 | Running After Antelope by Scott Carrier
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $8.65 I always read the acknowledgments first, and this book's are one reason why
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 | Cold Snap: Stories by Thom Jones
Buy used from: $0.01 The acknowledgments are almost as good the stories, and these are great stories
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 | The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture by Frank R. Wilson
Buy used from: $2.50 Acknowledgments, appendix with a brief tribute, notes, bibliography, plus permissions acknowledgments
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 | Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession by Matthew Hart
Buy used from: $0.02 The acknowledgments alone are a fascinating look into the world of diamonds
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 | Schopenhauer's Porcupines: Intimacy and Its Dilemmas by Deborah Luepnitz
Buy used from: $4.20 Among the most eloquent acknowledgments I've ever seen
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 | Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle by Peter Coyote
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $0.20 The book didn't do much for me, but the acknowledgments are beautiful
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 | How the Swans Came to the Lake by Rick Fields
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $4.61 These acknowledgments are unsurpassed in their generosity, plus it's one of my favorite books
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 | The Heart Aroused : Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America by David Whyte
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.02 I am disappointed that books of poetry rarely have acknowledgments, but books about poetry sometimes do
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 | How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry by Edward Hirsch
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.13 He begins by saying the book itself is a "book of acknowledgments"
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 | A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Buy used from: $0.34 Another reason I don't like this book: no acknowledgments
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 | C for COBOL Programmers: A Business Approach by Jim Gearing
Buy new: $43.99 / Used from: $2.85 Even computer books can have acknowledgments worth reading
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 | The River's Tale: A Year on the Mekong by Edward Gargan
Buy used from: $0.71 Brief acknowledgments but still contain the spirit of gratitude
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 | When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: Tie-In Edition by Le Ly Hayslip
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 She says "I wish to thank everyone - good, bad, or indifferent." What more do any of us need to say?
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