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 Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the MarginsLyric essayists draw on memoir, poetry, and prose to push against the arbitrary genre restrictions in creative nonfiction, opening up space not only for new forms of writing, but also new voices and a new literary canon. This anthology features some of the best...
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Frankie's Place: A Love StoryTo Sterba, his beloved's cabin is an enchanted castle by the sea, and like its fairy-tale prototype, Frankie's place imposes mysterious laws and rituals, which the aspirant must master before he is deemed an acceptable consort. His prize is, indeed, a woman of daunting...
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Raymond Chandler: A BiographyA New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Raymond Chandler is an uncensored look at the tortured man who wrote the classic mystery novels The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. Using recently uncovered archival materials including personal papers and correspondence, biographer Thomas...
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Wine Reads: A Literary Anthology of Wine WritingIn this richly literary anthology, Jay McInerney--bestselling novelist and acclaimed wine columnist for Town & Country, Wall Street Journal, and House and Garden--selects over twenty pieces of memorable fiction and nonfiction about the making, selling, and of course, drinking of fine wine. Including excerpts...
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The Wit and Wisdom of Mark TwainBesides being one of the most treasured writers in American history, Mark Twain was also one of the most quotable. This comprehensive compendium collects over 500 of his best quips and remarks. Born in Missouri under the name Samuel Langhorne Clemens, his pen name,...
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Funny Trail Tales: Outdoor Humor For All Ages, 2nd EditionA portable, family-friendly collection of some of the most classic and entertaining funny stories--perfect to share around the campfire Whether read aloud to friends or read alone, this collection will tickle your funny bone in the backcountry.Author: Amy HoitsmaPublisher: Falcon Press PublishingPublished: 06/05/2012Pages: 128Binding...
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An Introduction to Gaelic PoetryIntroduces the reader to Gaelic poetryAuthor: Derrick ThomsonPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublished: 05/01/1990Pages: 236Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780748601271Audience: Young Adult
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African-American Inventions That Changed The World: Influential Inventors and Their Revolutionary CreationsA considerable amount of the world's most influential inventors have been African-American, which is a fact that is often overlooked.Throughout history, African-Americans inventors have played a pivotal role in creating revolutionary inventions that has impacted our lives in various ways. These pioneers have contributed...
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Selected Poems of Giovanni PascoliThe most comprehensive collection in English of the founder of modern Italian poetry Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912)--the founder of modern Italian poetry and one of Italy's most beloved poets--has been compared to Robert Frost for his evocation of natural speech, his bucolic settings, and the...
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Jottings Under LamplightLu Xun (1881-1936) is widely considered the greatest writer of twentieth-century China. Although primarily known for his two slim volumes of short fiction, he was a prolific and inventive essayist. Jottings under Lamplight showcases Lu Xun's versatility as a master of prose forms and...
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Coming to Writing and Other EssaysThis collection presents six essays by one of France's most remarkable contemporary authors. A notoriously playful stylist, here H l ne Cixous explores how the problematics of the sexes--viewed as a paradigm for all difference, which is the organizing principle behind identity and meaning--manifest...
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The Elements of StyleThis, the original little book, has been incredibly popular since it was first written back in 1918. William Strunk, Jr., a professor at Cornell, released it in a privately printed edition in 1919 "to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention...on...
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Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1822)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. 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 of our...
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The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 3, 1926-1929The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 3: 1926-1929, featuring many previously unpublished letters, follows a rising star as he emerges from the literary Left Bank of Paris and moves into the American mainstream. Maxwell Perkins, legendary editor at Scribner's, nurtured the young Hemingway's talent,...
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Virgil: EcloguesPastoral poetry was probably the creation of the Hellenistic poet Theocritus, and he was certainly its most distinguished exponent in Greek. Vergil not only transposed the spirit of Greek pastoral into an Italian setting, blending details from the life of his native countryside into...
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Mark Twain Among the Indians and Other Indigenous PeoplesMark Twain among the Indians and Other Indigenous Peoples is the first book-length study of the writer's evolving views regarding the aboriginal inhabitants of North America and the Southern Hemisphere, and his deeply conflicted representations of them in fiction, newspaper sketches, and speeches. Using...
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Lessons from a Dark Time and Other EssaysIn this rich collection, bestselling author Adam Hochschild has selected and updated over two dozen essays and pieces of reporting from his long career. Threaded through them all is his concern for social justice and the people who have fought for it. The articles...
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The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter GreenOne of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures...
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Legacies: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, NonfictionEmbark on the literary journey of a lifetime with LEGACIES: FICTION, POETRY, DRAMA, NONFICTION, 5th Edition This four-genre literature anthology challenges you to think, read, and write critically. From Lao-tzu and Sophocles, to Sandra Cisneros, Charles Simic, and Suzan Lori-Parks, you'll discover the best...
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What Is Man?: And Other EssaysThese acerbic, poignant, and thought-provoking essays concern mankind, its relationship with God, and how the mind works. Twain himself considered them dark and cynical, delaying their publication for many years before finally releasing them as an anonymous, limited-edition collection. The title essay constitutes a...
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