Zora Neale Hurston

Book is still legible. However, I’ve had the book since middle school (over 15 years) and there are markings throughout the entire book (highlights).

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Delaware

One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic dreams, it is the story of fair-skinned, fiercely independent Janie Crawford, and her evolving selfhood through three marriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose. A true literary wonder, Hurston's masterwork remains as relevant and affecting today as when it was first published -- perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Massachusetts

An English butler reflects--sometimes bitterly, sometimes humorously--on his service to a lord between the two world wars and discovers doubts about his master's character and about the ultimate value of his own service to humanity

The Remains of the Day

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Book has some pencil highlights and writing.

Illinois

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Aldous Huxley

Does have a few highlights through it no to much that it’s distracting. 

Arizona

The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with the prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

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Ray Bradbury

California

A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit, in a chilling novel of a frightening near-future world. Reissue.

Fahrenheit 451

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Indiana

"Huxley's final word about the human condition and the possibility of the good society. . . . Island is a welcome and in many ways unique addition to the select company of books--from Plato to now--that have presented, in imaginary terms, a coherent view of what society is not but might be."  -- New York Times Book Review

The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world.

In the novel Huxley considered his most important, he transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and--to his amazement--give him hope.

Island

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#paperback #fiction #juvenilefiction #mystery #classic #middlegrade #youngadult #ya 

(tiny torn edges on spine)

For fans of Lemony Snicket and Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, this first book in the bestselling, award-winning Mysterious Benedict Society Series is not to be missed!

"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children--two boys and two girls--succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. But what they'll find in the hidden underground tunnels of the school is more than your average school supplies. So, if you're gifted, creative, or happen to know Morse Code, they could probably use your help.

The Mysterious Benedict Society

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Roger Lancelyn Green

Rick Riordan

A collection of nineteen Greek myths and legends features such tales as "The Story of Prometheus," "The Wanderings of Heracles," "The Quest of the Golden Fleece," and "The First Fall of Troy."

Tales of the Greek Heroes

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#paperback #fiction #scifi #classic #fantasy #classicists #harperperenial #uptopia

Florida

Brave New World

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#paperback #fiction #virginiawoolf #classic #virginia 

Pennsylvania

Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for party and remembering those she once loved. In another part of London, Septimus Warren Smith is shell-shocked and on the brink of madness. Smith's day interweaves with that of Clarissa and her friends, their lives converging as the party reaches it glittering climax.

Mrs. Dalloway

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Paulo Coelho

Georgia

A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.

The Alchemist

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Mammoth Paperback (8 to 10 lbs)

Classics Bundle

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

An updated tenth anniversary edition of the best-selling guide explains how anyone can use mindfulness--the Buddhist art of living each moment fully as it happens--to reduce anxiety, achieve inner peace, find fulfillment, and enrich one's life, accompanied by a series of anecdotes, instructions, and meditations. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

Wherever You Go, There You Are

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Illustrated Easton Press. Never read. Gold edges and ribbon marker. See 2nd photo for the edge discoloration. Pages clean otherwise

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Arkansas

Great Expectations 

#Charlesdickens #classic #goldedges #specialedition #hardcover #youngadult #teen #adult
**Every order comes with bookish stickers **

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

One of Dickens's most exciting books, set against the backdrop of the French revolutionA Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens' most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Dr Manette, wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years, is finally released and reunited with his daughter Lucie who, despite her French ancestry, has been brought up in London. Lucie falls in love with Charles Darnay, who has abandoned both wealth and title in France because of his political convictions. When revolution breaks out in Paris, Darnay returns to the city to help an old family servant, but is soon arrested because of the crimes committed by his relations. Lucie, with their daughter and her father, follows him across the Channel, thus putting all their lives in danger.

A Tale of Two Cities

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Old yeller

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sharon G. Carson

This Side of Paradise

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Never read. 

Collector’s edition from Easton Press. Has a leather cover and gold-edge pages. 

Non-smoking home. Stored in an enclosed bookcase. 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The Portrait of a Lady

Stephen Greenblatt

English

Volume F - the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

The most trusted anthology for complete works and helpful editorial apparatus. The Tenth Edition supports survey and period courses with NEW complete major works, NEW contemporary writers, and dynamic and easy-to-access digital resources. NEW video modules help introduce students to literature in multiple exciting ways. These innovations make the Norton an even better teaching tool for instructors and, as ever, an unmatched value for students.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature

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George Carlin

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

In a collection of irreverent humor, the author presents his observations and opinions on the foibles and follies of modern life, taking on such topics as the media, the battle of the sexes, hygiene, evasive language, and politics.

When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

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#paperback #fiction #african-american #blackstories #centennial #historicalfiction #classic 

Traces the fall of a young black man in 1930s Chicago as his life loses all hope of redemption after he kills a white woman.

Native Son

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#paperback #fscottfitzgerald #classics #classic #1920s #fiction 

The Only Authorized Edition

The Great Gatsby

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A. Kline

Parts I and II

Faust Parts I & II - Goethe. A translation into English by A. S. Kline with illustrations by Eugène Delacroix.

Goethe's two-part dramatic work, Faust, based on a traditional theme, and finally completed in 1831, is an exploration of that restless intellectual and emotional urge which found its fullest expression in the European Romantic movement, to which Goethe was an early and major contributor. Part I of the work outlines a pact Faust makes with the devil, Mephistopheles, and encompasses the tragedy of Gretchen, whom Faust seduces. Part II, developed over a long period of Goethe's later life, reflects Goethe's own transition from a predominantly Romantic to a wider world-view and explores more extensive themes, including the values of the Classical past, as it moves towards the work's resolution.

The protagonist, Faust, is presented in a complex manner, and Goethe's treatment of the subject matter raises ethical and spiritual issues, many of which are not resolved within the drama itself. Goethe's stress is on Faust's striving towards the good, and on the nature of human error, rather than on the traditional Christian view of sin and redemption, and the play's opening sections and its conclusion can be seen as humanist allegory or metaphor rather than an expression of orthodox religious belief. It is left to the reader to draw their own conclusion about Faust's everyman character, and the extent to which he earns his ultimate spiritual salvation.

The play had an enormous influence on later German thought and literature, and together with his lyric poetry has ensured Goethe's place among the great European writers.

Published by Poetry in Translation.

Faust

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Jenny Davidson

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is part of theBarnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today''s top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader''s viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader''s understanding of these enduring works. Idealistic young scientist Henry Jekyll struggles to unlock the secrets of the soul. Testing chemicals in his lab, he drinks a mixture he hopes will isolate--and eliminate--human evil. Instead it unleashes the dark forces within him, transforming him into the hideous and murderous Mr. Hyde. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde dramatically brings to life a science-fiction case study of the nature of good and evil and the duality that can exist within one person. Resonant with psychological perception and ethical insight, the book has literary roots in Dostoevsky''s "The Double" and Crime and Punishment. Today Stevenson''s novella is recognized as an incisive study of Victorian morality and sexual repression, as well as a great thriller. This collection also includes some of the author''s grimmest short fiction: "Lodging for the Night," "The Suicide Club," "Thrawn Janet," "The Body Snatcher," and "Markheim." Jenny Davidson is Assistant Professor of eighteenth-century literature and culture in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her novel Heredity appeared from Soft Skull Press in 2003.

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Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

Aldous Huxley

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Aldous Huxley

Island

Trenton Lee Stewart; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Roger Lancelyn Green; Rick Riordan

Tales of the Greek Heroes

Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Virginia Woolf; Maureen Howard (Foreword by)

Mrs. Dalloway

Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist

Various

Classics Bundle

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

Fred gibson

Old yeller

F. Scott Fitzgerald; Sharon G. Carson

This Side of Paradise

Henry James

The Portrait of a Lady

Stephen Greenblatt

The Norton Anthology of English Literature

George Carlin

When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

Richard Wright

Native Son

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; A. Kline

Faust

Robert Louis Stevenson; Jenny Davidson

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories