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BY THE SWORD
Written by by Richard Cohen
By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting—a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt.
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Written by L.M. Montgomery
Introduction by Jack Zipes
This Modern Library edition of the first of L. M. Montgomery's beloved and immensely popular Avonlea novels features the restored original text and an Introduction by the noted children's literature scholar Jack Zipes.
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GEORGES
Written by Alexandre Dumas
Edited by Werner Sollors
Translated by Tina Kover
Foreword by Jamaica Kincaid
Filled with intrigue, romance, and deadly vengeance, Georges is the story of a wealthy mulatto boy who is driven from his island home by racist landowners.
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THE HELLENISTIC AGE
Written by Peter Green
The Hellenistic Age chronicles the years 336 to 30 BCE, a period that witnessed the overlap of two of antiquity's great civilizations, the Greek and the Roman.
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SIDDHARTHA
Written by Hermann Hesse
Translated by Susan Bernofsky
Introduction by Tom Robbins
In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound.
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A Christmas Memory
Written by Truman Capote
Taking its place next to Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood on the Modern Library bookshelf is this new and original edition of Capote's most famous short stories: "A Christmas Memory, " "One Christmas, " and "A Thanksgiving Memory." All three stories are distinguished by Capote's delicate interplay of childhood sensibility and recollective vision.
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Georges
Written by Alexandre Dumas
Edited by Werner Sollors
Translated by Tina Kover
Foreword by Jamaica Kincaid
A major new translation of a stunning rediscovered novel by Alexandre Dumas, Georges is a classic swashbuckling adventure. Brilliantly translated by Tina A. Kover in lively, fluid prose, this is Dumas’s most daring work, in which his themes of intrigue and romance are illuminated by the issues of racial prejudice and the profound quest for identity.
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by Peter Matthiessen
"Shadow Country is altogether gripping, shocking, and brilliantly told, not just a tour de force in its stylistic range, but a great American novel, as powerful a reading experience as nearly any in our literature. —The New York Review of Books
Peter Matthiessen's great American epic-Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River, and Bone by Bone—was conceived as one vast mysterious novel, but because of its length it was originally broken up into three books. In this bold new rendering, Matthiessen has cut nearly a third of the overall text and collapsed the time frame while deepening the insights and motivations of his characters with brilliant rewriting throughout. In Shadow Country, he has marvelously distilled a monumental work, realizing his original vision.
Written by Voltaire
Translated by Peter Constantine
Introduction by Diane Johnson
Early October marks the observation of Banned Books Week, which celebrates intellectual freedom by highlighting titles that have been restricted from certain audiences. Our special feature is Voltaire's Candide, which has endured as a satiric and philosophical masterpiece despite being banned countless times since its original publication in 1759.
A flamboyant and controversial personality of enormous wit and intelligence, Voltaire remains one of the most influential figures of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Candide, his masterpiece, is a brilliant satire of the theory that our world is "the best of all possible worlds."
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