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1	Great Gatsby more books like this by F Scott Fitzgerald When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure--a phenomenon the high ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	To Kill a Mockingbird more books like this by Harper Lee TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is about the crisis of human behavior and conscience arising from the racism and prejudice that exist in the small Southern town during the Depression. Scout Finch, age 8, who lives with her brother, Jem, and their lawyer father, Atticus, in Maycomb, Alabama, tells the story of her father's defense of Tom Robinson, a young ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Catcher in the Rye more books like this by J D Salinger J. D. Salinger's famous and enduring chronicle of Holden Caulfield's journey from innocence to experience is the quintessential coming-of-age novel--though it's an unusual one, in which the hero tries to cling to the simplicity of childhood, achieving a kind of maturity almost in spite of himself. As the novel begins, Holden runs away from his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Lord of the Rings more books like this by J R R Tolkien THE LORD OF THE RINGS is regarded by many to be the most important and influential work of fantasy of the 20th century. It generated the fantasy novel industry practically single-handedly, inspiring a multitude of novels concerning elves and dwarves on quests to conquer ultimate evil despite overwhelming odds. Although Tolkien had always intended ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	1984 more books like this by George Orwell George Orwell's celebrated and always timely 1948 vision of a world subsumed in tyranny and war describes the process of events by which Winston Smith, a London clerk at the Ministry of Truth, comes to understand the true nature and aims of the government he works for, and portrays his doomed attempt to create a private life for himself and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.37! \| first editions \| SVS
6	One Hundred Years of Solitude more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez A beguiling mix of politics, magic, romance, and sex, the saga of the mysterious history of the Buendia family of the village of Macondo does nothing less than recapitulate the entire history of the human race. Written with little regard for traditional novelistic conventions, Garcia Marquez's novel incorporates emotional responses in lieu of plot ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Atlas Shrugged more books like this by Ayn Rand Rand's 1200-page novel is a hymn of praise to the concept of rugged individualism, personified in John Galt. This polemic for Rand's philosophy of "rational self-interest" has been a steady seller since it was published in 1957. see all copies from $3.50! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Catch-22 more books like this by Joseph L Heller Joseph Heller's manic, bleak, blackly humorous, and brilliant novel has become a classic of American literature, and "Catch-22" has entered the language as a term describing a no-win situation. Set during the last months of World War II, the novel tells the story of an Air Force bombardier, the hapless Yossarian, who is convinced--quite rightly, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	For Whom the Bell Tolls more books like this by Ernest Hemingway In FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, published in 1940, Hemingway explores his own conflicting emotions about heroism, the futility of war, and the value of human life--a theme that is exemplified by the book's title, which is taken from the 17th-century poet John Donne's famous sermon that begins "No man is an island" and goes on to say one should not ask ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Pride & Prejudice more books like this by Jane Austen It's hard to believe that Jane Austen wrote the sophisticated and acerbic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE when she was only 21 years old, in 1797. Originally entitled FIRST IMPRESSIONS, the novel was rejected, revised, retitled, and finally published--anonymously--in 1813, only four years before Austen's untimely death. In PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Austen calls on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Goodnight Moon more books like this by Margaret Wise Brown Simple, warm illustrations and a gentle rhyming text combine to tell the story of a sleepy bunny saying goodnight to all the things he can see and hear as he drifts off to sleep. A bright, full moon shines into a green room with a red floor, where all sorts of objects and creatures dwell, including two pictures, a fireplace, kittens, a toy house, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.32! \| SVS
12 view cover	Where the Wild Things Are more books like this by Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE was one of the first children's books to depict the sometimes subversive inner mind of a child. A seemingly straightforward tale about monsters, the story allows readers to deal with their fears of the unknown. Wearing a wolf suit and acting like a wild child, a boy named Max gets so out of control that his mother sends ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Slaughterhouse-Five: Or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance with Death more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, a best-seller when it was first published in 1969, brought Kurt Vonnegut to prominence as a major voice in American fiction. Vonnegut was a POW held in Dresden in 1945 when the city was attacked by American bombers and virtually obliterated, leaving more than 130,000 people dead. He uses that event as the climax of this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Odyssey more books like this by Homer Perhaps the most celebrated of all Western narratives, the Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus's roundabout voyage home to Ithaca where his beloved Penelope awaits. In stories along the way, he famously encounters Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops, and many, many others. This translation renders the classic more economically than others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Wuthering Heights more books like this by Emily Bronte Drawing on the Gothic tradition, Emily Bronte's WUTHERING HEIGHTS is the tale of Catherine Earnshaw, a wilfull and romantic girl brought up to be a lady, and Heathcliff, the mysterious gypsy orphan. Bronte's use of a series of unreliable narrators to unfold their story heightens the mythic quality of the passionate attachment that is at the heart ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Green Eggs and Ham more books like this by Dr Seuss Sam-I-am mounts a determined campaign to convince another Seuss character to eat a plate of green eggs and ham in this timeless classic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Great expectations more books like this by Charles Dickens The tale of the orphan, Pip, and his mysterious benefactor provides a grotesque but pointed comedy that explores the many levels of English society with insight and sympathy as well as a satiric eye. Considered by many to be Dickens's best novel, GREAT EXPECTATIONS is the story of a young man who rises out of a rough, deprived childhood to a life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and Burns more books like this by Ray Bradbury In this classic of dystopian science fiction, censorship is so prevalent that "firemen" are entrusted with the task of burning books to keep the citizenry away from anything that might cause dissent. Suicides are commonplace, and people drug themselves with pills, thrills, and the meaningless programming that pours from four-wall television. Guy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.05! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Grapes of wrath more books like this by John Steinbeck John Steinbeck lived and worked with a group of migrant workers in California, from whom he drew the material for his great Dust Bowl saga of a wandering Okie family, the Joads. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel awakened the American reading public to the plight of migrant workers and made Steinbeck famous worldwide. One of the most popular novels ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Little women more books like this by Louisa May Alcott This story of the four March sisters is based on the author's own childhood. The novel is divided into two parts. "Book One" focuses on the sisters' struggles with poverty while growing up in New England during the Civil War. As their father, a minister, serves in the war, the girls are raised by their loving and wise mother, Marmee. "Book Two" ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Hamlet more books like this by Shakespeare Shakespeare's classic tragedy of love, madness, and revenge, first enacted in London in 1602. Young Prince Hamlet, in mourning for his dead father, receives an apparition of his father's ghost telling him that he was murdered by his own brother Claudius, who then assumed the throne and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Intent on revenge, Hamlet ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Animal Farm more books like this by George Orwell Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Prince more books like this by Niccolo Machiavelli In his most famous work, THE PRINCE (Il Principe), Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy. Written in 1513 and published posthumously in 1532, THE PRINCE has been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Brave New World more books like this by Aldous Huxley A satirical novel depicting a scientific and industrialized utopia in which Ford and Freud are worshipped, eugenics policies have eliminated class conflicts (while strengthening the division of the classes), and personal unhappiness is assuaged through drugs and pornography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Their Eyes Were Watching God more books like this by Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston's now-classic novel about Janie Crawford, the granddaughter of an ex-slave, and her three husbands: Mr. Killicks, Mayor Starks and, finally, Tea Cake--the love of her life. The novel is set in a black community in rural Florida, and the characters speak in dialect--a technique that inspired both anger and praise from other black ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.96! \| first editions \| SVS

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