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The Last Empire
by Gore Vidal
Price: Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($27.97)
Like his National Book Award—winning United States, Gore Vidal’s scintillating ninth collection, The Last Empire, affirms his reputation as our most provocative critic and observer of the modern American scene.
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An Introduction to English Literature
Price: Digital Download ($7.99)
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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Sense and Sensuality
by Ravi Zacharias
Price: Audio CD ($12.78) | Digital Download ($12.98)
Why versus Why Not? Why did God place us in a world full of pleasures if we aren't meant to perue them all?
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell
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Joseph Campbell transformed the way we view mythology...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream AudioLearn
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From the Fairies to Hyppolyta, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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The History of English Literature
by Perry Keenlyside
Price: Audio CD ($26.08) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($23.18)
English literature may very well be the greatest body of imaginative writing the world has yet seen...
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1000 Years of Laughter
by David Timson
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This delightfully entertaining anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature.
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Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature
by Elizabeth Kantor
Price: Audio CD ($23.36) | Audio Cassette ($23.36) | Digital Download | MP3 CD ($29.95)
The newest Politically Incorrect Guide takes on English and American literature and the politically correct professors who are doing their best to make them disappear.
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American Bloomsbury
by Susan Cheever
Price: Audio CD ($26.99) | Digital Download | MP3 CD ($17.99)
A brilliant, controversial, and fascinating biography of those who were, in the mid-nineteenth century, the center of American thought and literature.
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Hamlet AudioLearn
Price: Digital Download ($15.99)
From the symbolism of Yorick’s skull to the mystery of death, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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Bulfinch's Mythology
by Thomas Bulfinch
Price: Audio Cassette ($34.95)
The myths created by the Greeks and Romans, and the tales of the heroes and heroines that emerged during the Age of Chivalry in Europe, reflect man's enduring emotions: jealousy and hatred, compassion and devotion.
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The Life and Work of Marcel Proust
by Neville Jason
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This, the first audio-biography of Marcel Proust, tells the story of one of the world's most original and admired literary geniuses....
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Macbeth AudioLearn
Price: Digital Download ($15.99)
From the Lady Macbeth to the Three Witches, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare's Macbeth.
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Julius Caesar AudioLearn
Price: Digital Download ($15.99)
From the Brutus to Octavius, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
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Jane Austen
by Elizabeth Jenkins
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This highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen is regarded as the classic...
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Othello AudioLearn
Price: Digital Download ($15.99)
From the Desdemona to the Duke of Venice, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare's Othello.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of Narnia
by James Bell
Price: Audio CD ($15.99)
This fun-to-read reference guide goes through each book in Lewis's bestselling fantasy series, examining characters and events for literary and religious comparison.
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City of Words
by Alberto Manguel
Price: Audio CD ($31.96)
In The City of Words, renowned, writer Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at some of the problems we face, and suggests we should look at what stories have to teach us about society.
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Reading Like a Writer
by Francine Prose
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A distinguished novelist and critic offers an inside look at how the professionals read--and write. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, "Reading Like a Writer" instructs listeners to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart.
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The World of Atlas Shrugged
by Robert Bidinotto
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Ayn Rand's famous 1957 classic, Atlas Shrugged, has become more widely read and influential with each passing year...
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A Visit to Mark Twain's House
by Garrison Keillor
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From the Mark Twain Memorial in Hartford, Connecticut, Keillor and his American Radio Company pay homage to Twain's genius.
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Edith Wharton
by Hermione Lee
Price: Audio CD ($27.96)
This masterly biography that delves into every aspect of Edith Wharton's extraordinary life shows in fascinating detail how she worked and what lies at the heart of her magnificent and subtle books.
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Classics: A Very Short Introduction
by Mary Beard
Price: Audio CD ($20.68) | Digital Download
This very short introduction to classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to classics within modern culture, from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur.
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How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard
Price: Audio CD ($17.96) | Audio Cassette ($17.96) | Digital Download | MP3 CD ($29.95)
In this mischievous book, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who understands the book’s place in our culture.
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