Best of
Canon

1961

A Treasury of the World's Best Loved Poems


Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWilliam Shakespeare - 1961
    Part of a set containing the following volumes:[1] A treasury of the world's best loved poems.[2] The sonnets of William Shakespeare.[3] Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.[4] Sonnets from the Portuguese.

From Russia with Love/Dr No/Goldfinger


Ian Fleming - 1961
    

Tagore Reader


Rabindranath Tagore - 1961
    Tagore was a Bengali poet, Brahmo religionist, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia’s first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. These land mark works all have a lyrical, rhythmic quality that makes them both accessible and beautiful.

The Praetorians


Jean Lartéguy - 1961
    Mentioned by General Peter Pace as one of the inspirations for his surge strategy in Iraq.

Max Shulman's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis


William F. Davidson - 1961
    Helen, whom Dobie adores and reveres "above Helen of Troy," is going steady with Petey Bellows. "Petey thinks," according to Dobie, "that just because he's captain of the football team, president of the student council, a three-letter man and editor-in-chief of the School Echo, he is somebody." Unfortunately, Helen agrees! Through three breathless, hilarious acts, Dobie pursues Helen,and he does catch up! One int. set. Approximate running time: 2 hours. 6m, 12f