Best American Literature Authors - April 2024

The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Tenth Edition) (Vol. Package 1: Volumes A, B, C)

A responsive, refreshed, and media-rich revision of the best-selling anthology in the field The most trusted anthology for complete works and helpful editorial apparatus. The Tenth Edition supports survey and period courses with NEW complete major works, NEW contemporary writers, and dynamic and easy-to-access digital resources. NEW video modules help introduce students to literature in multiple exciting ways. These innovations make the Norton an even better teaching tool for instructors and, as ever, an unmatched value for students.

• ASIN: 0393603121
• ASIN: 0393603121
• ISBN: 0393603121
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Black American Short Stories: A Century of the Best (American Century Series)

The success of John Henrik Clarke's American Negro Short Stories, first published in 1966, affirmed the vitality and importance of black fiction. Now this expanded edition of that best-selling book, with a new title, offers the reader thirty-one stories included in the original―from Charles W. Chesnutt and Paul Laurence Dunbar in the late nineteenth century to the rich and productive work of the Harlem Renaissance: writers like Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Richard Wright; the World War II accomplishments of Chester Himes, Frank Yerby, and many others; and the later fiction of Jam... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374523541
• ASIN: 0374523541
• ISBN: 0374523541
• Brand: Hill and Wang
• Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTIONWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2019 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE  WINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK—FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION“A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.” —Barack Obama “Haunting . . . Beautifully written.” —The ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1616208686
• ASIN: 1616208686
• ISBN: 1616208686
• Brand: Algonquin Books
• Manufacturer: Algonquin Books

101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)

Focusing on popular verse from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this treasury of great American poems offers a taste of the nation's rich poetic legacy. Selected for both popularity and literary quality, the compilation includes Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing," and Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn," as well as poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and many other notables.Chosen by the non-profit organization American Poetry & Literacy Project, these much-loved verses include 13 sele... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486401588
• UPC: 800759401581
• ASIN: 0486401588
• ISBN: 0486401588
• Brand: Dover Publications
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

A Boss Gave Me the Best Love 3

Supreme has finally come head to head with his past, and he has no plans to back down or lose the war that has ensued. Will he finally get rid of the one person who is singlehandedly ruining his relationship, or will he be the one to take the fall?Sova has finally found the man of her dreams, and she refuses to allow anyone to get in their way. However, when that one person happens to be whom Supreme cherishes most, will Sova be able to hold on to her happily ever after?Mink has gone his entire life without allowing love to sneak up on him until he met Oma. When his old ways put her life on th... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07TLVVLC5
• ASIN: B07TLVVLC5
• Manufacturer: Leo Sullivan Presents

Great Short Stories by African-American Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)

Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearly 30 outstanding stories include tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jamaica Kincaid. From the turn of the twentieth century come Alice Ruth Moore's "A Carnival Jangle," Charles W. Chesnutt's "Uncle Wellington’s Wives," and Paul Laurence Dunbar's "The Scapegoat." Other stories include "Becky" by Jean Toomer; "Afternoon" by Ralph Ellison; Langston Hughes's "Feet Live Their Own Life"; and "Jesus Christ in Texas" by W.... [Read More]

• ASIN: 048647139X
• UPC: 800759471393
• ASIN: 048647139X
• ISBN: 9780486471396
• Brand: Blaisdell, Bob (EDT)
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires

“By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden FiguresBetween the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of industrious, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success.Mary Ellen Pleasant, used her Gold Rush wealth to further the cause of abolitionis... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062437607
• ASIN: 0062437607
• ISBN: 0062437607
• Manufacturer: Amistad

100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History (100 Series)

Teeming with interesting nuggets of fact and information, 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History includes such legendary men and women as Benjamin Banneker, Dred Scott, Mary Church Terrell, George Washington Carver and Bessie Smith. Also included are Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall and many, many more. Organized chronologically and meticulously researched, this book provides an educational look at the prominent role that these individuals played and how their varied talents, ideas and expertise contributed to American history. * Concise & Easy to Read Text * F... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0912517182
• ASIN: 0912517182
• ISBN: 0912517182
• Brand: Bluewood Books
• Manufacturer: Bluewood Books

The Best American Short Stories 2013 (The Best American Series ®)

“As our vision becomes more global, our storytelling is stretching in many ways. Stories increasingly change point of view, switch location, and sometimes pack as much material as a short novel might,” writes guest editor Elizabeth Strout. “It’s the variety of voices that most indicates the increasing confluence of cultures involved in making us who we are.” The Best American Short Stories 2013 presents an impressive diversity of writers who dexterously lead us into their corners of the world.In “Miss Lora,” Junot Díaz masterfully puts us in the mind of a teenage boy who throws ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547554834
• ASIN: 0547554834
• ISBN: 0547554834
• Brand: Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544582942
• ASIN: 0544582942
• ISBN: 0544582942
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

Best American Short Stories 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. “If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn’t go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome,” writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction. The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you’ll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 054458290X
• ASIN: 054458290X
• ISBN: 054458290X
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

The Best American Short Stories 2015 (The Best American Series ®)

In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved Best American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, “The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition.” Boyle’s choices of stories reflect a vibrant range of characters, from a numb wife who feels alive only in the presence of violence to a new widower coming to terms with his sudden freedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will grab ho... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547939418
• ASIN: 0547939418
• ISBN: 0547939418
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Best American Poetry 2018 (The Best American Poetry series)

The 2018 edition of the Best American Poetry—“a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (Chicago Tribune)—collects the most significant poems of the year, chosen by Poet Laureate of California Dana Gioia.The guest editor for 2018, Dana Gioia, has an unconventional poetic background. Gioia has published five volumes of poetry, served as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and currently sits as the Poet Laureate of California, but he is also a graduate of Stanford Business School and was once a Vice President at General Foods. He has studied opera and is ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501127802
• ASIN: 1501127802
• ISBN: 1501127802
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Best American Travel Writing 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

Why do I travel? Why does anyone of us travel? Bill Bryson poses these questions in his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2016, and though he admits, “I wasn’t at all sure I knew the answer,” they are questions worthy of examination. While the various contributors to this collection all travel for different reasons, one thing is for certain—they come back with stories. Whether traversing the Arctic by dogsled, attending a surreal film festival in North Korea, or strolling the streets of a fast-changing Havana, their insights into the world and the human condition are ill... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544812093
• ASIN: 0544812093
• ISBN: 9780544812093
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

The Best American Short Stories 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

#1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr brings his“stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. #1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anthony Doerr brings his“stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. Doerr and the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, winnow down twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1328484246
• ASIN: 1328484246
• ISBN: 1328484246
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

A Collection of Short Stories and Accounts of His Experience During the American Civil War - Including a Biography of the Author

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842. Bierce is critically best remembered for his fiction and many other writings are also generally regarded as some of the best war

• UPC: 53023207

Best American Poetry 2016

Collects poems chosen by editor Edward Hirsch as the best of 2016, featuring poets such as Rick Barot, Emily Fragos, Philip Levine, and Adrienne

• UPC: 50552384
• Rating: 4.0

The Danes Sketched by Themselves (Complete): A Series of Popular Stories by The Best Danish Authors - eBook

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology,

• UPC: 413279794

Stories and Sketches by our Best Authors - eBook

DR. GRAHAM sat in his office, his book closed on his knee, and his eyes fixed upon the street. There was nothing of interest to be seen. A light snow was falling, making the pavement

• UPC: 923317526

BEST AUTHORS BEST STORiES - 7 - eBook

Table of contentsA Baby Tramp  A Chaparral Christmas Gift  How Theseus Slays the Minotaur  A Chameleon  A Child's Dream of a StarA Country ChristmasA December Day in Dixie  A Descent Into the Maelstrom  A DuelA

• UPC: 289859137

7 best short stories: Russian Authors - eBook

?C?onceive the joy of a lover of nature who, leaving the art galleries, wanders out among the trees and wild flowers and birds that the pictures of the galleries have sentimentalised. It is some such

• UPC: 284570965

BEST AUTHORS BEST STORiES - 10 - eBook

BEST STORIES BEST AUTHORS - 10A Defenseless CreatureAndy LovellGirlThe Enchanted BluffThe Eyes of the PantherRoger Malvin's BurialThe War PrayerThe Dragon's TeethThe Clarion CallThe Happy PrinceA Defenseless Creatureby Anton Chekhov   IN spite of a violent attack of

• UPC: 192051779

BEST AUTHORS BEST STORiES - 9 - eBook

  Table of contentsA Cosmopolite in a CafeAt SeaAunt KippLittle Bun Rabbit   The Ambitious Guest  The Story Of The Bad Little BoyVanka  The Body Snatcher  The Mark On The Wall  The Affair at Coulter's Notch  A

• UPC: 254855669

Famous Authors and the Best Literature of England and America : Containing the Lives of English and American Authors in Story Form (1897)

Famous Authors and the Best Literature of England and America: Containing the Lives of English and American Authors in Story Form

• UPC: 905930688

Standard Selections: A Collection And Adaptation Of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use In Class Room And On The Platform - The Original Classic Edition - eBook

The purpose of the compilers of this volume is:? First, to provide some new material in poetry and eloquence that has never before appeared in books of this character, in addition to many standard selections

• UPC: 619289444

Library of the Best American Literature, Containing the Lives of Our Authors in

• UPC: 382125338546
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 43 USD

Library of the Best American Literature, Containing the Lives of Our Authors in

• UPC: 283423626953
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 32 USD

Against the Law by Kat Martin - Harlequin Best Selling Author Collection PB 

• UPC: 323948585578
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 1 USD

Frank McCourt/ 'Tis/ Hardcover best-seller by author of Angela's Ashes/Like New!

• UPC: 223898443888
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 2 USD

Invisible Prey by John Sandford #1 NYT Best Selling Author 2007 Novel HC B16

• UPC: 283523955485
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 7 USD

Set of 4 paperbacks by Action Thriller Best Selling Author Stuart Woods

• UPC: 223672487106
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 12 USD

Set of 2 paperbacks by Action Thriller Best Selling Author Michael Gruber

• UPC: 223672496385
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 8 USD

Author Jennifer Estep, paper back Kill the Queen, fiction, NY Times best seller

• UPC: 324061472915
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 5 USD

Better Call Saul: The World According to Saul Goodman - Author: Stubbs, David

• UPC: 254380250763
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 5 USD

#1 NEW YORK TIMES - BEST SELLING AUTHOR ROBIN COOK " CURE " LARGE PRINT

• UPC: 254500397640
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 14 USD