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The Memorabilia by Xenophon
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Philosopher, soldier, and historian, Xenophon was a former student of Socrates who composed The Memorabilia many years after his teacher's trial and execution in 399 B.C. This collection of Socratic dialogues presents not the philosopher's actual defense to the Athenian court but rather a more general a ...Show more
The Metaphysics by Aristotle
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
The New York Stories of O. Henry (Dover Thrift Edition) by O. Henry
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With East Side tenements, Wall Street offices, and Fifth Avenue as their backdrops, these colorful tales by a master storyteller recount the dreams and passions of New Yorkers at the turn of the twentieth century. As O. Henry, William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) wrote more than 600 short stories, many of ...Show more
The Old Maid by Edith Wharton; Roxana Robinson (Introduction by)
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Delia rejected passion in favor of a secure marriage but cousin Charlotte followed her own heart, even though it meant remaining unwed and giving up her baby. Charlotte's sacrifice has allowed the child, Tina, an advantageous position in New York City's fashionable society as Delia's adopted daughter. N ...Show more
The Philosophy of Epicurus by George K. Strodach (Editor)
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Despite its modern-day connotations of hedonism, "Epicureanism" has more to do with living a mindful, uncomplicated life. Epicurus -- who was born at Samos, Greece, in 341 BC and died at Athens in 270 BC -- founded a school of philosophy that focused on maximizing simple pleasures and minimizing pain, s ...Show more
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon; Arthur Waley (Translator)
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In the tenth century, Japan was both physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. The Pillow Book recaptures this lost world with the diary of a young court lady. Sei Shōnagon was a contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote the well-known novel The Tale of Genji. Unlike the latter's ...Show more
The Power of Darkness - A Drama in Five Acts by Leo Tolstoy; Louise Maude (Translator); Aylmer Maude (Translator)
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Best known today as the author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Count Leo Tolstoy also is acknowledged as a skilled playwright. His five-act drama The Power of Darkness offers a cold and unsparing look at Russian peasant life that illustrates the costs of pursuing personal desires rather than the di ...Show more
The Professor's House by Willa Cather
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This bittersweet tale begins when the successful Professor Godfrey St. Peter and his wife move into a comfortable new house. On the eve of the move, Godfrey analyzes his life, family, and friends: his two daughters' marriages have removed them from the home, and the loss of his most outstanding student ...Show more
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin; T. Keane (Translator)
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Celebrated title story plus The Shot, The Snowstorm, The Coffin-Maker, An Amateur Peasant Girl, and The Postmaster - all fascinating portraits of life in Tsarist Russia by one of that country’s greatest writers. Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), Russia’s greatest poet and a versatile writer whose great gif ...Show more
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels Ser.
On a cold day, the fictional 304th New York Infantry Regiment awaits battle beside a river. Teenage Private Henry Fleming, remembering his romantic reasons for enlisting as well as his mother's resulting protests, wonders whether he will remain brave in the face of fear or turn and run back. He is comfo ...Show more
The Rescue by Joseph Conrad
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The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Will Durant chronicles the lives and ideas of several key philosophical thinkers throughout history in this informative and eminently readable text. Beginning with Socrates and Plato and concluding with Friedrich Nietzsche, with twelve other prominent philosophers in betwee ...Show more