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The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints
Alban Butler
Happy birthday to English priest Alban Butler (October 24, 1710), author of “The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints” (1756-1759).
Paperback, 2025
$23.95Member price:$21.56 + Free shipping10% off
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Happy birthday to Irish writer Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854), author of the 1890 novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and other notable works.
Paperback, 2003
$9.00Member price:$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
Happy birthday to yoga teacher and writer Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5,1893), author of “Autobiography of a Yogi” (1946).
Paperback, 1978
$8.50Member price:$4.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
Happy birthday to writer/Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sylvia Plath (October 27,1932) author of 1963 novel "The Bell Jar" and other notable works
Paperback, 2005
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
Happy birthday to German writer and political theorist Hannah Arendt (October 14,1906) author of "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951) et al.
Hardcover, 2025
$39.95Member price:$35.96 + Free shipping10% off
Me and My Amazing Body
Joan Sweeney
Happy birthday to writer Joan Sweeney (October 2, 1930), author of “Me and My Amazing Body” (2000) et al.
Paperback, 2018
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
1984: 75th Anniversary
George Orwell
The term "newspeak", of course, originates from George Orwell's "1984" not the works of Thomas Bowdler, although the effects are similar.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
Happy birthday to Leatherstocking writer James Fenimore Cooper (September 15,1789), author of the 1826 novel "The Last of the Mohicans” et al.
Paperback, 1986
$13.00Member price:$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
Happy birthday to English writer Aldous Huxley (July 26,1894) author of the notable 1932 novel "Brave New World" and many, many other works.
Paperback, 2006
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia
Ludwig Leichhardt
Happy birthday to German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt (October 23,1813), author of “Journal of an overland expedition in Australia…”(1847).Disappeared 1848
Paperback, 2024
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book