Walden and Civil Disobedience (150th Anniversary) (Signet Classics) by Henry David Thoreau
Henry Thoreau's "Walden" is a book about escaping from civilization in order to embrace your spiritual life
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Writer of epic and contemporary fantasy. Winner of 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Escaped academic.
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Sarah Avery rated Their Eyes Were Watching God: 5 stars
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
I loved Jonah's Gourd Vine -- thought some of her short stories very fine -- and feel that this measures …
Sarah Avery rated Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: 5 stars
Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Creator of the modern detective story, innovative architect of the horror genre, and a poet of extraordinary musicality, Edgar Allan …
Sarah Avery rated Secret Garden (Children's Classics): 5 stars
Secret Garden (Children's Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden has awakened the spirits of four generations of children to the hope of growth and rebirth as …
Sarah Avery rated Charlotte's Web: 5 stars
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his …
Sarah Avery rated A Confederacy of Dunces: 5 stars
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, …
Sarah Avery rated Sense and Sensibility: 5 stars
Sarah Avery rated The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: 5 stars
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published …
Sarah Avery rated History of the Peloponnesian War: 5 stars
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Thucydides Thucydides, John J. Owen, and 1 other
A history of the war between Athens and Sparta, along with both of their allies and colonies. The author was …
Sarah Avery rated One Hundred Years Of Solitude: 5 stars
One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Spanish: Cien años de soledad, American Spanish: [sjen ˈaɲoz ðe soleˈðað]) is a 1967 novel …
Sarah Avery rated Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club: 5 stars
Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club by Philip Burnham (The big read)
Includes ten lesson plans, each with focus topic, discussion activities, writing exercises, and homework assignments Also includes capstone projects, suggested …
Sarah Avery rated Selected stories of O. Henry: 5 stars
Selected stories of O. Henry by O. Henry (Barnes & Noble classics)
Sarah Avery rated Moby Dick: 5 stars
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death …