Books, Literature & Fiction, Classics, United States

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David McCullough
John Adams (Barnes and Noble Reader's Companion) (Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion)
by Barnes & Noble (Paperback)

Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
by Plume (Paperback)

At last, Ayn Rand's masterpiece is available to her millions of loyal readers in trade paperback. With this acclaimed work and its immortal query, "Who is John Galt?", Ayn Rand found the perfect artistic form to express her vision of existence. Atlas Shrugged made Rand not only one of the most popular novelists of the century, but one of its most influential thinkers. Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder--and rebirth--of man's spirit. * Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club

F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
by Scribner (Paperback)

Jay Allison
This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
by Henry Holt and Co. (Kindle Edition) (Release Date: 2008-09-30)

A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of peopleThis second collection of This I Believe essays gathers seventyfive essayists—ranging from famous to previously unknown—completing the thought that begins the book’s title. With contributors who run the gamut from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to ordinary folks like a diner waitress, an Iraq War veteran, a farmer, a new husband, and many others, This I Believe II, like the first New York Times bestselling collection, showcases moving and irresistible essays.Included are Sister Helen Prejean writing about learning what she truly believes through watching her own actions, singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore writing about a hard-won wisdom based on being generous to others, and Robert Fulghum writing about dancing all the dances for as long as he can. Readers will also find wonderful and surprising essays about forgiveness, personal integrity, and honoring life and change.Here is a welcome, stirring, and ...

Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (Paperback) (Release Date: 2002-03-05)

Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
by Ballantine Books (Paperback) (Release Date: 1987-08-12)

Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead (Centennial Edition Hardcover)
by Plume (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2005-04-26)

Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (Paperback) (Release Date: 2006-05-30)

Tatiana de Rosnay
Sarah's Key
by St. Martin's Press (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2007-06-12)

Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life. Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode.

Lewis Hyde
The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World (Vintage)
by Vintage (Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-12-04)

By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. Widely available again after twenty-five years, this book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. An illuminating and transformative book, and completely original in its view of the world, The Gift is cherished by artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers. It is in itself a gift to all who discover the classic wisdom found in its pages.

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