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  • The Long Voyage

    Critic, poet, editor, chronicler of the Lost Generation, elder statesman of the Republic of Letters, Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) was an eloquent witness to American literary and political life. His letters, mostly unpublished, provide a self-portrait of Cowley and his time and make possible a full appreciation of his long, varied career. ... Read more

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  • Exile's Return

    A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s

    The adventures and attitudes shared by the American writers dubbed "The Lost Generation" are brought to life here by one of the group's most notable members. Feeling alienated in the America of the 1920s, Fitzgerald, Crane, Hemingway, Wilder, Dos Passos, Crowley, and many other writers "escaped" to Europe, some forever, some as temporary exiles. As Cowley details in this intimate, anecdotal ... Read more

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  • Black Cargoes

    A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1518–1865

    "A carefully understated but chilling account of the whole 3 ½ centuries during which 15 million Africans were snatched from their homes and delivered into slavery in the New World." — TimeIn 1518, the Atlantic slave trade began with the landing in the West Indies of the first enslaved people directly from Africa. These were the victims of a forced migration that was more callous and immensely ... Read more

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  • Winesburg, Ohio

    Published in 1919, Winesburg, Ohio is Sherwood Anderson’s masterpiece, a work in which he achieved the goal to which he believed all true writers should aspire: to see and feel “all of life within.” In a perfectly imagined world, an archetypal small American town, he reveals the hidden passions that turn ordinary lives into unforgettable ones. Unified by the recurring presence of young George ... Read more

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  • In Our Time (Warbler Classics)

    In Our Time, Ernest Hemingway's first collection of short stories, heralded the arrival of an original and distinct literary voice. The stories' richly complicated themes of alienation, loss, grief, and separation contrast with Hemingway's spare but deeply evocative prose.This Warbler Classics edition includes the essay Hemingway at Midnight by eminent literary critic Malcolm Cowley, who was a ... Read more

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  • Leaves of Grass

    The First (1855) Edition

    by Walt Whitman ...
    Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice and style into American letters and gave expression to an optimistic, bombastic ... Read more

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  • Leonardo, Poe, Mallarmé

    The Collected Works of Paul Valéry, Volume 8

    by Paul Valéry ...
    Translated by Malcolm Cowley, James R. Lawler ...
    Series series Bollingen Recollections
    A collection of Valéry’s essays on three artists who were of central importance to himPaul Valéry had an enduring fascination with Leonardo, Poe, and Mallarmé and his essays on these fellow artists are among his most important writings. This volume presents those essays along with extensive selections on these figures from Valéry’s Notebooks. Valéry’s Leonardo and Poe were almost pure invention. ... Read more

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  • The Portable Emerson

    New Edition

    Series series Portable Library
    This volume, edited by Carl Bode in collaboration with Malcolm Cowley, presents the essential Emerson, selected from works that eloquently express the philosophy of a worldly idealist. The Portable Emerson comprises essays, including “History,” “Self-Reliance,” “The Over-Soul,” “Circles,” and “The Poet”; Emerson’s first book, Nature, in its entirety; twenty-two poems, including “Uriel,” “The ... Read more

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    Enriched edition. Up in Michigan, Out of Season, My Old Man, Mitraigliatrice, Oklahoma, Oily Weather, Roosevelt…

    Ernest Hemingway's 'The Collection of Early Stories and Poems' offers readers a glimpse into the literary evolution of one of the greatest American authors of the 20th century. This compilation showcases Hemingway's raw talent and unique writing style that would later become iconic in his later works. From the simplicity of his prose to the depth of his characters, Hemingway's early stories and ... Read more

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  • In Our Time & Poems

    The collection includes some of Hemingway's most famous stories, such as "The Big Two-Hearted River," which follows the character Nick Adams as he returns to fishing after serving in the war, and "Indian Camp," which features the young Nick Adams accompanying his father, a doctor, on a difficult childbirth in a Native American reservation.The stories in "In Our Time" are notable for their ... Read more

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  • The Old Wives' Tale

    This Housemartin Classics edition includes the full original text as well as an easy to use interactive table of contents. ... Read more

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  • MAIN STREET Classic Novels: New Illustrated [Free Audiobook Links]

    Series series Classic Novels
    "MAIN STREET" - Popular Classic Novels included Free AudioBook Links, NEW illustrations, Clickable Table of Contents for both the list of included books and their respective chapters.The text and chapters are perfectly set up to match the layout and feel of a physical copy, rather than being haphazardly thrown together for a quick release.Main Street is the metonym for a generic street name (and ... Read more

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