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  • Of Human Bondage

    by W. Somerset Maugham, Maeve Binchy ...
    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time"It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham," wrote Gore Vidal. "He was always so entirely there."Originally published in 1915, Of Human Bondage is a potent expression of the power of sexual obsession and of modern man's yearning for freedom. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • Sons and Lovers

    by D. H. Lawrence, Dennis Jackson ...
    D. H. Lawrence’s great autobiographical novel paints a provocative portrait of an artist torn between affection for his mother and desire for two beautiful women. Set in the Nottinghamshire coalfields of Lawrence’s own boyhood, the story follows young Paul Morel’s growth into manhood in a British working-class family.Gertrude Morel, Paul’s puritanical mother, concentrates all her love and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • You Don't Say

    Modern American Inhibitions

    by Benjamin DeMott ...
    Series series Classics in Communication and Mass Culture Series
    In this era of political correctness, it is often impossible to say things as one would like. Indeed, certain ways of feeling and talking that were once acceptable are now, in effect, forbidden. Of course, taboos extend further than speech. Social and sexual inhibitions are also evident. Benjamin DeMott argues that the very least a society should do is to try to understand the meaning of its own ... Read more

    $46.71 CAD

  • Supergrow

    Essays and Reports on Imagination in America

    Edited by Benjamin DeMott ...
    Supergrow is a collection of fifteen essays that appeared between 1966 and 1969 in publications such as the American Scholar, the New York Times, Antioch Review, Esquire, and the Saturday Review. Author Benjamin DeMott discusses everything under the sun--music, improving one's sex life, violence in Mississippi, theater, student revolts--but a single theme unifies the material: people ought to use ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics

    Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy

    by Grace Lee Boggs, Benjamin DeMott, Erica Frankenberg, Andrew Grant-Thomas, Lani Guinier, Maria Hinojosa, Gary Howard, Colbert I. King, Marc Mauer, Trinh Minh-Ha, Michael Omi, John Telford, Lisa Thurau, Johanna Wald, James J. Zogby, Nell Irvin Painter, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Houston Baker, Bob Herbert, Arthur Levine, Manning Marable, Alvin F. Poussaint, Cornel West, john a. powell ...
    Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence of this crisis today, despite public beliefs that America has become a "post-racial" nation after ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

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  • Women in Love

    by D. H. Lawrence ...
    Series series Unabridged Start Publishing LLC
    Women in Love is a sequel to The Rainbow. Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen are two sisters living in the Midlands of England in the 1910s. Ursula is a teacher, Gudrun an artist. They meet two men who live nearby, Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich. The four become friends. Ursula and Birkin become involved and Gudrun eventually begins a love affair with Gerald. All four are deeply concerned with questions ... Read more

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  • The Turn of the Screw

    The Unraveling Mystery of The Turn of the Screw

    by Henry James ...
    Enter the eerie and enigmatic world of Henry James' classic novella, "The Turn of the Screw." Follow the harrowing tale of a young governess who is tasked with caring for two children in a remote country estate. As she becomes entangled in a web of supernatural events and unsettling secrets, the line between reality and imagination blurs, leading to a chilling and unforgettable climax. ... Read more

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  • Heroines of French Society

    by Mrs. Bearne ...
    "Heroines of French Society" by Mrs. Bearne is a captivating exploration of the influential women who shaped French culture and society. Through vivid storytelling, Bearne brings to life the remarkable achievements and struggles of these heroines, highlighting their roles in various spheres such as politics, art, and social reform. The book serves as both a tribute and a historical account, ... Read more

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  • The Mayor of Casterbridge

    by Thomas Hardy ...
    Set in the fictional town of Casterbridge, "The Mayor of Casterbridge" is Thomas Hardy's tragic story of Michael Henchard who over indulges in alcohol at a county fair and decides to auction off his wife and daughter to a sailor. When he recovers his sobriety Mr. Henchard realizes his mistake but it is too late to get his family back. Devastated he decides not to touch alcohol again for the next ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

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  • Utopia

    by 聯合電子出版有限公司 ...
    Utopia is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More (1478–1535) published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Metamorphosis Franz Kafka

    by David Wyllie ...
    Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Translated by David Wyllie - Brand New Copy – The Complete Kafka Novella - Classics - The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking ... Read more

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  • Japanese Fairy Tales (Best Navigation, Active TOC)(Feathers Classics)

    by Yei Theodora Ozaki ...
    This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese ... Read more

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