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Animal Farm
George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.

When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.



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Fahrenheit 451
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.





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In Our Time
A Vintage Classics edition of the early collection of short fiction that first established Ernest Hemingway's reputation, including several of his most loved stories

Ernest Hemingway, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, did more to change the style of fiction in English than any other writer of his time with his economical prose and terse, declarative sentences that conceal more than they reveal. In Our Time, published in 1925, was the collection that first drew the world's attention to Hemingway. Besides revealing his versatility as a writer and throwing fascinating light on the themes of his major novels--war, love, heroism, and renunciation--this collection contains many stories that are lasting achievements in their own right, including the Nick Adams stories "Indian Camp," "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," "The Three-Day Blow," "The Battler," and "Big Two-Hearted River."





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The art of war
Sun Tzu’s The Art of War offers the wisdom of ancient China for the modern reader

Originally written in the 5th century, The Art of War is a masterpiece of military strategy and Chinese philosophy that has influenced countless leaders, both on the battlefield and in the boardroom. The exhortations and advice from The Art of War have echoed throughout the centuries as pieces of timeless wisdom, no matter the foe you may be facing.

This edition of the timeless classic uses Lionel Giles’s brilliant translation of the original text, re-designed with a modern look and a pocket-size trim that’s perfect for gift giving. Whether they’re students or salespeople, readers everywhere will benefit from Sun Tzu’s profound insights into human behavior.




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Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand conoció la gloria la noche del estreno de este drama poético de capa y espada, realista y romántico, basado en la vida del poeta y filósofo gascón. Personaje pendenciero, jugador, libertino y libre pensador, materialista y poco romántico, célebre por su desproporcionada nariz, Rostand convirtió a Cyrano de Bergerac en mito y héroe nacional, haciéndole pasar de la historia a la leyenda.

Esta edición presenta la magistral traducción realizada por Jaime y Laura Campmany respetando escrupulosamente la métrica en que había sido escrita la obra original. Con ella disfrutaremos, en toda su fuerza y viveza, de la musicalidad y el ritmo del verso francés.
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Algo sobre la muerte del Mayor Sabines
La Biblioteca Jaime Sabines pone al alcance de los lectores la obra completa, en cuatro volúmenes, de uno de los más admirados poetas contemporáneos de México. En esta edición, revisada y contrastada con los documentos originales del poeta, se reúnen Maltiempo (1972), Algo sobre la muerte del mayor Sabines –estremecedor y profundo, cúspide de la poesía mexicana– (1973) y Otros poemas sueltos (1973-1993), libros deslumbrantes e indispensables en la historia de la literatura hispanoamericana. «Un Baudelaire contemporáneo» DONALD F. FOLGESQUIST «Uno de los poetas fundamentales, no solo de México sino de Hispanoamérica y la lengua castellana» MARIO BENEDETTI «Uno de los mejores poetas contemporáneos de nuestra lengua. Muy pronto desde su primer libro, encontró su voz. Una voz inconfundible» OCTAVIO PAZ «El gran inconforme, el dueño de una rebelión auténtica» CARLOS MONSIVÁIS
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Candido o el optimismo
En esta obra, Voltaire da forma literaria y crítica a tres años de terribles acontecimientos históricos (el terremoto de Lisboa y la guerra de los Siete Años), cargando contra la teoría de Leibniz de que vivimos en «el mejor de los mundos posibles».Cándido es una novela de aprendizaje, y su héroe, un optimista que cree a pies juntillas que el mundo es un paraíso, a pesar de que, desde la primera línea, la realidad se encarga de negarlo. Este contexto da pie a Voltaire a atacar, con ironía y sarcasmo, la intolerancia, el fanatismo, los abusos de la colonización europea en América, los engaños y artificios sociales y las matanzas de las guerras.
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1984
Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...

A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.



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Classic Works of Horror
Twenty-five spine-tingling tales and poems from the preeminent writer of American gothic fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, now available in a Harper Perennial Olive Edition.

Of all the American masters, Edgar Allan Poe staked out perhaps the most unique and vivid reputation, as a master of the macabre. Even today, in the age of horror movies and high-tech haunted houses, Poe is the first choice of entertainment for many who want a spine-chilling thrill.

Of all the preeminent 19th century American writers, Edgar Allan Poe staked out the most vivid reputation as a master of the macabre. Poe remains the first choice of entertainment for many who want a spine-chilling thrill.

A prolific writer of poetry and criticism in addition to fiction, Poe was known not only for the eerie beauty of his prose but his formidable satire. He is revered as one of the foremost American gothic stylists.

The best of Poe’s short fiction is collected here, including the timeless masterpieces “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Masque of the Red Death.”

The collection includes the following:

Tales

Berenice
Shadow—A Parable
Silence—A Fable
The Fall of the House of Usher
William Wilson
The Man of the Crowd
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
A Descent Into the Maelstrom
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
Never Bet the Devil Your Head. A Tale with a Moral
The Oval Portrait
The Masque of the Red Death
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Black Cat
A Tale of Ragged Mountains
The Premature Burial
The Purloined Letter
Some Words with a Mummy
The Imp of the Perverse
The Cask of Amontillado
Poems

Spirits of the Dead
Lenore
The Raven
Ulalume—A Ballad
Annabel Lee







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Paradise Lost
John Milton's celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence

A Penguin Classic

In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time, populated by a memorable gallery of grotesques. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked, innocent Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties - blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration and in danger of execution - Paradise Lost's apparent ambivalence towards authority has led to intense debate about whether it manages to 'justify the ways of God to men', or exposes the cruelty of Christianity.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.




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I Hope This Finds You Well
An Instant New York Times Bestseller

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Kind of Woman returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers, supporters and detractors—an artform that reclaims the vitriol from online trolls and inspires readers to transform what is ugly or painful in their own lives into something beautiful.

“I'm sure you could benefit from jumping on a treadmill”

“Women WANT a male leader . . . It’s honest to god the basic human playbook”

These are some of the thousands of messages that Kate Baer has received online. Like countless other writers—particularly women—with profiles on the internet, as Kate’s online presence grew, so did the darker messages crowding her inbox. These missives from strangers have ranged from “advice” and opinions to outright harassment.




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The giver
In Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.

Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce newchildren, who are assigned to appropriate family units. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs. No one thinks to ask questions. Everyone obeys. Everyone is the same. Except Jonas.

Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Gradually Jonas learns that power lies in feelings. But when his own power is put to the test—when he must try to save someone he loves—he may not be ready. Is it too soon? Or too late?

Told with deceptive simplicity, this is the provocative story of a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes something impossible. In the telling it questions every value we have taken for granted and reexamines our most deeply held beliefs.

The Giver has become one of the most influential novels of our time. Don't miss the powerful companion novels in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet: Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.






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Of mice and men
They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own.

When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him. "A thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick." —The New York Times




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La maquina del tiempo
La obra pionera de los viajes en el tiempo, escrita por uno de los padres de la ciencia ficción.Cubierta diseñada por Adrià Molins.
Traducción de José C. Vales.—Hace mucho tiempo tuve la idea de una máquina…—¡Para viajar en el tiempo! —exclamó el jovencito.—Y podría viajar absolutamente en cualquier dirección en eltiempo y en el espacio, dependiendo del gusto del piloto.La máquina del tiempo fue la primera obra de éxito de G. H. Wells y pionera en los Viajes en el tiempo. A finales del siglo XX, un hombre idea una máquina con la que asegura poder viajar en el tiempo. Ante la incredulidad de los científicos de la época, el Viajero del Tiempo consigue llegar al futuro, donde, tras una serie de aventuras, aterrizará a un mundo aterrador habitado por unos seres extraños llamados Eloi y Morlocks.
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Lord Of The Flies
At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued.



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Les miserables
Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean—the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread—Les Misérables ranks among the greatest novels of all time. In it, Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, immerses them in a battle between good and evil, and carries them to the barricades during the uprising of 1832 with a breathtaking realism that is unsurpassed in modern prose.

Within his dramatic story are themes that capture the intellect and the emotions: crime and punishment, the relentless persecution of Valjean by Inspector Javert, the desperation of the prostitute Fantine, the amorality of the rogue Thénardier, and the universal desire to escape the prisons of our own minds. Les Misérables gave Victor Hugo a canvas upon which he portrayed his criticism of the French political and judicial systems, but the portrait that resulted is larger than life, epic in scope—an extravagant spectacle that dazzles the senses even as it touches the heart.





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The illustrated man
Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. For this peerless American storyteller, the most bewitching force in the universe is human nature. In these eighteen startling tales unfolding across a canvas of tattooed skin, living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets. Provocative and powerful, The Illustrated Man is a kaleidoscopic blending of magic, imagination, and truth—as exhilarating as interplanetary travel, as maddening as a walk in a million-year rain, and as comforting as simple, familiar rituals on the last night of the world



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Great Tales and Poems of Edgar A..
A new selection for the NEA’s Big Read program

A compact selection of Poe’s greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program.

This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller’s art as “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and such unforgettable poems as “The Raven,” “The Bells,” and “Annabel Lee.” Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by “The Purloined Letter,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”

Also included is his essay “The Philosophy of Composition,” in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed “The Raven” as an example.




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El mago de oz - poster
Un gran clásico en una edición especial, con el texto íntegro, las ilustraciones originales y una cubierta que se despliega hasta convertirse en un póster.Un potente ciclón arrastra la casa de Dorothy hasta el misterioso Paíz de Oz, en donde ella congeniará con tres acompañantes: el Hombre de Hojalata, el Espantapájaros y el León Cobarde. Los cuatro viajarán en busca del famoso Mago de Oz, único capaz de concederles sus respectivos deseos: la vuelta a casa para la niña, un corazón para el señor de lata, un cerebro para el de paja y valentía para el rey de las bestias. Siguiendo su camino de ladrillos amarillos, nosotros también participamos de un viaje asombroso y lleno de enseñanzas.
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La letra escarlata
Una novela imprescindible de las letras americanas. Ester Prynne aguarda en Boston la llegada de su marido, el médico Roger Chillingworth, procedente de Inglaterra. Durante la espera nace entre Ester y el reverendo Dimmesdale, pastor de la comunidad, una irrefrenable pasión amorosa, de la que nacerá Perla, prueba inequívoca de la traición de Ester. Por ello, la comunidad de Boston la condena a la soledad moral, obligándola a lucir la letra A bordada en su pecho como símbolo de su condición de adúltera.
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