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By: Abbott, Edwin
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Publisher: 8/24/2010
Edition: 2
Seller ID: 0486200019
ISBN: 0486200019
Condition: USED
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 3/19/2011
Seller ID: 9780486406619
ISBN: 048640661X
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Compelling work traces the formidable journey of an Igbo prince from captivity to freedom and literacy and recounts his enslavement in the New World, service in the Seven Years War, voyages to the Arctic, six months among the Miskito Indians in Central America, and more. View more info
By: Bierce, Ambrose
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Seller ID: 9780486466576
ISBN: 0486466574
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Ambrose Bierce's original and innovative stories differed dramatically from those of his 19th-century contemporaries. These 23 tales include his best and most characteristic short fiction: anti-war satires that underscore the barbarism of bloodshed, horror stories with keenly ironic edge, and sardonic "tall tales" of the Old West. View more info
By: Cather, Willa
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 11/15/2011
Seller ID: 9780486282404
ISBN: 0486282406
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One of Cather's earliest novels -- written in 1918 -- is the story of Antonia Shimerda, who arrives on the Nebraska frontier as part of a family of Bohemian emigrants. In quiet, probing depth, the story commemorates the spirit and courage of the immigrant pioneers whose persistence and strength helped to build America. View more info
By: Chopin, Kate
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 4/30/2013
Seller ID: 9780486277868
ISBN: 0486277860
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First published in 1899, this novel shocked readers with its open sensuality and uninhibited treatment of marital infidelity. The poignant, lyrical story of a New Orleans wife who attempts to find love outside a stifling marriage, critics have praised it as a forerunner of the modern novel. New introductory Note. View more info
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 11/16/2013
Seller ID: 9780486284996
ISBN: 0486284999
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The impassioned abolitionist and eloquent orator provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom. Published in 1845 to quell doubts about his origins, the "Narrative" is admired today for its extraordinary passion, sensitive descriptions, and storytelling power. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. View more info
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Seller ID: 9780486412429
ISBN: 0486412423
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Thrilling crime-solving exploits of Holmes and Dr. Watson in a collection of adventure classics: "The Red-Headed League," "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Final Problem," "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," "Silver Blaze," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "The Engineer's Thumb," and "The Crooked Man." View more info
By: Eliot, T.S.
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 1/31/2015
Seller ID: 9780486400617
ISBN: 0486400611
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A superb collection of 25 works features the poet's masterpiece, "The Waste Land"; the complete Prufrock ("The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Portrait of a Lady," "Rhapsody on a Windy Night," "Mr. Apollinax," "Morning at the Window," and others); and the complete "Poems" ("Gerontion," "The Hippopotamus," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and more). Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative. View more info
By: Equiano, Olaudah
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Publisher: 3/19/2011
Seller ID: 9780486406619D
ISBN: 9780486406619D
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By: Ford, Madox Ford
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Seller ID: 9780486419213
ISBN: 0486419215
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From one of the 20th century's major writers -- a story of deception and betrayal, of conventional appearances and bitter truth. Highly innovative for its time, this powerful novel tells of 2 married couples whose long, ongoing friendship is severely disrupted when one husband learns that his wife has been the mistress of his British friend. View more info
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Seller ID: 9780486408910
ISBN: 0486408914
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Hundreds of delightful aphorisms, carefully selected from many issues of Franklin's popular 18th-century publication: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"; "Love your Neighbor; yet don't pull down your Hedge"; "He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas" and many more. View more info
By: Gogol, Nikolai
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 8/1/2015
Seller ID: 9780486270579
ISBN: 0486270572
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Four works by great 19th-century Russian author: "The Nose," a savage satire of Russia's incompetent bureaucrats; "Old-Fashioned Farmers," a pleasant depiction of an elderly couple living in rustic seclusion; "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich," one of Gogol's most famous comic stories; and "The Overcoat," widely considered a masterpiece of form. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative. View more info
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Seller ID: 9780486447827
ISBN: 0486447820
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Praised as "the most amazing story ever written," this 1885 story tells the tale in which Allan Quatermain, a gentleman adventurer, is hired to locate a man who has disappeared into the heart of Africa while hunting for the legendary lost diamond mines of King Solomon. View more info
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 8/16/2016
Seller ID: 9780486280486
ISBN: 0486280489
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For nearly a century and a half, Hawthorne's masterpiece has mesmerized readers and critics alike. One of the greatest American novels, its themes of sin, guilt, and redemption, woven through a story of adultery in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony, are revealed with remarkable psychological penetration and understanding of the human heart. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. View more info
By: Hesse, Hermann
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Seller ID: 9780486406534
ISBN: 0486406539
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With parallels to the enlightenment of the Buddha, Hesse's "Siddhartha" is the story of a young Brahmin's quest for the ultimate reality. Steeped in the tenets of both psychoanalysis and Eastern mysticism, "Siddhartha" presents an original view of man and culture, and the arduous process of self-discovery that leads to reconciliation, harmony, and peace. View more info
By: Ibsen, Henrik
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 8/29/2010
Seller ID: 9780486298528
ISBN: 0486298523
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Powerful psychological drama (1881) exposes hypocrisy of social conventions and society's moral codes. Mrs. Helen Alving is haunted by her husband's infidelities and the disease he has passed to their son. Ultimately, she is forced to acknowledge the "ghosts" that have kept her from living "just for the joy of life." View more info
By: Joyce, James
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 5/1/2014
Seller ID: 9780486268705
ISBN: 0486268705
Condition: USED
Declared by their author to be a chapter in the moral history of Ireland, this collection of 15 tales offers vivid, tightly focused observations of the lives of Dublin's poorer classes. A fine and accessible introduction to the work of one of the 20th century's most influential writers, it includes a masterpiece of the short-story genre, "The Dead." View more info
By: Kipling, Rudyard
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 1/18/2014
Seller ID: 9780486280516
ISBN: 0486280519
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Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Kipling drew upon his experiences in Anglo-Indian society for much of his fiction. This volume includes 5 of the author's best early stories: "The Phantom Rickshaw," "Wee Willie Winkie," "Without Benefit of Clergy," "The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes" and the title selection. View more info
By: Lincoln, Abraham
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Seller ID: 9780486440972
ISBN: 0486440974
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From the most eloquent of American presidents, nearly 400 astute observations on subjects ranging from women to warfare: "Bad promises are better broken than kept"; "Marriage is neither heaven nor hell; it is simply purgatory"; "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." View more info
By: Poe, Edgar Allan
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Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC: 12/7/2015
Seller ID: 9780486268750
ISBN: 0486268756
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Nine gripping tales of psychological terror and the supernatural, by the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," and 4 others. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative. View more info