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To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.

Here is quite simply the most handsome edition of one of the finest and most popular novels of all time. It features an elegant cloth binding, attractive full-color dust wrapper, handsome typography, and more than 100 delightful illustrations (plus 61 witty illustrated initial letters at chapter openings) by famed English Victorian artist Hugh Thomson.

The Hobbit

or, There and Back Again

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Written for J.R.R. Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when first published more than sixty years ago. Now recognized as a timeless classic with sales of more than 40 million copies worldwide, this introduction to Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Wizard, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth tells of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel... (more)

Harry Potter: Book 1

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

A special library binding for the Harry Potter series

The Odyssey

by Homer

The classic translation of The Odyssey, now in a Noonday paperback. Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best-loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems. Since 1961, this Odyssey has sold more than two million copies, and it is the standard translation for three generations of students and poets. The Noonday Press is delighted to publish a new edition of this... (more)

The Three Theban Plays

by Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox, Sophocles

Antigone defending her integrity and ideals to the death, Oedipus questing for his identity and achieving immortality - these heroic figures have moved playgoers and readers since the fifth century BC. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, these three plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles' translation conveys all of Sophocles' lucidity and power: the cut and thrust of... (more)

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck writes of such a trip in OF MICE AND MEN: the desperate longing of men for some kind of home-roots that they can believe in, land that they can care for-and the painful search for self. This beautiful, timeless novel speaks of the love that men can feel for each other-one inarticulate, dumb, sometimes violent in his need; the other clever, hopeful, and tied to a responsibility he doesn't want.

Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood

With the same stunning blend of prophecy and social satire she brought to her classic The Handmaid’s Tale , Margaret Atwood gives us a keenly prescient novel about the future of humanity—and its present. Humanity here equals Snowman, and in Snowman’s recollections Atwood re-creates a time much like our own, when a boy named Jimmy loved an elusive, damaged girl called Oryx and a sardonic genius called Crake.... (more)

The Outsiders

by S. E. Hinton

When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever. Even though its almost 2010 the teens in this book speak to us. The times were hard back in those days and to a 14 year old Ponyboy its hard to live. Him,... (more)

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

by Natalie Goldberg

A splendid combination of Zen wisdom and down-to-earth advice about writing.

Screenwriting is Storytelling: Creating an A-List Screenplay that Sells!

Screenwriting is Storytelling: Creating an A-List Screenplay that Sells!

by Kate Wright

While most screenwriting books focus on format and structure, Kate Wright explains how to put story at the center of a screenplay. A compelling story, complete with intriguing characters and situations created with these screenwriting tricks of the trade can become a box office blockbuster film. Screenwriters will learn: - Developing themes within the plot - Using structure to define the story -... (more)

L'étranger

by Albert Camus

Text: French, English

The Chrysalids

by John Wyndham

In the community of Waknut it is believed mutants are the products of the Devil and must be stamped out. When David befriends a girl with a slight abnormality, he begins to understand the nature of fear and oppression. When he develops his own deviation, he must learn to conceal his secret.

THE CANADIAN OXFORD DICTIONARYKatherine Barber

THE CANADIAN OXFORD DICTIONARY

by Katherine Barber

THE ACT OF WRITING - CANADIAN ESSAYS FOR COMPOSITION

THE ACT OF WRITING - CANADIAN ESSAYS FOR COMPOSITION

by R. Conrad

This anthology of Canadian essays is intended for introductory composition courses at the community college and university level. Varying in length and difficulty, the readings will provoke discussion in class and inspire ideas for writing assignments. A third of the selections are new to this edition with more women and multi-cultural authors being represented. In The Act of Writing, the emphasis is on the... (more)

Topologie D'Une Cite Fantome

by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Samuel Beckett

Text: French, English

The Year of the Flood

by Margaret Atwood

The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners—a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well as the preservation of all... (more)

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The Color PurpleAlice Walker

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

Shade's ChildrenGarth Nix

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by Harper Lee

by Jane Austen

or, There and Back Again

by J. R. R. Tolkien

by J. K. Rowling

by Homer

by Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox, Sophocles

by John Steinbeck

by Margaret Atwood

by S. E. Hinton

by Natalie Goldberg

by Kate Wright

by Albert Camus

by John Wyndham

by Katherine Barber

by R. Conrad

by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Samuel Beckett

by Margaret Atwood

by Alice Walker

by Garth Nix