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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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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The Raccolta: Or Collection of Indulgenced Prayers & Good WorksThe Raccolta (literally, "collection" in Italian) is a book that listed Roman Catholic prayers and other acts of piety, such as novenas for which specific indulgances were granted by Popes. It was translated by Father St. John who was a convert to Catholicism and...
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The Portable EmersonA comprehensive collection of writings by "the most influential writer of the nineteenth century" (Harold Bloom) Ralph Waldo Emerson's diverse body of work has done more than perhaps any other thinker to shape and define the American mind. Literary giants including Henry David Thoreau,...
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full ColorOnce regarded as a brilliant eccentric whose works skirted the outer fringes of English art and literature, William Blake (1757-1827) is today recognized as a major poet, a profound thinker, and one of the most original and exciting English artists. Nowhere is his glorious...
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays'It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.' The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) proclaims that it is 'A Trivial Play for Serious People'. In fact, collected here alongside Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Salome (1891, 1894),...
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The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Nine Unforgettable TalesThe greatest hunting stories by Ben East, Patrick O'Brien, Thomas McGuane, Vance Bourjaily, William Faulkner, Thomas McIntyre, Robert C. Ruark, Havilah Babcock, Peter Hathaway Capstick, Charles Fergus, John Barsness, Jesse Hill Ford, John Madison, Tom Hennessey, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Elliot, George Reiger, Russell Annabel,...
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The Essential Classics: An Anthology of Greco-Roman LiteratureAn expansive and complete anthology of ancient literature is at your fingertips. Spanning one thousand years of literature and history, The Essential Classics is your portal into the days of antiquity. From Homer to Marcus Aurelius, The Essential Classics finds the most irreplaceable selections...
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The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 3 1939-1944: Vol. 3 (1939-1944)Nin's years of struggle and final triumph as an author in America. "Transcending mere self-revelation... the diary examines human personality with a depth and understanding seldom surpassed since Proust...dream and fact are balanced and...in their joining lie the elements of masterpiece" (Washington Post). Edited...
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The Canterbury Tales: The New TranslationThe classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England.Complete and Unabridged.Author: Gerald J. Davis,Geoffrey ChaucerPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 06/21/2016Pages: 458Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.47lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02dISBN: 9781533594600Review Citation(s): Foreword 08/04/2016About the AuthorGerald J. Davis is...
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The Book of Women's FriendshipAs Marilynne Robinson writes in her 1980 novel, Housekeeping, "Having a sister or friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house." Bringing together work by more than 100 writers, The Book of Women's Friendship explores the rich subject of friendship between women...
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Selected Poems of Robinson JeffersRobinson Jeffers was one of the most controversial poets of the twentieth century. In this volume, essential poems selected from his major works provide an excellent overview of Jeffers's style and the themes present throughout his work. Drawn from volumes published throughout his career,...
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Remarkable Diaries: The World's Greatest Diaries, Journals, Notebooks, & LettersTravel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Bringing together historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks, Remarkable Diaries provides an intimate insight into the...
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Racial FictionsA powerful critique of the racial myths that shape our world Drawing on a rich tapestry of historical analysis, literary criticism, and cultural theory, Hazel V. Carby interrogates our racial fictions, which have been constructed, maintained, and weaponized across centuries to justify systems of...
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Porque Estamos Aquí: Puerto Rican Feminisms Against EmpireA future classic collection of Puerto Rican feminist writing that spans time, terrain, and phases, invokes voices across generations and fields, and bridges island and diaspora.In her years of scholarship and activism with fellow Puerto Rican feminists, editor Jessica N. Pabón-Colón reached for a...
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track"I'm an explorer, OK? I like to find out!" -- One of the towering figures of twentieth-century science, Richard Feynman possessed a curiosity that was the stuff of legend. Even before he won the Nobel Prize in 1965, his unorthodox and spellbinding lectures on...
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Paul Thek and Peter Hujar: Stay Away from NothingFollow the friendship and romance of storied artists Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, from the US to Italy and back again, through previously unpublished letters, postcards, candid portraits and contact sheetsThis volume shines a spotlight on the deep relationship between Paul Thek (1933-88) and...
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Out There in the DarkKatharine Coldiron sees her life through a film projector. She watches The Sound of Music and observes that time is peculiarly preserved in a narrative film; she watches Singin' in the Rain and finds truth and falsehood layered in it like dental veneers; she...
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New Directions/New DimensionsDiscover bold voices and fresh perspectives in New Directions, New Dimensions, an inspiring anthology featuring Florida writers who explore the turning points that reshape our lives. From striking fiction and heartfelt creative nonfiction to evocative poetry, these works invite readers to journey through change,...
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