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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A Forest on Many Stems: Essays on the Poet's NovelA Forest on Many Stems: Essays on the Poet's Novel provides a unique entrance to the rare prose of many remarkable modern and contemporary poets including Etel Adnan, Renee Gladman, Langston Hughes, Kevin Killian, Alice Notley, Fernando Pessoa, Rainer Maria Rilke, Leslie Scalapino, Jack...
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Reconstructing Mabel: A Taos MemoirHigh in the mountains of New Mexico, Taos has long been a magnet for artists. When writer Valmai Howe Elkins, escaping brutal east coast winters, buys a tiny house without even seeing inside, lured by the way the light shimmers between the branches of...
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Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's HometownBlues, being the wellspring of all American music for over a century, is always worth studying. Robert does it right. --Keith RichardsAn emotional map of musical Memphis. If you don't know these characters, let Robert Gordon introduce you. --Elvis CostelloRobert Gordon's book is proof...
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The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled TimeReading is a revolutionary act, an act of engagement in a culture that wants us to disengage. In The Lost Art of Reading, David L. Ulin asks a number of timely questions - why is literature important? What does it offer, especially now? Blending...
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Urgency and PatienceBoth a sense of urgency and a goodly amount of patience are required for any writer to produce a novel. Moving between these two poles, Jean-Philippe Toussaint here collects a series of short essays on the art of writing, both his own and that...
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Concerto for Sentence: An Exploration of the Musico-EroticSubtitled An Exploration of the Musico-Erotic, this novel is an experiment in blurring the boundaries between the syntax of music and that of poetry. The sentences in question are elliptical, resembling a musical score, and tell the story of a violinist embarking upon a...
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After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the FrameLos Angeles lives largest in the world's imagination. It can be a projection, a solution, a temporary fix, a long-term goal. For Lynell George -- and millions of others -- it's simply home. After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame by Lynell George is the...
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The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live by from Activists, Writers, and VisionariesInspiring commencement speeches from Wynton Marsalis, Toni Morrison, Gloria Steinem, and others: "The perfect gift for grads-to-be" (O, The Oprah Magazine). "The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don't listen to them," acclaimed author and award-winning journalist Anna Quindlen cautioned graduates of Grinnell College....
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Lo Que Vio El Perro / What the Dog Saw = What the Dog Saw and Other AdventuresLos mejores reportajes del autor de los best sellers La clave del xito y Fueras de serie. S lo poni ndose en la piel de un perro, pens Gladwell, podr a destapar los secretos de C sar Mill n, el encantador de perros ,...
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The Mystical Life of Jesus2015 Reprint of the 1929 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This fascinating, non-sectarian treatment of the unknown life of Jesus is based on records preserved in the archives of ancient monasteries of the Essenes and the...
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Self Mastery and Fate with the Cycles of Life2015 Reprint of 1929 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This book reveals how we may take advantage of certain periods to bring success, happiness, health and prosperity into our lives, and it likewise points out those...
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On Tyranny: An Interpretation of Xenophon's Hiero2015 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "On Tyranny" is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue "Hiero," or "Tyrannicus," in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages...
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The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave2014 Reprint of 1856 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Publius Syrus, a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by...
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People2011 Reprint of 1899 Edition. "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" was first performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London. It is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Dog: 101 Heartwarming Stories about Our Happy, Heroic & Hilarious PetsWhat has that dog done now? You'll recognize your own canine companion in this collection of 101 stories about how very good and very bad our dogs can be. From clever dogs that sneak food to heroic dogs that save lives--from mischievous dogs that...
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Atlantis and Lemuria: History and CivilizationAtlantis was first mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias, written in 360 BC. Obtained from the Akashic Records and under the influence of the Theosofical Publishing Society, Steiner presents in this work the Akashic information available about Atlantis and Lemuria. Author: Rudolf SteinerPublisher:...
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Nihongi: Volume I - Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697From its early stories of gods, monsters, and mischievous mythical creatures to its more grounded recountings of historical events, this classic collection of the first literary efforts of the Japanese people is the preeminent source of knowledge about Japanese antiquity. First published in this...
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Ancient Egypt: The Light of the WorldWith his earlier two series in Egyptology, Gerald Massey turned existing doctrine on its head to argue that not only had Egypt spawned human civilization, but that Egyptian mythology was the basis for Jewish and Christian beliefs. The culmination of his years at this...
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The Work of the Holy SpiritIn this volume, originally published in English in 1900-it was translated by HENRI DE VRIES (1847-1932)-Abraham Kuyper addresses what he feels is a scarcely discussed topic among theologians and practicing Christians: the person and work of the Holy Spirit. Much had been written about...
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African AdventuresPresident Theodore Roosevelt once wrote, "I think that the incident of the Uganda man-eating lions, is the most remarkable account of which we have any record. It is a great pity that it should not be preserved in permanent form." Now this timeless original...
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