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The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
The New York Trilogy is an astonishing and original book: three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard …
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Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
3 stars
Controversial and bizarre cult novel based on the author’s own experiences as a drug addict, first published in 1959. Formed …
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (A Norton critical edition)
A perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Editions series. Pride and Prejudice has been judiciously revised and updated by Donald …
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This Side of Paradise (Barnes & Noble Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4 stars
The debut of an American original. Here is the accomplished first novel that catapulted F. Scott Fitzgerald to literary fame-at …
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4 stars
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on …
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Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #3)
4 stars
Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation Series by American writer Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in …
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4 stars
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
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The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
4 stars
Classic noir. Private detective Sam Spade is hired to search for a valuable, gem-encrusted antique in the shape of a …
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Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul; his deputy; a missionary; and an American financier find themselves in the …
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Howl: original draft facsimile, transcript and variant versions, fully annotated by author, with contemporaneous correspondence, account of first public reading, legal skirmishes, precursor texts and bibliography by Allen Ginsberg
5 stars
This annotated version of Ginsberg's classic is the poet's own re-creation of the revolutionary work's composition process, along with anecdotes …
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