Inexpensive but substantial anthology begins with Thoreau's 19th-century essay and concludes in t...

In the years before he wrote War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy founded and ran a school on his estate at...

Renowned Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy had an abiding interest in children and in children's liter...

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This nuanced portrait of abolitionist politics in the decades leading up to the Civil War contain...

This nuanced portrait of abolitionist politics in the decades leading up to the Civil War contain...

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard (b. 1968) made a literary mark on his home country in 1998, ...

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard (b. 1968) made a literary mark on his home country in 1998, ...

This anthology surveys the immigration experience from a wide range of cultural and historical vi...

The story behind the origins of Anna Karenina and the turbulent life and times of Leo Tolstoy.

This paperback gift edition of the renowned American humorist's epigrams and witticisms features ...

This stirring anthology features addresses by Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mohan...

During the 1850s and 1860s more than 100,000 people escaped slavery in the American South by foll...

Spanning 3 centuries, this works include such milestone documents as the Declaration of Independe...

Concise anthology covers works by Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, Edith Wharton, F. Sco...

Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights...

The first important fictional treatment of the werewolf theme in English literature, this Victori...

A controversial figure in the history of race relations around the world, Marcus Garvey amazed hi...

The story behind the origins of Anna Karenina and the turbulent life and times of Leo Tolstoy.

Compact, inexpensive anthology features contributions from Jonathan Edwards, Anne Bradstreet, Ben...

Poetry has long been a source of comfort and inspiration in times of struggle and celebration. Th...

Courageous women stepped forward in solidarity in the nineteenth century, advocating for the abol...

Anton Chekhov's virtuosity with the written word is on full display in these 11 short stories exp...

A revelatory portrait of Chekhov during the most extraordinary artistic surge of his life.

Dreams--startling, amazing, troubling, or amusing--their intrigue in life and literature remains ...

This collection of inspirational thoughts represents Leo Tolstoy's profound spiritual odyssey to ...

After writing such popular novels as War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy experienced a r...