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 | Brighten the season with tales from the master of Christmastime fiction.Charles Dickens’ most famous holiday story was the 1843 publication, A Christmas Carol, but he was a prolific writer in the yuletide genre and a great contributor to many now-prevalent traditions of the holiday itself. In the year following the release… | Literature ⋅ Classics | ||
 | Frost, Robert | Robert Frost (1874-1963) was a critically acclaimed, highly popular American poet. He was awarded four Pulizer Prizes for poetry and served as the poet laureate of Vermont. His most famous works include “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” “Mending Wall,” and “The Road Not Taken.” | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | A classic tale of adventure from renowned French author Jules Verne.Originally published in 1872, Around the World in Eighty Days imagined for readers the possibility of circumnavigating the world when the prospect of such a feat was still in its infancy. After an argument with colleagues at London’s Reform Club, the wealthy… | Literature ⋅ Classics | ||
 | Dickens, Charles | Four classic novels from Charles Dickens: The Adventures of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, and A Tale of Two Cities. | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Carroll, Abigail | Commendation Quotes:“This rich poetic collection is overwhelming in its rich imagery, its simplicity of wording, and its unflinching witness to the reality and goodness of God. Abigail Carroll is fixed on the concreteness of life as she sees it, even as she makes winsome linkages to the specificities of Scripture… | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Berry, Wendell | Reissued as part of Counterpoint’s celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry, the five stories in Fidelity return readers to Berry’s fictional town of Port William, Kentucky, and the familiar characters who form a tight–knit community within.“Each of these elegant stories spans the twentieth century and reveals the profound interconnectedness of… | Literature ⋅ Contemporary Literature | |
 | Robinson, Marilynne | Gilead takes its name from a fictional Iowa town, the setting of several novels by Marilynne Robinson. In Gilead, Robinson writes in the voice of the aging Reverend John Ames, exploring the beauty, mystery, and pain of existence through a lyrical, meditative letter Ames writes to his young son. This… | Literature ⋅ Contemporary Literature | |
 | Myra Wollman and Obi Martin… | Home is an invitation to return to the places that shaped us. Through the voices of over thirty contributors, this collection explores the ache and joy of belonging in three sections: The Search for Home, A Table in the Wilderness, and Home Within History.At its heart lies a quiet conviction:… | Books ⋅ Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Bronte, Charlotte | Jane Eyre is Charlotte Bronte’s most enduring masterpiece, the unforgettable tale of an orphan girl’s ardent search for a wider and richer life. Originally published in 1847, it was an immediate popular success, but it also caused a storm of controversy. Bronte’s firm insistence on the equality of the sexes… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Verne, Jules | Get cozy with the classics! Jules Verne collects some of the author’s best-known works in a beautiful keepsake volume.2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Finalist in Gift BooksLegendary science fiction and adventure author Jules Verne is remembered for his fascinating stories of travel and excitement. With countless adaptations available, the titles of… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Hugo, Victor | Les Miserables is a classic tale of redemption, exploring the complex interplay of mercy and justice. Jean Valjean, a recently paroled criminal, encounters the life-changing power of grace through a saintly bishop’s sacrificial love. His life is profoundly transformed, but his criminal past haunts him as he is pursued by… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Melville, Herman | First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.” The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Cather, Willa | Travel to the Old West with Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather.Willa Cather’s novels brought the life of American settlers on the Great Plains to the forefront of the nation’s consciousness during a time when the lands west of the Mississippi were undergoing rapid transformation. My Ántonia, considered by many scholars to… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Austen, Jane | Austen’s comedy of manners–one of the most popular novels of all time–features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of 18-century drawing-room intrigues.This edition is part of the beautiful WordCloud Classics series of imitation… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Twain, Mark | No library’s complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects some of the most popular works of legendary humorist and novelist Mark Twain.Mark Twain wrote his greatest works more than one hundred years ago, but he’s never far from the minds of Americans. Whether it’s the new, complete… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Guite, Malcolm | Malcolm Guite explores the riches of the Christian year in this collection of sonnets. Including sequences for Advent, Christmas and epiphany, Lent, Holy Week and the Stations of the Cross, and poems for major feasts and festivals, it is a versatile resource for enriching worship, reflection and devotion. | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Chesterton, G.K. | Critic, author, and debunker extraordinaire, G. K. Chesterton (1874 1936) delighted in probing the ambiguities of Christian theology. A number of his most successful attempts at combining first-rate fiction with acute social observation appear in this compilation of detective stories featuring the priest-sleuth Father Brown.A Chestertonian version of Sherlock Holmes… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Cultural commentators are up in arms about the decline of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or not reading the right books in the right way.Alan Jacobs argues that reading is alive and well in America. Millions of devoted readers support hundreds of enormous bookstores and… | Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | ||
 | Dickinson, Emily | “This is my letter to the world . . .” — Emily DickinsonThe Poetry of Emily Dickinson is a collection of pieces by 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, who insisted that her life of isolation gave her an introspective and deep connection with the world. As a result, her work parallels… | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Harmon, William | The Top 500 Poems offers a vivid portrait of poetry in English, reproducing the most anthologized poems as tracked by the leading resource, the Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online. Chosen by critics, editors, poets, and general readers, these works speak across centuries, beginning with Chaucer’s resourceful inventions and moving through… | Literature ⋅ Poetry |