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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids.
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The Stranger
by Albert Camus
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Albert Camus' The Stranger is one of the most widely read novels in the world, with millions of copies sold....
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
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Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published more than 50 years ago.
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The Go-Getter
by Peter B. Kyne
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Originally published by William Randolph Hearst in 1921, Peter Kyne's The Go Getter has become a continual source of inspiration for salesman, entrepreneurs and employers.
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The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
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This classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to “Our Father Below.”
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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Convicted and imprisoned because she is unwilling to name her partner in adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet “A” on the breast of her gown for the rest of her life.
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Siddhartha
by Herman Hesse
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Siddhartha is the story of a man from the Indian Subcontinent who sets out on a spiritual quest of discovery. Rejecting conventional spiritual practices and teachings, he attempts to find his own path to enlightenment.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
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At once an intimate memoir of childhood, a complicated exploration of race and poverty in the South, and a moving portrayal of uncompromising conscience, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has been called the greatest American novel of the 20th century.
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Plato's Ion and Meno
by Plato
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Socrates questions Ion, an actor, about his ability to interpret the poetry of Homer. In the Meno, the topic is whether goodness can be taught. Both dialogues provide more questions than answers.
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Oedipus the King
by Sophocles
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In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference...
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An Introduction to English Literature
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Literature is the history of ideas. It is a reflection of thoughts, feelings and culture of a time and a place. What better place to start when learning about the world we live in?
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Hamlet: John Gielgud's Classic 1948 Recording
by William Shakespeare
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This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
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The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of revenge and retribution. Edmond Dantes, a young, energetic sailor, is falsely accused of treason on his wedding day and incarcerated in the forbidding Chateau d'If...
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Plato's Phaedrus
by Plato
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Phaedrus treats the nature of love, mythical visions of human nature and destiny, and the essence of beauty. It ends with a penetrating discussion of speaking, writing, and the love of wisdom.
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Paradise Lost
by John Milton
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Paradise Lost is the greatest epic poem in the English language. In words remarkable for their richness of rhythm and imagery, Milton tells the story of Man's creation, fall, and redemption...
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To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
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To the Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf's most accomplished novel, and her most autobiographical. It tells of one summer spent by the Ramsay family and their friends in their holiday home in Scotland...
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Across Five Aprils
by Irene Hunt
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This compelling classic of a boy's coming of age during the Civil War is based on stories the author's grandfather told her about his own life.
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King Richard III
by William Shakespeare
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Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays...
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The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
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This is the moving and powerful story of Edna Pontellier, a beautiful young wife and mother who discovers her true feelings and identity through her love for Robert Lebrun...
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I Want Burning
by Coleman Barks
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Ecstatic Sufi Poetry Comes Alive! To fully experience the ecstatic poetry of the Middle and Near East, you must hear it as originally intended: read with passion and stirred ablaze by inspired music.
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
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By the time Shakespeare came to write Macbeth - almost certainly in 1605/1606 - he had already completed three of the great tragedies with which modern audiences are so familiar...
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Caedmon Poetry Collection
by William Butler Yeats
Credits: Audio CD
A rare and thrilling listening experience. A choice gathering of some of the twentieth century's greatest poetry... read by the century's greatest poets.
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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Credits: Audio Download
The Grammy(-nominated, bestselling classic returns, just in time for the holiday season.
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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Credits: Audio Download
Set in Puritan Massachusetts, Hawthorne's greatest novel is a philosophical exploration of sin...
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Dante and His Divine Comedy
by Timothy B. Shutt
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By near universal agreement, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy stands very high among the greatest literary works ever written. This may come as a surprise, because Dante is best known for the Inferno, the first cantica of the Commedia, which is, by any standard, fairly grim in some respects.
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