Books

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The complete notebooks of Henry James The complete notebooks of Henry James Henry James "This book includes the nine scribbler-notebooks that were published by Oxford in 1947 ; these have been considerably updated and annotated to correct the identification of stories developed by James… OL14860893W
Herman Melville Herman Melville Elizabeth Hardwick The complex author of the quintessential American masterpiece is demystified by a leading contemporary critic. Hardwick's novelistic flair reveals a former whaleship deck-hand whose voyages were the … OL15836929W
Edith Wharton Edith Wharton Hermione Lee From Hermione Lee, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning biographer of Virginia Woolf and Willa Cather, comes a superb reexamination of one of the most famous American women of letters.Delving… OL16025713W
Nathaniel Hawthorne in his times Nathaniel Hawthorne in his times James R. Mellow Shows us America's first great writer and his contemporaries as living, breathing people. OL1801045W
Along with youth Along with youth Peter Griffin This biography Includes five short stories by Ernest Hemingway. OL4790569W
The habit of being - Letters of Flannery O'Connor The habit of being - Letters of Flannery O'Connor Flannery O'Connor This book is a collection of letter sent by the American novellist and writer Flannery O'Connor to various persons incl. notable figures of the literary world at the time. The book is particularly si… OL65290W
Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston Robert E. Hemenway Reconstructs the events, relationships, and achievements that marked the life of the black novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, assessing her important works and commitment to the black folk tra… OL6666634W
The Dark Half The Dark Half Stephen King,Stephen King,Grover Gardner narrator The Dark Half is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. Publishers Weekly listed The Dark Half as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's Clear and Presen… OL81620W
A backward glance A backward glance Edith Wharton Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high qu… OL98566W