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A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations: Two Novels (Oprah's Book Club)
Published: 2010-12-06
Paperback: 848 pages
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Two of the most beloved novels in all of English literature--together in one extraordinary volume.A TALE OF TWO CITIESAfter 18 years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of the two v...
A Tale of Two Cities
Published: 2010-07-22
Paperback: 334 pages
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Review from Amazon.com "A Tale of Two Cities" is a novel many have read and others have claimed to have read, but is completely appreciated by few. A work of historical fiction, this may be Dickens' best known work and most often quoted work. Where "Great Expectations" lacks realism, "A Tale of Two...
A Tale of Two Cities
Published: 2014-08-02
Paperback: 246 pages
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything...
A Tale of Two Cities, Spotlight Edition
Published: 2005-07-01
Paperback: 448 pages
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Prestwick House is proud to offer our Spotlight Editions? ? thoughtful, intelligent adaptations of some of the world's greatest literature. Each Spotlight Edition? maintains the rich integrity of the original work while adapting the language to be more accessible to the average high scho...
A Tale of Two Cities: 150th Anniversary (Signet Classics)
Published: 2007-02-06
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
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150TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION With dramatic eloquence, this story of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime.
A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after 1950
Published: 2010-10-20
Paperback: 352 pages
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In the second half of the twentieth century Dominicans became New York City's largest, and poorest, new immigrant group. They toiled in garment factories and small groceries, and as taxi drivers, janitors, hospital workers, and nannies. By 1990, one of every ten Dominicans lived in New Yor...
Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
Published: 2010-05-25
Paperback: 240 pages
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Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller Asked to explain why a few people truly excel, most people offer one of two answers. The first is hard work. Yet we all know plenty of hard workers who have been doing the same job for years or decades without becoming great. The other poss...
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith
Published: 2009-12-08
Hardcover: 704 pages
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Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of 20th Century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling� as that of her favorite "hero-criminal,"�talented Tom Ripley. In this revolutionary biography, Joan Schenkar paints a riveting portrait, from Highsmith's birth in Texas to Hitchc...
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Published: 2008-06-17
Paperback: 288 pages
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"Tom Ripley is one of the most interesting characters in world literature." ?Anthony Minghella, director of the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath. Here, in this first Ripley novel, we are introduced to suav...
TALES FROM DA HOOD - HARD COVER
Published: 2006
Hardcover: 282 pages
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