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 Work of Art: How Something Comes from NothingFrom former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist's head, Adam Moss traces the...
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The Unforgivable: And Other WritingsThrilling, stylish essays about everything from flying carpets and Doctor Zhivago to God and Shakespeare, by a rediscovered Italian writer.Christina Campo published only two short collections of essays in her lifetime: Fairy Tale and Mystery (1962) and The Flute and the Carpet (1971). The...
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The Letters of Emily DickinsonThe definitive edition of Emily Dickinson's correspondence, expanded and revised for the first time in over sixty years. Emily Dickinson was a letter writer before she was a poet. And it was through letters that she shared prose reflections--alternately humorous, provocative, affectionate, and philosophical--with...
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The Legend of Sleepy HollowThe chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite specter of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman, who had been heard several times of late, patrolling the country; and, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard. The...
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The Journey With The Master: Into A Higher ConsciousnessAuthor: Eva Bell WerberPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLCPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 102Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.21dISBN: 9781258146689This title is not returnable
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The Illustrated Language Of Flowers (1856)The Illustrated Language Of Flowers is a book written by Anna Christian Burke and first published in 1856. The book is a comprehensive guide to the meanings and symbolism behind different flowers. It explores the history and cultural significance of flowers, and provides detailed...
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The Great Age Of Discovery""The Great Age of Discovery"" by Paul Herrmann is a comprehensive account of the period of European exploration and expansion from the late 15th to the early 17th century. The book covers the voyages of Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and other...
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Story Of The Moors In Spain HardcoverWe hear of how the Moors arrived and conquered the Iberian peninsula, remaining for some 800 years. Tariq ibn-Ziyad, arriving in 711 AD, began an upheaval never before seen in the European continent. The Moorish brought industriousness and commerce, a sophisticated code of laws,...
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Simple Beauty: Journaling & Sketching Through the Seasons"There can be more to life than meets the eye..." The incredibly talented writer and artist, Diana Thomas, shares the world through her lens in Simple Beauty-a diary-style book designed to help people slow down, seek, listen, and discover a deep appreciation of everyday...
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Selected Poems of Herman MelvilleWhile best known for such novels as his monumental Moby-Dick, Herman Melville was also an extraordinarily gifted poet. This is the most complete anthology of Melville's poetry ever published in a single volume. It features a large selection from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the...
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Secrets of the Sun: A MemoirMako Yoshikawa's father, Shoichi, was a man of contradictions. He grew up fabulously wealthy in prewar Japan but spent his final years living in squalor; he was a proper Japanese man who craved society's approval yet cross-dressed; he was a brilliant Princeton University physicist...
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Princess Kadambari, Volume OneNo Sanskrit poet is more interesting, original, or greater than Bana. His prose poem Princess Kad mbari is his supreme achievement. His patron, King Harsha, ruled much of northern India from 606 to 647 CE from his capital at Kannauj. Princess Kad mbari, a...
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Our West Berlin: Storybook From The IslandOur West Berlin! The beloved urban island where bars and pubs were open all night so the locals could plot the revolution! Where beer was cheap and sausage on a roll was considered dinner. Where the tenements still bore bullet holes from World War...
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Memoir Of Hannah Sinclair (1839)Memoir of Hannah Sinclair is a biographical account of the life of Hannah Sinclair, written by Legh Richmond and published in 1839. The book chronicles the experiences of Hannah, a young woman who was born in humble circumstances and faced many challenges throughout her...
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Life-Altering: Abortion Stories from the MidwestEven before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, when roughly half of all U.S. states moved to ban or significantly curtail abortion, people across large swaths of the country were already facing enormous obstacles to accessing the procedure. Life-Altering: Abortion...
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Letters to Isabella Stewart GardnerSurrounded by artists, writers and musicians who constituted her court in Boston as in Venice, Isabella Stewart Gardner, a passionate art collector with enormous funds, was as revered and sought after as royalty. Henry James had a real affection for her, and was inspired...
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Letters from a StoicHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdomLucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental in guiding...
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Gawain and the Green KnightThe classic medieval tale that brings romance, chivalry and adventure to the modern reader, and inspired the powerful 2021 movie, Green Knight A mighty warrior interrupts King Arthur's banquet to challenge the astonished revellers to a binding act of combat. Out of sheer bravado...
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For a Flower AlbumThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Fadwa Tuqan: Love Letters to Sami HaddadLove Letters to Sami Haddad bears testimony to the life of the preeminent poetess - Fadwa Tuqan - and to the sincere love that enfolds her beauty, her translucent fragility, and her sensitive vision, and to her surroundings in a turbulent age rife with...
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