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Kahlil Gibran - Complete Project Gutenberg: Works of George Meredith

ON CHILDREN And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And he said: Your children are not your children. They are ...

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Latest review by snpmurray Dec 8, 2004

"A pretty book , this. One to come back to again and again. One of those books that is like a sweater..." Read full review

$5 - $14

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Virginia Woolf and Mark Hussey - Waves

THE WAVES, Woolf's highly experimental, almost-prose-poem of a novel, asks the reader, "What endures?" The answer calls out from the novel like an ...

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Latest review by majenta Aug 4, 2006

""They want a plot, do they? They want a reason? It is not enough for them, this ordinary scene." (Ne..." Read full review

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Jonathan Rosen - The Life of the Skies

The author of <IT>Eve's Apple<RO> and an avid bird-watcher looks at America's fascination with birding and the diverse roles of ...

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Latest review by Grouch Jan 23, 2010

"Jonathan Rosen has written a book that claims to be about bird watching, but it is much more than th..." Read full review

Willa Cather, James Woodress, Kari Ronning - Complete Project Gutenberg: William Dean Howells Works

A study in emotional dislocation and renewal--Professor Godfrey St. Peter, a man in his 50's, has achieved what would seem to be remarkable success. ...

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Latest review by jk24 Feb 8, 2008

"Willa Cather's, "The Professor's House" is simply a masterpiece of literature. While I don't normall..." Read full review

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John Helfers - The Vorkosigan Companion

A companion volume to Lois McMaster Bujold's best-selling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Vokosigan series furnishes a wealth of information, ...

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Latest review by telynor Jan 10, 2009

"For nearly a decade now, I've been happily reading Lois McMaster Bujold's series about Miles Vorkosi..." Read full review

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Dante Alighieri - La Divina Commedia Dante Alighieri

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Latest review by amandambf Jan 18, 2010

"It's so difficult to write about a so famous and prestigied book. Dante Alighieri started to write t..." Read full review

E. Nesbit - The Railway Children

Three children--Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis--use their courage and resourcefulness to stop a train accident and to free their father, wrongfully ...

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Latest review by yikuno Aug 8, 2000

"I didn't read a single E. Nesbit book as a child, and only recently did I realise how much I had mis..." Read full review

Michael Meyer - Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing

The Bedford Introduction to Literature is a best-seller for a reason: It brings literature to life for students — helping to make them lifelong ...

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Henry David Thoreau - Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

"Civil Disobedience," Thoreau's 1849 essay, justifies his decision to go to jail rather than pay a poll tax that supported the Mexican War. The ...

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Latest review by Admarginate May 4, 2001

"This collection of essays is a fine introduction to Thoreau. For the always amazing Dover Thrift pr..." Read full review

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Mark Twain - The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain

This is the first and most complete collection of all 136 humorous sketchers and tales that Samuel Clemens (1835-1940), a.k.a Mark Twain, wrote as a ...

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Latest review by billyvail Apr 20, 2000

"Mark Twain. Just the name conjures up deeply moving tales of youth and growth. For example his no..." Read full review

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L.M. Montgomery - Pat of Silver Bush

Patricia Gardiner loved Silver Bush more than anything else in the world. She was born and raised in the beautiful old-fashioned house on Prince ...

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Latest review by treeseed Aug 2, 2004

"This book has long been one of my top picks for pure heaven in reading. I want you to journey with..." Read full review

J. M. Barrie - The Adventures of Peter Pan

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Latest review by Redlass Mar 31, 2008

"In mid-February, I joined a Young Adult Literature Challenge. Each participant was challenged to rea..." Read full review

Edgar Rice Burroughs - Apache Devil: The Pony Soldiers Killed His Family

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Latest review by BlackBear May 13, 2000

"Edgar Rice Burroughs drew on his experience as a ranch hand in his younger days to write four comple..." Read full review

In the Realms of the Unreal: "Insane" Writings

A selection of prose and poetry written by those whom society has deemed mentally unbalanced, In the Realms of the Unreal is an international ...

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Latest review by mothermeatloaf May 5, 2002

"In the Realms of the Unreal, edited by John G. H. Oakes, and introduced by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., is pr..." Read full review

Edgar Rice Burroughs - The War Chief

The War Chief (1927) was one of four western novels penned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan. The other three are Apache Devil" (1933), "The ...

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Latest review by BlackBear May 13, 2000

"After spending eleven years establishing himself as a science fiction writer, Burroughs turns to wri..." Read full review

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