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Great Conversations 4
This fourth installment in the Great Conversations series includes fifteen eminently discussible selections by Plato, Thoreau, Matthew Arnold, Shaw, Chekhov and ten other great classic and modern authors plus discussion guides for Jane Austen’s Emma and Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way.
The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler
Pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust. Fourteen short story masterpieces selected for discussion and reflection. Authors include Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Edith Wharton, and Tobias Wolff.
What's the Matter? Readings in Physics
An exciting anthology of 31 selections by the pioneers of physics, including Galileo, Newton, Faraday, Maxwell, Feynman, Heisenberg, Weinberg, and Hawking. Available July 2007.
The Civically Engaged Reader
An anthology of more than 40 provocative readings ideal for book groups, classrooms, and service programs.
New Junior Great Books Series 3-5
The next advancement in Shared Inquiry for elementary students.
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