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  • A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

    Thoreau's account of his 1839 boat trip is a finely crafted tapestry of travel writing, essays, and lyrical poetry. Thoreau interweaves descriptions of natural phenomena, the rural landscape, and local characters with digressions on literature and philosophy, the Native American and Puritian histories of New England, the Bhagavad Gita, the imperfections of Christianity, and many other subjects. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Oxford World's Classics: The Deerslayer

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    The Deerslayer (1841) is the last-written of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, but the first in the development of the hero, Natty Bumppo. Here, Cooper returns Leatherstocking to his youth and to a pristine wilderness that D. H. Lawrence said was perhaps `lovelier than any place created in language'. This novel, and the contemporaneous The Pathfinder, mark Cooper's return to historical romance after ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Pathfinder

    The Inland Sea

    Series series Leatherstocking Tales
    The story unfolds against the backdrop of the French and Indian War, where tensions between British colonizers and Native American tribes reach a boiling point. Natty Bumppo, a legendary frontiersman and expert marksman, finds himself embarking on an arduous quest across the vast inland sea region. Joined by his loyal Mohican friend, Chingachgook, and a group of diverse and determined companions, ... Read more

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  • The Pioneers

    New York-based author James Fenimore Cooper was an important cultural figure who contributed significantly to the development of a uniquely American voice in literature, one imbued with a keen appreciation for the mysteries of the natural world. The Pioneers is part of Cooper's sweeping Leatherstocking Tales series that delves into history of the young United States and its frontier spirit, much ... Read more

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  • The Prairie

    A Tale

    Series series Leatherstocking Tales
    The story centers around the resourceful and enigmatic frontiersman, Natty Bumppo, also known as Hawkeye, who finds himself in the twilight of his life as he ventures into the vast expanse of the prairie. Joined by a varied cast of individuals, including his loyal Native American friend, Hard-Heart, and the bold and compassionate female pioneer, Ellen Wade, Natty embarks on a treacherous journey ... Read more

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  • The Last of the Mohicans

    Published: 1826Set during the French and Indian War, this historical novel follows the adventures of Hawkeye and his Mohican companions. It explores frontier life, Native American cultures, and the conflicts between settlers and natives. ... Read more

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  • The Whole Five Feet

    What the Great Books Taught Me About Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everthing Else

    This unique memoir of reading the classics to find strength and wisdom "makes an elegant case for literature as an everyday companion" ( The New York Times Book Review).While undergoing a series of personal and family crises, Christopher R. Beha discovered that his grandmother had used the Harvard Classics—the renowned "five foot shelf" of great world literature compiled in the early twentieth ... Read more

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  • The Art of the Short Story

    100 Classic Masterpieces

    This is an anthology for people who love story-telling. Our one hundred classic masterpieces were selected purely for their capacity to delight, instruct and charm. In this collection, readers will encounter some of the finest writing in world literature.We have chosen to arrange the stories thematically, dividing the anthology into ten parts as follows:CharactersAnimalsEpiphaniesMystery and ... Read more

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  • Stealing History

    by Gerald Stern ...
    In what could be boldly called a new genre, Gerald Stern reflects with wit, pathos, rage, and tenderness, on 85 years of life. In 70 short, intermingling pieces that constitute a kind of diary of a mind, Stern moves nimbly between the past and the present, the personal and the philosophical. Creating the immediacy of dailiness, he writes with entertaining engagement about what he’s reading, be it ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (Book Analysis)

    Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

    Series series BrightSummaries.com
    Unlock the more straightforward side of Veronika Decides to Die with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho, which tells the emotional story of a suicidal woman who is determined to end her life and follows her journey to discovering her true self and the meaning of life. The novel has inspired various ... Read more

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  • Wyoming: A Novel

    by Barry Gifford ...
    A subtle, impeccably rendered new novel from one of America's most distinctive writers.A woman and her young son are traveling together by car through the southern and midwestern United States in the mid-to-late 1950s. As the mother drives, she and the boy, Roy, talk about their lives, their disappointments, and their dreams. "Wyoming" exists as a state of mind rather than an actual place, a place ... Read more

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  • African American Literature Beyond Race

    An Alternative Reader

    Fiction by Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Octavia E. Butler, and others that isn't focused on race—with original introductions by leading scholars.It is widely accepted that the canon of African American literature has racial realism at its core: African American protagonists, social settings, cultural symbols, and racial-political discourse. As a result, writings that are not preoccupied with race ... Read more

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