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On Writing

by Ernest Hemingway • 1984

by Ernest Hemingway 1984 160 pages

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY

by Hilary Mantel • 1985

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY

by Hilary Mantel 1985 212 pages

مرگ ایوان ایلیچ و داستان های دیگر

by Leo Tolstoy • 1886

مرگ ایوان ایلیچ و داستان های دیگر

by Leo Tolstoy 1886 256 pages

by Pietro Di Donato • 1937

by Pietro Di Donato 1937 236 pages

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

by Charles Bukowski • 1986

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

by Charles Bukowski 1986 320 pages

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

by Franz Kafka • 1996

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

by Franz Kafka 1996 88 pages

by Theodore Dreiser • 1947

by Theodore Dreiser 1947 334 pages

by Arthur Koestler • 1940

by Arthur Koestler 1940 216 pages

by Ernest Hemingway • 1927

by Ernest Hemingway 1927 153 pages

by Alexandre Dumas • 2001

The Prince of Thieves

The Prince of Thieves

by Alexandre Dumas 2001 224 pages

History of English literature

by Edward Albert • 1923

History of English literature

by Edward Albert 1923 544 pages

by Toni Morrison • 1977

by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages

by James A. Michener • 1992

by James A. Michener 1992 672 pages

by Sinclair Lewis • 1935

by Sinclair Lewis 1935 400 pages

The Ministry of Truth

by Dorian Lynskey • 2019

The Biography of George Orwell's 1984

The Ministry of Truth

The Biography of George Orwell's 1984

by Dorian Lynskey 2019 368 pages

Early Socratic Dialogues

by Plato

Early Socratic Dialogues

by Plato 399 pages

by John Fowles • 1965

by John Fowles 1965 656 pages

by René Daumal • 2005

by René Daumal 2005 120 pages

The Call of the Wild / White Fang

by Jack London • 1903

The Call of the Wild / White Fang

by Jack London 1903 292 pages

Amintiri din copilărie

by Ion Creangă • 1971

Amintiri din copilărie

by Ion Creangă 1971 130 pages

by George Orwell • 1946

by George Orwell 1946

The Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy • 1878

The Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy 1878 426 pages

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 254 pages

Walden and Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau • 1849

Walden and Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau 1849 352 pages

Lyrical and Critical Essays

by Albert Camus • 1970

Lyrical and Critical Essays

by Albert Camus 1970 384 pages

by Honoré de Balzac • 1843

by Honoré de Balzac 1843 656 pages

The Beautiful and Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1922

The Beautiful and Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922 422 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1853

by Charles Dickens 1853 1017 pages

by Clarice Lispector • 1977

by Clarice Lispector 1977 96 pages

by Aeschylus • 1990

by Aeschylus 1990 144 pages

El amor, las mujeres y la vida

by Mario Benedetti • 1995

El amor, las mujeres y la vida

by Mario Benedetti 1995 176 pages

by Jack London • 2003

by Jack London 2003 32 pages

Shakespeare's Freedom

by Stephen Greenblatt • 2010

Shakespeare's Freedom

by Stephen Greenblatt 2010 168 pages

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1999

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe 1999 288 pages

by Ivo Andrić • 1954

by Ivo Andrić 1954 120 pages

From the Earth to the Moon

by Jules Verne • 2006

From the Earth to the Moon

by Jules Verne 2006 136 pages

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

by Henry David Thoreau • 1866

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages

by Bernard Werber • 1999

by Bernard Werber 1999 320 pages

by Yasunari Kawabata • 2006

by Yasunari Kawabata 2006 160 pages

Give War and Peace a Chance

by Andrew D. Kaufman • 2014

Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times

Give War and Peace a Chance

Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times

by Andrew D. Kaufman 2014 288 pages

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man

by Ivan Turgenev • 1850

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man

by Ivan Turgenev 1850 332 pages

by Hank Moody • 2009

by Hank Moody 2009 200 pages

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

by Pierre Bayard • 2020

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

by Pierre Bayard 2020 185 pages

Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint

by Nancy Kress • 2005

Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints

Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint

Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints

by Nancy Kress 2005 232 pages

by Flannery O'Connor • 1971

by Flannery O'Connor 1971 555 pages

by Mikhail Naimy • 1948

The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark

The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark

by Mikhail Naimy 1948 192 pages

by Mark Twain • 1893

by Mark Twain 1893 160 pages

A Jane Austen Education

by William Deresiewicz • 2011

How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter

A Jane Austen Education

How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter

by William Deresiewicz 2011 255 pages

The Pleasures of the Damned

by Charles Bukowski • 2007

The Pleasures of the Damned

by Charles Bukowski 2007 557 pages

Far From the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy • 1874

Far From the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy 1874 433 pages

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