Posts Tagged ‘classics’
One Fish Two Fish
Illus. in full color. A “fabulous book of easy words, exciting pictures and inviting rhythm.”–“Elementary English.
Read MoreLove You Forever
As her son grows up from little boy to adult man, a mother secretly rocks him each night as he sleeps.
Read MoreTropic of Cancer
The account of a young writer and his friends in free-wheeling Paris.
Read MoreAn Assembly Such as This
“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me.” So begins the timeless romance of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen’s classic novel is beloved by millions, but little is revealed in the book about the mysterious and handsome hero, Mr. Darcy. And so the question has long remained:…
Read MoreWatership Down
A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for almost forty years, Richard Adams{u2019}s Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England{u2019}s Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival follows a band of very special rabbits on their flight from the…
Read More1984
It is 1984, and the worlds’ three major powers-Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia-are constantly at war. In Oceania, where the Party is in power, the thought police unearth every act of dissent, and Big Brother is always watching. Winston Smith, a dutiful citizen of Oceania, works for the Ministry of Truth as a propaganda writer who…
Read MoreTo Kill a Mockingbird
The Sirens of Titan
America’s wealthiest man succumbs to the irresistible charms of a lunar siren.
Read More1984 MM
Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey’s new look for Orwell’s classic dystopian tale One of Britain’s most popular novels, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out…
Read MoreMurder on the Orient Express
“The murderer is with us–on the train now . . .” Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be…
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