Best 20th Century Literature - April 2024

The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud

• ASIN: 0679886478
• ASIN: 0679886478
• ISBN: 0679886478
• Brand: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers

The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry: An Anthology

During a century of extraordinary change, poets became the chroniclers of deep polarizations. From Rubén Darío's quest to renew the Spanish language to César Vallejo's linking of religion and politics, from Jorge Luis Borges's cosmopolitanism to Pablo Neruda's placement of poetry as uncompromising speaker for the downtrodden, and from Alejandra Pizarnik's agonies of the self to Humberto Ak'abal's examination of all things indigenous, it is through verse that the hemisphere's cantankerous collective soul in an age of overhaul might best be understood. A brilliant, moving, and thought-provoki... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374533180
• ASIN: 0374533180
• ISBN: 0374533180
• Brand: Brand: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Prison Writings in 20th Century America

• ASIN: 0140273050
• ASIN: 0140273050
• ISBN: 0140273050
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

100 All-Time Favorite Movies of the 20th Century (Bibliotheca Universalis)

Take a journey through the makers and shapers of celluloid history. From horror to romance, noir to slapstick, adventure to tragedy, Western to new wave, this selection gathers the greats of 20th-century cinema into one indispensable guide to movie gold.The collection is arranged chronologically and in an extra-handy format. Film entries include a synopsis, cast/crew listings, technical information, actor/director bios, trivia, and lists of awards, as well as film stills, production photos, and the original poster for each film.From Metropolis to Modern Times, A Clockwork Orange to Buñuel’s... [Read More]

• ASIN: 3836556189
• ASIN: 3836556189
• ISBN: 3836556189
• Brand: Muller Jurgen
• Manufacturer: TASCHEN

Great Speeches of the 20th Century (Dover Thrift Editions)

A great speech can stir the soul — and move a nation. This compact and affordable anthology gathers complete speeches and selected excerpts from some of the twentieth century's most memorable addresses. Writers and speakers in search of memorable quotations will appreciate this collection, as will any reader seeking historical wisdom and inspiration. Featured speakers include Winston Churchill, rousing the British to defend their lives and homes against the Nazis; Mohandas Gandhi, advocating non-violent resistance to deplorable living conditions; and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, calming the na... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486474674
• UPC: 800759474677
• ASIN: 0486474674
• ISBN: 0486474674
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

The Best American Essays of the Century (The Best American Series)

This singular collection is nothing less than a political, spiritual, and intensely personal record of America’s tumultuous modern age, as experienced by our foremost critics, commentators, activists, and artists. Joyce Carol Oates has collected a group of works that are both intimate and important, essays that move from personal experience to larger significance without severing the connection between speaker and audience. From Ernest Hemingway covering bullfights in Pamplona to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” these essays fit, in the words of Joyce Carol Oate... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0618155872
• UPC: 046442155878
• ASIN: 0618155872
• ISBN: 0618155872
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness

This landmark anthology, the first of its kind, takes it impulse from the words of Bertolt Brecht: "In these dark times, will there also be singing? / Yes, there will be singing. / About the dark times." Bearing witness to extremity―whether of war, torture, exile, or repression―the volume encompasses more than 140 poets from five continents, over the span of this century from the Armenian genocide to Tiananmen Square.

• ASIN: 0393309762
• ASIN: 0393309762
• ISBN: 0393309762
• Brand: Forche, Carolyn (EDT)
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Brazil Modern: The Rediscovery of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Furniture

Twentieth-century Brazilian furniture design is perhaps the last great largely unknown tradition of modernism, characterized by rich and sensually textured hardwoods and an ingenuity, grace, and simplicity that exemplify the national character of brasiliadade. With well over 400 historic images and new photography, Brazil Modern: The Rediscovery of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Furniture surveys the history and legacy of this innovative design tradition. Featuring the work of the titans of Brazilian design—Lina Bo Bardi, Oscar Niemeyer, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Sergio Rodrigues—as well as numer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1580934447
• ASIN: 1580934447
• ISBN: 1580934447
• Manufacturer: The Monacelli Press

Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century

• ASIN: 0441011330
• ASIN: 0441011330
• ISBN: 0441011330
• Brand: Ace Books
• Manufacturer: Ace

Anthology of English Literature: The Twentieth Century, Vol. 20, 7th Edition

With adoptions at over 1,300 colleges and universities in its first semester; the Seventh Edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature continues to be the indispensable anthology. Like its predecessors, the Seventh Edition offers the best in English literature from the classic to the contemporary in a readable, teachable format. More selections by women and twentieth-century writers, a richer offering of contextual writings and apparatus fully revised to reflect today's scholarship make the Seventh Edition the choice for breadth, depth, and quality. For the first time ever, the acclai... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393975703
• ASIN: 0393975703
• ISBN: 0393975703
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Auto Mechanics: Technology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century America (Studies in Industry and Society)

The history of automobiles is not just the story of invention, manufacturing, and marketing; it is also a story of repair. Auto Mechanics opens the repair shop to historical study―for the first time―by tracing the emergence of a dirty, difficult, and important profession.Kevin L. Borg's study spans a century of automotive technology―from the horseless carriage of the late nineteenth century to the "check engine" light of the late twentieth. Drawing from a diverse body of source material, Borg explores how the mechanic’s occupation formed and evolved within the context of broad American... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0801894859
• ASIN: 0801894859
• ISBN: 9780801894855
• Brand: Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press

The Bedford Anthology of World Literature Book 6: The Twentieth Century, 1900-The Present

The Bedford Anthology of World Literature doesn’t just surround an unsurpassed collection of western and world literature with generous literary, historical, and cultural contexts — it also gives students the help they need to explore an entire world of literature.

• ASIN: 031240266X
• ASIN: 031240266X
• ISBN: 031240266X
• Brand: Brand: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's

August Sander: People of the 20th Century

With People of the 20th Century, August Sander created a monumental work that is unique in the history of photography and a classic of photographic literature. Sander conceived this large-scale project, which he ultimately never completed, in the 1920s. He was to spend the rest of his life working on it, his objective nothing less than a complete typological portrait of contemporary society. Hundreds of portraits classified according to professional, social or family criteria were to provide a representative picture of the various social groups. He envisaged seven groups labeled: "The Farmer",... [Read More]

• ASIN: 3829606443
• ASIN: 3829606443
• ISBN: 9783829606448
• Brand: Cologne Sk Stiftung Kultur
• Manufacturer: Schirmer/Mosel

20th Century American Short Stories, Volume 1 (Student Book)

These classic texts introduce your students to American literature through a rich selection of contemporary authors from the twentieth century.

• ASIN: 083844850X
• ASIN: 083844850X
• ISBN: 083844850X
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Heinle ELT

The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry

Penguin’s landmark poetry anthology, perfect for learning poems by heart in the age of ephemeral media  Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, introduces readers to the most significant and compelling poems of the past hundred years in The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry. Now available in paperback, this indispensable volume represents the full spectrum of aesthetic sensibilities—with varying styles, voices, themes, and cultures—while balancing important poems with vital periods of each poet. Featuring works by Mary Oliver,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143121480
• ASIN: 0143121480
• ISBN: 0143121480
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

20th Century Dream Story

Books : DREAM STORY

• UPC: 850173416
• Rating: 3.111

Burnt Offerings (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for

• UPC: 45840431
• Rating: 4.143

20th Century Ghosts

This award-winning collection of short fiction by the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Heart-Shaped Box" leads readers into a maze filled with exits into a vast country of the surreal. Available for the first time

• UPC: 9603713
• Rating: 3.982

On the Road : (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

Follows the counterculture escapades of members of the Beat generation as they seek pleasure and meaning while traveling coast to

• UPC: 620358
• Rating: 3.346

Lord of the Flies : (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert

• UPC: 620362
• Rating: 3.736

The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century - eBook

Explosive and provocative battles fought across the boundaries of time and space—and on the frontiers of the human mind.Science fiction’s finest have yielded this definitive collection featuring stories of warfare, victory, conquest, heroism, and overwhelming

• UPC: 967602528
• Rating: 3.0

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century - eBook

LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOOT BACK TO THE PASTH. G. Wells’s seminal short story “The Time Machine,” published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fiction’s time travel explosion. Responding to their own

• UPC: 708674131
• Rating: 5.0

The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century - eBook

Explore fascinating, often chilling “what if” accounts of the world that could have existed—and still might yet . . .Science fiction’s most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you’ll

• UPC: 944021623
• Rating: 4.0

The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century : Stories

Presents a collection of "what if" stories that offer an alternate version of actual historical events in an anthology with works by Kim Stanley Robinson, Greg Bear, Ward Moore, Gregory Benford, and Susan

• UPC: 1265661
• Rating: 4.0

20th Century Masters: The Best of Aerosmith (CD)

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - The Best Of

• UPC: 19599519
• Rating: 5.0

An Introduction to Twentieth-Century French Literature by Victoria Best (English

• UPC: 380640421668
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 43 USD

Puffin Modern Classics Gift Set - The Best of 20th Century Children’s Literature

• UPC: 193331893542
• Category: Fiction
• Price: 24 GBP

Gift Set Puffin Modern Classics - (The Best of 20th Century Children's Literat,

• UPC: 133347865799
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 18 GBP

Gift Set Puffin Modern Classics - (The Best of 20th Century Children's Literatur

• UPC: 383391716204
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 16 GBP