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Joseph Epstein

Author of Snobbery: The American Version

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Snobbery: The American Version 332 copies, 1 review
Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins 155 copies
Friendship: An Exposé 117 copies, 1 review
Fabulous Small Jews 91 copies
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (Editor; Contributor) 90 copies
The Best American Essays 1993 (Editor) 85 copies
Narcissus Leaves the Pool 78 copies
In a Cardboard Belt!: Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage 66 copies
A Line Out for a Walk: Familiar Essays 60 copies
Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American… 48 copies, 1 review
Once More Around the Block: Familiar Essays 42 copies, 2 reviews
The Middle of My Tether 39 copies, 1 review
Partial Payments: Essays on Writers and Their Lives 39 copies
Plausible Prejudices 38 copies, 1 review

Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide 35 copies

Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit 32 copies, 1 review

Fred Astaire (Icons of America) 31 copies, 1 review

The Love Song of A. Jerome Minkoff: And Other Stories 28 copies, 2 reviews

Life Sentences: Literary Essays 26 copies, 1 review

With My Trousers Rolled: Familiar Essays 23 copies

Ambition: The Secret Passion 17 copies, 1 review

Pertinent Players: Essays on the Literary Life 16 copies, 1 review

Golden Boys: Stories 13 copies

Familiar Territory: Observations on American Life 8 copies

Masters: Portraits of Great Teachers 6 copies, 1 review

Neid - Die böseste Todsünde 2 copies

The Process of Philosophy: A Historical Instroduction 2 copies

The American Scholar Journal 1957 Vol. 26 #4 - 1997 Vol. 66 #2 (Minus Vol.… 1 copy

Amicizia 1 copy

The American Scholar - Summer 1977 1 copy

Confessions of a Low Roller 1 copy

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The Best American Essays 2003 (Contributor) 231 copies, 1 review
The Best American Essays 2006 (Contributor) 204 copies, 1 review
The Best American Short Stories 2009 (Contributor) 183 copies, 7 reviews
The Best American Essays 1998 (Contributor) 131 copies, 1 review
The Best American Essays 1996 (Contributor) 103 copies
The Best American Essays 1990 (Contributor) 73 copies
The Best American Essays 1989 (Contributor) 61 copies
The Best American Essays 1987 (Contributor) 51 copies
The Weekly Standard: A Reader: 1995-2005 (Contributor) 33 copies
Dissent, Winter 1972: Special Issue: The World of the Blue Collar Worker (Contributor) 1 copy

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