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Yekl and the Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories of Yiddish New York brings together several stories by one of the preeminent American Jewish writers, Abraham Cahan. Cahan was an emigrant from Lithuania in 1882, having moved to New York City to escape political persecution under the Russian czar. In New York, Cahan established himself as editor of a prominent Jewish daily paper (it eventually became the leading Yiddish newspaper in the world...

When the famous hunter Sanger Rainsford is stranded on an island in the Caribbean, he soon learns to his horror which prey is the most dangerous game. Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" has been often collected in anthologies, often referenced in writing manuals, and adapted for the big screen more than a dozen times. This collection also includes Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers, " Saki's "Sredni Vashtar, " Jack London's "To Build a F...

Two volumes in one. A fantasy novel for adults, Lilith is the story of the aptly named Mr. Vane, his magical house, and the journeys into another world into which it leads him. Encountering one mystery after another, he explores the mystery of humanity's fall from grace--and of their redemption. Instructed into the ways of seeing the deeper realities of this world--seeing, in a sense, by the light of the spirit--the reader senses that MacDonal...

Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer books, all in a single volume. Includes The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective--the complete adventures of a classic character of American literature.

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This romantic historical adventure novel featuring Queen Elizabeth of England and Sir Francis Drake describes a mission of eighteen-year old Lady Anna, sent to the Caribbean to recover a love letter written by the Queen that, if revealed, could destroy England in a civil war. Ann and Vik Porridge are the pen names of the fantasy author Anna Kashina and her grandfather, Vladimir Keilis-Borok, a world-famous geophysicist and applied mathematicia...

Two volumes in one. A fantasy novel for adults, Lilith is the story of the aptly named Mr. Vane, his magical house, and the journeys into another world into which it leads him. Encountering one mystery after another, he explores the mystery of humanity's fall from grace--and of their redemption. Instructed into the ways of seeing the deeper realities of this world--seeing, in a sense, by the light of the spirit--the reader senses that MacDonal...

Our thoughts create our actions, and our actions create our lives. By changing the way we think, we can find greater happiness and success. This little book explains how.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation's history from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Fisk, Harvard, and the University of Berlin, Du Bois penned his epochal masterpiece, The Souls of Black Folk, in 1903. It remains his most studied and popular wo...

Uncluttered by the complexities of plot and character that daunt so many readers of the longer Russian masterpieces, Tolstoy's tales illumine eternal truths with forceful brevity. While inspired by the sense of spiritual certainty, their narrative quality, subtle humor, and visionary power lift them far above the common run of "religious" literature. Moralists purport to tell us what our lives should mean, and how we should live them. Tolstoy,...

On Duties was written in October-November of 44 B.C. during Cicero's last year at age sixty-two in an attempt to define the ideals of public behavior. Active in politics, the practical philosopher tried to prevent revolutionary forces from taking control of the Roman Republic. Despite his efforts, the republican system failed to revive even upon the assassination of Caesar, and Cicero was himself assassinated shortly thereafter. Fortunately, h...

When the famous hunter Sanger Rainsford is stranded on an island in the Caribbean, he soon learns to his horror which prey is the most dangerous game. "The Most Dangerous Game" been often collected in anthologies, often referenced in writing manuals, and adapted for the big screen more than a dozen times. This collection also includes Hemingway's "The Killers, " Saki's "Sredni Vashtar, " London's "To Build a Fire, " "The Occurrence at Owl Cree...

A pair of unhappily married women rent an Italian villa for a month, sharing the rent with a crusty Englishwoman and a lonely aristocrat. The Italian sun, plenty of rest, and sinking into the green grass for long naps all have a soulful effect on the quartet, and then on the men in their lives who make a surprise visit.

Like Machiavelli's The Prince and the Japanese Book of Five Rings, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is as timely for business people today as it was for military strategists in ancient China. Written in China more than 2, 000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining no...

Philip Dru: Administrator has repeatedly been recommended by talk-show sensation Glenn Beck. A novel written by one of the most influential members of Woodrow Wilson's administration, the book presciently outlines the plans of America's progressive movement. Those who desire a deeper understanding of the philosophies of the political left will find this fascinating reading.

A fantasy novel for adults, Lilith is the story of the aptly named Mr. Vane, his magical house, and the journeys into another world into which it leads him. Encountering one mystery after another, he explores the mystery of humanity's fall from grace--and of their redemption. Instructed into the ways of seeing the deeper realities of this world--seeing, in a sense, by the light of the spirit--the reader senses that MacDonald writes from his ow...

This volume brings together three of T. S. Eliot's powerful collections into one. It includes such classic poems as "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, " "Portrait of a Lady, " "Preludes, " "Gerontion, " "Sweeney Among the Nightingales, " and "The Waste Land.

John Locke's Second Treatise of Government was one of the most influential works read by America's Founding Fathers. As Thomas P. Peardon wrote, "John Locke [was] . . . a main source of the ideas of the American Revolution of 1776. . . . So close is the Declaration of Independence to Locke in form, phraseology, and content, that Jefferson was accused of copying the Second Treatise. This, of course, he did not do. But the ideas of the Declarati...

A powerful collection of writings by Theodore Roosevelt, giving his vision of how both personal and national life can be lived to the best advantage. He writes, "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife, to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger,...

Must-read classic from the brilliant French economist and philospher.