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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MeditationsOne of the world's most famous and influential books, Meditations, by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-180), incorporates the stoic precepts he used to cope with his life as a warrior and administrator of an empire. Ascending to the imperial throne in A.D....
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Is Art History?: Selected WritingsSpanning six decades, this critical compilation gathers Svetlana Alpers' award-winning writings on art historyA definitive volume of writings by one of the most renowned art historians of the past century, Is Art History? brings together Svetlana Alpers' contributions to the art historical discipline. Her...
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I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the WorldWinner, Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender Variant Literature; American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue...
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Great LGBTQ+ Speeches: Empowering Voices That Engage and InspireDiscover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. A sister title to Great Women's Speeches (2021), and the pocket edition of Loud and Proud (2020), Great LGBTQ+ Speeches is a pioneering collection of over 40 empowering and influential...
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Great American NegroesGreat American Negroes is a book written by Ben Richardson that provides a comprehensive account of the lives of prominent African Americans who have made significant contributions to American history. The book covers the lives of over 70 individuals, including civil rights activists, politicians,...
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Get Lit: Cocktails That Bring Your Favorite Books to LifeGet Lit: Cocktails That Bring Your Favorite Books to Life is a captivating cocktail compendium that invites bibliophiles and cocktail enthusiasts alike to embark on a literary journey through the world of libations. Each page of this intoxicating title unveils a creative fusion of...
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Everybody's Protest Novel: Essays"I am completely indebted to Jimmy Baldwin's prose. It liberated me as a writer."--Toni Morrison This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin's 100th-year anniversary, probing the shortcomings of the American protest novel and the harmful representations of Black identity in film and fiction Originally published...
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Erosion: Essays of UndoingTimely and unsettling essays from an important and beloved writer and conservationist In Erosion, Terry Tempest Williams's fierce, spirited, and magnificent essays are a howl in the desert. She sizes up the continuing assaults on America's public lands and the erosion of our commitment...
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Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement"These compelling reflections by people who have been entrapped within the tortures of solitary, should rekindle our abolitionist impulses at an especially critical moment in our history" - Angela Y. Davis "Offers an indispensable tool to campaigns for abolition everywhere" - Juan E. Méndez,...
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Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: EssaysNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - A "lyrical" (Chicago Tribune) final work of nonfiction from the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams and Horizon, a literary icon whose writing, fieldwork, and mentorship inspired generations of writers and activists. "Mesmerizing . . . a...
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on LoveA remarkable compilation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s reflections on love and its transformative power--a stellar addition to Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins."I have also decided to stick with love for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to...
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Complete WritingsThe extraordinary writings of Phillis Wheatley, a formerly enslaved woman turned published poet In 1761, a young girl arrived in Boston on a ship of enslaved people, was sold to the Wheatley family, and given the name Phillis Wheatley. After studying English and classical...
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Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class"A must-read for today's politics" (San Francisco Chronicle), the brilliant and provocative essays that established National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on America's class problem are collected in one searing and insightful volume. In Bone of the...
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Black Love LettersAs seen on ABC's The View - One of W magazine's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023 "We reserve this space for our humanity in all of its fond, ironic, elated, grief-stricken, confused glory . . . When you find yourself alone and downtrodden,...
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Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus BoschIn his great triptych "The Millennium," Bosch used oranges and other fruits to symbolize the delights of Paradise. Whence Henry Miller's title for this, one of his most appealing books; first published in 1957, it tells the story of Miller's life on the Big...
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BicyclesIn her legendary career, artist and activist Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, and a voice for social justice who can inform and inspire in times of national crisis. Controversial, revolutionary, ethereal, or illuminating, her poems about...
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Believe in the World: Wisdom for Grown-Ups from Children's BooksAn inspiring and delightful illustrated collection of quotations from a diverse range of our most beloved children's books that will help teach all of us how to live in the world today, perfect for gift season and for readers of books like The Boy,...
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A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953A "lyrical, impassioned" document of the intimate relationship between the two authors that was first disclosed in Henry and June (Booklist).This exchange of letters between the two controversial writers--Anaïs Nin, renowned for her candid and personal diaries, and Henry Miller, author of Tropic of...
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Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against DespairChristian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work. Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, and even fewer--perhaps none--do so with his urgency and eloquence. Wiman, an award-winning poet and the...
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The Wind Gourd of LaamaomaoExcerpts from a review by Niklaus R. Schweizer, University of Hawai'i ("The Hawaiian Journal of History," 1991): Moses Kuaea Nakuina's "The Wind Gourd of La 'amaomao" belongs to the books and newspaper articles published by Hawaiian intelligentsia, who was astonishingly productive in the latter...
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