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  1. Book ImageThe Histories

    Herodotus, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts

    Second Edition

    Walter Blanco’s acclaimed translation of The Histories is now available in its entirety in this revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition.More

  2. Book ImageCultural Cohesion: The Essential Essays

    Clive James

    Clive James presents the “prequel” to his celebrated Cultural Amnesia—forty-nine essays that form a cultural education in one brilliant volume.More

  3. Book ImageThe Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition

    Thomas Cooley

    Eighth Edition

    A trusted collection of short essays arranged by rhetorical mode—with charming, practical writing instruction.More

  4. Book ImageA Little More About Me

    Pam Houston

    “Pam Houston catches the voice of an entire generation of adventurous young women whose intrepid hearts lead them into deep water.”—ElleMore

  5. Book ImageOctober, or Autumnal Tints

    Henry D. Thoreau, Robert D. Richardson, Lincoln Perry

    A beautiful new presentation of Thoreau’s classic work, enhanced with an illuminating essay and watercolors.More

  6. Book ImageNews from the World: Stories and Essays

    Paula Fox

    “Not only can Fox see, she can hear, she can feel.”—Zadie Smith, Harper’sMore

  7. Book ImageThe English Bible, King James Version: The Old Testament

    Herbert Marks

    Volume(s): 1

    A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More

  8. Book ImageThe English Bible, King James Version: The New Testament and The Apocrypha

    Gerald Hammond, Austin Busch

    Volume(s): 2

    A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More

  9. Book ImageThe Lifespan of a Fact

    John D'Agata, Jim Fingal

    Named a top 10 Best Book of 2012 by Slate.com

    An innovative essayist and his fact-checker do battle about the use of truth and the definition of nonfiction.More

  10. Book ImageCommon Sense and Other Writings

    Thomas Paine, J. M. Opal

    Thomas Paine often declared himself a citizen of the world. This Norton Critical Edition presents Paine and his writing within the transatlantic and global context of the revolutionary ideas and actions of his time.More

  11. Book ImageThe Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction

    Linda Peterson, John Brereton, Joseph Bizup, Et Al.

    Thirteenth Edition

    The classic among essay readers.More

  12. Book ImageRereading Women: Thirty Years of Exploring Our Literary Traditions

    Sandra M. Gilbert

    A collection of essays that reexamine literature through a feminist gaze from "one of our most versatile and gifted writers" (Joyce Carol Oates).More

  13. Book ImageThe Inevitable: Contemporary Writers Confront Death

    Bradford Morrow, David Shields

    What is death and how does it touch upon life? Twenty writers look for answers.More

  14. Book ImageThe Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

    Richard Hugo

    “I don’t know why we do it. We must be crazy./Welcome, fellow poet.”—Richard HugoMore

  15. Book ImageTelling Times: Writing and Living, 1954-2008

    Nadine Gordimer

    An extraordinary achievement, Telling Times reflects the true spirit of the writer as a literary beacon, moral activist, and political visionary.More

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