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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Richard Wright: The Library of America Unexpurgated Edition: Native Son / Uncle Tom's Children / Black Boy / And MoreFor the first time in a deluxe boxed set, the definitive edition of Richard Wright's landmark works in the form in which he intended them to be read. Here, in authoritative texts based on the author's original typescripts and proofs, is the Library of...
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Literature from the 'Axis of Evil': Writing from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy NationsSubject of a full-length segment on Morning Edition when it first appeared in hardcover, Literature from the Axis of Evil quickly went to the top of the Amazon bestseller list. Its publication was celebrated by authors including Azar Nafisi and Alice Walker, and the...
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Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson MysteriesNew York Times-bestselling author of The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson writes about the dark, uncanny sides of humanity with clarity and humor. Lost at Sea--now with new material--reveals how deep our collective craziness lies, even in the most mundane circumstances. Ronson investigates the strange...
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Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and LondonFrom the bestselling author of How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and Exit West, coming in March 2017, "a near-perfect essay collection, filled with insight, compassion, and intellect. (NPR)In both his internationally bestselling fiction and his wide-ranging journalism, Mohsin Hamid has earned...
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Letter to JimmyWritten on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin's death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou's ode to his literary hero and an effort to place Baldwin's life in context within the greater African diaspora.Author: Alain MabanckouPublisher: CatapultPublished: 12/16/2014Pages: 178Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize:...
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The Death of Picasso: New and Selected WritingWhen Guy Davenport looks at the world, the world changes; sometimes just a little and sometimes a lot. And no reader is the same after reading his or her first Davenport essay or story. He is a writer perfectly described by the term singular...
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The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with VocabularyIs the Gulistan the most influential book in the Iranian world? In terms of prose, it is the model, which all writers of Persian seek to emulate. In terms of moral, philosophical or practical wisdom, it is endlessly quoted to either illustrate or prove...
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Mark Twain's Notebooks: Journals, Letters, Observations, Wit, Wisdom, and DoodlesThe original and insightful collection that combines Mark Twain's journal writings with his rarely seen sketches and doodles. Fascinating and often hilarious, this is a complete record of the thoughts, ideas, and observations of the father of American literature. A national treasure and a...
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The Best of Royko: The Tribune YearsFor more than 30 years, Mike Royko was a part of the daily fabric of Chicagoans' lives, penning often humorous and always honest columns first for the Chicago Daily News, then the Sun-Times, and finally the Tribune. Culled from thousands of his Tribune columns...
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G.K. Chesterton: Essential WritingsAuthor: G. K. ChestertonPublisher: Orbis BooksPublished: 09/24/2003Pages: 176Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.40dISBN: 9781570754951
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The Outlaw Bible of American EssaysLike its highly acclaimed companions, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and The Outlaw Bible of American Literature, this edition is a prime for generational revolt and an enduring document of the visionary tradition of authenticity and nonconformity in American lives and letters. A...
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The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka ReaderAmiri Baraka - dramatist, poet, essayist, orator, and fiction writer - is one of the preeminent African-American literary figures of our time. The Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader provides the most comprehensive selection of Baraka's work to date, spanning almost 40 years of a brilliant,...
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Otherwise Known as the Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews*Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice**A New York Times Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year, as selected by Dwight Garner*Geoff Dyer has earned the devotion of passionate fans on both sides of...
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A room with a viewEdward Morgan Forster OM CH (1 January 1879 - 7 June 1970), known as E. M. Forster, was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examined class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society, notably A Room...
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Jnana Yoga (Eglish) EditionSwami Vivekananda, Jnana-Yoga, the Path of Knowledge, describes the essence of Vedanta philosophy - the wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita in a modern scientific manner. The Swami's deep spiritual insight, fervid eloquence, and broad human sympathy, shine forth in these...
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La Ciudad de Dios (Spanish) EditionLa ciudad de Dios, cuyo t tulo original en lat n es De civitate Dei contra paganos, es decir, La ciudad de Dios contra los paganos, es una obra escrita en 22 libros de Agust n de Hipona que fue realizada durante su vejez...
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Las Guerras de lo Judios (Spanish) EditionCon esta obra, el autor nos da una visi n sentida y dram tica de aquellas contiendas feroces entre romanos y jud os que terminaron, bajo Tito, con la total ruina de Jerusal n.Author: Flavio JosefoPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 06/21/2017Pages: 296Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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Don Quijote de la Mancha - El Ingenioso Hidalgo (Spanish) EditionDon Quijote de la Manchaa es una novela escrita por el espa ol Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Publicada su primera parte con el t tulo de El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha a comienzos de 1605, es la obra m s destacada...
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Thomas Jefferson: 100 Quotes on Revolution, Determination, and Freedom"No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the...
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Sun Tzu - The Art of WarSun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected....
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