William James was a towering intellectual figure with a vast knowledge base that transcended typical disciplinary boundaries. In this collection of essays, William James explores the topics of memory and cognition through the lenses of philosophy, psychology, and his own personal life experiences, all recounted in his uniquely engaging writing style.
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ISBN: 978-1-62013-176-3

William James was an important American psychologist and philosopher. He was one of the early academics of psychology and his philosophy touched mainly on pragmatism and the religious or mystic experience. In this sequel to his philosophical work Pragmatism, James discusses the nature of truth. He talks about relative truth, being "true for him who experiences the workings," as opposed to absolute or religious truth.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-367-6

Craving an intellectually stimulating read? Dive into A Pluralistic Universe by William James, an influential thinker and psychologist who also happened to be the brother of acclaimed novelist Henry James. This lucid, gripping account outlines some of James' critiques of standard methods of reasoning. It's definitely challenging, but much more appealing to a general audience than most philosophical tracts.
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ISBN: 978-1-62013-391-0

The Story of My Heart is an inspiring and personal account of a soul's awakening. In this 1883 autobiography, naturalist and journalist Richard Jefferies describes his journey through abandoning his notions of past and future in favor of being in the present moment; the eternal Now. Freeing himself from ordinary limitations to perception, he uses the present for guidance and spiritual sustenance; finding the dazzling world around him becoming a window for the soul. This gives Jefferies a keen awareness of his soul's infinite nature and a deep love for what he terms "soul-life".
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ISBN: 978-1-62011-298-4

Though Jerome K. Jerome achieved literary fame on the strength of his humor writing, this collection of tales spans humor and a number of other genres. The title story, "John Ingerfield," is regarded by critics and fans alike as one of Jerome's finest works.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-783-2

In this uproarious comedy of manners co-written by humorist Jerome K. Jerome, lauded by critics and fans as one of his best, upper-class pretensions are satirized when an affluent gentleman is discovered to be leading a scandalous double life. Meanwhile, the question of women's role in society at the turn of the twentieth century is also tackled.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-769-6

In this hilarious play from renowned English humorist Jerome K. Jerome, heroine Fanny is a well-regarded actress who marries an affluent artist. When she arrives at her new home, she finds that several of her relatives are employed by her new husband as part of his housekeeping staff.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-785-6

The follow-up to Jerome K. Jerome's bestselling volume of humorous essays, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, this collection offers the author's witty observations on all manner of topics, ranging from love to children to cats and dogs. Readers who appreciate a good turn of phrase and are in dire need of a good laugh shouldn't hesitate to read The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-721-6

In this witty and imaginative collection of short tales, renowned humor writer Jerome K. Jerome dreams up a series of amusing and enlightening conversations between archetypal characters, including the Woman of the World, the Old Maid, the Philosopher, and the Minor Poet.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-763-4

This eclectic collection of short stories from acclaimed humor writer Jerome K. Jerome is just the ticket when you're in the mood for something light. Wide-ranging in their subject matter, the stories include character sketches, tales of romance gone wrong, and even a few charming stories about cats.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-767-2

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. The essays cover a range of topics from On Being in Love to On Furnished Apartments to On Getting on in the World. Jerome established himself as one of England's favorite wits with his comic novel Three Men in a Boat.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-413-0

The novel All Roads Lead to Cavalry offers an irreverent take on the social forces at play in England in the period leading up to and just following the outbreak of World War I. If you're interested in history but often find yourself bored by historical fiction, this funny, one-of-a-kind novel is for you.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-718-6

In this classic tale from Jerome K. Jerome, the lives of a ragtag group of residents living in squalor in a ramshackle boardinghouse are transformed forever with the arrival of a mysterious stranger. By providing an outsider's perspective, he helps them realize the errors of their ways.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-773-3

Though Jerome K. Jerome is best remembered as a humorist, his fiction spans numerous genres, as evidenced by the diversity of the tales published in the collection Malvina of Brittany. A highlight is "The Street of the Blank Wall," a classic detective story that will please fans of Sherlock Holmes.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-781-8

A Christmas-themed collection of ghost stories may seem like an odd idea, but English writer Jerome K. Jerome pulls it off in the engaging volume Told After Supper. Pull it out at your next holiday gathering, or read it any time you're craving some spine-tingling short fiction.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-761-0

Although every literary tradition has its own rich vein of humor writing, there's something about American humor that sets it apart from the pack in terms of accessibility and lack of pretension. This volume includes writings from such luminaries of the genre as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Edgar Allen Poe, and the brevity of most of the collected pieces makes it easy to take a short reading break whenever you could use a good laugh.
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ISBN: 978-1-62011-485-8

A follow-up to the earlier novel for younger readers, Betty Leicester, this charming holiday tale visits our young heroine as she returns to London with mixed feelings. Though she missed her adopted city when staying with relatives in a quaint coastal town in New England, after her return to the U.K., she finds herself pining for America. To ease her mind, she throws herself into enjoying the elegant holiday celebrations she attends.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-755-9

In this, Sarah Orne Jewett's last published collection of short stories, a number of the themes and topics she experimented with over the course of her literary career come to full fruition, including, most notably, the evolving role of women in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-743-6

In the late nineteenth century, Sarah Orne Jewett ascended to the top tiers of the pantheon of American popular fiction writers on the strength of her tales, which combine keen psychological insight and charming local color. This collection of short stories highlights her wide-ranging mastery; fan favorites include "A Lost Lover" and "Madame Ferry."
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-745-0

Always a keen observer of regional cultures, Sarah Orne Jewett further explores the importance of place in the diverse collection of short stories Strangers and Wayfarers. Featuring several tales that focus on rural life in her native New England, the collection also includes stories set in Ireland and tales that focus on strangers in strange lands.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-741-2

One of Sarah Orne Jewett's chief strengths as a writer is her uncanny ability to evoke a sense of place. The masterful stories collected in The Life of Nancy vividly depict the texture of everyday life among families in rural and coastal New England.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-747-4

James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is the fictional account of the life of a young American man in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. With his bi-racial heritage, the Ex-Colored Man is faced with the choice of embracing his black culture and its ragtime music, or passing as a white man and living a mediocre middle-class existence. While not actually an autobiography, Johnson based the book on his own life and the lives of people he knew.
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ISBN: 978-1-62011-170-3

Beloved children's author Annie Fellows Johnston returns with a rousing action-adventure tale set in the distant past. Packed with pulse-pounding thrills and surprising plot twists, this account of the brave prince Aldebaran coming into his birthright as an honorable warrior will please readers young and old alike.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-852-7

In the summer of 1895, Annie Johnston served as a delegate to the Methodist Church's International Epworth League Conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The conference focused on the church's outreach to Jewish communities around the world. Based on her experiences there, Johnston penned this novel, focusing on up-and-coming attorney David Herschel, whose chance encounter with jolly salesman Frank B. Marion proves to be a life-changing experience.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-735-1

A popular children's author who created several juvenile fiction series at the turn of the twentieth century, Annie Fellows Johnston is best remembered for the Little Colonel books. The charming novel Asa Holmes recounts the remarkable life story of one of the denizens of that pillar of rural life, the country store.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-848-0

Indiana-born author Annie Fellows Johnston was the creator of several series of children's books that attained widespread popularity in the early twentieth century. The charming novel Georgina of the Rainbows will cast an enchanting spell on girls looking for something more timeless and classic than the tween drama and supernatural fluff passed off as juvenile fiction these days.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-851-0

In this uproarious satire from Jacobean playwright Ben Jonson, the clever Venetian gentleman Volpone hatches an outrageous scheme to dupe a greedy trio of hangers-on who are after his fortune. A ragtag cast of characters, including a dwarf, a eunuch, and a hermaphrodite, get caught up in the plot along the way.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-725-2

This satirical drama from one of the only playwrights regarded as a contemporary equal of Shakespeare may have originally been performed in the early 1600s, but it feels remarkably fresh centuries later. Beginning with a prologue which devolves into a slapstick comedy that presages postmodern irony, the play recounts a solemn religious observance that is much more than it appears to be.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-733-7

Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist that it had one out of the three most perfect plots in literature. This play, with its sharp portrayal of human folly, is considered by many to be Jonson's best comedy. First performed 1610, its popularity has endured to this day.
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ISBN: 978-1-62011-417-9

This engaging early history of the Jewish people was written in the first century AD. Though deeply steeped in myth, legend, and the chronology of events set forth in sacred texts such as the Bible, this encyclopedic scholarly effort is a must-read for those with an interest in Jewish history dating back to its earliest origins.
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ISBN: 978-1-77667-723-8

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is semi-autobiographical, following Joyce's fictional alter-ego through his artistic awakening. The young artist Steven Dedelus begins to rebel against the Irish Catholic dogma of his childhood and discover the great philosophers and artists. He follows his artistic calling to the continent.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-361-4

Irish author James Joyce is best remembered as one of the most important novelists of the twentieth century. His masterwork Ulysses is regarded by some critics as the best novel ever written. However, Joyce also dabbled in other genres, and poetry, according to some accounts, was his first literary love. Chamber Music was Joyce's first full-length collection of verse; the compilation includes a number of his best early poems.
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ISBN: 978-1-62011-900-6

Are you an entrepreneur who is losing faith and wondering whether it's worth it to stick it out through the lean times? Take inspiration from this remarkable collection of tales about American businesspeople who struck it rich and hit the big time. Author James McCabe Jr. compiles a selection of accounts of some of the country's most brazen tycoons.
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ISBN: 978-1-62011-566-4

One of the most important novels of the early twentieth century, John Fox Jr.'s The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a sweeping historical epic that is much more than the sum of its many parts. At once a simple love story and a social history of the cultural forces that shaped the south, this novel is a must-read for those who like engaging historical fiction with heft and significance. If you like The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, be sure to read the next two volumes in the trilogy, The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and The Heart of the Hills.
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ISBN: 978-1-62013-164-0

Though much of John Fox Jr.'s body of work can be described as historical fiction, the esteemed author takes a slightly different approach in Erskine Dale, Pioneer. The protagonist is something of an everyman, a fictionalized amalgamation of the stalwart pioneers who populated the coastal Mid-South. In his travels, Erskine Dale encounters many of the towering historical figures of the era, including George Washington.
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ISBN: 978-1-62013-158-9

Best known for sweeping historical novels about his homeland in the Southern United States, John Fox Jr. was interested in exploring the inner and outer landscape of the people who made the region unique. The engaging collection Hell-fer-Sartain and Other Stories is sure to please readers who appreciate incisive character studies served up with a stout dose of local color.
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ISBN: 978-1-62013-157-2

Growing up alone as an orphan is never easy no matter what the circumstances, but imagine the chaos and confusion of having the foster family you've cobbled together—the only stability you've ever known—torn to bits amidst the destruction of the Civil War. That's the fate that befalls protagonist Chadwick Buford in The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, the second volume of John Fox, Jr.'s acclaimed Mountain Trilogy. Will Chad be able to reunite with his makeshift family—and his beloved fiancée—after the war?
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ISBN: 978-1-62013-281-4

Populated by a parade of fascinating characters, this slice-of-life story provides a glimpse into life in the Appalachian region in the early twentieth century. A prodigal son, the offspring of a legendary local moonshiner, makes his yearly pilgrimage home to the wilds of Virginia, where he kicks off the vestiges of his comparatively sophisticated existence in the city and immerses himself in the local customs.
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ISBN: 978-1-62013-159-6

Hankering for a transporting read that will take you back to a simpler time? Settle in with Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories from renowned Kentucky author John Fox Jr. Whether you're a homesick Southerner who desperately needs a dose of way-back-when nostalgia or a true-blue Yankee who's curious about this one-of-a-kind culture, this collection is a fascinating read.
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ISBN: 978-1-62013-162-6

Kabir was an Indian poet in the 15th century. Songs of Kabir is the collection of his poetry, which first became accessible to the West in 1915. His deeply mystical poetry transcends specific religious ideology, and has thus touched a wide range of audiences.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-393-5