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 Complete NotebooksThe first complete translation of Albert Camus's personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, published for the first time in one comprehensive volume. Throughout his career, French writer and philosopher Albert Camus kept a series of notebooks that offers an unrivaled glimpse into the...
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The Castle of OtrantoThe Castle of Otranto By Horace Walpole, Editorial Oneness (Edited by)Author: Editorial Oneness,Horace WalpolePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 10/03/2016Pages: 98Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.20dISBN: 9781539322597This title is not returnable
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Talking to Writers: The Craft of NonfictionAm I a writer? Where should I get ideas? Is my writing any good? How did my favorite authors make it big? The act of writing is a daunting task for many people, and becoming a "writer" means so much more than putting pen...
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Sir Philip Sidney: The Major WorksThis authoritative edition brings together a unique combination of Sidney's poetry and prose--all the major writing, complemented by letters and elegies--that reveals the essence of his work and thinking. Born in 1554, Sir Philip Sidney was hailed as the perfect Renaissance patron, soldier, lover,...
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Sappho: A New TranslationThese hundred poems and fragments constitute virtually all of Sappho that survives and effectively bring to life the woman whom the Greeks consider to be their greatest lyric poet. Mary Barnard's translations are lean, incisive, direct--the best ever published. She has rendered the beloved...
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Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style"Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut: Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before has an entire book been devoted to Kurt...
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Palestine as MetaphorPalestine as Metaphor consists of a series of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, which have never appeared in English before. The interviews are a wealth of information on the poet's personal life, his relationships, his numerous works, and his tragedy. They illuminate Darwish's conception of...
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My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the SouthA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the celebrated bestselling author of All Over but the Shoutin' and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, comes a poignant and wryly funny collection of essays on life in the South. Keenly observed and written with his...
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Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love EverywhereNow available in trade paper!#1 New York Times BestsellerGuthrie persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection and "does not require us to ignore... the sorrows we experience or the unjustness we see but to believe past it."...
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Jazz June: A Self-Portrait in EssaysJazz June: A Self-Portrait in Essays traces a life, not by recounting its major events but by going deep into its representative moments: the moments of wonder, hope, fear, uncertainty, humor, love, and epiphany that make up human experience. Along the way, as a...
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If I Must Die"If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale." This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family. The...
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God Changes UsWhat if the pieces of your story you try hardest to hide are the very places God is ready to rebuild? What if the wounds, the failures, the patterns you can't shake are the raw materials for a life you never imagined?God Changes Us...
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George MacDonaldC. S. Lewis said everything he wrote was influenced by George MacDonald. According to Lewis, there is "hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continuously close, to the Spirit of Christ Himself." Writing a preface and selecting MacDonald's most poignant...
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Ducks at a Distance: A Waterfowl Identification GuideRobert W. (Bob) Hines (1912-1994) was an American wildlife artist.This publication features different species of waterfowl and information on how to identify them by plumage colors, flock patterns, silhouettes and sounds. Includes many illustrations. Author: Bob HinesPublisher: Must Have BooksPublished: 08/16/2022Pages: 60Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)Rebecca Solnit unearths the roots of our contemporary crises, countering the despair of our age with a dose of solidarity, creativity, and hope.Author: Rebecca SolnitPublisher: Haymarket BooksPublished: 09/04/2018Pages: 166Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.70dISBN: 9781608469468Award: Kirkus Prize - WinnerReview Citation(s): Kirkus...
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Beauty Is a VerbA ground-breaking anthology that will bring fresh understanding to the American experience of poetry, beauty, the body, and disability.Beauty is a Verb is a ground-breaking anthology of disability poetry, essays on disability, and writings on the poetics of both. Crip Poetry. Disability Poetry. Poems...
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A Literary Letter for Every Day of the YearThis fascinating anthology is a dive into the personal letters of some of the brightest literary minds in history. This collection is a look into the personal lives of some of the world's most beloved poets, novelists, and playwrights. The letters contain wisdom and...
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What Do I Know?: Essential EssaysStunning paperback edition of this fresh translation of Montaigne's most profound, searching essays, with an introduction from Yiyun Li, author of The Book of Goose This gift-worthy collection of 16 essays by "the father of the essay" is a short, accessible introduction to his...
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Welcome to the Nuthouse!: A Year in the Life of a Suburban FamilySyndicated newspaper humor columnist Peter McKay's wacky take on suburban life. With five kids, a smelly dog, and a decaying old house, McKay has his work cut out for him. It's not impossible, but to make matters worse, he has no idea what he's...
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Expanded EditionWhen first published in 2017, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us became an instant cultural sensation, appearing in music videos, B-sides to singles by The National's Matt Berninger and Julien Baker, as an essay prompt on standardized tests, and led critics at...
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