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The Picture of Dorian Gray , by Oscar Wilde , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics : New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and... (more)

Ellen Foster

by Kaye Gibbons

One of the most talked-about and endearing first novels in years bears the story of a female Huck Finn and her search for a true home.

Three Lives (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Gertrude Stein

Clear, carefully crafted stories of 3 women, whose relatively ordinary lives and minds Stein invests with extraordinary interest. Excellent entree to author's later work.

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

by Ilene Beckerman

“Illuminates the experience of an entire generation of women. . . . This small gem of a book is worthy of a Tiffany box.” — The New York Times Book Review “A memoir every reader will wish to copy in her own size.” — Glamour “Ilene Beckerman’s sleek little memoir . . . strikes a startling chord. . . . Unsettling and oddly powerful.” — People “Surprisingly poetic.” — Entertainment Weekly “<A>... (more)

Of Love And Other Demons

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Sierva Mari+a7a, the neglected child of a rich plantation family, is locked in a convent because she is believed to be possessed by demons, and there she falls in love with the priest sent to exorcise her. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

Bongwater

by Michael Hornburg

A group of young, disaffected hedonists--among them an unsuccessful filmmaker, a flamboyant gay couple, a paranoid rock star, and an adventuresome stripper--move between Portland, Oregon, and New York, indulging in fractious romances, drugs, and local intrigue.

Woman of Letters: The Life of Virginia WoolfPhyllis Rose

Woman of Letters: The Life of Virginia Woolf

by Phyllis Rose

Simon the Pointer: A Story

by Joan Winer Brown

Black-and-white drawings and a simple, radiant text follow the inspirational life of a faithful dog that never lets his dreams interfere with his responsibilities as he grows from puppy to full-grown dog to his final illness and death. 50,000 first printing.

Gertrude Stein: A BiographyHoward Greenfeld

Gertrude Stein: A Biography

by Howard Greenfeld

Look at Me

by Anita Brookner

A lonely art historian absorbed in her research seizes the opportunity to share in the joys and pleasures of the lives of a glittering couple, only to find her hopes of companionship and happiness shattered. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Murder Among Neighbors: A Kate Austen Mystery

Murder Among Neighbors: A Kate Austen Mystery

by Jonnie Jacobs

This dazzling murder mystery from first-time writer Jonnie Jacobs centers on Kate Austen, an irresistible sleuth. When Kate's fabulously wealthy neighbor dies, Kate becomes deeply involved in a sea of steamy secrets that bring her face to face with shocking truths--and one particularly vengeful killer.

Oscar Wilde: Paperback Book

by Sheridan Morley

Reissued to coincide with the recent revival of interest in Oscar Wilde, this stimulating reappraisal of Wilde, his work, his life and his times, by the award-winning biographer and theatre critic, Sheridan Morley, seeks to unravel the enigma that has fascinated so many for so long.

Waste Of Timelessness: And Other Early Stories

Waste Of Timelessness: And Other Early Stories

by Ana\c3\afs Nin

Written when Anaïs Nin was in her twenties and living in Louveciennes, France, these stories contain many elements that will delight her readers: details remembered from childhood, of life in Paris, the cafés, theatres; characters including dancers, artists, writers, women who devote themselves to their work and visions as well as romance, strangers met in the night; themes such as the scruples of lovers, the... (more)

WakingEva Figes

Waking

by Eva Figes

Orlando

by Virginia Woolf

Orlando has always been an outsider...His longing for passion, adventure and fulfilment takes him out of his own time. Chasing a dream through the centuries, he bounds from Elizabethan England amd imperial Turkey to the modern world. Will he find happiness with the exotic Russian Princess Sasha? Or is the dashing explorer Shelmerdine the ideal man? And what form will Orlando take on the journey - a nobleman,... (more)

Vanity of Duluoz : An Adventurous Education, 1935-46

Vanity of Duluoz : An Adventurous Education, 1935-46

by Jack Kerouac

Originally subtitled "An Adventurous Education, 1935-1946," this book is a key volume in Kerouac's lifework, the series of autobiographical novels he referred to as The Legend of Duluoz. A wonderfully unassuming look back at the origins of his career--a prehistory of the Beat era, written from the perspective of the psychedelic '60s.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde