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Capote's riveting re-creation of events surrounding the 1959 murder of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, covers the subsequent police investigation and the capture, trial, and execution of the two young murderers. 2 cassettes.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

"The first book to belong permanently to literature. It created a man." -- From the Introduction Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and... (more)

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The familiar characters of Hawthorne's dark tale of pride and guilt in colonial New England are given new and added immediacy in the 24 wood engravings by master illustrator Barry Moser.

The Epic of Gilgamesh: An English Verison with an Introduction (Penguin Classics)

The Epic of Gilgamesh: An English Verison with an Introduction (Penguin Classics)

by Anonymous

Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Together they journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the monster Humbaba. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh's grief and fear of death are such that they lead him to undertake a quest for eternal... (more)

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton

The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outerfringes of space to "collect organisms and dust for study." One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of... (more)

The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Soviet archives, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn reveals the entire apparatus of Soviet repression -- the state within the state that ruled all-powerfully. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims -- men, women, and children -- we encounter secret police operations, labor camps and prisons; the... (more)

The Tolkien ReaderJ.R.R. Tolkien

The Tolkien Reader

by J. R. R. Tolkien

An invitation to Tolkien's world. This rich treasury includes Tolkien's most beloved short fiction plus his essay on fantasy. FARMER GILES OF HAM. An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight readers everywhere. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL. A collection of verse in praise of Tom... (more)

The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Comprising three oversized hardback volumes housed in a full-colour slipcase, this edition of Tolkien's classic masterpiece is fully illustrated in watercolour throughout by the acclaimed and award-winning artist, Alan Lee. Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts... (more)

God's Smuggler

by Brother Andrew, John L. Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill

As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself undercover for God. Brother Andrew was his name and for decades his life story, recounted in God's Smuggler, has awed and inspired millions. The bestseller tells of the young Dutch factory worker's incredible efforts to transport Bibles across closed borders-and the miraculous ways in which God provided for him every step... (more)

The Cross and the Switchblade

by John L. Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, David R. Wilkerson

The astonishing true story of Wilkerson's outreach to New York teens trapped by drugs and gangs. Over 14 million copies in print!

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new ways to communicate with each other. And through CODE, we see how this ingenuity-and our very human compulsion to communicate-have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries. Now in paperback edition, this critically praised... (more)

The Dharma Bums

by Jack Kerouac

From the author of "On The Road" comes this story of two men enganged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson of solitude.

The Swiss Family Robinson (Signet Classics (Paperback))

The Swiss Family Robinson (Signet Classics (Paperback))

by J. D. Wyss, Daisy Alberto, Unknown, Elizabeth Janeway, Chris Tait, Eliza Gatewood Warren, Sara Hoard, Raymond James, Johann David Wyss, John D. Seelye, Martin Powell

A classic for all ages in a fresh new format, this fascinating tale of a resourceful family shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island make up one of the most exciting survival stories ever written. The Robinsons encounters an incredibly rich and varied landscape, full of marvelous animals and useful plants, all begging to be explored and put to use. After many challenges, they build a wonderful house in a tree,... (more)

Space Trilogy

by C. S. Lewis

All together in one beautiful 3 volume set are C.S. Lewis' "Out Of The Silent Planet", "Perelandra", and "That Hideous Strength.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

by Richard P. Feynman, Edward Hutchings, Ralph Leighton

The outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. In this phenomenal national bestseller, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman recounts in his inimitable voice his adventures trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek, painting a naked female toreador, accompanying a ballet on his bongo... (more)

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham

Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham

by Cliff Barrows, Billy Graham

Billy Graham has touched the hearts and souls of millions with his message of faith. Now, for the first time ever, Dr. Graham tells his life story in a momentous work of insight. Hailed as the world's preacher, his calling as an Evangelist has taken him to every nation, from Europe to Asia, from major capitals to the most remote outposts. His Crusades have spanned fifty years and he has been part of history in the... (more)

The Dragons of Eden

Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

by Carl Sagan

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries. "A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday...It's a delight." THE NEW YORK TIMES

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

In these famous works of Lewis Carroll, a little girl finds adventure down a rabbit hole and through a mirror and a Bellman and his crew go off to hunt the snark.

Captains Courageous

by Rudyard Kipling

The weather door of the smoking-room had been left open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, whistling to warn the fishing-fleet. "That Cheyne boy's the biggest nuisance aboard," said a man in a frieze overcoat, shutting the door with a bang. "He isn't wanted here. He's too fresh." A white-haired German reached for a sandwich, and grunted between bites: "I know der breed.... (more)

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by Truman Capote

by Benjamin Franklin

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by Anonymous

by Michael Crichton

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

by J. R. R. Tolkien

by J. R. R. Tolkien

by Brother Andrew, John L. Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill

by John L. Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, David R. Wilkerson

by Charles Petzold

by Jack Kerouac

by J. D. Wyss, Daisy Alberto, Unknown, Elizabeth Janeway, Chris Tait, Eliza Gatewood Warren, Sara Hoard, Raymond James, Johann David Wyss, John D. Seelye, Martin Powell

by C. S. Lewis

by Richard P. Feynman, Edward Hutchings, Ralph Leighton

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

by Cliff Barrows, Billy Graham

Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

by Carl Sagan

by Lewis Carroll

by Rudyard Kipling