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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Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918 (1919)This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part...
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Parallel Lives: From Freud and Mann to Arbus and PlathParallel Lives covers the century from the birth of Sigmund Freud in 1856 to the death of Sylvia Plath in 1963. Written by the esteemed biographer and literary critic Jeffrey Meyers, the book includes European, American, and Russian authors and artists, film directors and...
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Over There: War Scenes On The Western FrontEnoch Arnold Bennett was one of the most remarkable literary figures of his time, a product of the English Potteries that he made famous as the Five Towns. Bennett published his first novel The Man from the North in 1898. This was followed by...
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Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in Between Worlds"A deeply meaningful collection that navigates important nuances of identity."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review 2021 Texas Book Festival Featured Book Bronze Medal for Anthologies, Independent Publisher Book Awards 2023 Nepantla Familias brings together Mexican American narratives that explore and negotiate the many permutations of living...
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Native Texan: Stories from Deep in the HeartNative Texan: Stories from Deep in the Heart is a lively and personal tour of small town and big city Texas in search of what makes the state unique. Nationally acclaimed columnist Joe Holley is widely loved for his popular "Native Texan" column, which...
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Mosaic through East-Facing Glass: A Collection of Personal Essays2020. Yeah, that. Everything stopped except Marg Heidebrecht's habit of writing for ninety minutes a day. Four years, forty essays later, the author of In the Shade: Friendship, Loss, and the Bruce Trail provides us with this new collection. Intended as a legacy for...
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Miss Southeast: EssaysA collection of narrative essays on femininity, sexuality, community, and belongingMiss Southeast explores the strange, often contradictory cultural circumstances of being queer and female in the American South and beyond. Born and raised in North Carolina, the youngest in a family of precocious daughters,...
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Magically Black and Other EssaysIn this engaging follow up to How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, the recipient of PEN New England Award for nonfiction and finalist for the National Book Award sharply examines and explains Black life and culture with equal parts candor and humor.In...
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Leviathan Thomas HobbesLeviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil-commonly referred to as Leviathan-is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the...
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Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern ReadersAn entrancing new telling of ancient Greek myths "This book is a triumph! . . . [A] magnificent retelling of the Greek myths."--Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series "Move over, Edith Hamilton! Sarah Iles Johnston has hit the...
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George Saunders & Joshua Lutz: Orange Blossom TrailA call-and-response between Lutz's photography of labor conditions in America and Saunders' writings In Orange Blossom Trail, American writer George Saunders (born 1958) and American photographer Joshua Lutz (born 1975) offer an alternately poetic and searing evocation of the cruelty and tender beauty of...
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Fuzzy Traumas: Animals and Errors in Contemporary Japanese LiteratureIn Fuzzy Traumas, Tyran Grillo critically examines the portrayal of companion animals in Japanese literature in the wake of the 1990s "pet boom." Blurring the binary between human and nonhuman, Grillo draws on Japanese science fiction, horror, guide-dog stories, and a notorious essay on...
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Fuzzy Traumas: Animals and Errors in Contemporary Japanese LiteratureIn Fuzzy Traumas, Tyran Grillo critically examines the portrayal of companion animals in Japanese literature in the wake of the 1990s "pet boom." Blurring the binary between human and nonhuman, Grillo draws on Japanese science fiction, horror, guide-dog stories, and a notorious essay on...
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Focus on Lake Merritt: Essays on a unique, urban, natural resource in OaklandWhat was Lake Merritt like in the 1990's? Is history repeating itself?Between September 3, 1991 and December 19, 1997, the Montclarion newspaper (now part of the Bay Area News Group) published a series of 77 essays written bimonthly by Dr. Richard Bailey, founder of...
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Flowers World Anti-Stress Coloring Book: Flower fairies Coloring Pages for adults Relaxation and Fun. Easy and Simple anti stress Print Designs with CThe cutest flowers coloring pages ever Why This is a Great Choice ?★ Each coloring page is printed on a separate page with a full black page on the back to avoid bleed through★ White paper suitable for coloring pencils, coloring pastels, markers, gel...
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Fast Famous WomenWhat do Sylvia Plath, Mae West, Taylor Swift, Shirley Chisholm, Helen Keller, Sally Ride, Toni Morrison, Dolores Huerta, Lizzie Borden, Billie Jean King, and Eleanor of Aquitaine have in common? They're all stars in 2024's FAST FAMOUS WOMEN: 75 Essays of Flash NonFiction, the...
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Etidorhpa: Or The End Of The EarthEtidorhpa: Or The End Of The Earth is a science fiction novel written by John Uri Lloyd. The story follows the journey of a man named Llewellyn Drury, who is approached by a mysterious stranger named I-Am-The-Man. I-Am-The-Man claims to have knowledge of a...
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Encounter on the Seine: Essays"James Baldwin was born for truth. It called upon him to tell it on the mountains, to preach it in Harlem, to sing it on the Left Bank in Paris. . . . He was a giant." -- Maya Angelou This collectible edition celebrates...
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Dear Nan. I Want To Hear Your Story: A Guided Memory Journal to Share The Stories, Memories and Moments That Have Shaped Nan's Life 7 x 10 inchThis is Nan's opportunity to share her life story in her very own guided journal that can be kept as a forever keepsake for generations to come.Learn all about Nan's life from childhood, teenage years, adulthood and parenting by allowing her to share those...
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Business Pointers By Darius Ogden MillsBusiness Pointers By Darius Ogden Mills is a book written by Orison Swett Marden that provides insights and advice on how to succeed in business. The book is based on the life and experiences of Darius Ogden Mills, a successful businessman and philanthropist who...
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