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Classic fiction, Short stories, General fiction
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Sixty stories filled with folklore and wit span Twain's entire writing career and are arranged chronologically by publishing date from…
1865 through 1916. Some entries, like "The Trials of Simon Erikson" and four other stories from Roughing It (DB 12437), are fictional yarns extracted from nonfiction works. Includes introduction by editor Charles Neider
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Serious and literary fiction, Suspense and thrillers, Classic fiction, General fiction
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A rambling story relating an American's stuporous escapades in the slums of Mexico City in 1952. This stream-of-consciousness tale interweaves…
observations of a rooster, a cat, a chihuahua dog, and a ravished drug addict in homes, shops, and on the streets of the city
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Family stories, Alphabet, number and picture books, Classic fictionHumour, Poetry
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Pairs of simple, rhyming words are introduced and used in bouncy nonsense sentences. "Day/Play/We play all day." "Night/Fight/We fight all night." For grades K-3
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Science fiction, General fiction, Classic fiction
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This sequel to Perelandra (DB 23329) finds rival professors Ransom and Weston at Bracton College, as members of an evil…
technocratic society are planning to "recondition" mankind with the aid of the resurrected wizard Merlin. Ransom leads an opposition group in a climactic clash with the forces of evil
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Science fiction, Classic fiction, Mysteries and crime stories
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A thousand years in the future, Earth's teeming billions are crowded into huge enclosed cities. New York City detective Elijah…
Baley is forced to team up with an android to solve the murder of a prominent spacer from the outer worlds. Failure will jeopardize any hope of Earth's overcrowded population reaching out to the stars
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Short stories, Classic fiction, General fiction
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Fifty-four stories by the noted Russian writer. Includes several of his semifictional "autobiographical" stories, as well as selections from Red…
Cavalry, tales of his service in the Red Army in 1920 during Russia's civil war, and Odessa Stories, a collection of vignettes about Russian Jewish life
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Classic fiction
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'Heart of Darkness,' which appeared at the very beginning of our century, 'was a Cassandra cry announcing the end of…
Victorian Europe, on the verge of transforming itself into the Europe of violence,' wrote the critic Czeslaw Milosz. Originally published in 1902, Heart of Darkness remains one of this century's most enduring--and harrowing--works of fiction. Written several years after Conrad's grueling sojourn in the Belgian Congo, the novel tells the story of Marlow, a seaman who undertakes his own journey into the African jungle to find the tormented white trader Kurtz. Rich in irony and spellbinding prose, Heart of Darkness is a complex meditation on colonialism, evil, and the thin line between civilization and barbarity. This edition contains selections from Conrad's Congo Diary of 1890--the first notes, in effect, for the novel which was composed at the end of that decade.Virginia Woolf wrote of Conrad, 'His books are full of moments of vision. They light up a whole character in a flash. . . . He could not write badly, one feels, to save his life.'
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Classic fiction, Fantasy
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From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock comes the first book in his famous Elric of Melniboné series,…
brought to vivid new life with stunning illustrations.In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone. With Melnibone&’s years of grandeur and decadence long since passed, Elric&’s amoral cousin Yrkoon sets his eyes on the throne. Elric, realizing he is his country&’s best hope, must face his nefarious cousin in an epic battle for the right to rule. Elric of Melnibone is the first in Michael Moorcock&’s incredible series, which created fantasy archetypes that have echoed through the genre for generations. The beautiful, vivid illustrations bring new life to the story and are sure to captivate fans, new and old.
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Classic fiction, Folklore, fables and fairy tales
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Twelve of Andersen's stories translated by Neil Philip. He has included such well known tales as "The Princess and the…
Pea," "Thumbelina," and "The Ugly Duckling," as well as several lesser known, such as "The Shadow," "Grief," and "Father's Always Right." For grades 2-4 and older readers
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Classic fictionPoetry
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Poetry selected from many cultures. Beginning with the creation stories of various religions, the collection celebrates many aspects of life…
with themes such as elements of the earth, magic, humor, and love. For grades 4-7
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The narrator and protagonist of Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent (first published in English as A Raw Youth) is Arkady Dolgoruky,…
a naive 19-year-old boy bursting with ambition and opinions. The illegitimate son of a dissipated landowner, he is torn between his desire to expose his father’s wrongdoing and the desire to win his love. He travels to St. Petersburg to confront the father he barely knows, inspired by an inchoate dream of communion and armed with a mysterious document that he believes gives him power over others. This new English version by the most acclaimed of Dostoevsky’s translators is a masterpiece of pathos and high comedy.
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Classic fiction, Serious and literary fiction, Suspense and thrillers
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The first new translation of The Plague to be published in the United States in more than seventy years, bringing the…
Nobel Prize winner's iconic novel ("A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair." —The Washington Post) to a new generation of readers.The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation, and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, as well as a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. In this fresh yet careful translation, award-winning translator Laura Marris breathes new life into Albert Camus's ever-resonant tale. Restoring the restrained lyricism of the original French text, and liberating it from the archaisms and assumptions of the previous English translation, Marris grants English readers the closest access we have ever had to the meaning and searing beauty of The Plague. This updated edition promises to add relevance and urgency to a classic novel of twentieth-century literature.
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Classic fictionPoetry
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Now I shall sing the second kingdom,there where the soul of man is cleansed,made worthy to ascend to heaven. In…
the second book of Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy, Dante has left hell and begins the ascent of the mount of purgatory. Just as hell had its circles, purgatory, situated at the threshold of heaven, has its terraces, each representing one of the seven mortal sins. With Virgil again as his guide, Dante climbs the mountain; the poet shows us, on its slopes, those whose lives were variously governed by pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony, and lust. As he witnesses the penance required on each successive terrace, Dante often feels the smart of his own sins. His reward will be a walk through the garden of Eden, perhaps the most remarkable invention in the history of literature.Now Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, and Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher, whose joint translation of the Inferno was acclaimed as a new standard in English, bring their respective gifts to Purgatorio in an arresting and clear verse translation. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, their edition offers an extensive and accessible introduction as well as generous historical and interpretive commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship and Robert Hollander's own decades of teaching and reasearch.
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Animal stories, Family stories, Classic fiction, General fiction
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Harry buries his scrubbing brush and spends a glorious day getting dirty before he finally realizes that soap has its uses, after all. For preschool-grade 2
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Animal stories, Classic fiction, General fiction
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In this book about counting, Rooster decides to travel, so he sets out to see the world. But before he…
goes very far, he gets lonely. Then Rooster spies two cats and asks them to join him. Before long, Rooster has fourteen animals with him. For grades K-3
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Classic fiction, General fictionDrama
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A prose retelling of the classic comedy in which several couples, spending the night in a forest, find themselves bewitched…
by the fairy king's young servant--Puck. For grades 2-4 and older readers
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Ghost and horror stories, Mysteries and crime stories, Classic fiction, Romantic suspense, Short stories, General fiction
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Sixty-eight short stories by the nineteenth-century American master of the macabre. Contains familiar favorites such as "The Murders in the…
Rue Morgue," "The Gold Bug," and "The Pit and the Pendulum," as well as such lesser known works as "MS. Found in a Bottle," "King Pest," "The Man That Was Used Up," "The Devil in the Belfry," "The Balloon-Hoax," and "Some Words with a Mummy."
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Serious and literary fiction, Humourous fiction, Classic fiction, General fiction
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First published in the early sixteenth century, this five-part satirical work describes the life of the giant Gargantua and his…
son Pantagruel as they come into conflict with the oppressive institutions of France: the church and the educational and legal systems. Strong language
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Humourous fiction, Classic fiction, General fiction, Alphabet, number and picture books
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Alexander doesn't think it is fair that his brother Anthony still has money. He doesn't think it is fair that…
Nicholas does, too. Alexander had some money, but now all he has is...bus tokens. Grandpa and Grandma came to visit last Sunday and gave them all a dollar, but that was last Sunday! For grades K-3
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Suspense and thrillers, Classic fiction, General fiction
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McCarthy set this first novel in rural Tennessee in the 1930s. A bootlegger kills in self-defense and hides the corpse.…
An old orchard keeper guards this hidden grave. Meanwhile, a youth searches for his missing father and befriends both the bootlegger and the orchard keeper. Although their paths cross, no one reveals all the secrets. Some strong language and some violence