A searing portrayal of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and their powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor. The seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and the allegiance to family—these are the themes that have resonated with millions of readers around the world and made The Godfather the definitive novel of the violent subculture that, steeped in intrigue and controversy, remains indelibly etched in our collective consciousness.~penguin.com

    For this special edition with a new design, trim size, and three new spreads, Susan Jeffers has added more detail and subtle color to her sweeping backgrounds of frosty New England scenes. There are more animals to find among the trees, and the kindly figure with his "promises to keep" exudes warmth as he stops to appreciate the quiet delights of winter. The handsome new vellum jacket will attract new and old fans as it evokes a frost-covered windowpane. This celebration of a season makes an ideal holiday gift for a child, a teacher, or a host. Robert Frost (1874-1963) is one of America's most celebrated poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize.Susan Jeffers is the illustrator of such distinguished picture books as Three Jovial Huntsmen, a Caldecott Honor Book; Rachel Field's Hitty; and the ABBY Award-winning Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, which was also a New York Times best-seller.

    This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot, a highly successful professional woman who leaves her life among the London elite to join a cloistered Benedictine community.

    Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.

    Frost scholar Lathem, who was also a close friend of the four-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, scrupulously annotated the 350-plus poems in this collection, which has been the standard edition of Frost's work since it first appeared in 1969.

    Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken.Charrière's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then, it has become a treasured classic -- the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who simply would not be defeated.

    The Apprenticeship was a bestseller and, as her biographer Benjamin Moser writes, "This accessible love story surprised many readers. When it came out, an interviewer said: 'I thought The Book of Pleasures was much easier to read than any of your other books. Do you think there’s any basis for that?' Clarice answered: 'There is. I humanized myself, the book reflects that.'”

    . . by far Shaw's best work . . . it's all fascinating". Don't forget to stock up on this six-million-copy bestseller.

    These mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest literary conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction; the Lokasenna, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and more.

    Ada, or Ardor is no less than the superb work of an imagination at white heat.This is the first American edition to include the extensive and ingeniously sardonic appendix by the author, written under the anagrammatic pseudonym Vivian Darkbloom.

    Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

    It was his way, he said, of "getting my mental arm in shape to pitch a good game."Steinbeck's letters were written on the left-handed pages of a notebook in which the facing pages would be filled with the text of East of Eden. They touched on many subjects - story arguements, trial flights of workmanship, concern for his sons.Part autobiography, part writer's workshop, these letters offer an illuminating perspective on Steinbeck's creative process, and a fascinating glimpse of Steinbeck, the private man.

    The gift of the Magi --A cosmopolite in a café --The skylight room --Man about town --The cop and the anthem --The love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein --Mammon and the archer --Springtime à la carte --From the cabby's seat --An unfinished story --The romance of a busy broker --After twenty years --The furnished room --Hearts and crosses --The ransom of Mack --Telemachus, friend --The handbook of Hymen --Hygeia at the Solito --The hand that riles the world --The exact science of matrimony --Conscience in art --Roads of destiny --The enchanted profile --The passing of Black Eagle --A retrieved reformation --Friends in San Rosario --The renaissance at Charleroi --Whistling Dick's Christmas stocking --The lotus and the bottle --Shoes --Ships --Masters of arts --"The Rose of Dixie" --A poor rule --The last of the troubadours --Makes the whole world kin --Jimmy Hayes and Muriel --The adventures of Shamrock Jolnes --The friendly call --Sound and fury --The theory and the hound --The ransom of Red Chief --The whirligig of life --A blackjack bargainer --One dollar's worth --A lickpenny lover --Doughterty's eye-opener --The defeat of the city --The shocks of doom --Squaring the circle --The memento --The trimmed lamp --Two Thanksgiving day gentlemen --The making of a New Yorker --A Harlem tragedy --The last leaf --The count and the wedding guest --The robe of peace --A ramble in Aphasia --A night in New Arabia --Proof of the pudding --Hearts and hands

    These timeless legends of superhuman warriors and doomed lovers have inspired storytellers such as Richard Wagner and J. R. R. Tolkien and continue to enchant modern readers.

    But the path from quarter horse of good stock to cutting horse of skill and finesse is strewn with obstacles, unforgettable characters and the kind of earthy humor Paul St. Pierre's writing is known for.

    Includes commentary by E.B. White, Frank Sullivan, Kenneth Tynan, Marc Connelly, Dorothy Parker, Clifton Fadiman, and Peter de Vries.

    Here, they are collected along with 19 other stories in a beautifully redesigned collection that represents the best short work of an American master.As Warner Berthoff writes in his introduction to this volume, "It is hard to think of a major novelist or storyteller who is not also a first-rate entertainer . . . a master, according to choice, of high comedy, of one or another robust species of expressive humour, or of some special variety of the preposterous, the grotesque, the absurd. And Melville, certainly, is no exception. A kind of vigorous supervisory humour is his natural idiom as a writer, and one particular attraction of his shorter work is the fresh further display it offers of this prime element in his literary character."The town-ho's story --Bartleby, the scrivener : a story of Wall-Street --Cock-a-doodle-doo! or, The crowing of the noble cock Beneventano --The encantadas or Enchanted Isles --The two temples --Poor man's pudding and rich man's crumbs --The happy failure : a story of the river Hudson --The lightning-rod man --The fiddler --The paradise of bachelors and the tartarus of maids --The bell-tower --Benito Cereno --Jimmy Rose --I and my chimney --The 'Gees --The apple-tree table, or Original spiritual manifestations --The piazza --The Marquis de Grandvin --Three "Jack Gentian sketches" --John Marr --Daniel Orme --Billy Budd, sailor.

    Electra. the Bacchantes. Hecuba. Heracles Mad. the Phoenician Maidens. Orestes. Iphigenia Among the Tauri. Iphigenia at Aulis. the Cyclops Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: G. Bell Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Iph. Dearest friends, I look to you ; on you my fortunes are hanging, whether for weal or woe, and loss of fatherland [and brother and sister dear.] ' Be this the text of what I have to say, -- our womanhood, with its kindly feeling towards members of our sex, and our intense loyalty in preserving secrets, that affect us all. For my sake hold your peace and help us might and main to escape; an honour to its owner is a trusty tongue. Now ye see how a single chance is left these three fast friends, either to return to their fatherland or die here. If once my safety is secured, I will bring thee safe to Hellas, that thou mayst also share my fortune. To thee, and thee (addressing different members of the Chorus) I make my prayer by thy right hand; to thee by thy dear cheek, thy knees, and all thou prizest most at home, by father, mother, aye, and babes, if there be any mothers here.2 What say ye ? which of you assents to this and which refuses ? Speak ; for if ye agree not to my proposal, both I and my luckless brother are lost. Cho. Take heart, dear lady mine; only save thyself; for thou shalt find me dumb, wherever thou enjoinest silence; so help me mighty Zeus ! Iph. A blessing on you for those words ! may happiness be yours ! 'Tis now thy part and thine (to Orestes and Pylades) to enter the temple, for our monarch will soon be here, inquiring if the sacrifice of the strangers is over....

    This is a book that children never tire of reading or hearing! All the original familiar illustrations by W. H. Fry are included: 3 color plates, 21 black-and-white drawings.

    His poems, reflecting his whole-hearted involvement in all aspects of life, reveal his sense of vocation as both priest and poet, as well as his love of beauty, and his search for a unifying sacramental view of creation. This fully annotated selection offers many of his best-known poems, including The Windhover, Felix Randall, Pied Beauty, Spring and Fall, and Carrion Comfort

    Many methods have been devised to help with this acquisition, all of them stressing the fundamental importance of mastering the words most frequently used. The Owen and Goodspeed word-lists—in which Homeric terms are arranged according to frequency of usage, divided into categories according to parts of speech, and presented in an easy-to –use format—are particularly helpful.The word-lists are based in part upon Gehring’s famed Index Homericus and are designed to help the student learn Homeric words in a systematic way, thereby marking the reading of Homer a rewarding and natural experience.

    In its day this book led the way in showing the philogically trained student how to be a critic; equally it can show the critically trained student the importance of a sound philogical base today.

    Number 5 in the Nova Broadcast series.

    

    A History of Greek Philosophy Volume III: The Fifth-Century Enlightenment - Part 1: The Sophists; Part 2: Socrates (1971)

    It was there that Ronald Lockley went as a young man, to study the tens of thousands of wild creatures that lived 'within the compass of one small plot of land surrounded by the sea'.

    It contains three complete novels - Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, George's Mother, and Crane's masterpiece, The Red Badge of Courage; nineteen short stories and sketches, including " The Blue Hotel" and "The Open Boat", a barely fictionalized account of his own escape from shipwreck while covering the Cuban revolt against Spain; the previously unpublished essay "Above All Things"; letters and poems, plus a critical essay and notes by the noted Crane scholar Joseph Katz.

    

    Barton's "Safed" stories inspired a generation of Americans. Those of us who discovered him recently keep his books on our nightstand. Each allegory can be read hundreds of times with new meanings grasped with each experience. They can be read to children as well as adults. Especially loved are his passages about his wife, Keturah, and the allegories about his favorite flower, the Hollyhock. He is out of print, therefore, should you find the "Safed" series anywhere, simply buy the book. You will treasure the experience. - A CustomerImportant Notice!! Please read before you purchase.- This book was produced from scanning process so you CAN’T use some text feature such as Adjust Font Size, Search or Highlight.- Since this book does NOT support TEXT adjustment Function, we strongly do not recommend reading it with mobile phone, Android, BB or any small device. - This book does NOT support Text To Speech Function.Product descriptionIf you HATE the book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words, this book is for you.We don't use OCR'd book technology (Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text) to make the kindle version but we bring to you by THE SCANNING OR PHOTOGRAPH PROCESS. So everything you see here is almost same as original version. It may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact.We hope you enjoy and are satisfied with our book. For more interesting books, please search for ‘AMA publication’.AMA Publication

    [Penguin Readers Level 6]Autobiography.

    It attempts, through discussion of a wide variety of topics, to convey a balanced impression of the nature of the poem as a whole. An appendix includes a version of and ancient Life of Virgil andinformation about the ancient commentary on him.

    Because she can hatch anything people want, Little Hatchy Hen is kidnapped by the "world's champion chicken thief" who plans to use her to make a fortune for himself.

    published in 1969 under title: Ethel Barrett's Holy war; 2d ed. under title: The great conflict.An adaptation of John Bunyan's The holy war.

    Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel Langhorne Clemens first used the pseudonym Mark Twain while a journalist in Nevada in 1863. When his first major book, The Innocents Abroad, appeared six years later, he began what would become one of the most celebrated and influential careers in American letters. Autobiographical Writings will help readers know the author intimately and appreciate why, a century after his death, he remains so vital and appealing.This edition includes an introduction by R. Kent Rasmussen that summarizes modern scholarship on Twain.Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on 30th November 1835, in Florida, Missouri. In 1853 he left home, earning a living as an itinerant type-setter, and four years later became an apprentice pilot on the Mississippi, a career cut short by the outbreak of the Civil War. For five years, as a prospector and a journalist, Clemens lived in Nevada and California. In February 1863 he first used the pseudonym 'Mark Twain' as the signature to a humorous travel letter. A trip to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867 became the basis of his first major book, The Innocents Abroad (1869). His numerous subsequent books include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), A Tramp Aborad (1880), The Prince and the Pauper (1882), and his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin (1885). He died on 21st April 1910.R. Kent Rasmussen is the author or editor of six books on Mark Twain and more than a dozen other books. He is best known for his award-winning Mark Twain A to Z (recently revised as the two-volume Critical Companion to Mark Twain) and The Quotable Mark Twain. He holds a doctorate in history from UCLA and currently works as a reference book editor in Southern California.

    A collection of letters written my transcendentalist philosopher and educator Amos Bronson Alcott, father of renowned American novelist, Louisa May Alcott.

    Includes The Gentle Maiden and The Landlady

    

    BlackmoreBoy on Horseback by Lincoln SteffensKing Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard

    

    

    An unfinished stick figure asks to be completed and introduces Simon to a host of other drawings that need his attention.