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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Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and EffronteryIn these ten intertwined essays, one of our most provocative young novelists proves that she is just as stylish and outrageous an art critic. For when Jeanette Winterson looks at works as diverse as the Mona Lisa and Virginia Woolf's The Waves, she frees...
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In Praise of Good BookstoresFrom a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good one? In this beautifully written book, Jeff Deutsch--the former director of Chicago's...
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The Annotated African American FolktalesDrawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume. Following in the tradition of such classics as Arthur Huff Fauset's "Negro...
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A Room of One's Own: Gilded Pocket EditionThis handsome gift edition presents Virginia Woolf's classic work, A Room of One's Own, featuring a luxurious gold embossed cover design, gilded page edges and patterned endpapers. One of the greatest arguments for female emancipation, A Room of One's Own began as a lecture...
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Anarchism and Other EssaysEmma Goldman, once considered "the most dangerous woman in America," was a thinker so far ahead of her time that even to a modern reader, her views sound startlingly revolutionary. This collection of essays is an excellent introduction to her thoughts: ranging from her...
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Studies in the Sermon on the Mount: God's Character and the Believer's Conduct"We are so used to the sayings of Jesus that they slip past us; they sound sweet and pious and wonderfully simple, but they are in reality like spiritual torpedoes that burst and explode in the subconscious mind." --Oswald Chambers From the Beatitudes to...
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The Beauty of Light: An InterviewA lively and spontaneous interview with Etel Adnan about her absolute belief in the beauty of the world and the beauty of art. In these interviews with journalist and editor Laure Adler, conducted in the months before her death in November 2021, Etel Adnan...
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The Groundings with My Brothers"I have sat on a little oil drum, rusty and in the midst of garbage, and some black brothers and I have grounded together." - Walter Rodney In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and...
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The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and LegendsDeveloped from an early oral storytelling tradition dating back to the dawn of European culture, this is one of the oldest and most vibrant of Europe's mythologies. From all six Celtic cultures - Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx andBreton - Peter Berresford Ellishas included...
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Reading Journal: Book Lovers Planner to Track, Review, and Log Your ReadsUnlock the magic of your reading journey with this perfect reader's companion.Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary adventures, this journal is the ideal space to capture your thoughts, favorite moments, and reading achievements as you delve through the written word...
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Sing Sing Follies (A Maximum-Security Comedy): And Other True Stories"I can't wait for you to read this. I hope it thrills and confounds and inspires you just like it did me." -Greg Kwedar, co-writer, director, and producer of Sing Sing At Sing Sing, the infamous, Gothic maximum-security prison on the Hudson River in...
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The Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh: The Epic Tale of Brotherhood, Bravery and Rebellion in Imperial China"[The Water Margin] is a great pageant of China. I think it is one of the most magnificent pageants ever made of any people." --Pearl S. Buck The Water Margin is an epic tale set in 12th century Imperial China, and is one of...
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Small Wonder: Essays"Soulful and soul searching. . . a passionate invitation to readers to be part of the crowd that cares about the environment, peace, and family."--San Francisco Chronicle Book ReviewIn this moving essay collection, the acclaimed author of bestselling works such as Demon Copperhead and...
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On the Heights of DespairBorn of a terrible insomnia-"a dizzying lucidity which would turn even paradise into hell"-this book presents the youthful Cioran, a self-described "Nietzsche still complete with his Zarathustra, his poses, his mystical clown's tricks, a whole circus of the heights." On the Heights of Despair...
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Orwell: Essays: Introduction by John CareyA generous and varied selection-the only hardcover edition available-of the literary and political writings of one of the greatest essayists of the twentieth century. Although best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four, George Orwell left an even more lastingly significant...
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As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DevotoA National Bestseller Winner of an International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for Literary Food Writing "An absorbing portrait of an unexpected friendship." -- Entertainment Weekly "Julia's inimitable voice shines through . . . These letters offer [a] glimpse of how the truly great...
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A Really Big Lunch: The Roving Gourmand on Food and Life"A Really Big Lunch showcases Harrison's enthusiastic, funny, and uncompromising views on how to eat, drink, and live well . . . His writing is bodily, bawdy, sharp. The more we have of his voice, the better."--Boston Globe A national bestseller and an Amazon...
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Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and WritingSpanning over 250 years of history, Black Ink traces black literature in America from Frederick Douglass to Ta-Nehisi Coates in this "breathtaking anthology celebrating the power of the written word to forge change" (O, The Oprah Magazine). Throughout American history black people are the...
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Time Is the Thing a Body Moves ThroughW.G. Sebald meets Maggie Nelson in an autobiographical narrative of embodiment, visual art, history, and loss. How do the bodies we inhabit affect our relationship with art? How does art affect our relationship to our bodies? T Fleischmann uses Felix Gonzalez-Torres's artworks-piles of candy,...
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Campfire Stories: The Redwood CoastImmerse yourself in a unique blend of literature and lore about the Redwood Coast Curated story collections explore the rich and diverse legacies of the Redwood coast Contributors include Julia Butterfly Hill, Richard Preston, Heather Bourbeau, Harry K. Roberts, and more Local recommendations for...
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