The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and the Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Boasting 24 of Sherlock Holmes's finest adventures, this edition combines two classic collections first published in 1894 and 1905. Highlights include "The Final Problem," where arch-criminal Moriarty apparently killed off the detective as well as his miraculous return in "The Adventure of the Empty Hou ...Show more
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics | Reading Level: General Adult
Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman. She is also an outcast. In the eyes of her neighbours she has committed an unforgivable sin. Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl's father. Hester's refusal to name him brings ...Show more
The Divine Comedy & Paradise by Dante Alighieri
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
Having climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascends to Heaven, continuing his soul's search for God guided by his beloved, Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love in God's presence.
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield by Katherine Mansfield
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: good-very good
Katherine Mansfield's short stories revolutionised the genre, and this collection represents the whole range of her writing. They range from short, sharp studies to longer, richer tales, and 15 unfinished stories published after her death.
If by Rudyard Kipling
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Category: Classics
The famously inspirational poem written by Rudyard Kipling in 1909 is here accompanied by illustrations. Age range 6+A gift edition of Kipling's classic poem — particularly appropriate for young scholars.When Rudyard Kipling wrote 'If...' in 1909, he was addressing his 12-year-old son, John, who would d ...Show more
Dreams: A Literary Anthology: William Blake, Charlotte Bronte, Sigmund Freud, Homer, Helen Keller and Others by BOB BLAISDELL
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Category: Classics
The mysterious power of dreams has always fascinated humanity. Theories of interpretation, meaning, and symbolism have varied, yet their intrigue remains eternal. This captivating anthology of dreams represents the experiences of great authors and characters as well as their nighttime wanderings, awaken ...Show more
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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Category: Classics | Reading Level: good-very good
It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school. Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters - shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by p ...Show more
The Art of War: The Ancient Classic by Sun Tzu
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Category: Classics | Series: Capstone Classics Ser.
The original and bestselling leadership book Sun Tzu's ideas on survival and success have been read acrossthe world for centuries. Today they can still be applied tobusiness, politics and life. The Art of War demonstrates howto win without conflict. It shows that with enough intelligence andplanning, ...Show more
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
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Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
Jane EyreBy Charlotte Brontëm grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing. I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer. I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck, and was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering: these sensations for the time predominated over fe ...Show more
Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas; Sally Minogue (Introductions and notes by)
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics Ser.
Under Milk Woodis Dylan Thomas's best-known and best-loved work, his radio play completed in 1953 at the very end of his life. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dogis his first collection solely of short stories, published in 1940. These two works show us his remarkable creative brilliance at the start ...Show more
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.'Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide t ...Show more
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes - And Other Travel Writings by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Temperament and poor health motivated Robert Louis Stevenson to travel widely throughout his short life, and before he was celebrated as the author of Treasure Island, A Child's Garden of Verses, and other immortal works, he was known for his travelogues. This collection presents some of his finest wri ...Show more