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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The Long Run: A Creative InquiryThe author of The Art of Intimacy asks eight legendary artists: What has sustained you in the long run? How do we keep doing this--making art? Stacey D'Erasmo had been writing for twenty years and had published three novels when she asked herself this...
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The Kybalion: A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece2016 Reprint of 1908 Edition. This guide offers a modern interpretation of Hermetic doctrine, distilling its teachings into seven compelling principles that can be applied to self-development in daily life. For centuries, the legendary Egyptian man-god Hermes Trismegistus - regarded as the father of...
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The James Baldwin CollectionFor the first time in a collector's boxed set, the definitive three-volume Library of America James Baldwin edition gathering all his essential writings, including the collected essays and complete fiction. With the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), a distillation of his...
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The Country Commonplace BookThe Country Commonplace Book is a seasonal touchstone packed full of quotes, book lists, artwork, recipes, and observations on the natural world to keep close at hand and to accompany you throughout the year. Historically, commonplace books have been types of journals used to...
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The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora Volume 8The first and only book to gather the voices and perspectives of Vietnamese diasporic authors from across the globe. Edited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Cleaving brings together Vietnamese artists and writers from around...
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Tales of Polynesia: Folktales from Hawai'i, New Zealand, Tahiti, and SamoaExplore the enchanting world of Polynesian folklore in this beautifully illustrated collection of traditional stories. A woman falls in love with the king of the sharks. Two powerful sorcerers compete in a battle of magical wits. The king of Maui's fastest messenger races to...
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Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and RecoveryWinner of the Stonewall Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award This powerful and deeply personal memoir in essays "reflects on history, philosophy, and love while living with head trauma" (The New York Times Book Review). "An infuriatingly gorgeous, important book." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her...
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Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries"United across centuries, these women's voices open doors to lost worlds and make them seem familiar. A modern classic." --Alison Weir A captivating collection of extracts from women's diaries, looking back over four centuries to discover how women's experience--of men and children, sex and...
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Poetics"What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?" Aristotle's Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, it has shaped much of our modern understanding...
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PericlesThe authoritative edition of Pericles from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. Pericles tells of a prince who risks his life to win a princess, but discovers that she is in an incestuous relationship...
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Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage"[Kurt Vonnegut] is either the funniest serious writer around or the most serious funny writer."--Los Angeles Times Book Review In this self-portrait by an American genius, Kurt Vonnegut writes with beguiling wit and poignant wisdom about his favorite comedians, country music, a dead friend,...
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On DemocracyA New York Times Book Review New & Noteworthy Book"For democracy's weary champions, White's time-tested prose is a shot of adrenaline."--Madeleine AlbrightA collection of essays, letters, and poems from E. B. White, "one of the country's great literary treasures" (New York Times), centered on...
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Nature and Other EssaysA collection of essays from the father of the American transcendentalism, including "Nature," "Self-Reliance," "Love," and "Art."Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay "Nature" declared that understanding nature was the key to understanding God and reality, and laid the groundwork for transcendentalism. His legacy of boldly...
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Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth ElderThe newest essay collection from the New York Times bestselling author John Waters, reflecting on how to overcome newfound respectability and rebel in the autumn of your years. No one knows more about everything--especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling--than John Waters. The man...
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Modern Love, Revised and Updated: True Stories of Love, Loss, and RedemptionThe most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the past fifteen years of the New York Times "Modern Love" column--including stories from the anthology series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, and John Slattery A young woman goes through...
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LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia"This collection, the first of its kind, gathers fiction and poetry from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer authors from Appalachia. Like much Appalachian literature, these works are pervaded with an attachment to family and the mountain landscape, yet balancing queer and Appalachian identities...
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Letters to My MotherIn Letters to my Mother: A Son's Journey With Grief and Loss, Chuck Murphree captures the final weeks with his dying mother in a collection of heartfelt letters to her. Murphree's memoir is a raw, loving, and profound tribute. An invitation to experience grief...
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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 is set in the late 15th century, during the reign of Pope Alexander VI, who was a member of the infamous Borgia family.The novel follows...
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Inner Workings: Literary Essays 2000-2005J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. In addition to being one of the most acclaimed and accomplished fiction writers in the world, Nobel Prize winner J. M. Coetzee is...
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In Love and Trust: Letters from a Zen MasterExperience Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh's expressions of love, connection, and wisdom through deep and personal letters--now published in English for the very first time. Widely recognized for his profound yet accessible teachings on the art of mindful living, Thich Nhat Hanh lived a...
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