A History of Western Art
By: Laurie Schneider Adams
3.79
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
Appropriate for one-semester art history surveys or historically-focused art appreciation classes, …
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By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore
3.88
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
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"Love is stronger than death is"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
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"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
2. Altıncı Koğuş
By: Anton Chekhov , None , Yulva Muhurcişi
4.26
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
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3. No Logo
By: Naomi Klein
3.89
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition, No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament… read more
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"(...) losing one's job is much less frightening when getting it seemed an accident in the first place."-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?"-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"Competitive branding became a necessity of the machine age — within a context of manufactured sameness; image-based difference had to be manufactured along with the product."-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"Despite different cultures, middle-class youth all over the world seem to live their lives as if in a parallel universe. They get up in the morning, put on their Levi's and Nikes, grab their caps and…"-Naomi Klein, No Logo
4. The Black Cat
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.40
Format: 300 pages,
"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more
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5. The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
3.77
Format: 67 pages, Paperback
This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and th… read more
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6. The Age of Capital: 1848-1875
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
4.53
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
In the wake of the French Revolution & the Industrial Revolution, Europe underwent another revoluti… read more
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7. The Lighthouse at the End of the World
By: Jules Verne
3.24
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
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8. The Tell-Tale Heart
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None
4.24
Format: 31 pages, Library Binding
A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more
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"would a madman have been so wise as this?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
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"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
9. The Age of Empire, 1875-1914
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences & cultural life from the he… read more
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10. Journey to the Center of the Earth
By: Jules Verne , Kim Stanley Robinson , Lowell Bair
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An adventurous geology professor chances upon a manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims … read more
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"Axel,"-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth
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11. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
By: Charles Wheelan
3.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, … read more
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12. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo
By: Edward Shepherd Creasy
4.01
Format: None pages, Paperback
Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasy's … read more
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13. The Cask of Amontillado
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.08
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
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"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
14. A History of Western Art
By: Laurie Schneider Adams
3.79
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
Appropriate for one-semester art history surveys or historically-focused art appreciation classes, … read more
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