Literary Collections
Explore our collection of literary books and timeless literary classics at our online bookstore, featuring the best in teenage literature, literary fiction, and modern literature. Discover must-read and best-selling titles, along with insightful criticism literature to enhance your reading experience.
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Paris in Mind: From Mark Twain to Langston Hughes, from Saul Bellow to David Sedaris: Three Centuries of Americans Writing about Their Romance (and Fr"Paris is a moveable feast," Ernest Hemingway famously wrote, and in this captivating anthology, American writers share their pleasures, obsessions, and quibbles with the great city and its denizens. Mark Twain celebrates the unbridled energy of the Can-Can. Sylvia Beach recalls the excitement of...
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Our Assyrian StoryOur Assyrian Story tells the real-life saga of an ancient community fighting to preserve its language and culture in the face of land encroachment, religious persecution, and assimilation. Assyrians, including Chaldeans and Syriacs, are an ethnic group that is primarily Christian and indigenous to...
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On Being Blue: A Philosophical InquiryOn Being Blue is a book about everything blue--sex and sleaze and sadness, among other things--and about everything else. It brings us the world in a word as only William H. Gass, among contemporary American writers, can do. Gass writes: Of the colors, blue...
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Oh, to Be a Painter!The twentieth volume in the renowned ekphrasis series, this collection of Virginia Woolf's writings on the visual arts offers a whole new perspective on the revolutionary author. Despite wide interest in Woolf's writings, and in the artists and art critics in her Bloomsbury circle,...
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A Collection of Poems by Robert FrostThe early works of esteemed American poet Robert Frost are collected here in one volume. The poetry of Robert Frost is praised for its realistic depiction of rural life in New England during the early twentieth century, as well as for its examination of...
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A Brief InhalationDaragh Fleming's A Brief Inhalation is a candid exploration of contemporary existence, dissecting themes of identity, dislocation, and introspection with a sharp, unflinching eye. Blurring the line between essay, memoir, and poetic observation, Fleming navigates encounters with the absurd, the intimate, and the existential...
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Sumerian MythologyOriginally published in 1944, 'Sumerian Mythology' was written by Samuel Noah Kramer, a leading figure in the creation of the modern discipline of Sumerology. He was the first to piece together, decipher, and edit major works of Sumerian mythology and literature.The Sumerians were a...
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Jailbirds in Flight: Everything You've Wanted to Know about Enlightenment in Prison but Were Afraid to AskNicole Daedone entered federal custody on charges tied to her life's work-the teaching of Orgasmic Meditation-and found herself inside the "belly of the beast," the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. What she encounters there is a nation's shadow made visible, and within it, an...
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In the Pillory: Tale of the Borgia PopeIn the Pillory: Tale of the Borgia Pope is a historical fiction novel written by John Bond. The story revolves around the infamous Borgia Pope, Alexander VI, who was known for his corruption and scandalous behavior during his reign as the head of the...
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Frog: And Other EssaysA new collection of evocative personal essays from one of America's most beloved nonfiction writers, Anne Fadiman. In Frog, Anne Fadiman returns to her favorite genre, the essay, of which she is one of our most celebrated practitioners. Ranging in subject matter from her...
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Every Moment Is a Life: Gaza in the Time of GenocideCompiled by bestselling author susan abulhawa, an Arabic-English bilingual anthology of essays from eighteen young Palestinian writers trying to survive the genocide in Gaza. In early 2024, writer and activist susan abulhawa managed to enter Gaza twice through the Rafah crossing. There, at the...
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Beneath the Surface of Things: New and Selected Essays"Wade Davis is a true wayfinder, and these essays offer new insight into his visionary approach to culture, landscape, and the planet he loves as fiercely as any writer working today."--John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather A timely and eclectic collection from one of...
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Witness to War: The Story of the Civil War Told by Those Who Lived ItFrom the first shots at Fort Sumter to the mourning of Lincoln's death--experience the Civil War as it happened, through the voices of those who were there. History comes to life in the words of those who lived through the American Civil War. The...
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WhiteWhen Sylvain Tesson left the colourful yellow houses of the French Riviera for a ski trek across the Alps with his friend, a high-altitude mountain guide, he didn't know what exactly awaited him. The trek would turn into an extraordinary adventure. Over the course...
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Spanish Grammar for Beginners: A Textbook and Workbook for Adults to Supercharge Your Spanish LearningAn exciting way to start speaking Spanish like a NATIVE is here! If you're looking to get a good head start by focusing on the right Spanish language foundations, then keep reading!Has your Spanish speaking skills plateaued?Are you frustrated by hard-to-grasp Spanish grammar exercises...
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Sophie Calle: True Stories: 66 Short Stories: New EditionThe latest edition of Sophie Calle's classic artist's book features three new tales First published in 1994 and regularly reissued and expanded since, this new edition of True Stories returns with three new stories. Calle's projects have frequently drawn on episodes from her own...
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Selected PoemsSelections from the first three decades of the poetry of John Ashbery, author of Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award The late John Ashbery was a poet whose "teasing, delicate, soulful lines made him one...
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Poems to NightThis collection of haunting, mystical poems of the night by the great Rainer Maria Rilke is the only English translation to bring them all together In 1916, Rainer Maria Rilke presented his friend Rudolf Kassner with a notebook, containing 22 poems meticulously inscribed in...
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Extraordinary Canadians: Stories from the Heart of Our NationThe instant #1 bestselling book of personal stories about remarkable Canadians who embody the values of our great nation and inspire us to do the same, from Peter Mansbridge, the beloved former anchor of CBC's The National, and Mark Bulgutch, former CBC producer.In this...
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Ever-PresentAmelia Fisher spied the weatherworn wooden bench as she passed a church courtyard near her college campus. Months later, when life grew harder and her faith felt distant, she returned, soaked in the quiet, and shared everything she was feeling with God for the...
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