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Gathers all sixty of Twains stories, including tall tales, mysteries, sketches, and tales of travel.

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A team of superheroes, including Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Superman, Batman, and The Flash, gather to fight a sinister group of soldiers who attempt to stage a military coup.

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A humorous and savvy Diva-like novel that mixes new-wave cinema, traditional roman noir, vintage Buster Keaton and the rhythms of Charlie Parker to tell its story of an innocent young man's dreamy pursuit of a mysterious woman.

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This book is fiction the brain can dance to, by one of the funniest and most subversive young writers of this or any other decade.

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First published in 1881, The Prince and the Pauper is the story of a poor boy, Tom Canty, who exchanges clothes and identities with Edward Tudor, Prince of England. It is at once an adventure story, a fantasy of timeless appeal, and an intriguing example of the author's abiding interest in separating the true from the false, the genuine from the impostor. With characteristic humor and color, Twain brings to life the sixteenth-century royal court, the crowded, boisterous streets inhabited by London's hoi polloi, and the behavior of two young boys who are in many ways smarter than their elders. In spinning his tale, he draws on themes from ancient mythology, the Bible, familiar fairy tales, and popular children's literature of the period. Making a compelling case for the novel's relevance for readers today, Griswold shows how the novel reveals Twain's preoccupation with the elusive nature of identity - an issue that not only recurs in his work but also haunted his life. Also included in this volume is the story "A Boy's Adventure", originally written as part of the novel but published separately.

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Continues the adventures of Flash and the Green Lantern as they learn the hard lessons of trust and teamwork and thwart their evil foes, including Sinestro, Mirror Master, Black Hand, and Star Sapphire. Original.

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The author of Memory of Fire presents a brilliant feat of storytelling inspired by the folklore of rural and urban Latin America. Beautifully illustrated by Brazilian woodcut artist Jose Francisco Borges, these tales are testaments to the power of stories to make and remake and enchant the world. Featured on National Public Radio.

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As the magnitude of Batman's betrayal and expulsion from the JLA sinks in, a spike of distrust and uncertainty is driven between our heroes Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, and Plastic Man. A Graphic Novel. Original.

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<B>About the Series</B>: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the <B>Norton Critical Editions</B>. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.

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A collection of short stories set in a Seattle coffee house offers a look at the lives of the people who stop there.

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A collection of short stories set in a Seattle coffee house offers a look at the lives of the people who stop there.

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"the Notorious Jumping frog of Calaveras county," "The 1,000,000 Bank Note," "The Man That corrupted Hadleyburg," and "The Mysterious Stranger."

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These thirteen short stories represent Mark Harris's distinguished work in this genre from 1946 to 1993. They were undertaken at a time when the author was becoming famous as a novelist for such triumphs as Bang the Drum Slowly and The Southpaw. Although Harris loves and writes tellingly about the pleasures of baseball, his primary subject has always been the human condition and the shifts of mortal men and women as they try to understand and survive what life has dealt them. While baseball is virtually absent from the stories in this collection, Harris's gift for the wry appreciation of human variety is never lacking. The pleasure we take in these stories reminds us why Harris ranks as one of this age's most perceptive and satisfying writers.