Slavery in Massachusetts
By: Henry David Thoreau
3.96
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
"Slavery in Massachusetts is an 1854 essay by Henry David Thoreau based on a speech he gave at an a…
Want to Read $ 2.99"Now-a-days, men wear a fool's cap, and call it a liberty cap."-Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts
"Now-a-days, men wear a fool's cap, and call it a liberty cap."-Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts
"Those who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts."-Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts
"Those who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts."-Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts
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1. The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
By: Emily Dickinson , Rachel Wetzsteon
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Dickinson’s poetry is remarkable for its tightly controlled emotional and intellectual energy. The … read more
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- classics
- american
"The Dark—felt beautiful—"-Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
"They say that “time assuages,"-Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
"The Brain—is wider than the Sky—"-Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
"If your Nerve, deny you— Go above your Nerve—"-Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
2. Pygmalion
By: George Bernard Shaw
3.89
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and Ne… read more
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- classics
"What you are to do without me I cannot imagine."-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
"Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby"-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
"La vida no consiste en buscarse a sí mismo, sino en crearse a sí mismo"-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
"I'm willing to tell you. I'm wanting to tell you. I'm waiting to tell you."-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
3. Blue Hotel
By: Stephen Crane
3.56
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
Nous sommes au bord de la voie ferrée, dans un hôtel du Nebraska, en 1898. C'est dans cet hôtel que… read more
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"Every sin is the result of a colaboration"-Stephen Crane, Blue Hotel
"This poor gambler isn’t even a noun. He is kind of an adverb."-Stephen Crane, Blue Hotel
4. Benito Cereno
By: Herman Melville , Wyn Kelley
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
"What has cast such a shadow upon you?" "The Negro." With its intense mix of mystery, adventure, an… read more
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- classics
5. The Story of an Hour
By: Kate Chopin
4.07
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of … read more
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"Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
"there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature…And yet she had loved him- so…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
6. The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
By: Walter Benjamin , Rodney Livingstone , Michael W. Jennings , Brigid Doherty , None , Howard Eiland , Thomas Y. Levin
4.02
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Benjamin's famous 'Work of Art' essay sets out his boldest thoughts--on media and on culture in gen… read more
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- essays
7. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By: Frederick Douglass
4.11
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Doug… read more
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"For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?"-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
8. Rip Van Winkle
By: Washington Irving
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more
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9. Upstream: Selected Essays
By: Mary Oliver
2.43
Format: None pages,
Comprising a selection of essays, Upstreamfinds beloved poet Mary Oliver reflecting on her astonish… read more
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10. Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
By: Mary Rowlandson
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In February 1676, during King Philip's War, the frontier village of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was a… read more
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11. Oliver Twist
By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne
3.88
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more
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- classics
"Meat, ma'am, meat."-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"Please, sir, I want some more."-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
12. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
By: Beatrix Potter
4.22
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
"Now, my dears," said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but… read more
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"I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success."-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
"Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: "One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime."-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
13. The Jungle
By: Upton Sinclair , Earl Lee , None , Kathleen De Grave
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stoc… read more
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- politics
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14. Richard III
By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more
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- classics
15. Flight Behavior
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.81
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
Flight Behavior takes on one of the most contentious subjects of our time: climate change. With a d… read more
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"She would die of him or be cured."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
"For scientists, reality is not optional."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
"Be sweet and carry a sharp knife, was her motto."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
"I never learn anything from listening to myself."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
16. A Modest Proposal
By: Jonathan Swift
4.06
Format: 663 pages, Paperback
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Thei… read more
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17. Look Back in Anger
By: John Osborne
3.80
Format: 25 pages, Paperback
The text of the play, first performed in London in 1956, depicts the despair of post-war youth. read more
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18. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
By: Unknown , None , Burton Raffel
4.50
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Written by an anonymous 14th-century poet, this epic poem is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's ma… read more
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19. Leaves of Grass
By: Walt Whitman
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more
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21. I Wish That I Had Duck Feet
By: Barney Tobey , Dr. Seuss , Theo LeSieg
3.84
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
What would life be like if you had feet like a duck, or horns like a deer, a whale spout on your he… read more
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22. The American Scholar; Self-Reliance. Compensation
By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The American Scholar was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson on August 31, 1837, to the Phi Beta … read more
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23. The Birthmark
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
4.32
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
The main character is a great scientist and lover of nature with a beautiful wife whom he loves dea… read more
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24. The Good Soldier
By: Ford Madox Ford , None , Kenneth Womack
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
"A Tale of Passion," as its subtitle declares, The Good Soldierrelates the complex social and sexua… read more
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25. This Side of Paradise
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.64
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the a… read more
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"A squalid phantasmagoria of breath"-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
"Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
"Amory: I love you. Rosalind: I love you- now."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
"Good luck to you and bad luck to your theories."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
26. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By: Harriet Ann Jacobs
3.85
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incid… read more
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27. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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28. The Island of Dr. Moreau
By: H.G. Wells
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more
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29. Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.39
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
One Woman’s Journey Back to Loving the Bible If the Bible isn’t a science book or an instructio… read more
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"How could I love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength while disengaging those very faculties every time I read the Bible?"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
"The point is, if you pay attention to the women, a more complex history of Israel's conquests emerges. Their stories invite the reader to consider the human cost of violence and patriarchy, and in th…"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
"In other words, the prophets are weirdos. More than anyone else in Scripture, they remind us that those odd ducks shouting from the margins of society may see things more clearly than the political a…"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
"What I love about the Bible is that the story isn't over. There are still prophets in our midst. There are still dragons and beasts. It might not look like it, but the Resistance is winning. The ligh…"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
30. Hills Like White Elephants
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.85
Format: 6 pages, Kindle Edition
A conversation in a Spanish cafe between a man and a woman that is not as simple as it seems. Hi… read more
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31. Slavery in Massachusetts
By: Henry David Thoreau
3.96
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
"Slavery in Massachusetts is an 1854 essay by Henry David Thoreau based on a speech he gave at an a… read more
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"Now-a-days, men wear a fool's cap, and call it a liberty cap."-Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts
"Those who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts."-Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts
"If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it."-Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts
"I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour."-Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts
