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    An Audio Bundle: Storm & Deep Blue

    by Sebastian Junger, Michael Groom, Gordon Chaplin, Jack London, Rick Bass, Jack LeMoyne, John Vaillant, John Muir, Whitney Balliett, Richard Byrd; Patrick O'Brian, Farley Mowat, Robert Louis Stevenson, Philip Ashton, Rockwell Kent, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Philbrick, Stephen Crane ...
    Narrated by Terence Aselford, Rick Foucheux, Nick Sampson, Gary Telles, Richard Rohan, Barrett Whitener ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 1 min

    Most people associate storms and other big weather with death—with the kind of force that makes each of us wonder about life, and time and the nature of our surroundings. Some people go out looking for bad weather or go to places where they’re likely to encounter it. Others have the misfortune of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Still, the stories in Storm have more to say than that. ... Read more

    $48.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Best American Short Stories

    by Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Jack London, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Herman Melville, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Bret Harte, Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William Dean Howells, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Louisa May Alcott, Charles W. Chesnutt, William Faulkner, Theodore Dreiser ...
    The Best American Short Stories is a seminal collection that showcases a rich tapestry of American literature, spanning eras and exemplifying a variety of literary styles. From the poignant realism of the late 19th century to the evocative imaginations of the early modern era, this anthology navigates the complexities of American society and the human condition. It illuminates the diversity and ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Confidence-man

    by Herman Melville ...
    Onboard the Fidèle, a steamboat floating down the Mississippi to New Orleans, a confidence man sets out to defraud his fellow passengers. In quick succession he assumes numerous guises - from a legless beggar and a worldly businessman to a collector for charitable causes and a 'cosmopolitan' gentleman, who simply swindles a barber out of the price of a shave. Making very little from his hoaxes, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Four Great American Classics

    by Herman Melville, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane ...
    A stunning collection of four American literary tour de forces: The Scarlet Letter, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Red Badge of Courage, and Billy Budd, SailorThese four landmark novels of nineteenth-century American literature have gained a permanent place in our culture as great classics. They are not only part of our national heritage, but masterpieces of world literature whose deep ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • American Short Stories – Best Books Boxed Set (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. 50+ Classics of American Literature

    by O. Henry, H. P. Lovecraft, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Ambrose Bierce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Herman Melville, Kate Chopin0, Stephen Crane1, Bret Harte2, Sarah Orne Jewett3, Ernest Hemingway4, Mary Wilkins Freeman5, Charlotte Perkins Gilman6, William Dean Howells7, Edith Wharton8, Willa Cather9, Louisa May Alcott0, Charles W. Chesnutt1, William Faulkner2, Theodore Dreiser3, Holden Glenwick6 ...
    American Short Stories – Best Books Boxed Set gathers a sweeping canon of American prose, tracing the short story from early national legend and gothic romance to realism, naturalism, modernism, and Southern experimentation. Its range includes uncanny hauntings, frontier sketches, psychological studies, social satire, regional portraits, and compressed tales of disillusionment, making visible the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest American Short Stories (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. 50+ Classics of American Literature

    by Mark Twain, Jack London, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Herman Melville0, Kate Chopin1, Stephen Crane2, Bret Harte3, Sarah Orne Jewett4, Ernest Hemingway5, Mary Wilkins Freeman6, Charlotte Perkins Gilman7, William Dean Howells8, Edith Wharton9, Willa Cather0, Louisa May Alcott1, Charles W. Chesnutt2, William Faulkner3, Theodore Dreiser4, Wesley Calderwick7 ...
    The Greatest American Short Stories gathers a panoramic selection of fiction that traces the evolution of the American short story from the early national imagination to modernist experimentation. Gothic hauntings, frontier humor, psychological realism, regional portraiture, maritime adventure, social critique, and Jazz Age disillusionment converge in a volume of striking formal range. Its ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Art as a Philosophical Context

    by Stephen Melville, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe ...
    Series series Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture
    Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe brings to Melville's work the insight not only of an art critic and theorist, but of a practicing artist as well. Navigating through the complexity of contemporary thought and philosophy, Gilbert-Rolfe unravels the Gordian knot of the diverse discourses that circumscribe Melville's views, revealing the practicality and clarity of Melville's speculative narratives. Stephen ... Read more

    $54.95 CAD

  • Trophy Education: How America's Obsession with Sports is Crippling Our Students and What to Do About It

    by Stephen Melville, Devon Melville ...
    Trophy Education examines a growing contradiction in American education: while national academic indicators such as NAEP and ACT scores have steadily declined, school systems increasingly celebrate athletic success as a central measure of institutional pride. Academic improvement and progress are framed with numbers and letters that are palatable, not transparent, to the public. The art of ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Savage Seas – 3 Classic Narratives of Survival and Madness

    Enriched edition. Moby-Dick, The Open Boat and Other Stories, The Shadow Line

    by Herman Melville, Stephen Crane, Joseph Conrad, Chloe Wade ...
    Savage Seas – 3 Classic Narratives of Survival and Madness is a compelling anthology that charts the tumultuous waters of the human spirit against the backdrop of the treacherous sea. This collection weaves together three seminal narratives that explore the themes of survival, madness, and the relentless power of nature. Through a diverse range of literary styles, from the brooding introspection ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Social Realists of Old New York – 3 Classic Urban Struggle Stories

    Enriched edition. Bartleby the Scrivener, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, The Gift of the Magi & Other Tales from New York

    by Herman Melville, Stephen Crane, O. Henry, Lauren Gibson ...
    The Social Realists of Old New York – 3 Classic Urban Struggle Stories offers a profound exploration into the city's grim yet vibrant landscape, capturing the spirit and struggles of its late 19th and early 20th-century inhabitants. This anthology presents a rich tapestry of urban narratives, weaving together stark realism, nuanced social commentary, and vivid storytelling. The collection ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Poets of 19th Century America, The: Volume 1

    by Various Authors, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville ...
    Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner, William Dufris, Ghizela Rowe, Marcus D'Amico, Tim Graham, Patricia Rodriguez, Lorelei King ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Poets of 19th Century America

    Unabridged

    1 hour 16 min

    America. Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. Across its vast landscape a Nation was being built. Expanded into its vast frontiers by military force and financial acquisitions; this was a melting pot of peoples and ideas gathering to form an identity. In these volumes we take a particular interest in the poets of the 19th Century and their views as their young nation came to terms with itself and ... Read more

    $12.35 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The World We Want

    New Dimensions in Philanthropy and Social Change

    by Peter Karoff, Jane Maddox, John Abele, Henry Becton, Dave Bergholz, Lucy Bernholz, Angelica Berrie, Deepak Bhargava, Allen Bildner, Alan Broadbent, Bob Buford, Emmett Carson, Steve Case, Elyse Cherry, Phil Cubeta, Bill Drayton, Peggy Dulany, Rory Francisco-Tolentino, Bob Hohler, Rob Hollister, John Isaacson, Henry Izumizaki, Alan Khazei, Marcos Kisil, Martin Lehfeldt, Margaret Leonard, Leslie Lilly, Ted Mallon, Melinda Marble, Cora Marret, Stephen Melville, Jack Murrah, Jim O'Connell, Pierre Omidyar, Jono Quick, Chuck Slosser, Shirley Strong, Tom Tierney, Priya Viswanath, Peter White, Chad Wick ...
    In The World We Want, Peter Karoff presents a collective vision of an ideal world. By sharing his experiences and through conversations with more than forty social entrepreneurs, activists, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropists who are changing notions of 'the human condition' in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and North America, he describes how new partnerships and approaches are ... Read more

    $49.69 CAD