Classics

Newspaperman, short-story writer, poet, and satirist, Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) is one of the most striking and unusual literary figures America has prod...

Esther Greenwood is at college and is fighting two battles, one against her own desire for perfection in all things - grades, boyfriend, looks, career - and...

This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations. Categories: Literature & Fiction Genre Ficti...

The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sailor Song is a wild-spirited and hugely powerful tale of an ...

An adventurous story of a frontier boy raised by Indians, The Light in the Forest is a beloved American classic.When John Cameron Butler was a child, he wa...

Presents The Nineteenth-century Short Story In Which A Governess Believes Her Two Charges, Ten-year-old Miles And Eight-year-old Flora, Are Being Haunted By...

A New York Times Notable Book For more than a half century, Father Damien Modeste has served his beloved people, the Ojibwe, on the remote reservation of ...

Wilkie Collins ; Introduction By Carolyn G. Heilbrun ; Notes By Chris Willis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [483]-494).Categories: Science Fiction...

Before there was Dracula, there was Varney the Vampyre, the most famous of the sensational penny dreadfuls issued by Victorian-era publishers. Printed anony...

The political and linguistic writings of America's leading dissident intellectual. He relates his political ideals to his theories about language. Library...

A newly rich American couple buy an ancient manor house in England, where they hope to live out their days in solitude. One day, when the couple are gazing ...

more From Our Friend Forster.Categories: Literature & Fiction Humor & SatireSatire

The Powerful Drama Of Willy Loman & His Tragic End. Ever Since It Was First Performed In 1949, Death Of A Salesman Has Been Recognized As A Milestone Of...

A Major New TranslationThe Red and the Black, Stendhal’s masterpiece, is the story of Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces, fueled by Napoleo...

When the novel Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here,...

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fic...

The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies.Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and timely story o...

Including The Misanthrope, The Doctor in Spite of Himself, The Miser, The Would-Be Gentleman, The Mischievous Machinations of Scapin, The Learned Woman, a...

as A Best-selling Book And An Academy Award-winning Movie. Mrs. Miniver's Adventures Have Charmed Millions. This Edition, Published On The Fiftieth Annive...

Now a major motion picure, adapted from the acclaimed Broadway musical, starring Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, and Sacha Bar...

In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game—Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen—meet...

One warm 1960s summer day Robert Kincaid walks into the quaint Iowa town of Winterset to photograph its beautiful old bridges for a photo essay for Nationa...

today, Nearly Forty Years After His Death, Nobel Prize Winner John Steinbeck Remains One Of America's Greatest Writers And Cultural Figures. Over The Next...

Hitler's Vienna Explores The Critical Years That The Young Adolf Hitler Spent In Vienna, The City That In So Many Ways Furnished The Future Dictator's Educa...

This is the book that started it all! The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire's breathtaking New York Times bestsel...

Relying on her intelligence and beauty as her only weapons, Tracy Whitney embarks on a personal vendetta against the untouchable crime lords who framed her ...

Written By The Roman Poet Virgil More Than Two Thousand Years Ago, The Story Of Aeneas' Seven-year Journey From The Ruins Of Troy To Italy, Where He Become...

"A Tale of Passion," as its subtitle declares, The Good Soldier relates the complex social and sexual relationships between two couples, one English, one ...

Herman Melville.Categories: Teen & Young Adult Literature & FictionClassics

Ordell Robbie And Louis Gara Plan To Kidnap The Wife Of A Detroit Developer And Collect Some Easy Money. What They Didn't Count On Is That The Wife Has A Bu...

Kingsley Amis has written a marvelously funny novel describing the attempts of England's postwar generation to break from that country's traditional class s...

A seminal work of twentieth-century drama, Waiting for Godot was Samuel Beckett’s first professionally produced play. It opened in Paris in 1953 at th...

The Story Of John, A Fourteen-year-old Boy Whose Stepfather Is A Pentecostal Minister In Harlem In 1935, As He Struggles To Discover His Own Identity. Pt. 1...

Binx Bolling, A Young New Orleans Stockbroker, Fills His Days With Movies And Casual Sex. His Life Offers Him Nothing Worth Retaining; What He Treasures Are...

The world’s most beloved detective, Hercule Poirot—the legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and most recently The Monogra...

Featuring A New Introduction And Afterword, This Critically Acclaimed Novel Tells The Story Of India And Its People Through The Eyes Of One Woman And Her Ex...

“Belongs on your must-read list. This novel is a gem.” –Omaha World-Herald The classic adventure of one courageous woman’s life and struggles in th...

In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, mee...

Aunt Mildred Declared That No Good Could Come Of The Melbury Family Christmas Gatherings At Their Country Residence Flaxmere. So When Sir Osmond Melbury, Th...

William Shakespeare ; Edited By Sylvan Barnet. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 257-271).Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels Graphic NovelsLitera...

The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's comedic play about two enduring human illusions—the dream of a simple life and the ideal of romantic...

Naked Lunch is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, a book that redefined not just literature but American culture. An unnerving tale...

A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. "Mr. Huxley is elo...

A Religious, Well-educated Victorian, Eliot Curwen Takes Us Into The Heart Of The Colonial Society He Encountered. His Journal Provides Insights Into Its Pe...

willa Cather's Masterful 1913 Novel Marks Her Return To The Nebraska Of Her Youth, And To The Stories Of The Immigrant Settlers She Had Known During Her Chi...

Paperback with stiff covers, protected by a clear plastic overlay. Illustrations are superb - -colors are great, and they are printed straight to the edges ...

ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS In 1955, with this short story collection, Flannery O'Connor firmly laid claim to her place as one of...

Vintage paperbackCategories: Literature & Fiction Genre FictionSea Stories