books by Library of America     books:     Library of America      Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / ... Thomas Paine Library of America, 1995 Paine I was extremely happy to find any of Paines writings,I'm afraid it's a sign of the times but even the public library in my area did not carry Paines, Common Sense .             True Crime: An American Anthology Harold Schechter Library of America, 2008 This is a winner for fans of true crime I hate to admit this publicly, but this excellent anthology highlights Americans' (including guilty me) macabre fascination with crime through famous authors who over the years, especially the last few decades, have made this into a powerful genre. The collection ...             American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (Library of America) Library of America, 2008 An excellent collection of Nature writings: With over a hundred authors contributing and Al Gore's blessing, you cannot ask for a better collection of writings from some of the best minds around. After you get a taste, it will inspire you to seek out the full editions of the books. The Library of America series ...             Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s Philip K. Dick Library of America, 2008 Re: Excellent collection As with all the Library of America titles, this collection is superbly edited and presents the best available drafts of the selections. These selections, although less famous than the titles in the earlier Library of America volume, are still interesting, ...             H. P. Lovecraft: Tales (Library of America) H. P. Lovecraft Library of America, 2005 Glimpse of a dark figure in the night I first met Lovecraft in my teens, in pulpy editions with hideous covers. Now I'm 52, teaching math in Farnmington ME, and they let me teach one section a year of English composition working from Lovecraft's Tales (and also the Dream Cycle). Rereading Lovecraft and ...             Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch ... Philip K. Dick Library of America, 2007 A Great Introduction to the World of Philip K. Dick This is the first of two volumes in the Library of America series containing novels by Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) published during the the 1960's and 1970's. At present, they represent the only volumes of the LOA series devoted to SciFi material. While I had never ...             Jack Kerouac: Road Novels 1957-1960: On the Road / The Dharma Bums / The Subterraneans / Tristessa / Lonesome ... Jack Kerouac Library of America, 2007 All My Favorite Books What a wonderful collection! My copies of these books keep magically walking out the door. On The Road was the first book I finished and immediately began to read again. Should be on everyone's must read list!             Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / ... Thomas Jefferson Library of America, 1984 "Men of Men" (born of Women) I will never be able to write a suitable review for this book - the scope of what lies between it's covers is far too great to do justice to in a review, and I am vastly inadequate to the task in any event. So, the one I write today comes from the heart - as one of ...             Abraham Lincoln : Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America) Abraham Lincoln, Don E. Fehrenbacher Library of America, 1989 Great volume culminates in the Lincoln-Douglas debates Abraham Lincoln was a great President. Where he falls on your list is a private judgment, but most put him at or near the top. It is true that there is a more vocal element of detractors nowadays, but those voices tend to also advocate versions of America that most ...             Lincoln: Speeches and Writings: Volume 2: 1859-1865 (Library of America) Abraham Lincoln Library of America, 1989 Leadership and Eloquence This is the second volume of the Library of America Project devoted to the works of Abraham Lincoln. It covers the period after the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and includes many of the records of the Lincoln Presidency and the Civil War. The standard Lincoln materials ...             Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / ... Ralph Waldo Emerson Library of America, 1983 A complete work of art If you're considering more than one selection, stop. This is the only collection you need from Emerson. It's not only an exquisite read for the insights, prose, and poetry, but also for the overall experience of handling this volume--the lightness of the paper, the ...             The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the ... Library of America, 1993 Provides a complete environment for the Federalist Papers Study of the Federalist Papers, of course included in this two volume series, is a conduit for understanding the American ethic. When the Federalist Papers are viewed as included in this chronological deliberation between the Federalists and Antifederalists, they ...             Jack London : Novels and Stories : Call of the Wild / White Fang / The Sea-Wolf / Klondike and Other Stories ... Jack London Library of America, 1982 An American Master... You can't lump too many people into the same sphere with London...Twain, Poe, and Lovecraft are a few that spring to mind. He's an American Titan, and he gets the fawning treatment you'd expect from the Library of America in this exemplary, extraordinary, ...             Collected Poems, 1956-1987 John Ashbery Library of America, 2008 A good read for the buck I've got a couple of Ashbery poetry books around and I tried to like him, especially when some organic farmer girl, Bard grd., opened a stand at our market. I've returned to him now some ten years later with this collection - since he is one of those half dozen or so ...             Flannery O'Connor : Collected Works : Wise Blood / A Good Man Is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear It Away / ... Flannery O'Connor Library of America, 1988 Just Read It All The complaints about the poor organization of the collection can be overcome by simply reading it from front to back. Surely it is that good. My foray into the works of Flannery O'Connor, a southern, gothic author of darkly humorous novels and short stories came ...          products you might be interested in search for books 1787-february, antifederalist, autobiography, environmental, representative, subterraneans      geepe.com    web we recommend Glimpse of a dark figure in the night randomly chosen book: Hollywood Causes Cancer: The Tom Green Story