classic literature excerpts

classic literature excerpts

Pimps in Classic Literature: Romeo and Juliet


Inspirations (Paperback)


Inspirations (Paperback)


$10.77


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Wheelock's Latin Reader


Wheelock’s Latin Reader


$13.85


Originally intended by Professor Frederic M. Wheelock as a sequel toWheelock’s Latin, his classic introduct

Frederick and His Friends


Frederick and His Friends


$16.31


Four of Leo Lionni’s classic stories bound into one volume. Selections (all illustrated with their original color artwork) include FREDERICK, SWIMMY, ALEXANDER AND THE WIND-UP MOUSE, and FISH IS FISH. Each book comes packaged with a CD of the stor…

The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson


The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson


$17.69


Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a writer of power and originality, who penned such classics as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Weir of Hermiston. The editor has collected in convenient form Stevenson`s…

Vietnam Reader


Vietnam Reader


$14.01


A unique anthology of writing on the Vietnam War from an American perspective. With poetry, journalism, memoir excerpts, song lyrics, film references, photographs, and more. The reader is sure to find many selections here of now-classic Vietnam lite

The Sea (Hardcover)


The Sea (Hardcover)


$17.01


Featuring contributions and excerpts written by twenty-five classic and contemporary authors, a tribute to the cultural, mythological, and metaphorical roles of the world`s oceans includes pieces by such individuals as Charles Dickens, Herman Melville,…

American Short Story Masterpieces


American Short Story Masterpieces


$7.59


America’s most exciting and important writers are represented in this wonderfully rich collection of contemporary classics that date from the 1950s through the 1980s. Includes selections of James Baldwin, Bernard Malamud, Flannery O’Connor, Philip…

A Guide for Grown-Ups


A Guide for Grown-Ups


$9.45


A collection of inspirational quotations culled from the writings of French author Antoine de Saint-Exupery. In addition to selections from de Saint-Exupery’s classic THE LITTLE PRINCE, this book also includes quotations from some of his less well…

Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems


Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems


$5.65


Based on Malory`s “Morte d`Arthur”, the “Idylls” (written between 1833 and 1869) tell the classic story of Arthur`s struggle to maintain order and preserve his kingdom in the face of monumental upheavals, including civil war, his wife`s adultery with…

Moksha


Moksha


$11.41


Moksha, a Sanskrit word meaning “liberation,” serves as the title for this collection of Aldous Huxley`s writings on mind expansion through psychedelic drugs. Along with parts of BRAVE NEW WORLD and ISLAND, it also includes selections from THE DOORS

Anthology of Chinese Literature from Early Times to the Fourteenth Century


Anthology of Chinese Literature from Early Times to the Fourteenth Century


$11.07


Internationally renowned Chinese literature scholar Cyril Birch was the first to assemble the finest translations of these seminal pieces in his now classic and still definitive anthologies. The selections in this first volume span a two-thousand-ye

Platero and I/Platero Y Yo


Platero and I/Platero Y Yo


$11.88


Selections from a classic of world literature present a picture of life in the town of Moguer, in Andalusia, Spain.

The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night


The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night


$20.6


An unexpurgated edition of Richard Burton’s classic translation of The Thousand and One Nights.

Kaufman & Co.


Kaufman & Co.


$23.05


Celebrates the works and lasting influence of the comedic Broadway playwright, bringing together a selection of nine classics including The Royal Family, Animal Crackers, June Moon, Once in a Lifetime, Of Thee I Sing, You Can`t Take It with You, Din


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