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The Most Dangerous Book

The Most Dangerous Book

by Kevin Birmingham

For more than a decade, the book that literary critics now consider the most important novel in the English language was illegal to own, sell, advertise, or purchase in the United States. James Joyce’s big blue book, Ulysses, ushered in the modernist era and changed the novel for all time. But the genius of Ulysses was also its danger: it omitted absolutely nothing. All of the minutiae of Leopold Bloom’s day, including its unspeakable details, unfold... Read more about this item
Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky

by Frank Joseph

Abridged ed. of author's work in 5 v.: Dostoevsky. c1976-2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cuentos De La Alhambra

Cuentos De La Alhambra

by Washington Irving

This book gives a detailed description of the Moorish Castle it is named after, along with story of kings, legends of leaders, lost and found loves, and enchnted treasures. Written so exquisitely, makes the reader feeling of being there. Please Note: This book is in easy to read true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. This eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable.
Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson

by Ruth Franklin

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

by Brian Boyd

The Dickens Encyclopedia

The Dickens Encyclopedia

by Arthur L Hayward

The Ern Malley Affair

The Ern Malley Affair

by Michael Heyward

Native American Humor

Native American Humor

by Walter Blair

Additional Dialogue

Additional Dialogue

by Dalton Trumbo

Edge Of Taos Desert

Edge Of Taos Desert

by Mabel Dodge Luhan

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A Birthday Garland For S Foster Damon

by Alvin Hirsch And Barton Levi St Armand, Editors Rosenfeld

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Strange Enthusiasm

by Tilden G Edelstein

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Jules Laforgue

by Jules / Par Francois Ruchon Laforgue

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United States

United States

by Vidal, Gore

Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, many screenplays and short stories, more than two hundred essays, and a memoir. His most recent novel is The Golden Age, and his new essay collection, The Last Empire: Essays 1993?2000, has just been published.
Lives Like Loaded Guns

Lives Like Loaded Guns

by Gordon, Lyndall

"Lives Like Loaded Guns...reads like a fabulous detective story...[Gordon] takes us into undiscovered territory." --The Washington Post In 1882, Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, began an adulterous love affair with the accomplished and ravishing Mabel Todd, setting in motion a series of events that would forever change the lives of the Dickinson family. Award-winning biographer Lyndall Gordon tells the story of the feud that erupted-and that still continues today. Making unprecedented use of letters,... Read more about this item
Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray

by Gosse, Edmund W

Salem Is My Dwelling Place

Salem Is My Dwelling Place

by Miller, Edwin Haviland

Lenten Lands

Lenten Lands

by Gresham, Douglas H

Flaubert

Flaubert

by Bart, Benjamin F

England, Their England

England, Their England

by Donoghue, Denis

European Writers

European Writers

by Stade, George