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  • Fifty Famous Stories Retold

    by James Baldwin ...
    THERE are numerous time-honored stories which have become so incorporated into the literature and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is an indispensable part of one's education. These stories are of several different classes. To one class belong the popular fairy tales which have delighted untold generations of children, and will continue to delight them to the end of time. To another ... Read more

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  • Old Greek Stories

    by James Baldwin ...
    Each story is written with a focus on both adventure and moral lessons, offering readers insights into the virtues, triumphs, and flaws of the characters. Baldwin not only narrates the famous myths but also reflects on the deeper themes of bravery, wisdom, justice, and the consequences of pride and hubris. The stories are concise and clear, making them suitable for children, while maintaining the ... Read more

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  • Giovanni's Room

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
    James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel whose frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance was decades ahead of its time—named one of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the past 100 years“Baldwin writes . . . with unusual candor and yet with such dignity and intensity.”—The New York TimesIn 1950s Paris, a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and ... Read more

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  • Go Tell It on the Mountain

    by James Baldwin ...
    Drawing on James Baldwin's own boyhood in a religious community in 1930s Harlem, his first novel tells the story of young Johnny Grimes. Johnny is destined to become a preacher like his father, Gabriel, at the Temple of the Fire Baptized, where the church swells with song and it is as if 'the Holy Ghost were riding on the air'. But he feels only scalding hatred for Gabriel, whose fear and ... Read more

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  • The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North

    by James Baldwin ...
    “You must rise early in the morning,” said Dame Louhi, the Wise Woman of the North. She stood at the door of her chamber and looked back into the low-raftered hall where her daughter was spinning. Her face was wrinkled and grim, her thin lips were puckered over her toothless mouth, her gray-green eyes sparkled beneath her shaggy eyebrows. She paused and listened. No answer came from her busy ... Read more

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  • The Fire Next Time

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movement in the 1960s—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today. • "The finest essay I’ve ever read.” —Ta-Nehisi CoatesAt once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an ... Read more

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  • The Cross of Redemption

    Uncollected Writings

    by James Baldwin ...
    **From one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the past century—a collection of essays, articles, reviews, and interviews that have never before been gathered in a single volume.“An absorbing portrait of Baldwin’s time—and of him.” —New York Review of Books**James Baldwin was an American literary master, renowned for his fierce engagement with issues haunting our common ... Read more

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  • Fifty Famous Stories Retold

    by James Baldwin ...
    In "Fifty Famous Stories Retold," James Baldwin reinterprets a selection of timeless tales that resonate across cultures and centuries, infusing them with a fresh perspective. The book features succinct narratives that encapsulate classic moral lessons and human experiences, employing Baldwin's characteristic eloquence and lyrical style. Written during a time of sociopolitical upheaval in the 20th ... Read more

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  • Go Tell It on the Mountain

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
    James Baldwin’s bestselling first novel—a coming-of-age story that depicts incredible resilience in pursuit of self-invention, now hailed as an American classic“A novel of extraordinary sensitivity and poetry.”—Chicago TribuneOriginally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the Mountain was James Baldwin’s first major work, based in part on his own childhood in Harlem. With lyrical precision, ... Read more

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  • Old Greek Stories

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series Book 1 - Stories of Legend
    Jupiter and His Mighty Company • The Golden Age • The Story of Prometheus • The Flood • The Story of Io • The Wonderful Weaver • The Lord of the Silver Bow • Admetus and Alcestis • Cadmus and Europa • The Quest of Medusa’s Head • The Story of Atalanta • The Horse and the Olive • The Adventures of Theseus • The Wonderful Artisan • The Cruel Tribute ... Read more

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  • Everybody's Protest Novel

    Essays

    by James Baldwin ...
    “I am completely indebted to Jimmy Baldwin’s prose. It liberated me as a writer.”—Toni MorrisonThis collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, probing the shortcomings of the American protest novel and the harmful representations of Black identity in film and fictionOriginally published in Notes of a Native Son, the essays “Autobiographical Notes,” “Everybody’s Protest ... Read more

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  • Going to Meet the Man

    Stories

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
    A major collection of short fiction—including the story "Sonny's Blues"—by one of America’s most important writers, exploring the wounds racism leaves in both its victims and its perpetrators.In this modern classic, "there's no way not to suffer. But you try all kinds of ways to keep from drowning in it." The men and women in these eight short fictions grasp this truth on an elemental level, and ... Read more

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