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The lifetime reading plan
by Clifton Fadiman
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18 editions published between 1960 and 1993 in English and held by 2,465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The collected writings of Ambrose Bierce
by Ambrose Bierce
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48 editions published between 1946 and 1999 in English and held by 2,054 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The World of the short story : a twentieth century collection
by Clifton Fadiman
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14 editions published between 1986 and 1990 in English and held by 2,029 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Contains 62 stories from 16 countries written during the 20th century
The short stories of Henry James
by Henry James
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25 editions published between 1889 and 1948 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,001 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
World poetry : an anthology of verse from antiquity to our time
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5 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 1,797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide This long-awaited, indispensable volume contains more than 1600 poems drawn from dozens of languages and cultures, and spans a period of more than 4000 years from ancient Sumer and Egypt to the late twentieth century. World Poetry encompasses the many realms of poetry -- poetry of all styles, of all eras, of all tongues: from the ancient epic of Gilgamesh and the Pharaoh Akhenaten's "Hymn to the Sun" to the haiku of Basho and the dazzling imagery of Li Po; from Vedic hymns to Icelandic sagas to the "Carmina Burana"; from the magnificence of Homer and Dante to the lyricism of Goethe and Verlaine; from the piercing insights of Rilke and Yeats to the revelatory verse of Emily Dickinson, Garcia Lorca, Derek Walcott, Seamus Heaney, and so many more. While World Poetry includes a generous selection of the best English-language verse from Chaucer to the present, it is designed to lay before the reader the best that all the world's cultures have to offer -- more than eighty percent of the book is poetry originally written in languages other than English and translated by some of the finest talents working today, many of them brilliant poets in their own right. This is no mere sampler: In choosing only works of the highest intrinsic quality, the editors have created a book that will surprise knowledgeable readers and lead newcomers to an understanding of the glories of world poetry that is our common heritage
The philosophy of Nietzsche
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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14 editions published between 1905 and 1954 in English and held by 1,696 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Little, Brown book of anecdotes
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4 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 1,692 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Includes source list, bibliography, index of names, and index of subjects. Contains over 4,000 anecdotes about more than 2,000 famous people from around the world, past and present
The World treasury of modern religious thought
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1 edition published in 1990 in English and held by 1,458 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The World treasury of children's literature
by Clifton Fadiman
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13 editions published between 1984 and 1995 in English and held by 1,443 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A three-volume anthology of classical and contemporary children's stories, poems, myths, and legends from many countries
The American treasury, 1455-1955
by Clifton Fadiman
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11 editions published in 1955 in English and held by 1,352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject
Fantasia mathematica : being a set of stories, together with a group of oddments and diversions, all drawn from the universe of mathematics
by Clifton Fadiman
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18 editions published between 1958 and 1997 in English and held by 1,349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Book Description: Clifton Fadiman's classic collection of mathematical stories, essays and anecdotes is now once again available. Ranging from the poignant to the comical via the simply surreal, these selections include writing by Aldous Huxley, Martin Gardner, H.G. Wells, George Gamow, G.H. Hardy, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and many others. Humorous, mysterious, and always entertaining, this collection is sure to bring a smile to the faces of mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike
The World treasury of physics, astronomy, and mathematics
by T FERRIS
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3 editions published between 1991 and 1993 in English and held by 1,221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide From the Publisher: An astonishing cast of more than ninety renowned writers provides thoughtful and lucid reflections on some of the major scientific topics of our time-from black holes and galaxies to artificial intelligence and chaos theory. Featuring essays, articles, and poems penned by notables in the worlds of both science and literature, this unique book will delight the science enthusiast and the inquisitive general reader alike
Reading I've liked; a personal selection drawn from two decades of reading and reviewing, presented with an informal prologue and various commentaries
by Clifton Fadiman
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27 editions published between 1941 and 1965 in English and held by 1,160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The world treasury of science fiction
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 1,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Includes Vonnegut, Kurt Jr., "Harrison Bergeron"/Campbell, John W. Jr., "Forgetfulness"/Berryman, John, "Special Flight"/Ballard, J.G., "Chronopolis"/Tensei, Kono, "Triceratops"/Sturgeon, Theodore, "The Man Who Lost the Sea"/Armer, Karl Michael, "On the Inside Track"/Davidson, Avram, "The Golem"/Rebetez-Cortes, Rene, "The New Prehistory"/Clarke, Arthur C., "A Meeting with Medusa"/Klein, Gerard, "The Valley of Echoes"/Wolfe, Gene, "The Fifth Head of Cerberus"/Updike, John, "The Chaste Planet"/Henneberg, Nathalie-Charles, "The Blind Pilot"/Bester, Alfred, "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed"/Pairpuppets, "Manuel van Loggem"/Kornbluth, C. M., "Two Dooms"/Lem, Stanislaw, "Tale of the Computer that Fought a Dragon"/Heinlein, Robert A., "The Green Hills of Earth"/Sheckley, Robert, "Ghost V"/Varley, John, "The Phantom of Kansas"/Nesvadba, Josef, "Captain Nemo's Last Adventure"/Niven, Larry, "Inconstant Moon"/Pohl, Frederik, "The Gold at the Starbow's End"/Calvino, Italo, "A Sign in Space" "The Spiral"/Asimov Isaac, "The Dead Past"/van Ewyck, Annemarie, "The Lens"/Sturgeon, Theodore, "The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast"/Bradbury, Ray, "Zero Hour"/Le Guin, Ursula K., "Nine Lives"/Burgess, Anthony, "The Muse"/Allen, Steve, "The Public Hating"/Leiber, Fritz, "Poor Superman"/Disch, Thomas M., "Angouleme"/Knight, Damon, "Stranger Station" and more
Party of one : the selected writings of Clifton Fadiman
by Clifton Fadiman
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9 editions published in 1955 in English and held by 1,060 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fifty years; being a retrospective collection of novels, novellas, tales, drama, poetry, and reportage and essays
by Clifton Fadiman
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4 editions published in 1965 in English and held by 1,037 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Treasury of the Encyclopaedia Britannica : more than two centuries of facts, curiosities, and discoveries from the most distinguished reference work of all time
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7 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 907 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Since it first appeared in 1768, the Encyclopaedia Britannica has presented the last word on the knowledge of its time. Its illustrious contributors include many of the men and women who have shaped Western science, art, literature, and statecraft, making the Britannica one of the few reference books whose past editions are coveted and consulted as avidly as their latest. Now, for the first time, the gems from the Britannica's fifteen editions have been collected in a
Any number can play
by Clifton Fadiman
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5 editions published in 1957 in English and Undetermined and held by 891 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The new lifetime reading plan
by Clifton Fadiman
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12 editions published between 1997 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 832 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Works of high regard ranging from ancient writings to modern classics are noted as well as discussions of the writer's work as a whole, critical evaluations of each work, and suggested related readings
The mathematical magpie; being more stories, mainly transcendental, plus subsets of essays, rhymes, music, anecdotes, epigrams and other prime oddments and diversions, rational or irrational, all derived from the infinite domain of mathematics
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17 editions published between 1962 and 1997 in English and held by 826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide more
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American fiction American literature Anecdotes Astronomers Astronomy Authors, American Barzun, Jacques, Best books Bierce, Ambrose, Biography Book-of-the-Month Club Books Books and reading Canby, Henry Seidel, Children's literature College teachers Columbia University Encyclopedias and dictionaries Essays Fadiman, Clifton, Feminists Fiction Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, Heilbrun, Carolyn G., Hoover, Herbert, Ickes, Harold L.--(Harold LeClair), Intellectual life Intellectuals Learning and scholarship Literature Literature, Modern Mathematicians Mathematics New York (State)--New York Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, Philosophy Physicists Physics Poetry Publishers and publishing Quotations, American Religion Role models Science Science fiction Science--Philosophy Short stories Short stories, American Trilling, Lionel, United States
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Fadiman, Clifton P., 1904-
Fadiman, Clifton P. 1904-1999
ファディマン, クリフトン
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