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Henry D. Thoreau

Walden and Civil Disobedience (Penguin Classics)

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George Eliot

Middlemarch (Barnes & Noble Classics Edition)

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Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

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Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

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In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, society in the World State has solved human misery by replacing choice with design: people are engineered, sorted into castes, and conditioned to feel content with their assigned place. Life is streamlined through pleasure, distraction, and the drug-like promise of happiness, while stability is maintained by controlling reproduction, language, and education. When a visitor from the “savage” reservation—and the people around him—collides with the World State’s manufactured certainty, Huxley exposes the cost of convenience: a world where freedom, depth, and authentic emotion are treated as problems to be managed rather than truths to be lived. — Quick view Add to Cart

Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

$8.00

Winner of the 1998 International Dublin Literary Award and widely regarded as one of Orhan Pamuk’s greatest novels, My Name Is Red is a richly layered literary mystery that blends art, history, romance, and philosophy. Set in 16th-century Istanbul during the height of the Ottoman Empire, the novel unfolds through the voices of artists, a murderer, and even inanimate objects as a secret manuscript project leads to intrigue and betrayal. Exploring the clash between Eastern and Western artistic traditions, the meaning of beauty, and the nature of identity, Pamuk creates a mesmerizing portrait of a vanished world while delivering a profound meditation on creativity, faith, and storytelling. This Vintage International edition offers readers one of modern literature’s most ambitious and unforgettable works. — Quick view Add to Cart

Orhan Pamuk

My Name Is Red

$13.00

War and Peace is Leo Tolstoy’s monumental masterpiece of historical fiction and one of the greatest novels ever written. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this sweeping epic follows the intertwined lives of five aristocratic families as they experience love, ambition, heartbreak, war, and profound personal transformation. Through unforgettable characters such as Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostova, and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, Tolstoy explores the forces of history, the nature of power, and humanity’s search for meaning. This Barnes & Noble Classics edition features an introduction by acclaimed literary scholar Joseph Frank, notes by Lena Lencek, and the classic translation by Constance Garnett, providing readers with valuable historical and literary context for one of world literature’s enduring masterpieces. — Quick view Add to Cart

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

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A gripping literary thriller from the acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville, writing under the pen name Benjamin Black, The Lemur follows journalist John Glass as he investigates the mysterious past of his wealthy father-in-law. What begins as a routine family history project soon uncovers long-buried secrets, deception, and betrayal that threaten to unravel the lives of everyone involved. With elegant prose, psychological depth, and mounting suspense, Black crafts a sophisticated noir that explores the fragile boundaries between truth, memory, and family loyalty. Atmospheric and compelling, The Lemur is a masterfully written mystery that lingers long after the final page. — Quick view Add to Cart

Benjamin Black

The Lemur

$10.00

A timeless coming-of-age classic, The Outsiders tells the unforgettable story of Ponyboy Curtis, a thoughtful teenager caught between two rival worlds: the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. As friendships are tested and violence escalates, Ponyboy struggles to find his place in a society divided by class, loyalty, and prejudice. Written when S. E. Hinton was just sixteen years old, this groundbreaking novel revolutionized young adult literature with its authentic teenage voice, emotional honesty, and enduring themes of identity, belonging, compassion, and hope. More than half a century after its publication, The Outsiders continues to resonate with readers of all ages and remains one of the most influential novels in American literature. — Quick view Add to Cart

S.E. Hinton

The Outsiders

$10.00

One of the most beloved poetry collections of the twentieth century, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair captures the intoxicating heights of youthful love alongside the profound ache of loss. Written by Pablo Neruda when he was only nineteen, these lyrical poems intertwine sensual longing, memory, and the beauty of the natural world with remarkable emotional depth. This handsome Chronicle Books hardcover edition features the acclaimed English translation by W.S. Merwin, whose elegant rendering preserves the passion and lyricism of Neruda's original Spanish, along with evocative illustrations by Jan Thompson Dicks that beautifully complement the poems. A timeless gift and an enduring classic, this volume remains an essential addition to the library of every poetry lover. — Quick view Add to Cart

Pablo Neruda

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

$12.00

Mary Staton’s From the Legend of Biel is a thoughtful and imaginative science fiction novel following a human exploration team sent to the distant planet MC6, a seemingly idyllic world marked by mysterious geometric structures and remnants of an advanced civilization. As the expedition investigates the planet’s enigmatic ruins, astronaut Howard Scott is drawn into a journey that challenges his assumptions about humanity, intelligence, and the nature of consciousness itself. Blending planetary exploration, alien archaeology, and philosophical speculation, Staton’s debut novel stands apart from traditional space adventure by focusing on cultural discovery and the evolution of understanding between worlds. — Quick view Add to Cart

Mary Staton

From the Legend of Biel

$18.00

Thomas Cathcart’s The Trolley Problem takes one of philosophy’s most famous thought experiments and turns it into a lively, accessible investigation of ethics. You’re asked to consider a runaway trolley dilemma—save five at the cost of one—or an overpass version where the only way to stop the trolley is to use a heavy object and “the fat guy,” forcing you to confront how people justify harm, weigh outcomes, and reason about responsibility. Cathcart frames the inquiry like a case tried in the court of public opinion, walking readers through arguments from major ethical ideas so you end up with more than an answer—you get a sharper sense of why these questions are so hard to settle. — Quick view Add to Cart

Thomas Cathcart

The Trolley Problem, Or Would You Throw the Fat Guy Off the Bridge?

MSRP: $14.95

$10.99

Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World is one of the earliest works of science fiction and philosophical fantasy, presenting an extraordinary tale in which a woman enters a parallel universe accessed through the North Pole and becomes its empress. Blending political theory, natural philosophy, satire, and imaginative invention, the work challenges 17th-century assumptions about gender, knowledge, and authority. This Penguin Classics edition also gathers selected essays and writings that further reveal Cavendish’s wide-ranging intellect and unconventional voice, making it a foundational text in both feminist literary history and the development of speculative fiction.

Edited with an Introduction by Kate Lilley. — Quick view Add to Cart

Margaret Cavendish

The Blazing World & Other Writings

$12.00

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie follows two teenage boys sent to the Chinese countryside during the Cultural Revolution, where their forbidden access to Western stories becomes more than entertainment—it becomes a lifeline. Cut off from ordinary education and surrounded by censorship, the boys discover a secret stash of classic literature and begin “retelling” the books to the villagers, turning stories into currency, confidence, and connection. As they move through hardship, suspicion, and small acts of defiance, their imaginative world collides with love and awakening, culminating in a portrait of how art and storytelling can reshape a person even when everything else is controlled. — Quick view Add to Cart

Dai Sijie

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

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Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, the Sea follows Charles Arrowby, a celebrated theatre director who retreats from London to a secluded house by the sea after leaving his career behind. There, he becomes consumed by memory, obsession, and self-examination when he unexpectedly encounters Hartley, a former love from his youth. What begins as a planned withdrawal into solitude gradually unravels into a psychologically intense meditation on ego, illusion, love, and the human desire to control others. As Charles documents his experiences in a journal-like narrative, the novel explores the tension between self-deception and moral clarity, set against the powerful and symbolic presence of the sea. The result is a richly layered, unsettling portrait of obsession and the limits of self-knowledge. — Quick view Add to Cart

Iris Murdoch

The Sea, The Sea

MSRP: $15.00

$12.00

Grace Caldwell Tate thinks in precise, purposeful terms—about desire, status, and the social chessboard of mid-century America. But in Fort Penn, where reputations rise and fall with alarming speed, her tightly managed world is pulled into collision with ambition, money, passion, and betrayal. John O’Hara’s sweeping novel follows a cast of unforgettable characters across shifting rooms and seasons, capturing the glamour and pressure of respectable life while exposing how quickly private choices become public consequences. A Rage to Live is a large-scale social chronicle with wit, bite, and a driving sense of momentum—both intimate and panoramic—where even the most controlled life can’t outrun what comes next. — Quick view Add to Cart

John O' Hara

A Rage to Live

$20.00