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Frances Hodgson Burnett
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2012]
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Lord Dorincourt had occasion to wear his grim smile many a time as the days passed by. Indeed, as his acquaintance with his grandson progressed, he wore the smile so often that there were moments when it almost... more
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M Twain
[Paperback 2010]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) is Mark Twain's most popular book, and its hero is a national icon, celebrated as a distinctively American figure both at home and abroad. Tom Sawyer's bold spirit, winsome smile, and inventive solutions to the problems of everyday life in fictional St Petersburg -... more
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Mark Twain
[Paperback 2004]
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-All modern American literatue comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn- There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.- Hemingway-s comment is scarcely an exaggeration. While critics have argues over the symbolic significance of Huck-s and Jim-s voyage down the Mississippi, none as disputed... more
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Alexander Aciman
[Paperback 2010]
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"Twitterature" is a hilarious and irreverent re-imagining of the classics as a series of 140-character tweets. From Homer to Harry Potter, Virgil to Voltaire, Tolstoy to Twilight, this work provides a crash course in more than 80 of the world's best-known books. "Twitterature" is a hilarious and irreverent re-imagining of... more
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Willa Cather ,
John J Murphy ,
W T Benda
[Paperback 2004]
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Willa Cather's masterful portrait of prairie culture, based on her own life. Against Nebraska's panoramic landscape, Cather recreates the life of an immigrant girl who becomes, in the memories of narrator Jim Burden, the epitome of strong and dignifed womanhood. Cuzak sat down behind the stove and watched his womenfolk... more
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Mark Twain
[Paperback 2008]
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If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure and return to again and again. Meet the boy who can find trouble without even looking. At school, at home, in church and outdoors, if... more
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F Scott Fitzgerald
[Paperback 1994]
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The Great Gatsby was first published in 1925 and is considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece. This is a large print edition printed in 16 point font size.The mysterious Jay Gatsby uses his fabulous wealth to create an enchanted world fit for his former love, Daisy Buchanan, now married... more
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Jack Kerouac
[Paperback 1996]
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The novel that defined the Beat generation, this exuberant tale of two men traversing America is as fresh and fantastic as ever. The indisputable bible of the Beat Generation, "On the Road" (1957) fictionalizes Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend, Neal Cassidy. Swinging to the rhythms... more
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Jon Stewart
[Hardcover 2010]
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Jon Stewart and The Daily Show take readers on an intellectual voyage through time--a quest back to the very moment of creation--that will maybe, just maybe, help them to figure out exactly how and why everything got so irretrievably messed up.... more
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David Thorne
[Paperback 2011]
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Elaine Showalter
[Paperback 2010]
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"A Jury of Her Peers "is an unprecedented literary landmark: the first comprehensive history of American women writers from 1650 to 2000. In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--brimming with Elaine Showalter's characteristic wit and incisive opinions--we are introduced to more than 250 female writers. These include not only... more
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Albert Einstein
[Paperback 1995, 3rd Edition]
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Ideas and Opinions collects Einstien's thoughts and beliefs on every subject and displays his remarkable ability to penetrate to the heart of a subject, an ability that is as apparent in his scientific writings as in his more personal writings. He has the rare gift to make complex problems seem... more
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F Scott Fitzgerald ,
Kermit Vanderbilt
[Paperback 2009]
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Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), is a savage and haunting satire of the young, rootless post-war generation who live intent only on the pursuit of wealth and decadent pleasure. Anthony Patch's marriage to the beautiful but selfish Gloria is idyllic at first but the union slowly... more
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Jonathan Safran Foer
[Paperback 2007]
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This special limited edition of A Convergence of Birds follows the successful publication of the trade edition of this wonderful anthology of new fiction and poetry inspired by the art of Joseph Cornell. 22 of the best American writers working today, including authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Pinsky,... more
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Arthur Miller
[Paperback 1976]
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The tragedy of a typical American--a salesman who at the age of sixty-three is faced with what he cannot face; defeat and disillusionment. Willy Loman, the protagonist of Death of a Salesman, has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to... more
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John Freeman
[Paperback 2010]
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Frank Norris ,
Kevin Starr
[Paperback 2004]
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An early example of American realism, "McTeague" was considered truly shocking when first published at the turn of the century. This searing portrait of the downfall of a slow-witted dentist and his avaricious wife embodies Frank Norris' powerful insights into conflicting forces of heredity and social conditioning. It is a... more
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Philip Roth
[Paperback 1995]
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Unabridged on audio, read by Ron Silver and directed by the author, Philip Roth Portnoy's Complaint is the famously outrageous confession made to his analyst by Alexander Portnoy, the Huck Finn of Newark, who is trust through life by his unappeasable sexuality, yet held back at the same time by... more
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Nathaniel Hawthorne ,
Milton R Stern
[Paperback 2005]
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A novel which deals with a decadent New England family and Holgrave, who rents a room in their seven-gabled house. The sins of one generation are visited upon another in a haunted New England mansion until the arrival of a young woman from the country breathes new air into mouldering... more
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Demetri Martin
[Hardcover 2011]
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How To Read This Book If you're reading this sentence then you've pretty much got it. Good job. Just keep going the way you are. Some Honours and Awards for which Demetri Martin would qualify National Champion at being the exboyfriend who is most consistently awkward around his exgirlfriend or... more
