{"title":"Classic Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore classic literature and timeless novels that have shaped generations of readers, from canonical literary classics to lesser-known classic fiction worth rediscovering. Our curated selection of classic books spans multiple eras and genres, chosen for lasting relevance rather than just familiarity. Shop classic novels in-store in St. Paul, or order online.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"little-women","title":"Little Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe four March sisters--Meg, Amy, Beth, and feisty Jo--share the joys and sorrows of growing up while their father is away at war. The family is poor in worldly goods, but rich in love and character.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louisa May Alcott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090671395029,"sku":"BS-I6J-390698","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780140390698-HD.jpg?v=1770322579"},{"product_id":"pride-and-prejudice","title":"Pride and Prejudice","description":"\u003cb\u003eAusten's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen's beloved classic \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. This Penguin Classics edition, based on Austen's first edition, contains the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner and an updated introduction and notes by Viven Jones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Jane Austen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090671689941,"sku":"BS-I6J-439518","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780141439518-HD.jpg?v=1770322582"},{"product_id":"emma","title":"Emma","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe culmination of Jane Austen's genius, a sparkling comedy of love and marriage \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Anya Taylor-Joy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Beautiful, clever, rich--and single--Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Jane Austen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090671722709,"sku":"BS-I6J-439587","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780141439587-HD.jpg?v=1770322584"},{"product_id":"sense-and-sensibility","title":"Sense and Sensibility","description":"\u003cb\u003eJane Austen's first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique wit\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love. This edition also includes explanatory notes and textual variants between first and second edition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Jane Austen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090671755477,"sku":"BS-I6J-439662","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780141439662-HD.jpg?v=1770322587"},{"product_id":"persuasion","title":"Persuasion","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Austen's beloved and subtly subversive final novel of romantic tension and second chances. Now a motion picture from Netflix starring Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding, and a TikTok Book Club Pick.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt twenty-­seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Jane Austen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090671788245,"sku":"BS-I6J-439686","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780141439686-HD.jpg?v=1770322590"},{"product_id":"the-handmaids-tale","title":"The Handmaid's Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant, because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and child. But all of that is gone now...everything has changed. Deserves the highest praise. -- \"San Francisco Chronicle\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margaret Atwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090673393877,"sku":"BS-I6J-490818","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780385490818-HD.jpg?v=1770322611"},{"product_id":"the-testaments","title":"The Testaments","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE - A gripping return to Gilead\u003ci\u003e, The Testaments \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the regime's inner decay through the intersecting stories of three women whose choices could ignite its downfall. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComing soon as a Hulu Original series starring Ann Dowd, reprising her role as Aunt Lydia, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, and Lucy Halliday as Daisy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Testaments \u003c\/i\u003ecan be read on its own or as a sequel to Margaret Atwood's classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than fifteen years after the events of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by that of Aunt Lydia, whose complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is and how far she will go for what she believes.","brand":"Margaret Atwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090673656021,"sku":"BS-I6J-562627","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780525562627-HD.jpg?v=1770322622"},{"product_id":"to-the-lighthouse","title":"To the Lighthouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery summer, the Ramsays visit their summer home on the beautiful Isle of Skye, surrounded by the excitement and chatter of family and friends, mirroring Virginia Woolf's own joyful holidays of her youth. But as time passes, and in its wake the First World War, the transience of life becomes ever more apparent through the vignette of the thoughts and observations of the novel's disparate cast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of high modernism and the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels, To the Lighthouse explores themes of loss, class structure and the question of perception, in a hauntingly beautiful memorial to the lost but not forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virginia Woolf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090690105557,"sku":"BS-I6J-934416","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780007934416-HD.jpg?v=1770323182"},{"product_id":"a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn","title":"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA special 75th anniversary edition of the beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family's erratic and eccentric behavior--such as her father Johnny's taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy's habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce--no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans' life lacked drama. By turns overwhelming, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans' daily experiences are raw with honestly and tenderly threaded with family connectedness. Betty Smith has, in the pages of \u003cem\u003eA\u003cem\u003e Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life--from \"junk day\" on Saturdays, when the children traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Smith has created a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as deeply resonant moments of universal experience. Here is an American classic that \"cuts right to the heart of life,\" hails the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. \"If you miss \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e, you will deny yourself a rich experience.\" \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Betty Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090691219669,"sku":"BS-I6J-736262","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780060736262-HD.jpg?v=1770323208"},{"product_id":"their-eyes-were-watching-god","title":"Their Eyes Were Watching God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don't know how to live properly.\"--Zadie Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, \u003cem\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God \u003c\/em\u003ebrings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years--due largely to initial audiences' rejection of its strong black female protagonist--Hurston's classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zora Neale Hurston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090691481813,"sku":"BS-I6J-838676","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780060838676-HD.jpg?v=1770323218"},{"product_id":"their-eyes-were-watching-god-1","title":"Their Eyes Were Watching God","description":"\u003cp\u003eFair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's quest for identity takes her through three marriages and into a journey back to her roots.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zora Neale Hurston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090692104405,"sku":"BS-I6J-120060","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780061120060-HD.jpg?v=1770323226"},{"product_id":"a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-1","title":"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family's erratic and eccentric behavior--such as her father Johnny's taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy's habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce--no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans' life lacked drama. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans' daily experiences in this classic novel are tenderly threaded with family connectedness and raw with honesty. Betty Smith has, in the pages of \u003ci\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life-from \"junk day\" on Saturdays, when the children of Francie's neighborhood traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Betty Smith has artfully caught this sense of exciting life in a poignant work of historical fiction, a novel of childhood replete with incredibly rich moments of universal experiences--a truly remarkable achievement for any writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis enduring portrait of a bygone Brooklyn is a story of survival, resilience, and the quiet moments that define a life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Betty Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090692202709,"sku":"BS-I6J-120077","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780061120077-HD.jpg?v=1770323229"},{"product_id":"to-kill-a-mockingbird","title":"To Kill a Mockingbird","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook for \u003cem\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever\u003c\/em\u003e, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces by Harper Lee, coming October 21, 2025.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVoted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's \u003cem\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South--and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most cherished stories of all time, \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father--a crusading local lawyer--risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090692464853,"sku":"BS-I6J-120084","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780061120084-HD.jpg?v=1770323232"},{"product_id":"and-then-there-were-none","title":"And Then There Were None","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"If you're one of the few who haven't experienced the genius of Agatha Christie, this novel is a stellar starting point.\" -- DAVID BALDACCI, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestselling Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exclusive authorized edition of the most famous and beloved stories from the Queen of Mystery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to an isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich among them is the killer and will any of them survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Agatha Christie is the gateway drug to crime fiction both for readers and for writers. . . . Just one book is never enough.\" -- VAL MCDERMID, Internationally Bestselling Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Agatha Christie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090693185749,"sku":"BS-I6J-073471","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780062073471-HD.jpg?v=1770323247"},{"product_id":"tom-lake","title":"Tom Lake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER - A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Patchett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090697937109,"sku":"BS-I6J-327528","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780063327528-HD.jpg?v=1770323375"},{"product_id":"tom-lake-1","title":"Tom Lake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER - A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Patchett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090698002645,"sku":"BS-I6J-327535","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780063327535-HD.jpg?v=1770323378"},{"product_id":"the-dispossessed-50th-anniversary-edition","title":"The Dispossessed [50th Anniversary Edition]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of The Atlantic's Great American Novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the greats. . . . Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Engrossing. . . . [Le Guin] is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscape of the mind.\" --Cincinnati Enquirer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, a commemorative edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugo, Locus, and Nebula Award-winning \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eclassic, a profound and thoughtful work of philosophical science fiction exploring anarchism and capitalism, individualism and collectivism, and one ambitious man's quest to bridge the ideological chasm separating two worlds. This special edition includes a new foreword by Karen Joy Fowler.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA science fiction classic for the ages, \u003ci\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e is the spellbinding story of anarchist Shevek, the \"galactically famous scientist,\" who single-handedly attempts to reunite two planets cut off from each other by centuries of distrust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnarres, Shevek's homeland, is a bleak moon settled by an anarchic utopian civilization, where there is no government, and everyone, at least nominally, is a revolutionary. It has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras--defined by warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to unify the two civilizations. In the face of great hostility, outright threats, and the pain of separation from his family, he makes an unprecedented trip to Urras. Greater than any concern for his own wellbeing is the belief that the walls of hatred, distrust, and philosophic division between his planet and the rest of the civilized universe must be torn down. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and explore differences in customs and cultures, determined to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart in this landmark of social science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo visit Urras--to learn, to teach, to share--will require great sacrifice and risks, which Shevek willingly accepts. Almost immediately upon his arrival, he finds not the egotistical philistines he expected, but an intelligent, complex people who warmly welcome him. But soon the ambitious scientist and his gift is seen as a threat, and in the profound conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ursula K. Le Guin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090699083989,"sku":"BS-I6J-382930","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780063382930-HD.jpg?v=1770323414"},{"product_id":"the-land-of-sweet-forever-stories-and-essays","title":"The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of America's most beloved authors, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces, offering a fresh perspective on the remarkable literary mind of Harper Lee.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarper Lee remains a landmark figure in the American canon - thanks to Scout, Jem, Atticus, and the other indelible characters in her Pulitzer-winning debut, \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e; as well as for the darker, late-'50s version of small-town Alabama that emerged in \u003cem\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e, her only other novel, published in 2015 after its rediscovery. Less remembered, until now, however, is Harper Lee the dogged young writer, who crafted stories in hopes of magazine publication; Lee the lively New Yorker, Alabamian, and friend to Truman Capote; and the Lee who peppered the pages of \u003cem\u003eMcCall's \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eVogue \u003c\/em\u003ewith thoughtful essays in the latter part of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever \u003c\/em\u003ecombines Lee's early short fiction and later nonfiction in a volume offering an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice. Covering territory from the Alabama schoolyards of Lee's youth to the luncheonettes and movie houses of midcentury Manhattan, \u003cem\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever \u003c\/em\u003einvites still-vital conversations about politics, equality, travel, love, fiction, art, the American South, and what it means to lead an engaged and creative life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection comes with an introduction by Casey Cep, Harper Lee's appointed biographer, which provides illuminating background for our reading of these stories and connects them both to Lee's life and to her two novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090701869269,"sku":"BS-I6J-460515","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780063460515-HD.jpg?v=1770323483"},{"product_id":"the-age-of-innocence","title":"The Age of Innocence","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Countess Ellen Olenska returns from Europe, fleeing her brutish husband, her rebellious independence and passionate awareness of life stir the educated sensitivity of Newland Archer, already engaged to be married to her cousin May Welland, \"that terrifying product of the social system he belonged to and believed in, the young girl who knew nothing and expected everything.\" As the consequent drama unfolds, Edith Wharton's sharp ironic wit and Jamesian mastery of form create a disturbingly accurate picture of men and women caught in a society that denies humanity while desperately defending \"civilization.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edith Wharton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090702393557,"sku":"BS-I6J-189704","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780140189704-HD.jpg?v=1770323500"},{"product_id":"the-count-of-monte-cristo","title":"The Count of Monte Cristo","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandre Dumas's epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment--nominated \u003c\/b\u003eas one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo, and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobin Buss's lively translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumas's original. This edition includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and suggestions for further reading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Alexandre Dumas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090702590165,"sku":"BS-I6J-449266","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780140449266-HD.jpg?v=1770323506"},{"product_id":"frankenstein","title":"Frankenstein","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe world's most famous work of horror fiction: a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. \u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror. Based on the third edition of 1831, this Penguin Classics edition, with an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle, contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. It also includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with \"A Fragment\" by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori's \"The Vampyre: A Tale.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Mary Shelley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090702852309,"sku":"BS-I6J-439471","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780141439471-HD.jpg?v=1770323515"},{"product_id":"wuthering-heights","title":"Wuthering Heights","description":"\u003cb\u003eComing soon to the big screen is Emerald Fennell's feature film \"\u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e,\" which captures the spirit of this epic love story and stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence. The Penguin Classics edition is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before. What unfolds is the tale of the intense love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrenders to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Brontë Myth\u003c\/i\u003e, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction, which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background.","brand":"Emily Brontë","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090702885077,"sku":"BS-I6J-439556","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780141439556-HD.jpg?v=1770323518"},{"product_id":"jane-eyre","title":"Jane Eyre","description":"\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Brontë's moving masterpiece - the novel that has been \"teaching true strength of character for generations\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel of intense power and intrigue, \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him whatever the consequences or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving her beloved? This updated Penguin Classics edition features a new introduction by Brontë scholar and award-winning novelist Stevie Davies, as well as comprehensive notes, a chronology, further reading, and an appendix. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Charlotte Brontë","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090703442133,"sku":"BS-I6J-441146","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780141441146-HD.jpg?v=1770323535"},{"product_id":"middlemarch-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition","title":"Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eGeorge Eliot's beloved masterpiece in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with a foreword by Rebecca Mead, author of the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eMy Life in Middlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA triumph of realist fiction, George Eliot's \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life\u003c\/i\u003e explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of sweeping change. The proposed Reform Bill, the new railroads, and scientific advances are threatening upheaval on every front. Against this backdrop, the quiet drama of ordinary lives is played out by the novel's complexly portrayed characters--until the arrival of two outsiders further disrupts the town's equilibrium. Every bit as powerful and perceptive in our time as it was in the Victorian era, \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e displays George Eliot's clear-eyed yet humane understanding of characters caught up in the mysterious unfolding of self-knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this elegant Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, Rebecca Mead introduces the novel that shaped her life and reflects on its joys and its timeless relevance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"George Eliot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090704556245,"sku":"BS-I6J-107729","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780143107729-HD.jpg?v=1770323569"},{"product_id":"the-color-purple","title":"The Color Purple","description":"\u003cb\u003eRead the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrating its fortieth anniversary, \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e writes a message of healing, forgiveness, self-discovery, and sisterhood to a new generation of readers. An inspiration to authors who continue to give voice to the multidimensionality of Black women's stories, including Tayari Jones, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Jesmyn Ward, and more, \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e remains an essential read in conversation with storytellers today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the lives of African American women in early-twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into a rich and memorable portrayal of Black women--their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e breaks the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, and carries readers on an epic and spirit-affirming journey toward transformation, redemption, and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e was the first time I had seen Southern, Black women's literature as world literature. In writing us into the world--bravely, unapologetically, and honestly--Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay.\" --Tayari Jones \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e was what church should have been, what honest familial reckoning could have been, and it is still the only art object in the world by which all three generations of Black artists in my family judge American art.\" --Kiese Laymon","brand":"Alice Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090704949461,"sku":"BS-I6J-135692","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780143135692-HD.jpg?v=1770323583"},{"product_id":"the-waves-the-virginia-woolf-library-authorized-edition","title":"The Waves: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Woolf's most experimental novels, The Waves presents six characters in monologue - from morning until night, from childhood into old age - against a background of the sea. The result is a glorious chorus of voices that exists not to remark on the passing of events but to celebrate the connection between its various individual parts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virginia Woolf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090706129109,"sku":"BS-I6J-949606","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780156949606-HD.jpg?v=1770323595"},{"product_id":"a-mercy","title":"A Mercy","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart, like \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, it is the story of a mother and a daughter--a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Spellbinding. . . . Dazzling. . . . [\u003ci\u003eA Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e] stands alongside \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e as a unique triumph.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in \"flesh,\" he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, and later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives.","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090706227413,"sku":"BS-I6J-276766","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780307276766-HD.jpg?v=1770323597"},{"product_id":"the-bluest-eye","title":"The Bluest Eye","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePARADE\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner--a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtlety and grace. - With a new introduction by Jacqueline Woodson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"So precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Morrison's acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove--an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090706260181,"sku":"BS-I6J-278449","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780307278449-HD.jpg?v=1770323601"},{"product_id":"rebecca","title":"Rebecca","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe multi million copy bestseller that has enthralled generations of readers. A haunting tale of obsessive love. A mesmerizing psychological thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Monte Carlo, our unnamed heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is only when they arrive at Manderley, her husband's cavernous estate on the Cornish coast, that she realizes how vast a shadow his late wife, Rebecca, will cast over their lives--introducing a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their love from beyond the grave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This universally acclaimed novel has remained consistently in print since its original publication in 1938 and has frequently been adapted--for television, radio, the theater, and film. Notable adaptations include the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock film, which received the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the 2020 Netflix film starring Lily James and Armie Hammer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Excellent entertainment ... Du Maurier created a scale by which modern women can measure their feelings.\" \u003cb\u003e--Stephen King, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling of author of \u003ci\u003eYou Like It Darker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream.\" \u003cb\u003e--Sarah Waters, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Daphne Du Maurier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090710487253,"sku":"BS-I6J-575201","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780316575201-HD.jpg?v=1770323722"},{"product_id":"the-bluest-eye-1","title":"The Bluest Eye","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePARADE\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner--a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtlety and grace. - With a new introduction by Jacqueline Woodson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"So precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Morrison's acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove--an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090712387797,"sku":"BS-I6J-411557","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780375411557-HD.jpg?v=1770323804"},{"product_id":"the-woman-destroyed","title":"The Woman Destroyed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree long stories that draw the reader into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simone de Beauvoir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090713043157,"sku":"BS-I6J-711034","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780394711034-HD.jpg?v=1770323843"},{"product_id":"uncle-toms-cabin","title":"Uncle Tom's Cabin","description":"Selling more than 300,000 copies the first year it was published, Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Denouncing the institution of slavery in dramatic terms, the incendiary novel quickly draws the reader into the world of slaves and their masters. \u003cbr\u003eStowe's characters are powerfully and humanly realized in Uncle Tom, a majestic and heroic slave whose faith and dignity are never corrupted; Eliza and her husband, George, who elude slave catchers and eventually flee a country that condones slavery; Simon Legree, a brutal plantation owner; Little Eva, who suffers emotionally and physically from the suffering of slaves; and fun-loving Topsy, Eva's slave playmate. \u003cbr\u003eCritics, scholars, and students are today revisiting this monumental work with a new objectivity, focusing on Stowe's compelling portrayal of women and the novel's theological underpinnings.","brand":"Harriet Beecher Stowe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090713829589,"sku":"BS-I6J-440286","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780486440286-HD.jpg?v=1770323876"},{"product_id":"mrs-dalloway","title":"Mrs. Dalloway","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis new edition of one of Virginia Woolf's most celebrated novels features an introduction by Michael Cunningham, acclaimed bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Hours.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003echronicles a June day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway-a day that is taken up with running minor errands in preparation for a party and that is punctuated, toward the end, by the death of a young man she has never met. In giving an apparently ordinary day such immense resonance and significance-infusing it with the elemental conflict between death and life-Virginia Woolf triumphantly discovers her distinctive style as a novelist. Originally published in 1925, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003eis Woolf's first complete rendering of what she described as the \"luminous envelope\" of consciousness: a dazzling display of the mind's inside as it plays over the brilliant surface and darker depths of reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition uses the text of the original British publication of \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes changes Woolf made that never appeared in the first or subsequent American editions.","brand":"Virginia Woolf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090715369685,"sku":"BS-I6J-311806","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780593311806-HD.jpg?v=1770323964"},{"product_id":"the-house-on-mango-street","title":"The House on Mango Street","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is Sandra Cisnero's greatly admired and best-selling novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children and their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, \"The House on Mango Street\" has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics even as it depicts a new American landscape. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, \"The House on Mango Street\" tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her run-down neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become. \"The San Francisco Chronicle\" has called \"The House on Mango Street\" \"marvelous... spare yet luminous. The subtle power of Cisnero's storytelling is evident. She communicates all the rapture and rage of growing up in a modern world.\" It is an extraordinary achievement that will live on for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandra Cisneros","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090740961493,"sku":"BS-I6J-734772","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780679734772-HD.jpg?v=1770324511"},{"product_id":"kindred","title":"Kindred","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperience the novel that redefined American literature by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower, \u003c\/i\u003eMacArthur \"Genius,\" and Nebula and Hugo award winner \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected by\u003ci\u003e The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the \"most consequential novels of the past 100 years\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDana's 26th birthday celebration ends when she's ripped from 1976 California and thrust onto a Maryland slave plantation in 1815. Her mission: keep alive the white boy who will grow up to assault her ancestor--because without him, she'll never be born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery trip back grows more dangerous. Dana feels the lash, wears the chains, endures the daily terror that defined millions of lives. She can't just read about slavery's horrors--she lives them, bleeds from them, nearly breaks under them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eButler doesn't let you observe from a safe distance. You're trapped in Dana's skin as she navigates impossible choices: submit to survive, or resist and risk everything. You'll feel her desperation as she fights to preserve her humanity while the plantation's brutality threatens to consume her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis isn't historical fiction--it's time travel that cuts straight to the bone of American racism. Butler pioneered the neo-slavery narrative that inspired Colson Whitehead's \u003ci\u003eUnderground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e and Ta-Nehisi Coates's \u003ci\u003eWater Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e. But \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e remains unmatched in its raw power to make slavery's legacy feel immediate, personal, and inescapable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll finish this book changed. Dana's story will lodge itself in your chest and refuse to leave. You'll understand, in ways textbooks never taught you, how the past lives in our present--and why that matters more than ever.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Where stories about American slavery are often gratuitous, reducing its horror to explicit violence and brutality, \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e is controlled and precise\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading Octavia Butler taught me to dream big, and I think it's absolutely necessary that everybody have that freedom and that willingness to dream.\" \u003cbr\u003e--N. K. Jemisin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book has been published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped the cover available.","brand":"Octavia Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090745254101,"sku":"BS-I6J-083697","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780807083697-HD.jpg?v=1770324656"},{"product_id":"beloved-pulitzer-prize-winner","title":"Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner","description":"\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e BESTSELLER - This \"powerful, mesmerizing story\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople) \u003c\/i\u003eis an unflinching look into the abyss of slavery, from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner. With an afterword by the author and a new introduction by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A masterwork.... Wonderful.... I can't imagine American literature without it.\" --John Leonard, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dazzling. . . . Magical. . . . An extraordinary work.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090771042517,"sku":"BS-I6J-033416","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781400033416-HD.jpg?v=1770325622"},{"product_id":"song-of-solomon","title":"Song of Solomon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - An official Oprah Winfrey's \"The Books That Help Me Through\" selection - The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story w\u003cb\u003eith this brilliantly imagined novel\u003c\/b\u003e. Includes a foreword by the author and a new introduction by Tayari Jones.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A rhapsodic work. . . . Intricate and inventive.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMilkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family's origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090771108053,"sku":"BS-I6J-033423","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781400033423-HD.jpg?v=1770325625"},{"product_id":"sula","title":"Sula","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years - A modern masterpiece about love and kinship, about living in an America birthed from slavery. Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison gives life to characters who struggle with what society tells them to be, and the love they long for and crave as Black women. - With a new introduction by Jesmyn Ward. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extravagantly beautiful. . . . Enormously, achingly alive.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSula and Nel are born in the Bottom--a small town at the top of a hill. Sula is wild, and daring; she does what she wants, while Nel is well-mannered, a mamma's girl with a questioning heart. Growing up they forge a bond stronger than anything, stronger even than the dark secret they have to bear. Strong enough, it seems, to last a lifetime--until, decades later, as the girls become women, Sula's anarchy leads to a betrayal that may be beyond forgiveness. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090771206357,"sku":"BS-I6J-033430","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781400033430-HD.jpg?v=1770325628"},{"product_id":"gone-with-the-wind","title":"Gone with the Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003eSince its original publication in 1936, \u003ci\u003eGone With the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e--winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time--has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the tale of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled, manipulative daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War forever change her way of life. A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, in the pages of \u003ci\u003eGone With the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, Margaret Mitchell brings to life the unforgettable characters that have captivated readers for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWidely considered an American classic, and often remembered for its epic film version, \u003ci\u003eGone With the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction.","brand":"Margaret Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090771763413,"sku":"BS-I6J-635621","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781451635621-HD.jpg?v=1770325645"},{"product_id":"five-ways-to-forgiveness","title":"Five Ways to Forgiveness","description":"\u003cb\u003eA companion to Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning Hainish novels--including \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFive Ways to Forgiveness \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the planet Werel and its colony planet Yeowe, and how their societies are shaped by the legacies of slavery and revolution. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the enslaved people on the colony Yeowe (called \"assets\") overthrow the slave-holding class (called \"owners\"), the owners on neighboring Werel launch a war to preserve the master-slave society that undergirds the economy of both planets. Told from the perspectives of people caught in the crosshairs of the struggle, the stories in this collection are linked by the character \"Old Music,\" an Ekumen ambassador who is secretly working as an abolitionist and supporter of Yeowe's emancipation. Together they ask: \u003ci\u003eWhat does forgiveness look like in a world riddled by racism and caste?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Betrayals,\" a disgraced revolutionary leader makes peace with his past. In the intersectional \"Forgiveness Day,\" a female ambassador from the Ekumen struggles with the patriarchal culture of Werel, while \"A Man of the People\" tells the life story of a male Ekumen ambassador to Yeowe. \"A Woman's Liberation\" tells the story of a woman who, after escaping to freedom, must reckon with the internalized racism that still enchains her. And finally, the story \"Old Music and the Slave Women\" braids the collection together and counts the cost of justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1994 as \u003ci\u003eFour Ways to Forgiveness, \u003c\/i\u003ethis is the first standalone edition that includes the fifth story, \"Old Music and the Slave Women,\" that Le Guin wrote years after to augment this extraordinary, vital suite. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ursula K. Le Guin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090772156629,"sku":"BS-I6J-955177","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781454955177-HD.jpg?v=1770325657"},{"product_id":"fledgling","title":"Fledgling","description":"Octavia E. Butler's final novel is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted--and still wants--to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A master storyteller, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignorance and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Octavia E. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090778874069,"sku":"BS-I6J-724583","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781538724583-HD.jpg?v=1770325807"},{"product_id":"parable-of-the-sower","title":"Parable of the Sower","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a celebrated, award-winning author, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding social chaos and anarchy caused by climate change and economic crisis. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy--a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny. \u003cp\u003e Includes a foreword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren's story continues in \u003ci\u003eThe Parable of the Talents. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler's 'Parable' books may be unmatched.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Octavia E. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090779037909,"sku":"BS-I6J-732182","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781538732182-HD.jpg?v=1770325814"},{"product_id":"parable-of-the-talents","title":"Parable of the Talents","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a celebrated author, the thrilling sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Parable of the Sower\u003c\/i\u003e--a cautionary novel ahead of its time, perfect for fans of The Broken Earth trilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction and ruin of everything she knew. Her peaceful community based on her newly founded faith, Earthseed, provides refuge for outcasts facing persecution after the election of an ultra-conservative president. Under his rule, Lauren's colony--a minority religious faction led by a young Black woman--becomes a target for the president's reign of terror and oppression. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Years later, Asha Vere reads the journals of a mother she never knew. As she searches for answers, she struggles to reconcile with the legacy of a mother caught between her duty to her chosen family and her calling to lead humankind into a better future. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler's 'Parable' books may be unmatched.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octavia E. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090779168981,"sku":"BS-I6J-732199","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781538732199-HD.jpg?v=1770325816"},{"product_id":"dawn","title":"Dawn","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali--a seemingly benevolent alien race--intervened in the fate of the humanity hundreds of years ago, saving everyone who survived a nuclear war from a dying, ruined Earth and then putting them into a deep sleep. After learning all they could about Earth and its beings, the Oankali healed the planet, cured cancer, increased human strength, and they now want Lilith to lead her people back to Earth--but salvation comes at a price. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHopeful and thought-provoking, this post-apocalyptic narrative deftly explores gender and race through the eyes of characters struggling to adapt during a pivotal time of crisis and change.","brand":"Octavia E. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090781921493,"sku":"BS-I6J-753712","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781538753712-HD.jpg?v=1770325922"},{"product_id":"the-summer-book","title":"The Summer Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Glenn Close and directed by Charlie McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer--its sunlight and storms--into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The grandmother is unsentimental and wise, if a little cranky; Sophia is impetuous and volatile, but she tends to her grandmother with the care of a new parent. Together they amble over coastline and forest in easy companionship, build boats from bark, create a miniature Venice, write a fanciful study of local bugs. They discuss things that matter to young and old alike: life, death, the nature of God and of love. \"On an island,\" thinks the grandmother, \"everything is complete.\" In \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e, Jansson creates her own complete world, full of the varied joys and sorrows of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTove Jansson, whose Moomintroll comic strip and books brought her international acclaim, lived for much of her life on an island like the one described in \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and the work can be enjoyed as her closely observed journal of the sounds, sights, and feel of a summer spent in intimate contact with the natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e is translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal.","brand":"Tove Jansson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090783363285,"sku":"BS-I6J-172681","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781590172681-HD.jpg?v=1770325971"},{"product_id":"mrs-dalloway-1","title":"Mrs. Dalloway","description":"\u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf's 1925 novel of feminism, existentialism, and self-realization is an essential read for all lovers of classic literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirginia Woolf's classic novel centers around Clarissa Dalloway, a married high-society woman in post-World War I London who is preparing for a party at her home in the evening. Acutely aware of her standing among other members of her elite social class but yearning to find her true self, Clarissa embodies the internal and external conflicts of women in the early twentieth century. As she makes her way about London, Clarissa's stream of consciousness is constantly interrupted by memories of her past, giving the reader a keen insight into the mind of a woman undergoing an existential crisis. Beloved by generations of readers, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark novel that explores themes of feminism, mental illness, and self-realization.","brand":"Virginia Woolf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090786738389,"sku":"BS-I6J-200347","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781667200347-HD.jpg?v=1770326113"},{"product_id":"the-lathe-of-heaven","title":"The Lathe of Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Lathe of Heaven\" is George Orr's story - a man who dreams things into being, for better or for worse. It is a dark vision and a warning - a fable of power uncontrolled and uncontrollable - a truly prescient and startling view of humanity, and the consequences of God-playing. It is, quite simply, a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ursula K. Le Guin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090787229909,"sku":"BS-I6J-017401","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781668017401-HD.jpg?v=1770326130"},{"product_id":"after-midnight-thirteen-tales-for-the-dark-hours","title":"After Midnight: Thirteen Tales for the Dark Hours","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Daphne du Maurier, \"a writer of fearless originality\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), comes a collection of her thirteen most mesmerizing tales--including iconic stories such as \"The Birds\" and \"Don't Look Now\"--with an introduction by Stephen King.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaphne du Maurier is best known for \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e, \"one of the most influential novels of the 20th century\" (Sarah Waters) and basis for Alfred Hitchcock's iconic film adaptation. More than thirty-five years after her death, du Maurier is celebrated for her gothic genius and stunning psychological insight by authors such as Ottessa Moshfegh, Maggie O'Farrell, Lucy Foley, Gillian Flynn, Jennifer Egan, and countless others, including Stephen King and Joe Hill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfter Midnight \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together some of du Maurier's darkest, most haunting stories, ranging from sophisticated literary thriller to twisted love story. Alongside classics such as \"The Birds\" and \"Don't Look Now,\"--both of which inspired unforgettable films--are gems such as \"Monte Verità,\" a masterpiece about obsession, mysticism, and tragic love, and \"The Alibi,\" a chilling tale of an ordinary man's descent into lies, manipulation, and sinister fantasies that edge dangerously close to reality. In \"The Blue Lenses,\" a woman recovering from eye surgery finds she now perceives those around her as having animal heads corresponding to their true natures. \"Not After Midnight\" follows a schoolteacher on holiday in Crete who finds a foreboding message from the chalet's previous occupant who drowned while swimming at night. In \"The Breakthrough,\" a scientist conducts experiments to harness the power of death, blurring the line between genius and madness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each story in this collection exemplifies du Maurier's exquisite writing and singular insight into human frailty, jealousy, and the macabre. She \"makes worlds in which people and even houses are mysterious and mutable; haunted rooms in which disembodied spirits dance at absolute liberty\" (Olivia Laing, author of \u003ci\u003eCrudo\u003c\/i\u003e). Daphne du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand and slow-burning menace, often imitated and rarely surpassed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stories include: \u003cbr\u003e -\"The Blue Lenses\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Don't Look Now\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Alibi\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Apple Tree\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Birds\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Monte Verita\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Pool\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Doll\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Ganymede\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Leading Lady\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Not After Midnight\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Split Second\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Breakthrough\"","brand":"Daphne Du Maurier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53090791227605,"sku":"BS-I6J-204269","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781668204269-HD.jpg?v=1770326248"},{"product_id":"little-women-1","title":"Little Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eLouisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters in a deluxe hardcover edition, with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?","brand":"Louisa May Alcott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53092994121941,"sku":"BS-I6J-514011","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780147514011-HD.jpg?v=1770329330"},{"product_id":"the-giver","title":"The Giver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce newchildren, who are assigned to appropriate family units. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs. No one thinks to ask questions. Everyone obeys. Everyone is the same. Except Jonas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Gradually Jonas learns that power lies in feelings. But when his own power is put to the test--when he must try to save someone he loves--he may not be ready. Is it too soon? Or too late?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with deceptive simplicity, this is the provocative story of a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes something impossible. In the telling it questions every value we have taken for granted and reexamines our most deeply held beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/em\u003e has become one of the most influential novels of our time. Don't miss the powerful companion novels in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet: \u003cem\u003eGathering Blue, Messenger, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lois Lowry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53093806801109,"sku":"BS-I6J-336261","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780544336261-HD.jpg?v=1770330067"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/collections\/classic-books.oembed?page=8","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}