Charles. Dickens

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Tennessee

And Other Holiday Treasures

Brighten the season with tales from the master of Christmastime fiction.

Charles Dickens' most famous holiday story was the 1843 publication, A Christmas Carol, but he was a prolific writer in the yuletide genre and a great contributor to many now-prevalent traditions of the holiday itself. In the year following the release of A Christmas Carol, Dickens released The Chimes: A Christmas Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. This story combined his usual sympathy for the poor with the notion that we must always strive to live in nobler ways. In 1845 came The Cricket on the Hearth, a novella that, in its time, surpassed even A Christmas Carol in popularity for stage productions. The years 1846 and 1848 respectively saw published The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. Given this wealth of Christmas-themed works, it is no wonder that Dickens is sometime referred to as "the man who invented Christmas."

 

Perfect for both fans of Dickens' work and those who just find special pleasure in the holiday spirit, these five Christmas stories are now available as part of the Word Cloud Classics series, providing a chic, inexpensive introduction to timeless tales.

 

About the Word Cloud Classics series:

Classic works of literature with a clean, modern aesthetic! Perfect for both old and new literature fans, the Word Cloud Classics series from Canterbury Classics provides a chic and inexpensive introduction to timeless tales. With a higher production value, including heat burnished covers and foil stamping, these eye-catching, easy-to-hold editions are the perfect gift for students and fans of literature everywhere.

A Christmas Carol

c616b5ae-29dd-4691-8585-e00e8bb0dad9-1

Jessica Lewis

It has a tear and the back upper portion of the dust cover.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Sixteen-year-old Katrell uses her witchy powers to talk to the dead and escape her home life, but when she disregards the dead's warnings to stop, dark forces begin to close in forcing Ketrell to make some hard decisions.

Bad Witch Burning

aadf4c7f-af55-4c01-9ce5-ae67c7b37624

Gregory Maguire

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Volume Three in the Wicked Years

While civil war looms in Oz, Brrr—the Cowardly Lion—surrenders the story of his life to a tetchy oracle named Yackle. Abandoned as a cub, Brrr's path from infancy in the Great Gillikan Forest is no Yellow Brick Road. Seeking to redress an early mistake, he trudges through a swamp of ghosts, becomes implicated in a massacre of trolls, falls in love with a forbidding Cat princess, and avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the war-mongering Emperor of Oz. A portrait of a would-be survivor and a panoramic glimpse of a world gone shrill with war fever, Gregory Maguire's A Lion Among Men is written with the sympathy and power that have made his books contemporary classics.

A Lion among Men

c7008fad-7955-4f1b-baae-9fe5e5b7a930-1

Volume Two in the Wicked Years

In this captivating New York Times bestseller, beloved author Gregory Maguire returns to the land ofOz and introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. At the Cloister of Saint Glinda the silent novice Candle tends to him, willing him back to life with her unusual musical gifts. What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape—but what of her powers? Can he find his half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison Southstairs? Can he fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up? For the countless fans who have been dazzled and entranced by Maguire's Oz, Son of a Witch is the rich reward they have awaited so long.

Son of a Witch

f8a6e750-79fe-417e-ad43-df07ee088d93-1

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to be the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.

Wicked

98407cf8-05e3-4a61-b546-4083fd6883aa-1

Arthur Conan Doyle

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes with the aid of Dr. Watson investigates strange and baffling mysteries.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes #2 Boxed Set

5590674c-0318-4e96-a250-56df6b36da39-1

Yoshiki Nakamura

When Kyoko’s heart is broken, she decides that revenge is a dish best served in the spotlight! Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he’s casting her out now that he’s famous! Kyoko won’t suffer in silence—she’s going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz! Who is that masked man? Or is it masked men?! There’s at least one cosplaying show biz executive running around Tokyo and maybe more—and not even the president of LME knows exactly who they are or what they’re doing in Japan. But Kyoko keeps running into them! Is drawing their attention a good thing, or is there something more than just a new drama afoot?!

Skip·Beat!, Vol. 48

d13fa915-0760-4dd1-89d4-1841f4d42475-1

Justin Richards

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Newly discovered entries and drawings in William Shakespeare’s journals reveal for the first time the astounding relationship between the great Bard and the Doctor. Since his first adventure in 1963, the Doctor has enjoyed many encounters with William Shakespeare. Now, BBC Books has rediscovered notebooks, long thought lost, compiled by the Bard in which he divulges the influential role the Doctor played in his creative life. Here are the original notes for Hamlet, including a very different appearance by the ghost; early versions of great lines (“To reverse or not to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow”); the true story of how the faeries of A Midsummer Night’s Dream were first imagined; stage directions for plays adjusted to remove references to a mysterious blue box; and much, much more.

Doctor Who: the Shakespeare Notebooks

ffd9fc66-d8f5-49e6-9b94-46ae75401da9-1

Terrance Hayes

Finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry One of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2018 A powerful, timely, dazzling collection of sonnets from one of America's most acclaimed poets, Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award-winning author of Lighthead "Sonnets that reckon with Donald Trump's America." -The New York Times In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares. Inventive, compassionate, hilarious, melancholy, and bewildered--the wonders of this new collection are irreducible and stunning.

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

edca50e3-90d1-4816-9e4a-1a62491a44e2-1

Trista Mateer

Bestselling and award-winning author Trista Mateer takes an imaginative approach to self-care in this new poetry and prose collection, Aphrodite Made Me Do It. In this empowering retelling, she uses the mythology of the goddess to weave a common thread through the past and present. By the end of this book, Aphrodite make you believe in the possibility of your own healing.

Aphrodite Made Me Do It

3d2f6b97-aa7b-42dd-b9c8-c1180d469ac1-1

Courtney Peppernell

Zack Grey

Poetry and Prose

A universal narrative on the significance of distance with love; remember to hold on to what you believe in. Ideal for those "whose love knows no bounds," The Space Between Us is full of profound anecdotes and messages, illustrating the courage and heartache of enduring physical distance. The Space Between Us explores the trials of love and what it's like to live a life separated by distance from someone you care about. Its content is thoughtfully divided into five chapters, or phases, of the long-distance experience: At First Glance Living for Tomorrow Lonely Nights Grow Together/Grow Apart When I See You. A combination of poems and prose are sporadically connected with small graphics and maps to visualize the journey of physical distance. These poems serve as an adhesive between the reader and the ones they miss, the longing, the anticipation, and the eventual relief. Though both authors bring with them a unique perspective, the lens is singular; each is attuned to navigating this complex terrain.

The Space Between Us

a8e60e54-f933-45f1-879c-83006fddeae5-1

Samantha Shannon

The New York Times bestselling "epic feminist fantasy perfect for fans of Game of Thrones" (Bustle). NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: AMAZON (Top 100 Editors Picks and Science Fiction and Fantasy) * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * BOOKPAGE * AUTOSTRADDLE A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction--but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel. Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.

The Priory of the Orange Tree

5f9bd741-3e8e-4113-86bc-75b63ce3113c-1

Elizabeth Kostova

An "innovative" (The New Yorker) retelling of the story of Dracula. Told with the flourish and poise of a talented storyteller, Kostova turns the age-old tale into a compelling "late night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle) When a young woman discovers a cache of ancient letters, she is thrown into the turbulent history of her parents' dark pasts. Uncovering a labyrinthine trail of clues, she begins to reconstruct a staggering history of deceit and violence. Debut novelist Elizabeth Kostova creates an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful and utterly unforgettable.

The Historian

d32d2bf8-5552-410d-a53f-c31a984da0e8

M. C. Beaton

A slight tear on the cover but otherwise perfect.

Local police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than to get rid of Sergeant Hamish Macbeth. Blair suggests that Cyril Sessions, a keen young police officer, visit the town of Lochdubh to monitor exactly what Macbeth does every day. Macbeth hears about Blair's plan and is prepared to insure that Cyril returns back to headquarters with a full report. But Cyril is soon found dead and Hamish quickly becomes the prime suspect in his murder.

Death of a Policeman

3ce5a333-9d1e-4860-afa8-66325d2eec58-1

This book is a theological break down of the devil. It goes through all the references of him in the Bible and how he is portrayed. 

Philosophy

A new biography 

The Devil

Patricia B. Wallace

Read by more than 2.5 million students over 30 years, The Norton Anthology of American Literature sets the standard and remains an unmatched value.

The Norton Anthology of American Literature

8a290b25-e806-4344-a850-f4835c36ab88-1

English

The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 1974 - 1945

ca1e9838-8145-440a-8b54-c71859954e1b-1

Nina Baym

Philip F. Gura

Jerome Klinkowitz

Robert S. Levine

The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 1865-1914

551ec9ca-d276-4e87-8bb7-cec90584eb5f-1

f5d87068-4a89-433f-8349-ff6e0ff29cec-1

M. H. Abrams

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologies--thorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possible--The Norton Anthology of English Literature has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the direction of Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors have reconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even better teaching tool.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature

bf9203c7-6bd6-45e6-a065-6a8deaac1089-1

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--returns in M.C. Beaton's new mystery in her New York Times bestselling series. Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan, a sour village on Hamish's beat. He attended church in Lochdubh. He told the minister, Mr. Wellington, that his sermons were boring. He told tweedy Mrs. Wellington that she was too fat and in these days of increasing obesity it was her duty to show a good example. Angela Brody was told her detective stories were pap for the masses and it was time she wrote literature instead. He accused Hamish of having dyed his fiery red hair. He told Jessie Currie--who repeated all the last words of her twin sister--that she needed psychiatric help. "I speak as I find," he bragged. Voices saying, "I could kill that man," could be heard from Lochdubh to Cnothan. And someone did. Now Hamish is faced with a bewildering array of suspects. And he's lost the services of his clumsy policeman, Charlie, who has resigned from the force after Chief Inspector Blair berated Charlie one too many times, and the policeman threw Blair into the loch. Can Hamish find the killer on his own?

Death of an Honest Man

654fd188-83c2-4f2d-9178-263d44e32c48-1

Melissa G. Moore

M. Bridget Cook

The Untold Story of a Serial Killer's Daughter

The story of the early life of Melissa G. Moore, daughter of convicted serial killer Keith Jesperson.

Browse by categories

Charles. Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Jessica Lewis

Bad Witch Burning

Gregory Maguire

A Lion among Men

Gregory Maguire

Son of a Witch

Gregory Maguire

Wicked

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Complete Sherlock Holmes #2 Boxed Set

Yoshiki Nakamura

Skip·Beat!, Vol. 48

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: the Shakespeare Notebooks

Terrance Hayes

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Trista Mateer

Aphrodite Made Me Do It

Courtney Peppernell; Zack Grey

The Space Between Us

Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

Elizabeth Kostova

The Historian

M. C. Beaton

Death of a Policeman

Philip C. Almond

The Devil

Patricia B. Wallace

The Norton Anthology of American Literature

Patricia B. Wallace

The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 1974 - 1945

Nina Baym; Philip F. Gura; Jerome Klinkowitz; Robert S. Levine

The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 1865-1914

Patricia B. Wallace

The Norton Anthology of American Literature

M. H. Abrams

The Norton Anthology of English Literature

M. C. Beaton

Death of an Honest Man

Melissa G. Moore; M. Bridget Cook

Shattered Silence

Belle Becker and Robert N Lindscott

Bedside Book of Famous French Stories

Andrew Dewar

Bible Origami

Get The App