 | Our Kids: Building Relationships in the Classroom by Chris Bowen
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $11.99 I just told you I love to write personal essays. Come on, how could I not start with a book of my own? But, don't take my word for it. Take a moment to read what some of the reviewers have to say.
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 | Leaving Home by Garrison Keillor
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $0.33 How can you make a list like this and not include Keillor? Okay, I realize that these people from Lake Wobegon are not real, but they certainly feel real to me. It's a warm, story-time feeling when his distinct voice floods your head. Written so smoothly, it feels as if it's being read to you.
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 | Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Buy new: $9.74 / Used from: $0.01 From Keillor to Sedaris. From one generation's voice to the next. While Sedaris makes you laugh, you feel almost a little guilty that you're not crying over what is truly sad. It's all in his powerful presentation.
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 | Dave Barry's Greatest Hits by Dave Barry
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Who knew the every day was so darn funny? An American treasure.
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 | The Complete Essays Of Mark Twain by Mark Twain
Buy new: $23.36 / Used from: $16.53 Once you're deep in this one and the old Twain cadence has washed over you, you forget for a while that you're reading history. There's something pretty darn timeless here.
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 | You Do Not Talk About Fight Club: I Am Jack's Completely Unauthorized Essay Collection (Smart Pop series)
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $7.95 Simply awesome! No Fight Club fan should be without this one. Of course, keep in mind, that Fight Club does not exist.
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 | Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Buy used from: $0.01 Dillard so effectively takes what seems to be the mundane and presents it as the profound. Truly remarkable writing.
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