Category: Classics
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The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Synopsis Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written”, The Federalist Papers is a collection of eighty-five essays published by Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay from 1787 to 1788, as a means to persuade the public to ratify the Constitution of the […]
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The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen, Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Synopsis In the middle of the wood is a little fir tree who thinks of one thing only – growing bigger. He takes no pleasure from life because he always thinks about how he is not as big as the other fir trees. So, when the little fir tree finally grows up, Christmas approaches and […]
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The Seaman’s Guide: How to Live Comfortably at Sea by John Cochrane
How to live comfortably at sea… complete directions for baking bread.
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
With it’s startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter’s life is miserable. His parents are dead and he’s stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs.
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The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
The Book of Five Rings was composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (Extraordinary Voyages #3) by Jules Verne
The intrepid Professor Liedenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano…
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Canoeing in the Wilderness by Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau’s poetic yet realistic observations of the landscape are accompanied by his accounts of day-to-day events.
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Voltaire Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire
Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in “the best of all possible worlds.”
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I.
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Hawaii by James A. Michener
Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga.
