Explore Mark Twain's greatest books, from timeless adventures to sharp wit and humor. Discover the classics that shaped ...

The Night Garden by Michael Chabon Chabon’s first novel for adults since 2016, inspired by a short story by Nathaniel ...

From the inscription in this copy of "Little Lord Fauntleroy," the book appears to have been a Christmas gift from Twain to his daughter Clara Clemens in 1886. The inscription is signed "From Papa." ...

"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing ...

a famous oceanographer, and a tiny island in the South Pacific. Powers draws these stories together in a mind-bending way that will transform the way you see the world. Move over, Mark Twain ...

If he has any love left over for some other person he generally selects Mark ... first best-selling book, in 1869. It told the story of a trip he'd taken to Europe and the Middle East. Twain ...