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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Library
This is a trade paper edition of Hawthorne's masterpiece, with a new introduction by Kathryn Harrison, issued on the 150th anniversary of publication.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller; James Berger (Editor, Preface by)
Category: Biography | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
THE 100th YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION The Story of My Life, a remarkable account of overcoming the debilitating challenges of being both deaf and blind, has become an international classic, making Helen Keller one of the most well-known, inspirational figures in history. Originally published in 1903, K ...Show more
The Unprejudiced Palate by Angelo M. Pellegrini
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Modern Library
First issued in 1948, when soulless minute steaks and quick casseroles were becoming the norm, The Unprejudiced Palate inspired a seismic culinary shift in how America eats. Written by a food-loving immigrant from Tuscany, this memoir-cum-cookbook articulates the Italian American vision of the good life ...Show more
The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf; Elisa Gabbert (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library Torchbearers Ser.
A young woman learns about life, and love found and lost, in this thought-provoking debut novel by one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and prolific writers--with an introduction by Elisa Gabbert, author of The Unreality of Memory "Absolutely unafraid . . . Here at last is a book which attains ...Show more
The Waste Land and Other Writings: and Other Writings by T. S. Eliot
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
With an introduction by Mary Kerr, "Waste Land and Other Writings" is Elior's masterpiece and has his related writings.
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Category: History | Series: Modern Library Classics
The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex is a sequel to Edmund Morris's classic bestseller The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. It begins by following the new President (still the youngest in American history) as he comes down from Mount Marcy, New York, to take his emergency oa ...Show more
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson; David Cordingly (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Since its publication in 1883, Treasure Island has remained one of the great tales of the sea. The story is told through the eyes of young Jim Hawkins, who first hears the tales of buried pirate treasure while working in his father's tavern. Once he actually meets some of those pirates, the action moves ...Show more
Twice-told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
The most famous collection of Hawthorne's stories that reveal his full range of talent. Introuduction by Rosemary Mahoney, plus commentaries, notes and a reading group guide.
Uncivil Society : 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment by Jan T. (CON) Stephen; Gross Kotkin
Category: History | Series: Modern Library Chronicles
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Library Torchbearers Ser.
From the author of Jane Eyre, a strikingly modern story of a young woman starting over--with an introduction by Weike Wang, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of Chemistry "Villette! Villette! Have you read it?" exclaimed George Eliot when Charlotte Brontë's final novel appeared in 1853. "It is a still ...Show more
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
"[Zamyatin's] intuitive grasp of the irrational side of totalitarianism- human sacrifice, cruelty as an end in itself-makes [We] superior to Huxley's [Brave New World]."-George Orwell An inspiration for George Orwell's "1984" and a precursor to the work of Philip K. Dick and Stanislaw Lem, We is a class ...Show more