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 Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: Uncensored Unabridged EditionThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Fearing the story was indecent, prior to publication the magazine's editor deleted roughly five hundred words without Wilde's...
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Hrosvithae Liber Tertius, a TextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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FirebugsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Mondegreen: Songs about Death and LoveMondegreen tells the story of a refugee from Ukraine's Donbas region who has escaped to Kyiv at the onset of the Ukrainian-Russian war. Written in beautiful, experimental style, the novel shows how people--and cities--are capable of radical transformation and how this, in turn, affects...
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The Lost Notebooks of Sisyphus: A Novel with CommentaryFor nearly three thousand years, King Sisyphus of Corinth has been one of the most compelling characters in world mythology. The iconic image of Sisyphus putting his shoulder to the boulder and pushing it to the summit of a mountain in the Underworld is...
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Essays from EssexIn Essays from Essex, Sydney M. Williams III shares new musings on family, nature, and the miracles to be found in everyday life. The nearly two dozen entries in this, his third collection, range from stories of growing up in the 1940s and '50s,...
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Painting Is a Supreme Fiction: Writings by Jesse Murry, 1980-1993Art writing, theory, poetry and more from a leading champion of "painting as a poetic act"This unprecedented collection compiles the writings of artist and poet Jesse Murry (1948-93), an extraordinary thinker who believed in the capacity of painting to hold the complexity of human...
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Letters of Note: GriefIn Letters of Note: Grief, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about grief, from the heart-wrenching pain of losing a loved one to reliving fond memories of those who have passed on. Includes letters by: Audre Lorde, Robert Frost, Nick...
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The Story of the Seer of PatmosIn "The Story of the Seer of Patmos," author Stephen Haskell walks readers right into the life of John the Beloved, explaining in great detail the closeness of John to God, and how, because of that closeness, John was shown many future events in...
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Hominis AuroraHominis Aurora is a collection of poems in three parts (sacred numerology of the beginning, evolution and end or the triangle as exemplification of the birth of knowledge) manifested in the metaphoric subtitles of Tempus, Ritualis and Communitas. The book embarks on a journey...
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The People of the AbyssThe People of the Abyss (1903) is a work of nonfiction by American writer Jack London. Written after the author spent three months living in London's poverty-stricken East End, The People of the Abyss bears witness to the difficulties faced by hundreds and thousands...
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Longing and Other StoriesJun'ichirō Tanizaki is one of the most prominent Japanese writers of the twentieth century, renowned for his investigations of family dynamics, eroticism, and cultural identity. Most acclaimed for his postwar novels such as The Makioka Sisters and The Key, Tanizaki made his literary debut...
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2020* the Year of the Asterisk: American EssaysIs it over? Are we safe yet? What the hell happened? Or, rather, more aptly: What didn't happen? In 2020, we were deceived and misled. Each day offered a new challenge, revealed some new horror, and there was no relief in being told it...
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A Poetics of the Press: Interviews with Poets, Printers, & PublishersLiterary Nonfiction. Poetics. Art. The publication of Donald Allen's The New American Poetry in 1960, as well as the Vancouver and Berkeley poetry conferences, sparked a poetic renaissance. It was an era rich in exploration and innovation that articulated a new relationship between form...
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Between Tears And LaughterLin Yutang (1895-1976) was a renowned Chinese intellectual, philosopher, teacher, author and inventor (he invented a Chinese typewriter and lesser things like a toothbrush which dispensed toothpaste). This book published in the middle of the Second World War became quite controversial because it broke...
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AeropagiticaFrom the author of the esteemed epic poem, Paradise Lost, comes one history's most influential arguments against censorship. John Milton was known for his linguistic genius and political activity, often writing to support his views. During the height of the English Civil War, Milton...
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VicissitudesVicissitudes is a modern-day romance that confronts the transformative power of love head on, asking us to reconsider the meaning of transformation in a world often fearful of change. In weaving through various character perspectives shaped by this modern love story, Vicissitudes explores the...
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The Collected Works of Jim Morrison CD: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and LyricsPerformed by Jim Morrison, Patti Smith, Liz Phair, Oliver Ray, Tom Robbins, Frank Lisciandro, Anne Morrison Chewning, Sefton Graham, and Ian Morrison. Includes Jim Morrison's final poetry recording, now available for the first time, at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles on his...
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Geometry Graph Paper Notebook: (Large, 8.5x11) 100 Pages, 4 Squares per Inch, Math Graph Paper Composition Notebook for Students100-Pages (4 Squares per Inch) Graph Paper Composition Notebook Perfect Notebook for Kids, Teens, Students, and AdultsThe Geometry Graph Paper Notebook is a simple but durable all-purpose composition notebook with 100 graph paper pages. The large, 8.5"x11" size makes it perfect for math and...
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Back to School Graph Paper Notebook: (Large, 8.5x11) 100 Pages, 4 Squares per Inch, Math and Science Graph Paper Composition Notebook for Students100-Pages (4 Squares per Inch) Graph Paper Composition Notebook Perfect Notebook for Kids, Teens, Students, and AdultsThe Back to School Graph Paper Notebook is a simple but durable all-purpose composition notebook with 100 graph paper pages. The large, 8.5"x11" size makes it perfect for...
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