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In his deeply felt new book, Andrew Delbanco--author of the much praised DEATH OF SATAN(FSG, 1996)--shows why these classic American writers remain indispensable in our age of uncertainty over what constitutes our common heritage. REQUIRED READING is a work of gratitude and urgency, for, as Delbanco says, I have no doubt that the world is better for these books having been written, and I believe it is the responsibility of the critic to incite others to read them . In superb chapters touching on Thoreau, Melville, Wharton, Richard Wright, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, and others, he shows how each writer enlarged the expressive range of the American language, as well as our imagined sense of American possibilities. From Theodore Dreiser and Kate Chopin to Henry Adams and Zora Neale Hurston, these artists celebrate the ideal of the free individual while conveying with searing honesty the struggle to defend this ideal against hostile conditions and ideas. A belief that individuals, whether born as servants or masters, can break out of the confines of history and achieve lives of freedom and fulfillment is implicit in what they wrote. This belief in transcendence remains at the core of the American imagination and in the literature that REQUIRED READING makes exciting and fresh.
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Art Projects That Dazzle and Delight by Karen Backus, Karen Tush, Linda Evans, Mary Thompson
Description not available.Collects artisitic activities to accompany such popular kindergarten and first grade themes as seasons, animals, and friends, and includes step-by-step instructions and display suggestions. AUTHOR: Karen Backus, Karen Tush, Linda Evans, Mary Thompson
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Snow-White & the Seven Dwarfs by Chihiro Iwasaki, Jacob L. Grimm, Myriam Deru, Nancy E. Burkert, Randall Jarrell
The classic tale, translated by poet Randall Jarrell. AUTHOR: Chihiro Iwasaki, Jacob L. Grimm, Myriam Deru, Nancy E. Burkert, Randall Jarrell
PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Robinson Crusoe by Angus Ross, Barbara Chitouras, Beulah F. Jackson, Bob Blaisdell, Dan Lazar
Defoe's immensely popular and influential work, published in 1719, tells the story of an English mariner, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, who manages to survive for 28 years on a deserted island in the South Pacific. Defoe's depiction of the hardships and ingenuities of the castaway are masterly, as is his description of loneliness and isolation. He builds a house, teaches himself to grow corn and barley, and bakes bread. When a band of cannibals invades his island, he drives them away, but rescues one of their prisoners--the faithful Friday--who remains with Crusoe until their eventual rescue and return to England. AUTHOR: Angus Ross, Barbara Chitouras, Beulah F. Jackson, Bob Blaisdell, Dan Lazar
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Ten Talks Parents Must Have with Children about Violence by Dominic Cappello
Description not available.The creator of the National Education Association's Can We Talk? Parent Education Programs offers parents helpful advice on how to speak to their children about the violence youngsters encounter in everyday life, presenting ten easytomanage talks, with reallife scenarios, to help parents prepare children for violence at school, on TV and the Internet, and within families. Original. 30,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Dominic Cappello
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Aesop's Fables by Jacob Lawrence
Aesop's Fables combines 23 timeless morality tales with striking black ink illustrations by revered artist Jacob Lawrence. Published originally in 1970, the book has been out of print for over two decades. This new edition, completely redesigned and typeset, adds five illustrations which were created at the same time as the original edition, but not used in it. AUTHOR: Jacob Lawrence
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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