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Hugh Henry Brackenridge

Modern Chivalry (Hackett Classics)

It was only after serving as a chaplain in the American Revolution, playing an important role in the Whiskey Rebellion, and serving (often controversially) on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, that Hugh Henry Brackenridge composed his great comic epic. Published in installments over the twenty-eight�...

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Gina Gionfriddo

Becky Shaw (Modern Classics)

“A tangled tale of love, sex and ethics among a quartet of men and women in their 30s … as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage from its first moments to its last.” New York Times From the moment that Becky arrives overdre...

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Ten Days That Shook the World (Penguin Classics)

An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became a close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reed's extraordinary record of that event. Writing in the ...

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The Man Who Disappeared (Oxford World's Classics)

Entering New York harbor, the young immigrant Karl Rossmann sees the Statue of Liberty, "her arm with the sword stretched upward." This forbidding introduction sets the tone for Kafka's narrative about an innocent European astray in an ultra-modern America that is both a fantasy and an object of soc...

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Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano: The Black History Classic (Capstone Classics)

DISCOVER THE INDIGNITIES AND REALITIES OF SLAVERY FROM A CAPTIVATING FIRST-HAND NARRATIVE Olaudah Equiano’s interesting narrative is an astonishing first-hand account of kidnapping, enslavement and eventual emancipation that has horrified and enlightened readers for over 200 years. The Interestin...

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Georges Lefebvre

The Coming of the French Revolution (Princeton Classics)

The classic book that restored the voices of ordinary people to our understanding of the French Revolution The Coming of the French Revolution remains essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this great turning point in the formation of the modern world. First published in 1939 ...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s seminal classic, now in a beautiful clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersbu...

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Robert Louis Stevenson

The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Nineteen Other Tales (Modern Library Classics)

The complexity and range of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short fiction reveals his genius perhaps more than any other medium. Here, leading Stevenson scholar Barry Menikoff arranges and introduces the complete selection of Stevenson’s brilliant stories, including the famed masterpiece Strange Case ...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Classics Illustrated

Hugo's great story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in t...

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Les Misérables (Classics Illustrated)

Victor Hugo's novel of early 19th Century France, as told through the experiences of the ex-convict, Jean Valjean. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions...

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Richard Grausman

French Classics Made Easy

Classic French food is hotter than ever. But one thing hasn’t changed―few of us have the time, the patience, the technique, or the cream and butter allowance to tackle the classics as presented by Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking . The good news is―we don’t need to. For t...

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Black Screen Classics A Word Search Tribute to |40 Landmark Films in Black Cinema|600 words: From Street Legends to Cult Favorites — A Puzzle

Black Screen Classics: A Word Search Tribute to 40 Defining Films A Cultural Celebration in Puzzle Form Step into the world of legendary Black cinema with this one-of-a-kind word search experience. Black Screen Classics is a powerful tribute to 40 films that shaped culture, sparked conversations...

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Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities: Classics Illustrated

Dickens's classic story of the French Revolution. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home...

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Hawthorne (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

“For the student of American literature in general, this little book is indispensable.” —Lionel Trilling, author of The Liberal Imagination and Beyond Culture Henry James’s acclaimed 1879 biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne is an entertaining and incisive survey of this author’s life and...

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Daphne Lush Williee

June Cleaver's Culinary Classics: 101 Popular Recipes from Yesteryears

Welcome to ''June Cleaver's Culinary Classics: 101 Popular Recipes from Yesteryears,'' a delightful journey through the heartwarming flavors and cherished recipes of decades past. This cookbook pays homage to a time when meals were crafted with love, using simple ingredients to create unforgettable ...

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Second Generation: Hungarian and Jewish Classics Reimagined for the Modern Table

From the chef and owner of Agi’s Counter in Brooklyn comes a cookbook of 100 classic Hungarian and Jewish recipes reinvented for a new generation.. Growing up a second-generation Hungarian Jew meant Jeremy Salamon spent a lot of time with family, gathered around a good meal. Jeremy honored both hi...

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Patricia Dixon P.h.D

African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families-An Introduction: For Courses, Couples Therapy, and Self Help

REVISED AND UPDATED THIRD EDITION! African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families: An Introduction, Third Edition, is a historically and culturally centered text designed for university and college courses, counselors and therapists working with Black couples, and for individuals and co...

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Richard Grausman

French Classics Made Easy

Classic French food is hotter than ever. But one thing hasnt changedfew of us have the time, the patience, the technique, or the cream and butter allowance to tackle the classics as presented by Julia Childs Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The good news iswe dont need to. Fo...

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Tom Brown's Schooldays (Classics Illustrated)

A semi-autobiographical novel about the titular Tom's time at Rugby School in England. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Thomas Hughes, theme discussions and ...

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Steve Schapiro: American Edge

Steve Schapiro traveled throughout America photographing and recording people and issues during the turbulent decade of the 1960s. For the very first time, American Edge brings together ninety of Schapiro's searing images-images fit to stand aside classics of documentary photography like Walker Evan...

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