Classics

A classic stands the test of time. The work is usually considered to be a representation of the period in which it was written; and the work merits lasting recognition. In other words, if the book was published in the recent past, the work is not a classic.

A classic has a certain universal appeal. Great works of literature touch us to our very core beings--partly because they integrate themes that are understood by readers from a wide range of backgrounds and levels of experience. Themes of love, hate, death, life, and faith touch upon some of our most basic emotional responses.

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New Releases Tagged "Classics"

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Animal Farm
The Alchemist
1984
The Great Gatsby
Fahrenheit 451
And Then There Were None
Of Mice and Men
The Metamorphosis
The Stranger
The Catcher in the Rye
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
The Old Man and the Sea
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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  • Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra by Ramsay Wood
    Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra
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    Release date: Oct 11, 2011
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    IN ALL THE STORYTELLING COLLECTIONS FROM INDIA, it is the secular animal fables found in the THE PANCHATANTRA and its Buddhist insp
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  • Fables of Conflict and Intrigue by Ramsay Wood
    Fables of Conflict and Intrigue (Kalila and Dimna, #2)
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    Release date: Nov 01, 2013
    *AUTOGRAPHED COPY* with Intro by historian and BBC broadcaster, Michael Wood.

    This 2013 Medina •KALILA AND DIMNA #2 (Fables of Conflict and Intrigue) •
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    THE FIRST DEATH (Poena Damni #3)
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    "While "The First Death" is dominated by imagery of the infernal, it is (in its way) as skillfully articulated a vision of its theme as was Hieronymus ...more
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  • The Great Gatsby
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    1984
    The Catcher in the Rye
    Lord of the Flies
    Little Women (Little Women, #1)
    Romeo and Juliet
    Frankenstein
    Of Mice and Men
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    A Tale of Two Cities
    Emma
    Great Expectations
    Dracula
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    Augustine of Hippo
    “ The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. ”
    ― Augustine of Hippo

    Lao Tzu
    “ Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang ”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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