide range of stylistic effects."----Jay Parini ". . . he writes in the tradition of Montaigne hammering together a ramshackle affair of surprising nooks, crannies and additions-all under the same roof."---The Oxford American "Pickering has the natural essayist's intimate yet distanced take on the world that combines a devotion to particulars . . . with a near-indifference to the status- and achievement-mongering that marks modern life."---Publishers Weekly "Pickering writes with the sensitivity and craft of a poet, finding meaning in the commonplace and ordinary."---Library Journal "Pickering's genre is unique, but I'm not sure anyone else can write this stuff. I can live with that, as long as Pickering himself continues to wend through the forests, classrooms, airports, billiards championships, hometown parades, and his inner world of Tennessee gags and characters."---Hartford Courant His writing is as unique and recognizable as the music of Mozart, the painting of Picasso, or the poetry of Dickinson. Yet most Americans likely know Sam Pickering, the University of Connecticut English professor, from the movie Dead Poets Society. In the film, Robin Williams plays an idiosyncratic instructor---based on Pickering---who employs some over-the-top teaching methods to keep his subjects fresh and his students learning. Fewer probably know that Pickering is the author of more than 16 books and nearly 200 articles, or that he's inspired thousands of university students to think in new ways. And, while Williams may have captured Pickering's madcap classroom antics, he didn't uncover the other side of the author-Sam Pickering as one of our great American men of letters. The Best of Pickering amply demonstrates Pickering's amazing powers of perception, and gives us insight into the mind of a writer nearly obsessed with turning his back on the conventional trappings of American success-a writer who seems to prefer lying squirrel's-eye-level next to a bed of daffodils in the spring or trespassing on someone else's property to pursue a jaunt through joe-pye weed and goldenrod. Indeed, Pickering's philosophy, at least on paper, may very well be "Now is the only time." If you haven't met Sam Pickering before, prepare to be surprised and delighted by these wry and sometimes self-deprecating essays that are witty and elegant and concrete yet wander widely, and include Pickering's well-trod fictional Southern town of Carthage, Tennessee, full of strange goings-on. This definitive collection of the best of Pickering is a must for Pickering fans and a fine introduction for the uninitiated to one of our greatest men of letters. More than two dozen essays visit Pickering's greatest themes: family, nature, seizing the day, and the strange goings-on in Carthage, Tennessee. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.