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  • East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

    A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authorsA Penguin Classic In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous conse... [Read More]
    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: 0140186395
    • ASIN: 0140186395
    • ISBN: 9780140186390
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American ReadHarper 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 hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird 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—ris... [Read More]
    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: 0060935464
    • ASIN: 0060935464
    • ISBN: 0060935464
    • Brand: Harper Perennial
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

  • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel


    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: B01COJUEZ0
    • ASIN: B01COJUEZ0
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick“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 SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings 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.
    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: 0061120065
    • ASIN: 0061120065
    • ISBN: 0061120065
    • Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

  • Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

    Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.
    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: 0385333846
    • ASIN: 0385333846
    • ISBN: 0812988523
    • Brand: Delta
    • Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback

  • Of Mice and Men

    A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression   They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George... [Read More]
    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: 0140177396
    • ASIN: 0140177396
    • ISBN: 0140177396
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • The Grapes of Wrath


    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: 0143039431
    • UPC: 000143039431
    • ASIN: 0143039431
    • ISBN: 0143039431
    • Brand: Steinbeck, John/ Demott, Robert J. (INT)
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

  • A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition


    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: B002F08230
    • ASIN: B002F08230
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

  • The House on Mango Street

    Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.
    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: 0679734775
    • ASIN: 0679734775
    • ISBN: 9780679734772
    • Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • Things Fall Apart


    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century

    • ASIN: 0385474547
    • ASIN: 0385474547
    • ISBN: 0385474547
    • Brand: Anchor
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • A Pope and a President : John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century

    9781610171526
    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century
    Even as historians credit Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize the depth or significance of the bond that developed between the two leaders.Acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor changes that.In this fascinating book, he reveals a singular bond—which included a spiritual connection between the Catholic pope and the Protestant president—that drove the two men to confront what they knew to be the great evil of the twentieth century: Soviet communism.Reagan and John Paul II almost didn’t have the opportunity to forge this relationship: just six

    • UPC: 458847368

  • The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century - eBook

    Explosive and provocative battles fought across the boundaries of time and space—and on the frontiers of the human mind.Science fiction’s finest have yielded this definitive collection featuring stories of warfare, victory, conquest, heroism, and overwhelming odds. These are scenarios few have ever dared to contemplate, and they include:“Superiority”: Arthur C. Clarke presents an intergalactic war in which one side’s own advanced weaponry may actually lead to its ultimate defeat.“Dragonrider”: A tale of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, in which magic tips the scales of survival.“Second Variety”: Philip K. Dick, author of the short story that became the movie Blade Runner,
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    The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century - eBook

    • UPC: 967602528
    • Rating: 3.0

  • The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century - eBook

    LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOOT BACK TO THE PASTH. G. Wells’s seminal short story “The Time Machine,” published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fiction’s time travel explosion. Responding to their own fascination with the subject, the greatest visionary writers of the twentieth century penned some of their finest stories. Here are eighteen of the most exciting tales ever told, including“Time’s Arrow” In Arthur C. Clarke’s classic, two brilliant physicists finally crack the mystery of time travel—with appalling consequences.“Death Ship” Richard Matheson, author of Somewhere in Time, unveils a chilling scenario concerning three astronauts who stumble upon
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    The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century - eBook

    • UPC: 708674131
    • Rating: 5.0

  • The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century - eBook

    Explore fascinating, often chilling “what if” accounts of the world that could have existed—and still might yet . . .Science fiction’s most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you’ll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, and future, including:• “The Lucky Strike”: When the Lucky Strike is chosen over the Enola Gay to drop the first atomic bomb, fate takes an unexpected turn in Kim Stanley Robinson’s gripping tale.• “Bring the Jubilee”: Ward Moore’s novella masterpiece offers a rebel victory at Gettysburg which changes the course of the Civil War . . . and
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    The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century - eBook

    • UPC: 944021623
    • Rating: 4.0

  • The Devil's Own Work (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

    The Devil's Own Work (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
    Best Literary Works Of The 20th Century
    "More chills in its little length than in a whole shelf of bestsellers." - Stephen King "At once moral fable, cautionary ghost story and inspired attack on the whole hellbent drift of modern letters, this is a splendid tale, splendidly told, which

    • UPC: 53640932
    • Rating: 4.5

  • Top 10 20th Century Novels

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    Top 10 Greatest Novels of All Time

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    Top 10 Most Popular Modern Authors

    Sometimes you read a book that you just can’t put down... And other times you find an author whose books you can’t stop reading! Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the Top...
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