Classics / Criticism
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Pleasure of Thinking: Essays
$26.00 Read moreA yet-untranslated essay collection on the importance of critical thought, from one of the foremost Chinese intellectuals of the 1990s.
Wang Xiaobo’s Pleasure of Thinking is an essay collection as rio- Author: Xiaobo, Wang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601255
- Language: English
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Body Language: Writers on Identity, Physicality, and Making Space for Ourselves
$16.95 Read moreA kaleidoscopic anthology of essays published by Catapult magazine about the stories our bodies tell, and how we move within–and against–expectations of race, gender, health, and ability
Bodies are- Author: Chung, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1646221311
- Language: English
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Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations
$19.99 Read moreInstant New York Times Bestseller
“Truly, there’s no shame in taking a break from books during the pandemic. But if you’re feeling ready to reach out, try starting with Goodbye, Again. Take my word fo
- Author: Sun, Jonny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0062880853
- Language: English
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The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu
$18.00 Read moreReminiscent of Kurasawa’s film Ikiru, Enlightenment explores the interior mindscape of a Japanese-Peruvian man and his luminous unraveling
Katzuo Nakamatsu is having a recurring dream. He’s strolling- Author: Oshiro, Augusto Higa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1953861520
- Language: English
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The Scarlet Letter
$14.99 Read moreA smash hit in its day, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the gripping tale of three New England settlers at odds with the seventeenth-century Puritan society in which they live, and remain
- Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 150982796X
- Language: English
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Sense and Sensibility
$14.99 Read moreTwo sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 19 2016
- ISBN10: 1909621692
- Language: English
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Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer
$17.00 Read moreAn irreverent and charming collection of deeply personal essays about the joys of low pop culture and bad taste, exploring coming of age in the 2000s in the age of Hot Topic, Creed, and frosted lip gl… [more below]
- Author: King, Rax
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0593312724
- Language: English
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Lucky Jim
$16.95 Add to cartA hilarious satire about college life and high class manners, this is a classic of postwar English literature.
Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky- Author: Amis, Kingsley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 1590175751
- Language: English
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Once Upon a Time in Florida: Stories of Life in the Land of Promises
$45.00 Add to cartFlorida Book Awards, Honorable Mention for Florida Nonfiction
Curated from the archives of FORUM, the award-winning magazine of Florida Humanities, this anthology presents 50 often surprising and alway
- Author: Levine, Jacki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987660805
- Language: English
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
$7.99 Read moreIndulge in the captivating world of Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece The Picture of Dorian Gray. This exquisite edition presents Wilde’s iconic novel in a visually stunning format, offering readers a luxuri
- Author: Wilde, Oscar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 08 2015
- ISBN10: 8175993081
- Language: English
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The Ronin
$14.95 Add to cart“A thunderbolt, full of lightning and excitement, one you won’t put down until its last extraordinary page.” —The Japan Times
The violence of twelfth-century Japan explodes in this half-legendary, ha- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Jennings, William Dale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 15 2007
- ISBN10: 4805308834
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
$9.99 Add to cartCrack the case with Sherlock Holmes in three familiar tales, now written with young readers in mind: “The Red-Headed League,” “The Speckled Band,” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles.”
It’s always an a
- Series: Classic Adventures
- Author: Conan Doyle, Arthur
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1946260215
- Language: English
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Dead-End Memories: Stories
$26.00 Read moreA New York Times Notable Book
“This is a supremely hopeful book, one that feels important because it shows that happiness, while not always easy, is still a subject worthy of art.” –Brandon Taylor, T- Author: Yoshimoto, Banana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1640093699
- Language: English
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Maus Now: Selected Writing
$28.00 Read moreRichly illustrated with images from Art Spiegelman’s Maus (“the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” —The Wall Street Journal), Maus Now includes work from twenty-on… [more below]
- Author: Chute, Hillary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0593315774
- Language: English
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Nicholas Nickleby
$7.95 Add to cartOur hero confronts a large and varied cast, including Wackford Squeers, the fantastic ogre of a schoolmaster, and Vincent Crummles, the grandiloquent ham actor, on his comic and satirical adventures u… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Dickens, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: February 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199538220
- Language: English
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Barcode
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Barcodes are about as ordinary as an object can be. Billions of them are scanned each day and- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Frith, Jordan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1501399918
- Language: English
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On Misdirection: Magic, Mayhem, American Politics
$12.95 Read moreAn investigation of misinformation and fracturing in contemporary American political culture. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles
- Series: Atlantic Editions
- Author: Garber, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1638930627
- Language: English
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The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
$20.00 Add to cart“If you want to write, paint, sing, compose, act, or make films, read The Gift.” –from the Introduction by Margaret Atwood
A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time and- Author: Hyde, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1984897780
- Language: English
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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books
$9.94 Add to cart‘What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him?’
Ebenezer Scrooge is a bad-tempered skinflint who hates Christmas and all it stands for, but a ghostl- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Dickens, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199536309
- Language: English
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The Life of Mary as Seen by the Mystics
$19.95 Read moreA masterpiece that combines the visions of four great Catholic mystics into one coherent story on the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Based primarily on the famous revelations of Ven. Anne Catherine … [more below]
- Author: Brown, Raphael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: November 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0895554364
- Language: English
