Literary Gifts

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  1. Book ImageThe Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition

    Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel, Martin Gardner

    The culmination of a lifetime of scholarship, The Annotated Alice is a landmark event in the rich history of Lewis Carroll and cause to celebrate the remarkable career of Martin Gardner.More

  2. Book ImageThe Annotated Classic Fairy Tales

    Maria Tatar

    Not since Bruno Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment has there been such an illuminating contribution to the world of children's fairy tales.More

  3. Book ImageThe Annotated Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum, Michael Patrick Hearn, W. W. Denslow, Et Al.

    A Centennial Edition

    The "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is the quintessential American fairy tale, but it is also a controversial children's book.More

  4. Book ImageThe Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard

    J. G. Ballard, Martin Amis

    A collection of 98 enthralling and pulse-quickening stories, spanning five decades, venerates the remarkable imagination of J. G. Ballard.More

  5. Book ImageEssential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud

    Robert Pinsky

    A vibrant anthology and accompanying CD that revive a great American tradition: the joy of reciting poetry aloud.More

  6. Book ImageThe Greek Poets: Homer to the Present

    Peter Constantine, Rachel Hadas, Edmund Keeley, Et Al.

    Three thousand years of the greatest Greek poetry, exquisitely translated and assembled in a handsome volume sure to be a modern classic.More

  7. Book ImageIn Other Rooms, Other Wonders

    Daniyal Mueenuddin

    Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in Fiction and the 2009 Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. “The rural rootedness and gentle humour of R.K. Narayan with the literary sophistication and stylishness of Jhumpa Lahiri.”—Financial TimesMore

  8. Book ImageSomewhere Towards the End: A Memoir

    Diana Athill

    Winner of the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography and a New York Times bestseller: a prize-winning, critically acclaimed memoir on life and aging —“An honest joy to read” (Alice Munro).More